“Two Black Cadillacs” is the name of a ACM Award-nominated song released in late 2012 by country singer Carrie Underwood.
It also happens to be the name of an Indiana not-for-profit company that is acquiring a pair of FM translators in the Hoosier State. No programming changes are expected, with the new owner pledging to support and promote programming and projects “that will promote the cultural diversity of the service areas of the stations.”
The facilities are W278BB and W282AZ in Greensburg, Ind., a town to the southeast of Indianapolis.
In February 2018, the two translators were tied to a larger station sale that saw Indiana Community Radio Corp. sell 28kw WJCF-FM 88.1 in Morristown, Ind.; silent 250-watt daytime/1 watt nighttime WRFM-AM 990 in Muncie, Ind.; and silent 700-watt WCNB-FM 91.5 in Dayton, Ind. — in addition to translators W219DO in Edinburgh, W268BJ in Muncie, W275BD in Greenfield, and W249DG in North Vernon, Ind. to New Beginnings Movement. No cash consideration was involved in the transfer of the stations’ licenses.
Now, the entity led by President Martin Hensley is selling the Greensburg duo to Two Black Cadillacs, a non-profit led by Sandy Biddinger and Kathy Verseman of St. Paul, Minn.
Biddinger and Verseman hold a combined 67% ownership in WTRE-AM in Greensburg.
According to a Form 314 filing made with the Commission on Friday (5/4), their Two Black Cadillacs will make no programming changes to the Greensburg translators and pledges to “support and promote programming and projects that will promote the cultural diversity of the service areas of the stations.”
This includes music, agricultural broadcasts and “informational broadcasts of local cultural events and programming to promote familial growth and understanding.”
The purchase price is $60,000. A $1,000 earnest money deposit has been made to the seller. The remainder will be paid in cash at closing.
