Radio Statesboro, Inc. owner Neal Ardman of St. Mary’s has reached an agreement to sell his remaining radio stations that serve Statesboro to local residents Bryan and Lee Steele.
In the agreement, which took effect Feb. 1, Steele will lease the stations from Ardman pending FCC approval. Once approval is obtained, they will complete the sale. Ardman has owned and operated the stations for the past five years.
The Steele’s are acquiring the two remaining FM stations 106.5 and 94.9 in addition to WWNS and WPTB which operates, as both AM and FM stations. WWNS is 1240 AM and 107.7 FM. WPTB is 850 AM and 99.7 FM. Steele also acquired the WPTB office off of Williams Road and the WWNS office on East Olliff Street.
They plan to renovate the Olliff Street building and move the operations for all of the stations to that location.
Last year Ardman sold 102.9 and 107.3 to two different religious organizations who are now operating them under a religious format.
Effective next Monday, the stations will be rebranded and reformatted as follows:
