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{{Short description|American media company}}
'''Main Line Broadcasting''' was an American media company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its peak, Main Line Broadcasting owned 19 [[radio station]]s in four markets in the United States. The company was founded by Dan Savadove and was most recently run by CEO Marc Guralnick. Main Line was backed by the [[Arlington Capital Group]], a [[private equity]] company.

Main Line's original operating strategy was to purchase and operate radio stations in mid-size [[Arbitron]] markets, generally those ranked between 50 and 150 in Arbitron's market size list.

==History==

Main Line's first acquisition was Dame Broadcasting's 5-station group in [[Hagerstown, Maryland]] in August 2005. In December 2005, Main Line purchased four stations from MainQuad Broadcasting in the [[Richmond, Virginia]] market.

In May 2007, Main Line doubled in size with the purchase of ten stations from [[Radio One (Company)|Radio One]] in the [[Louisville, Kentucky]] and [[Dayton, Ohio]] markets. In October 2008, it downsized its Louisville, Kentucky cluster as part of company-wide budget cutting. In doing so, the entire WLRS airstaff was released. WLRS retained its rock format.

On April 17, 2014, [[L&L Broadcasting]] announced that it has agreed to purchase all of Main Line's stations as part of a merger with [[Alpha Broadcasting]]. The combined entity will be known as Alpha Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alphabroadcasting.com/l-l-broadcasting-alpha-broadcasting-agree-to-merge-and-become-alpha-media/|title=L&L Broadcasting and Alpha Broadcasting Agree To Merge and Become Alpha Media|date=17 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220717/http://www.alphabroadcasting.com/l-l-broadcasting-alpha-broadcasting-agree-to-merge-and-become-alpha-media/|archivedate=18 April 2014}}</ref> The sale closed on July 1, 2014.

==Former Stations==
All of these stations are owned by Alpha Media as of July 1, 2014.

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|-
![[List of United States radio markets|DMA]]
!Market
!Station
!Frequency
!Branding
!Format
|-
|rowspan=5|53
|rowspan=5|[[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville, KY]]
|[[WGZB-FM]]
|96.5
|B96.5
|Urban
|-
|[[WDJX|WDJX-FM]]
|99.7
|99.7 DJX
|[[Contemporary Hit Radio]]
|-
|[[WMJM-FM]]
|101.3
|Magic 101.3
|Urban AC
|-
|[[WXMA|WXMA-FM]]
|102.3
|102.3 The Max
|Hot AC
|-
|[[WGHL]]
|105.1
|Greatest Hits Louisville
|Classic Hits
|-
|rowspan=4|56
|rowspan=4|[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]-[[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg, VA]]
|[[WWLB|WLFV]]
|93.1
|93.1 The Wolf
|Southern Country
|-
|[[WLFV|WWLB]]
|98.9
|98.9 Liberty
|Variety Hits
|-
|[[WKYV|WARV-FM]]
|100.3
|rowspan=2|Big Oldies 107.3
|rowspan=2|Oldies
|-
|[[WBBT-FM]]
|107.3
|-
|rowspan=5|60
|rowspan=5|[[Dayton, OH]]
|[[WROU-FM]]
|92.1
|92.1 WROU
|Urban AC
|-
|[[WGTZ|WGTZ-FM]]
|92.9
|Fly 92.9
|Variety Hits
|-
|[[WCLI-FM]]
|101.5
|Click 101.5
|Modern Hit Music
|-
|[[WDHT|WDHT-FM]]
|102.9
|Hot 102.9
|Rhythmic Contemporary
|-
|[[WING|WING-AM]]
|1410
|ESPN 1410
|Sports
|-
|rowspan=6|166
|rowspan=6|[[Hagerstown, MD]]-<br>[[Chambersburg, PA]]
|[[WQCM|WQCM-FM]]
|94.3
|94.3 WQCM
|Rock
|-
|[[WIKZ|WIKZ-FM]]
|95.1
|Mix 95.1
|Adult Contemporary
|-
|[[WDLD|WDLD-FM]]
|96.7
|Wild 96.7
|Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio
|-
|[[WCHA (AM)|WCHA-AM]]
|800
|rowspan=3|True Oldies 96.3
|rowspan=3|Oldies
|-
|[[WHAG (AM)|WHAG-AM]]
|1410
|-
|[[W242BY]]
|96.3
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Philadelphia]]

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Main Line Broadcasting - Revision history

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