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Van Ginkel Exiting Ownership of Several Western Iowa Radio Stations

Posted on March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 by Jon Ellis

J.C. Van Ginkel is redeeming his shares in several companies which own radio stations in Western Iowa, according to FCC filings.

The stations include Wireless Communications Corporation’s KJAN/1220 (Atlantic) and KJAN translator K266AN/101.1 (Atlantic), Wireless Broadcasting LLC’s KNOD/105.3 (Harlan), and Crawford County Broadcasting Corporation’s KDSN-FM/104.9 (Denison) and KDSN/1530 (Denison).

Van Ginkel currently owns 55.5% of each company. James Van Ginkel and John Van Ginkel each own 5.5% of the shares in Crawford County Broadcasting, with the Van Ginkel shares of that company totalling two-thirds.

Three agreements, filed for FCC approval on March 15, call for Van Ginkel to receive a combined $1.653 million plus 55.5% of of cash on hand and accounts receivable as of April 30 for WCC/KJAN and WB/KNOD and two-thirds of cash on hand and accounts receivable for CCBC/KDSN as of April 30.

The individual redemption prices are $867,000 for CCBC/KDSN, $564,000 for WCC/KJAN, and $222,000 for WB/KNOD, plus the specified cash on hand and accounts receiveable for each.

The applications specify that following the transaction, James M. Field will be the single controlling shareholder of CC/KJAN and CCBC/KDSN. For WB/KNOD, Field will own 50.5%, Rodney Christensen will own 39.6%, and Becky A. Christensen will own 9.9%.

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