A radio station that serves the area along the Mississippi River between the Quad Cities and Dubuque is getting a new owner.
According to an asset purchase agreement filed with the FCC on Nov. 10, Jason Hill’s Hill Holdings LLC is buying WCCI/100.3 (Savanna) from John “Beaver” Miller’s Carroll County Communications for $400,000.
WCCI carries a full-service Country format serving an area including Clinton and Bellevue, Iowa.
According to the station’s website, Beaver Miller first joined WCCI as a sales manager in the early 1980s and soon became the general manager. He and Edward Bock became the company’s primary shareholders in the mid-’80s. Bock died in 2012.
According to WCCI’s most recent FCC ownership filing, Beaver Miller owns 39.6% of Carroll County Communications, while Edward Bock’s daughter, Pamela J. Bock, owns 45.9%. The rest of the shares split among five other people.