Mississippi radio network
Telesouth Communications Inc Industry Radio[ 1] Predecessor Mississippi Agriculture and News Network[ 1] Headquarters 6311 Ridgewood Road,, Area served
Mississippi [ 1] Key people
Steve Davenport(CEO ) (2022) [ 2] Owner Steve Davenport[ 2] Number of employees
140(2015) [ 3] Website Official website
Telesouth Communications Inc , also known asSuperTalk Mississippi Media , is an Americancommercial radio network based inJackson, Mississippi . Its stations acrossMississippi broadcast either amusic format , orconservative news/talk and sports under the SuperTalk brand.[ 1] [ 3] [ 2]
The network's talk stations carry a mix of syndicated national shows, its programming, and material produced at the individual stations. Sports schedules are matched to teams based in local markets.[ 4] [ 1] [ 5]
In 1979, Steve Davenport was hired to manage the Love Communications owned Mississippi Agriculture and News Network inJackson, Mississippi . Shortly afterward, it was purchased byBaton Rouge -based Interstate Communications and merged with Louisiana Network Inc. Soon, production of news reports and short features for Mississippi radio stations evolved to include longer lifestyle, and sportsphone-in programs.[ 1]
The firm began broadcasting livefootball andbasketball from theUniversity of Southern Mississippi in 1984 and went on to take sports broadcast franchises for theUniversity of Mississippi andUniversity of Southern Mississippi . As well as programming forMississippi andLouisiana , theSouth Carolina News Network was also produced fromJackson until 2008.[ 1] [ 2]
Following disagreement over a $25,000 annual franchise fee for theOle Miss Rebels , Steve Davenport and his business partners the Hanley family ofHazlehurst agreed to purchase Interstate Communications' Mississippi market business, Mississippi Networks Inc, for $300,000 in 1985. Davenport bought out the Hanley's stake in 2008.[ 2] [ 1]
Amid financial turmoil in 1988, Telesouth sold its newly acquiredBiloxi radio station, then bought others, eventually covering all82 counties of Mississippi.[ 2]
In 1995, the business name was changed to Telesouth Communications Inc, and in 1997 current flagship WFMN (Flora ) and WTCD (Indianola ) stations were purchased and converted to pioneer a "SuperTalk"conservative talk show format.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Jackson State Tigers football was added to the sport broadcast roster in 1998, and the Southern Urban News Network established to produce news features for radio stations in urban markets across Mississippi. The Urban News Network was merged with the firm's Mississippi News Network in 2011.[ 1]
Previous logo Telesouth began to divest college sports broadcast franchises from 2011, and to purchase music radio stations. The franchise agreement with Ole Miss had been renewed in 2007 guaranteeing a minimum fee of $27 million over ten years and substantial investment by the broadcaster in facilities atVaught–Hemingway Stadium , including a $6 millionjumbotron . The agreement was taken over byLearfield in 2012. The franchise fee, payable by Telesouth to theUniversity of Mississippi , for its final year ofOle Miss Rebels football was $3 million.[ 6] [ 2] [ 1] [ 7]
Purchases includedBiloxi music stations fromAlpha Media in 2018.[ 1] [ 8]
Between 2013 and 2018, sport, and then feel-good and lifestyle programming, were added to the SuperTalk format broadcast on Telesouth's 12 talk radio stations.[ 1]
In 2019, the company began video broadcast of SuperTalk programming onC Spire cable .[ 1]
License city Format Class ERP watts WFMM 97.3 FM Sumrall [ i] Supertalk A 6,000 [ 9] [ 10] [ 4] WFMN 97.3 FM Flora [ ii] Supertalk C3 19,500 [ 11] [ 12] [ 9] WFTA 101.9 FM Fulton [ iii] Supertalk C2 50,000 [ 9] [ 5] [ 13] WKBB 100.9 FM Mantee Supertalk C2 47,000 [ 9] [ 14] [ 15] WLAU 99.3 FM Heidelberg [ iv] Supertalk C2 50,000 [ 9] [ 16] [ 17] WOSM 103.1 FM Ocean Springs Supertalk C2 50,000 [ 9] [ 18] [ 19] WTNM 93.7 FM Courtland Supertalk C3 11,000 [ 9] [ 20] [ 21] WRQO 102.1 FM Monticello [ v] Supertalk C2 50,000 [ 9] [ 22] [ 23] WTCD 96.9 FM Indianola Supertalk C2 16,500 [ 9] [ 24] [ 25] WXRZ 94.3 FM Corinth Supertalk C3 25,000 [ 9] [ 26] [ 27] WZKR 103.3 FM Collinsville [ vi] Supertalk C3 6,000 [ 9] [ 28] [ 29] WMPK 93.5 FM Summit Supertalk A 6,000 [ 9] [ 30] [ 31] WKCU 92.9 FM Corinth country D 250 [ 32] [ 33] [ 34] 1350 AM D 400 WCNA 95.9 FM Potts Camp [ iii] adult hits C3 14,000 [ 32] [ 35] WQLJ 105.5 FM Water Valley hot AC A 4,700 [ 32] [ 36] [ 37] WOXF 105.1 FM Oxford A 1,600 WYMX 99.1 FM Greenwood classic hits C0 96,000 [ 32] [ 38] WLZA 96.1 FM Eupora classic hits C2 40,000 [ 32] [ 39] WBZL 103.3 FM Greenwood classic hip-hop C3 25,000 [ 32] [ 40] WDXO 92.9 FM Hazlehurst classic hip-hop A 2,700 [ 32] [ 41] [ 42] WOEG 1220 AM D 164 WCPR 97.9 FM D'Iberville active rock C2 50,000 [ 32] [ 43] WXYK 105.9 FM Pascagoula top 40 C3 25,000 [ 32] [ 44] WGBL 96.7 FM Gulfport classic hip-hop A 4,300 [ 32] [ 45] W292GD 106.3 FM Biloxi adult hits D 250 [ 32] [ 46] [ 47] [ 48] WANG 1490 AM C 1,000 WTNI 1640 AM B 10,000
As of 2022[update]
The Gallo Radio Show -Presenter , Paul Gallo -Producer , Perez Hodge[ 49] [ 50] Coast Vue with Ricky Mathews [ 51] MidDays with Gerard Gibert - Producer, Ryne "Ryno" Montgomery[ 52] In a Mississippi Minute withSteve Azar [ 51] Good Things with Rebecca Turner - Producer, Ryne "Ryno" Montgomery[ 53] SportsTalk Mississippi - Presenters, Richard Cross, Michael Borkey and Brian Hadad[ 54] Outdoors with Ricky Mathews [ 51] Garden Mama [ 55] The Handy Man Radio Show [ 51] Richard Schwartz Legal Power Hour [ 51] The JT and Dave Show [ edit ] JT Williamson and Dave Ingram began to co-host theJT & Dave Show on SuperTalk in 2002. Long-time producer and occasional on-air contributor was “Scary” Gary O’Cain. Their guests on the show were often prominent Mississippi politicians and the pair addressed controversial topics in the state from a conservative perspective. The daily, three-hour shows campaigned forcharter schools and to repealtraffic camera legislation.Phone-in callers that disagreed with the presenters were characteristically dealt with in a robust manner. Ingram left the show in 2010 and the abrupt nature of his departure prompted speculation on internet forums.[ 56] [ 57] [ 58] [ 59] [ 60] [ 61]
The show was briefly renamedAir Bubba , then theJT Show , and in a departure from interviewing Mississippi's state politicians in 2016, it hosted British campaignerNigel Farage . Williamson announced he had been diagnosed withLymphoma in 2020 and died that year.[ 62] [ 63] [ 59] [ 64] [ 65]
As of 2022[update] [ 66] [ 67]
[ edit ] Telesouth Communications Inc was one of the defendants in a putativeclass action lawsuit brought bySteven Clarke and nine otheramateur college athletes. They allegedathletic conferences ,broadcast networks and licensing agencies (including Telesouth) improperly colluded to exclude them from the market for theirimage rights , and set those fees they received at zero or lower than what they would otherwise have achieved.[ 68] [ 69] [ 70] [ 71]
Judge Kevin H Sharp's 2015 decision in theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee accepted thatcollege sports was "big business", but concluded the way athletes had been required to surrender their images rights was lawful.[ 72] [ 68]
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