Lincoln Financial Media

Logo of Lincoln Financial Media

Lincoln Financial Media is a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation that owns radio stations in the United States.

History

In April 2006, Lincoln Financial acquired Jefferson-Pilot's television and radio operations, which were renamed Lincoln Financial Media. The group owns 14 radio stations in Miami, Florida, San Diego, California, Denver, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia. It also owned WBT, WBT-FM, and WLNK(FM) in Charlotte, NC and WBTV, the CBS affiliate in Charlotte; WCSC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina and WWBT, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, Virginia. In June 2007, the company publicly announced it would explore a sale of this division, and hired Merrill Lynch to assess its strategic options. It was announced on November 12 that Raycom Media purchased the three TV stations [1], including its sports production division, which was the co-holder to football and basketball games in the Atlantic Coast Conference with Raycom and sole rightsholders to the Southeastern Conference until 2009, when ESPNPlus and CBS Sports acquired the rights. The Raycom Sports brand was merged with LFS as of January 1, 2008.

Radio stations

Atlanta, Georgia

• WQXI (790 AM) - Sports
• WSTR (94.1 FM) - Hot AC

Miami, Florida

• WAXY (AM)/WAXY-FM (790 AM/104.3 FM) - Sports
• WLYF (101.5 FM) - Adult Contemporary
• WMXJ (102.7 FM) - Oldies

San Diego, California

• KSON/KSOQ (97.3 FM, 92.1 FM) - Country
• KBZT (94.9 FM) - Alternative rock
• KIFM (98.1 FM) - Smooth hits

Denver, Colorado

• KRWZ (950 AM) - 50s and 60s Oldies
• KEPN (1600 AM) - Sports
• KKFN (104.3 FM) - Sports
• KQKS (107.5 FM) - Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio
• KYGO (98.5 FM) - Country

Stations Formerly Owned by Lincoln Financial Media/Jefferson-Pilot Communications

• WBTW-TV - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (now owned by Media General)
• WBIG (1470 AM) - Greensboro, North Carolina (now off the air)
• WBIG-FM - (102.1 FM) Greensboro, North Carolina (now WJMH)
• WBT AM-FM (1110 AM, 99.3 FM) - News and Talk (now owned by Greater Media)
• WLNK (107.9 FM) - Talk, Hot Adult Contemporary (now owned by Greater Media)
• WBTV (CBS) - Charlotte, North Carolina (now owned by Raycom)
• WWBT (NBC) - Richmond, Virginia (now owned by Raycom)
• WCSC (CBS) - Charleston, South Carolina (now owned by Raycom)
• KNSN (1240 AM) - San Diego, California (now owned by Multi Cultural Broadcasting Inc.)

Lincoln Financial Sports

LFS SEC sideline reporter Dave Baker

Lincoln Financial Sports, originally Jefferson-Pilot Sports, produced and syndicated college sports events of the Southeastern Conference, and co-produced Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events with Raycom Sports. It also produced telecasts of pre-season games of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, and in the 1980s, syndicated coverage of the NASCAR Winston Cup races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

On November 12, 2007 Lincoln Financial Group announced the sale of this division to Raycom Media. The group now operates under the Raycom Sports banner as of January 1, 2008.

External links

• Lincoln Financial Media site
• Lincoln Financial Group site