GoodRadio.TV LLC
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Good Radio Networks LLC (more known as GoodRadio.TV) is a West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...

 based radio ownership group headed by former Pax
ION Media Networks
ION Media Networks is an American television broadcasting company that owns and operates over 60 television stations in most major American markets. It is now a privately owned company.-History:...

 president Dean Goodman. Partners in this venture include former NAB
National Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...

 Chairman Eddie Fritz, and former founder of NextMedia
NextMedia Group
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, Carl Hirsch.

GoodRadio was established in late 2006 with the purchase of six stations in Iowa. It later acquired The Shepherd Group's 8 FM and 8 AM stations, all in Missouri, in February 2007.

In 2007, Good Radio had plans to acquire 200 smaller-market radio stations from Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...

, but the deal fell through when its financing group, American Securities Capital Partners
American Securities Capital Partners
American Securities LLC is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions. AS focuses primarily on investments in the United States and Canada....

, objected to the deal's $452 million cost.

Despite the use of "TV" in its name, GoodRadio.TV currently has no television stations in its ownership group.
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