BNET Industries
Market Cap:$36.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$311.5M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Cumulus strives to create a 21st century radio broadcasting enterprise, based on great people and technological excellence, that will provide high quality, local programming choices for our listeners; targeted audiences with disposable income and buying preferences for our advertisers; challenging career environments for our employees; and wealth generation opportunities for our shareholders.
CEOLewis W. Dickey
Number of Employees 2,700
Contact Information
3280 Peachtree Rd NW Ste 2300
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
(404) 949-0700
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio Stations: 515112
Recent Events
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Emmis Radio Revs Drop 20% In 1Q
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Cumulus Media Selects Cass for Outsourced Telecom Expense Management
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Cumulus Media Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And we will begin with Marci Ryvicker from Wachovia Wells Fargo. Marci Ryvicker – Wachovia Wells Fargo Hi, good afternoon. Lew Dickey Hello. Marci Ryvicker – Wachovia Wells Fargo You both mentioned that operating expenses would be down 15% for the first quarter is that...
Cumulus Media Inc Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Lee Westerfield - BMO Capital Markets. Lee Westerfield - BMO Capital Markets I just want to touch on two topics if I may. The first is, Marty and Lew as you with your station managers look into budgeting...
CUMULUS MEDIA INC. Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call
ATLANTA -- Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS) will host a conference call on Thursday, November 6 at 11:00AM ET to review the Company's third quarter 2008 financial results. The call will be open to the general public on a listen only basis. A press release summary of the Company's third...
Radio Industry: Off-Air Revenue Soars, Despite Overall Slump
Marketing Charts submits: Off-Air (non-spot) revenue has surpassed last year’s midyear forecast by the Radio Advertising Bureau [RAB], and is expected to approach $2B by the end of 2008 - nearly a full year ahead of the projected timeline, the RAB reported. At 9% of...
Cumulus Media Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Marci Ryvicker with Wachovia Capital Markets. Marci Ryvicker - Wachovia Capital Markets Can you give us the normalized EPS in the quarter if you were to exclude the termination fee and the associated tax along...
Cumulus Media Inc. Announces Investor Group's Termination of Merger Agreement
ATLANTA -- Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the investor group led by Lew Dickey, the Company's Chairman, President and CEO, and an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, to terminate the merger agreement entered into between the Company and...
Cumulus Media Enters into Merger Agreement for Sale to Investor Group
Cumulus Media Stockholders to Receive $11.75 Per Share in Cash ATLANTA -- Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS), Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cumulus, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity announced today the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which an investor group...
Cumulus Media buys eighth radio station in central Missouri.
By Christi Nies, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--Cumulus Media Inc. has added an eighth radio station to its Mid-Missouri lineup, thanks to an unprecedented federal auction. The Federal Communications Commission sold more than 250 radio ...
Former Cumulus Media Inc. Executive Settles Dispute with SEC.
By Jason Gertzen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 12--The Securities and Exchange Commission had been investigating allegations that Cumulus violated federal securities laws in 1999, Cumulus said in a press release. Cumulus used to be based...
Cumulus Media Inc. Announces Agreement and Plan of Merger with DBBC, LLC
Business Editors ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 17, 2001 Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS), today announced that it has signed an Agreement and Plan of Merger with DBBC, LLC in connection with the acquisition of three radio stations in Nashville, TN. Cumulus had previously announced that it had signed a...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lewis W. Dickey | CEO |
| John W. Dickey | Co-COO |
| Jonathan G. Pinch | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer |
| Martin R. Gausvik | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| Richard Denning | Vice President and General Counsel |
| David Jay | Production Director |
| Don Boyd | Account Executive |
| Eric Robison | Director |
| Ralph B. Everett | Director |
| Jack Purcell | Investor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert H. Sheridan | Chairman |
| Holcombe T. Green | Board of Directors |
| Trey Sheridan | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. Inc. | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Computer Review | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | President | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Stanford University | Masters Degree In English Literature | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Co-COO | Current |
| Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Stanford University | Bachelor of Arts Degree | Former |
Jonathan G. Pinch has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2000. Mr. Pinch joined the Company effective December 1, 2000, after serving as the President of Clear Channel International Radio ("CCU International") (NYSE:CCU). At rapidly growing CCU International, Mr. Pinch was responsible for the management of all CCU radio operations outside of the United States, which included over 300 properties in 9 countries. Mr. Pinch is a 30 year broadcast veteran and has previously served as Owner/President WTVK-TV Ft Myers-Naples Florida, General Manager WMTX-FM/WHBO-AM Tampa Florida, General Manager/Owner WKLH-FM Milwaukee, GM WXJY Milwaukee.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. Inc. | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Current |
| Citicasters Inc. | Controller | Former |
| Clear Channel Communications Inc. | Former |
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Denning was an attorney with Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC ("DL&A") within DL&A's corporate practice group in Atlanta, advising a number of media and communications companies on a variety of corporate and transactional matters. Mr. Denning also spent four years in DL&A's Washington, D.C. office and has extensive experience in regulatory proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Denning has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar since 1991, the District of Columbia Bar since 1993, and the Georgia Bar since 2000. He is a graduate of The National Law Center, George Washington University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Vice President and General Counsel | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Radio Forecast Network | Current |
Don Boyd a Pittsburgh native (and die hard Steeler Fan) is a radio veteran with over 18 years of experience in various markets including Baltimore, Atlanta, Greensboro, NC, Fort Walton Beach, FL and has been in Nashville for over six years. A recipient of Hearst Broadcasting's Eagle Award as an Account Executive and Cumulus Media's Sales Manager of the Month in Nashville, Don has a niche for great ideas that get results with a special focus on one of Cumulus Media's heritage radio stations, and one of the most respected radio stations in the entire industry, Nashville's 92Q WQQK.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville | Cumulus Radio Advertising | General Sales Manager | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Account Executive | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Director | Former |
Eric Robison, President of IdeaTrek, Inc., melds solid business logic with creativity in order to help management teams look at their business in new and different ways. He spends the majority of his time as a business advisor and strategic planning consultant leveraging over 22 years of experience working with internet, technology, media, restaurant and consumer product companies.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ideatrek, Inc | President | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Director | Current |
| Intronetworks | Board Member and Advisor | Current |
| Vulcan, Inc. | Vice President of Business Development and Project Development | Former |
| Ideatrek, Inc | Business Advisor | Former |
| CNET Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| WestPoint Stevens, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| WestPoint Stevens, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Independent Sector | President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies | Current |
| Connected Nation | President & CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies | Current |
| Independent Sector | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Economic Club of Washington | Board of Directors | Current |
| Connected Nation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Shenandoah Life Insurance Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Joint Center | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Director | Current |
| The Economic Club of Washington | Member | Current |
| Joint Center | CEO | Former |
| Joint Center | President | Former |
| Duke Law School | Juris Doctor | Former |
| Morehouse College | Former | |
| Company 'c' Hair | Member | Former |
Trey is a founding partner of BACI, and oversees our investment activities in Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, and Retail. He currently serves on the boards of Cumulus Media, Inc. and Swett & Crawford Group. He also manages our investments in Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Univision Communications, Inc., Dallas Stars Hockey, L.P., Qantum Communications Corp, Paris Re Holdings, and Ceridian Corp. Trey also has experience investing in industrial, business services, communication services, consumer products, and technology. In addition to principal investing, he has originated, structured and managed transactions for middle market companies. Prior to BACI, he spent several years in corporate banking with a predecessor of Bank of America and held investment banking and capital markets positions at PaineWebber, Inc. Trey earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Banc of America Securities LLC | Partner | Current |
| Banc of America Capital Investors | Partner | Current |
| Swett & Crawford Group Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Qantum Communications Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | member | Current |
| PaineWebber, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Columbia University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Vanderbilt University | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Banc of America Securities LLC | Vice President | Current |
| Banc of America Capital Investors | Senior Associate | Current |
| Visionair | Investor | Current |
| Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Qantum Communications Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Varsity Brands, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Cumulus Media Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Davidson College | B.A. In Economics | Former |
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