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erronis

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Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:47 PM Feb 12

A Vermont senator is buying radio stations in (and around) his district (You're right - he's a repuglicon) [View all]

https://vtdigger.org/2025/02/12/final-reading-a-vermont-senator-is-buying-radio-stations-in-and-around-his-district/

Sen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, has signed off on a roughly $1 million deal to buy seven stations in the Northeast Kingdom and northern New Hampshire.



Sen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, is ready for some airtime.

The Newport real estate broker and Senate Agriculture Committee chair has signed a deal to buy a group of seven radio stations in the Northeast Kingdom and northern New Hampshire. He’s purchasing the stations from Bruce James, a local radio personality who, according to Ingalls, launched the first of the seven stations more than three decades ago.

The buy puts Ingalls among the largest media owners in the region that he serves in the Statehouse. The senator is set to pay just shy of $1 million for the deal, he said.

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