Backyard Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company, primarily owning radio stations in medium-sized, small and rural markets in the United States. The company is owned by the private equity firms Boston Ventures Management and Pacific Corporate Group

Pacific Corporate Group

Pacific Corporate Group is a global alternative investment management and advisory company headquartered in La Jolla, California. PCG, together with affiliates and subsidiaries currently manage over $17 billion in assets and has invested and advised upon over $44 billion since 1990...

 and is headed by Barry Drake, the former head of Sinclair Broadcasting. Backyard Broadcasting, founded in 2002 from the remains of the earlier Sabre Communications, is based in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

, and owns radio stations in the following markets:

Listing of stations by market

Muncie, Indiana: WERK

WERK

WERK is a commercial FM station broadcasting an Oldies format.The station serves the Muncie-Marion area. The former WURK was a simulcast of WERK until January of 2010...

, WHBU

WHBU

WHBU is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Anderson, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Muncie-Marion area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting Indiana Licensee, LLC...

, WMQX

WMQX

WPAW is a country music radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad region, which includes Greensboro and High Point. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 93.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW....

, WMXQ

WMXQ

WXXJ is a modern rock radio station in the Jacksonville, Florida market , broadcasting at 102.9 FM. It is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Radio, Inc.-History:...

, WLBC

WLBC

WLBC-FM is a FM radio station located in Muncie, Indiana. The WLBC call letters were originally used on its AM station at 1340kHz and also used as WLBC-TV Channel 49 before it became public television station WIPB in the 1970s. Its current format is Hot A/C , featuring an adult blend of the 90s,...

, WXFN

WXFN

WXFN is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Muncie, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Muncie-Marion area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting Indiana Licensee, LLC and features programing from ABC Radio and Fox Sports Radio.Originally WLBC ...

Elmira/Corning, New York: WNKI

WNKI

WNKI Wink 106 is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Corning, New York, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The Arbitron #1 rated station in the market...

, WNGZ

WNGZ

WNGZ is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Montour Falls, New York, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting, is licensed to Backyard Broadcasting Elmira Licensee, LLC...

, WPGI

WPGI

WPGI is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Horseheads, New York, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area...

, WRCE

WRCE

WRCE is a radio station licensed to serve Watkins Glen, New York. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting and licensed to Backyard Broadcasting Elmira Licensee, LLC...

, WWLZ

WWLZ

WWLZ is a radio station in the Elmira-Corning market in New York state. It is a talk radio station that airs MRN races and Elmira Jackals hockey....

Olean, New York: WPIG

WPIG

WPIG is an FM radio station located in Olean, New York. Branded as the "Big Pig," "The Pig" or simply by its frequency and callsigns at times, the station operates at 95.7 MHz on the FM dial and operates a broad-based country music format...

, WHDL

WHDL

WHDL is an AM radio station licensed to Olean, New York. The mostly satellite and automated oldies outlet is co-owned, along with sister station WPIG, by Backyard Broadcasting, and operates on 1450 kHz. It is the oldest station in Cattaraugus County, signing on on December 11, 1934...

Williamsport, Pennsylvania: WBZD, WCXR

WCXR

WCXR is a radio station broadcasting at 103.7 FM and located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It is a simulcast of 99.3 FM WZXR in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. From 1986 to 1994, the call letters belonged to a classic rock station in Alexandria, Virginia broadcasting on 105.9 FM to the Washington, DC...

, WILQ

WILQ

WILQ is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA, the station serves the Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Williamsport, Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting Williamsport Licensee, LLC and...

, WLMY

WLMY

WLMY is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA, the station serves the Williamsport area...

, WWPA

WWPA

WWPA is an all-news radio station broadcasting at 1340 AM and licensed to serve the community of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA....

, WZXR

WZXR

WZXR is a rock music formatted radio station licensed to serve Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting Williamsport Licensee, LLC. The station bills itself as "Susquehanna Valley's Home of Rock and Roll"....

Sioux Falls, South Dakota: KELO (AM), KELO-FM

KELO-FM

KELO-FM is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, airing an adult contemporary music format. KELO-FM was one of the first FM radio stations in South Dakota. It broadcasts from KELO-TV's 2000 foot tower. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting, and it airs Delilah's syndicated show in...

, KRRO

KRRO

KRRO is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing an active rock format. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting....

, KSQB-FM

KSQB-FM

KSQB-FM is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format. Licensed to Dell Rapids, South Dakota, it serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. It first began broadcasting in 1998 under the call sign KSOB...

, KTWB

KTWB

KTWB is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing a country music format. The station is owned by Backyard Broadcasting.-External links:*...

, KXQL

KXQL

KXQL is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Flandreau, South Dakota, it serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting.-External links:*...

, KXQL

KXQL

KXQL is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Flandreau, South Dakota, it serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting.-External links:*...

, KWSN

KWSN

KWSN is a radio station carrying a sports format with Fox Sports Radio programming. The station serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area...

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...

: WWJK

WWJK

WWJK is an adult hits radio station in Jackson, Mississippi. In July, 2008, after six years in the Jackson radio market, Jacksonville-based Backyard Broadcasting had apparently sold WWJK to Meridian-based New South Radio, but the deal was called off shortly thereafter.-History:WWJK was previously...

, WRXW

WRXW

WRXW is a radio station broadcasting a Active Rock format. Licensed to Pearl, Mississippi, the station serves the Jackson area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting, headed by CEO Barry Drake.-New ownership for WRXW:...