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Goodbye...

Hello...

The deal that had been rumored for months became official today. The Walt Disney Company, parent company of ABC and WLS, has sold ABC Radio to Citadel Broadcasting Corporation.

You can read the story here.

When the deal becomes final later this year, WLS and ABC Radio will no longer be part of Disney. Other Disney broadcasting entities, including ABC News and our current sister station, WLS-TV, will remain with the company. Sadly, it means that WLS-AM and WLS-TV will no longer be sister stations.

I'm very sorry to see WLS lose our association with ABC and Disney. We will remain affiliated with ABC News Radio...even though it's difficult to say if we'll still be sister properties.

In the meantime, we will all continue to just do our jobs.

I'm sure we'll learn more in the weeks and months to come.