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Hoffmann, owner of Post-Dispatch, to buy KMOX and 5 other St. Louis radio stations 38%
By Rob Edwards0%
6/29/2026, 10:54:36 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 35.1% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 508 faulty-reasoning hits from 188 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 43.8% and a BS Rank of 38% (13,746 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 62.80% of the article peer group.
The owner of KMOX and several other St.
Louis-area radio stations has agreed to sell its local portfolio to the Hoffmann Family of Companies.
Under the terms of the agreement, Audacy would sell KMOX (1120 AM/104.1 FM) along with five additional St.
Louis radio brands to Hoffmann.
The other stations in the deal are:
* 102.5 (KEZK-FM)
* Y98 (KYKY-FM)
* 96.3 R&B (WHUN-FM)
* 97.1 FM Talk (KFTK-FM)
* Hot 98.7 (WHHL-FM)
“This is a deliberate step to accelerate the expansion of our media platform and establish it as one of the largest print and digital news organizations in the United States,” Hoffmann said in a statement.
“With our planned acquisitions, combined with our existing portfolio of 154 newspapers and our expansion into radio, we expect to become the second-largest media company in the United States by year-end.”
The Hoffmann Family of Companies has expanded aggressively in recent years beyond media acquisitions.
Recently, the organization announced plans to purchase the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
The radio acquisition remains subject to Federal Communications Commission approval.
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