Sunday, August 26, 2012

Illinois Cluster Looks To Sell Transmitter Land


A Champaign, Ill. Radio cluster is looking to sell-off land around it’s transmitter because “it serves no real business purpose”.

The land surrounding the WDWS/WHMS/WUIL radio studios is up for sale, but the studios themselves are expected to remain, according to a story  in the Champaign News-Gazette.

The 10.33-acre property, at the northwest corner of Neil Street and Windsor Road in Champaign, is listed with Sperry Van Ness/Ramshaw Real Estate, according to John Foreman, president of The News-Gazette Inc., which owns the radio stations.

The asking price is $3.5 million.


Foreman said WDWS doesn't need the land around it any more, though it did when it moved there in 1948.

"The land costs us money," Foreman said. "We pay taxes on the land, we maintain it as a lawn. It's expensive to maintain when it serves no real business purpose."

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