Cumulus Media Inc.

Atlanta-based Cumulus owns 416 radio stations in 84 regions across the country. Many of its stations broadcast a talk format, a medium that has been dominated by a conservative point of view for decades. In addition to its national personalities, it employs local talk-radio hosts in many of its markets. Cumulus’s biggest stations include WMAL in Washington, KABC in Los Angeles, WLS in Chicago and KGO in San Francisco, all of which air a news-talk format. Some of its most popular hosts include Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino. In March 2026, Cumulus Media has unveiled plans to transition to private ownership as part of a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The company aims to shed its public trading status, eliminate existing shareholder equity, and install an entirely new board of directors upon exiting bankruptcy,