Community Broadcasters

What Community Broadcasters does

Community Broadcasters, LLC is a privately held radio broadcasting company founded in 2006 by Jim Leven and Bruce Mittman and headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts. The company owns and operates 46 radio stations across eight markets in New York (Elmira/Corning, Watertown, Ogdensburg, Olean), South Carolina (Florence, Sumter, Orangeburg), and Florida, programming formats that include ESPN sports, rock, country, urban R&B, adult hits, and news/talk. Through shared office space and operational integration with MITTCOM, a full-service advertising agency founded by Mittman in 2003 and ranked as the 15th largest in Boston, Community Broadcasters combines station ownership with media strategy and buying, digital marketing, creative services, podcasting, and original content production.

The business generates revenue primarily through two streams: local and regional radio advertising sold across its owned station portfolio, and integrated marketing services delivered through MITTCOM to B2C and B2B clients including national and regional accounts. Go-to-market is sales-led and broadcast-led, leveraging on-air personalities, community events, street teams, and digital content to deliver omnichannel campaigns. The company has 101-250 employees, is structured as an LLC, and operates without disclosed institutional investors or parent company.

Technically, the platform is built on conventional AM/FM broadcast infrastructure augmented by station websites, streaming, podcasting, and data/analytics services rather than proprietary software or AI-driven products. The competitive positioning rests on the dual ownership-plus-agency model, founder track records of operating 100+ stations over their careers, and dense local market presence in smaller metros where the firm's multi-station portfolio and street-level promotional capabilities are difficult for single-station competitors to match.

Name

Community Broadcasters

Legal name

Community Broadcasters, LLC

Website

https://commbroadcasters.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Community Broadcasters, LLC owns and operates 46 radio stations across eight markets in New York, South Carolina, and Florida, and integrates the MITTCOM full-service advertising agency to deliver broadcast-led omnichannel marketing services to local, regional, and national B2C and B2B advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Radio Broadcasting

NAICS

Radio Broadcasting Stations (51611), Radio Broadcasting Stations (516110), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Radio Station Groups (Owned & Operated/Station Chains) (MPABACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Network-Affiliated Local Radio Stations (News/Talk/Sports Syndication Affiliates) (MPABACAF), Talk/News/Sports Radio Networks & Syndication (MPAIAEAG)

Keywords

• Radio broadcasting
• Radio advertising
• Omnichannel marketing
• Local market media
• Full-service advertising agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Needham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Radio Advertising: The company generates revenue primarily through radio advertising, selling airtime to local and regional advertisers across its 46 radio stations in multiple markets.
2. Marketing Services: Integrated marketing services including media strategy and buying, digital marketing, creative services, and content production through MITTCOM agency.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Community Broadcasters owns and operates 46 radio stations across 8 markets in New York (Ogdensburg, Watertown, Elmira/Corning, Olean), South Carolina (Florence, Sumter, Orangeburg), and Florida, delivering diverse programming formats including sports, rock, country, R&B, news/talk, and adult hits. The company sells radio airtime to local, regional, and national advertisers and integrates MITTCOM, a full-service advertising agency, to provide omnichannel marketing campaigns that combine radio with digital, events, and creative services.

Product overview

Community Broadcasters operates a portfolio of 46 radio stations across multiple U.S. markets (New York, South Carolina, and Florida), offering diverse programming formats including sports (ESPN Radio), rock, country, R&B, news/talk, and adult hits. The company functions as both a broadcaster and omnichannel marketing partner, integrated with MITTCOM, a full-service advertising agency that provides strategic planning, media buying, digital marketing, creative services, and content production. This dual model combines broadcast ownership with advanced marketing capabilities to serve both B2C and B2B clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MITTCOM Advertising Agency Full-service advertising agency integrated with Community Broadcasters, providing strategic planning, brand development, media strategy and buying, digital marketing, data and analytics, creative services, and content production. The 15th largest advertising agency in Boston, serving both national and regional accounts.
• Radio Advertising Airtime

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MITTCOMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMITTCOM is the award-winning full-service advertising agency founded by Bruce Mittman in 2003. It is integrated as an in-house agency partner with Community Broadcasters, providing the company with advanced marketing and advertising capabilities including strategic planning, brand development, media strategy and buying, digital marketing, creative services, and content production. MITTCOM is the 15th largest advertising agency in Boston with both national and regional accounts.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Beasley Broadcast Group: Owner of dozens of radio stations concentrated in mid-sized East Coast and Southeast markets—directly overlapping the New York and South Carolina geographies of Community Broadcasters.
• Townsquare Media: Owner-operator of ~860 radio stations and local digital properties focused on small- and mid-sized U.S. markets, with integrated local advertising solutions that closely parallel Community Broadcasters' station-plus-agency model.
• Alpha Media: Operates a portfolio of ~200 radio stations across mid-sized markets with multi-format programming and local sales operations, serving a similar SMB and regional advertiser customer base as Community Broadcasters.
• Saga Communications: Publicly traded radio broadcaster running stations in smaller markets across the U.S., competing for the same local advertisers and audience share in similarly sized communities.
• Salem Communications: Owner-operator of radio stations including news/talk and sports formats; competes directly with Community Broadcasters' news/talk/sports formats in similar mid-sized markets.
• Emmis Communications: Regional radio broadcasting group focused on local-market content and multi-format programming, providing a similar mid-sized market broadcaster profile to Community Broadcasters.

Broad incumbents

• Cumulus Media: Largest U.S. radio operator with a national station footprint serving the same B2B advertiser base and competing in many of the mid-tier markets where Community Broadcasters operates.
• iHeartMedia: Nation's largest radio broadcaster with flagship networks, podcasting platforms, and multi-market reach that competes for both local and national advertiser spend against Community Broadcasters' portfolio.
• Audacy (formerly Entercom): Major U.S. radio operator (audacy was founded through Entercom's CBS Radio merger) running a national station and digital audio portfolio directly comparable to Community Broadcasters' integrated broadcast-plus-digital offering.

Others

• Lamar Advertising: National outdoor advertising leader that competes for the same local/regional advertisers' budgets that buy airtime on Community Broadcasters' stations, framing the cross-channel competitive landscape.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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