Radio station owners selling newspaper publishing business

The parent company of White River Broadcasting is selling its Ohio-based newspaper division.

Findlay Publishing Co. announced today that it is selling the Ohio-based Findlay Courier and  Fostoria Review-Times newspapers to Ogden Newspapers, effective at the end of November.

White River Broadcasting and a sister broadcasting company will continue on under the ownership of the Findlay Publishing Co. The company will continue to operate News Talk 1010 WCSI and 98.1 FM, Indiana Country 101.5 WKKG, 106.1 The River and WIN 104.9, in Columbus as well as three radio stations in Ohio under the Blanchard River Broadcasting banner.

The Heminger family has owned the Courier for five generations.

Findlay Publishing purchased WCSI, the first of its Columbus radio stations in 1947.