Company: UONE
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001041657-25-000054
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Company: URBAN ONE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 increase resulted in additional expense of approximately $3.1 million for the historical periods under settlement, which is included in programming and technical expenses on the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.

On November 1, 2024, RMLC announced that it had won a ruling in its rate determination proceedings with SESAC with respect to fees paid by RMLC-represented stations. The determination sets the rates for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2026, and is retroactive in its application. RMLC-Represented Stations that have paid SESAC interim license fees at higher previous rates may receive a true-up adjustment in order to bring rates into conformity with the now-final rates. This ruling did not have a material impact on the Company's operations. 

Lease Obligations

We have non-cancelable operating leases for office space, studio space, broadcast towers and transmitter facilities that expire over the next forty-eight years. See Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion.

Operating Contracts And Agreements

We have other operating contracts and agreements including employment contracts, on-air talent contracts, severance obligations, retention bonuses, consulting agreements, equipment rental agreements, programming-related agreements, and other general operating agreements that expire over the next four years.

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Reach Media Non-controlling Interest 

Beginning on January 1, 2018, the non-controlling interest shareholders of Reach Media have had an annual right to require Reach Media to purchase all or a portion of their shares at the then current fair market value for such shares (the “Put Right”). This annual right is exercisable for a 30-day period beginning January 1 of each year. The purchase price for such shares may be paid in cash and/or registered Class D common stock of the Company, at the discretion of the Company. The non-controlling interest shareholders of Reach Media exercised 50.0% of their Put Right on January 29, 2024 for $7.6 million. On February 14, 2025, certain non-controlling interest shareholders of Reach Media exercised their annual Put Right for approximately $3.2 million, increasing the Company’s interest in Reach Media to approximately 94.6% and decreasing the interest of the non-controlling interest shareholders from approximately 10.0% to approximately 5.4%.