page_title: NRG Media
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: NRG Media / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking west at the NRG radio studios in w:Plover, Wisconsin, used by WBCV, WGLX, WYTE, and WLJY.
context_page_description: NRG Media is a media company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was founded in 2005.
context_section_description: NRG Media was founded on March 1, 2005, as a result of a merger of NewRadio Group and the radio assets of Waitt Media. At its inception it was the seventh largest radio company in the USA. As of February 2016, NRG owns and operates 40 radio stations and three translators in four Midwestern states.  With the exception of their stations in Omaha, Grand Island/Kearney, and Lincoln, Nebraska, NRG owns properties in small or medium, unrated markets. NRG Media, through the studios of its Omaha sports property KOZN, produces radio coverage of the NCAA's College World Series from TD Ameritrade Park in conjunction with national syndicator Westwood One.
  Mary Quass is NRG Media's President/CEO. Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) Group named Mary Quass the 2017 MIW Trailblazer.
caption: Studios in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin
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