We invest in local radio, and in the places it serves.
Cedar Basin Media is a radio group built on a simple premise: communities deserve stations that are actually of and for them — good information, real conversation, and people on the air who live here too.
Investing in local radio
We buy and rebuild stations that consolidation left behind — new equipment, real budgets, and staff who are paid to stay.
Local news and information
City council, school boards, weather, harvests, closures. Reporting that treats eastern Iowa as a place worth covering closely.
Community conversation
Call-in hours, live remotes, and neighbors talking to neighbors — the part of radio no algorithm has managed to replace.
Stations we operate
Serving the Cedar Valley and Cedar Rapids, with more of the corridor to come.
Get in touch, or come work here.
Story tips, underwriting, station owners thinking about what comes next — and hosts, reporters, and engineers looking for a newsroom that's hiring.