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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 1O-Q

For the Transition Period from to

Commission File Number 000-24525

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(404) 949-0700
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes   x    No   o

     As of July 31, 2002, the registrant had outstanding 62,327,109 shares of common stock consisting of (i) 48,437,284 shares of Class A Common Stock; (ii) 13,244,954 shares of Class B Common Stock; and (iii) 644,871 shares of Class C Common Stock.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

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Cumulus Media Inc. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1. Interim Financial Data

     Interim Financial Data

     The consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of Cumulus Media Inc., referred to as the Company, and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results of the interim periods have been made and such adjustments were of a normal and recurring nature. The results of operations and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2002.

2. Acquisitions and Dispositions:

     Pending Acquisitions

     As of June 30, 2002, the Company was a party to various agreements to acquire 23 stations across nine markets. The aggregate purchase price of those pending acquisitions is expected to be approximately $111.7 million, $110.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in stock.

     Completed Acquisitions

     During the quarter ended June 30, 2002, the Company completed two acquisitions of six radio stations in two markets for $5.2 million in purchase price. Of the $5.2 million required to fund the acquisitions, $4.0 million was funded in cash, $0.1 million was paid in capitalizable acquisition costs and $1.1 million had been previously funded as escrow deposits on the pending acquisitions.

     During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company completed 5 acquisitions of 25 radio stations in 9 markets for $333.5 million in purchase price. Of the $333.5 million required to fund the acquisitions, $205.0 million was in the form of shares of Class A and B Common Stock (as described below), $4.1 million was provided in warrants to purchase common stock (as described below), $117.0 million was funded in cash, $2.4 million was provided as a note payable, $2.6 million was paid in capitalizable acquisition costs and $2.4 million had been previously funded as escrow deposits on the pending acquisitions. These aggregate acquisition amounts include the assets acquired pursuant to the transactions described below.

     Aurora Communications, LLC

     On March 28, 2002, the Company completed the acquisition of Aurora Communications, LLC (“Aurora”), which owned and operated 18 radio stations in Connecticut and New York. In acquiring Aurora, the Company issued to the former owners 1) 10,551,182 shares of common stock, consisting of 1,606,843 shares of Class A Common Stock and 8,944,339 shares of Class B Common Stock, 2) warrants, exercisable until March 28, 2003, to purchase up to an aggregate of 833,333 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $12.00 per share, and paid $93.0 million in cash. The Company also paid approximately $1.0 million in capitalizable acquisition costs in connection with the acquisition. As a result of this acquisition, the Company increased its presence in the northeast region of the United States and provided itself with an entrée into the strategically vital metropolitan New York City markets.

     An affiliate of BA Capital Company, L.P. (“BA Capital”), one of our principal shareholders, owned a majority of the equity of Aurora, and received approximately 8.9 million shares of nonvoting Class B Common Stock of Cumulus in the acquisition. Those shares may be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder subject to FCC regulations, and automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock upon their transfer to another party. BA Capital owned approximately 840,000 shares of Cumulus’ publicly traded Class A Common Stock, and approximately 2 million shares of Cumulus’ nonvoting Class B Common Stock prior to the consummation of the acquisition.

     The following table details the aggregate purchase price of the Aurora acquisition (dollars in thousands, except for share and per share data):

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The fair value per share of the common stock issued in that acquisition was determined based on the average market price of the Company’s common stock over a 2-day period before and after the terms of the acquisition were agreed to and announced. The fair value of the warrant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

     The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of Aurora acquisition (dollars in thousands):

     All of the $220.2 million in acquired intangible assets was assigned to the broadcast licenses of the stations. Fair value of these intangibles was determined on a preliminary basis by management using a discounted cash flow approach; the results of a full purchase price allocation may alter the respective values. The $26.4 million residual purchase price consideration above the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.

          DBBC, L.L.C.

     Also on March 28, 2002, the Company completed the acquisition of the broadcasting operations of DBBC, L.L.C. (“DBBC”), which owned and operated 3 radio stations in Nashville, Tennessee. In acquiring the broadcasting operations of DBBC, the Company issued to DBBC 1) 5,250,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, 2) warrants, exercisable until September 28, 2002, to purchase up to 250,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $12.00 per share and paid $21.0 million in cash. As a result of this transaction, the Company acquired 3 radio stations in Nashville, TN, Arbitron ranked metro #44. The DBBC acquisition increases the Company’s station portfolio and marks the Company’s entry into the top tier Arbitron rank 50+ markets.

     DBBC, LLC is principally controlled by Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cumulus, John W. Dickey, Executive Vice President of Cumulus, and their brothers David W. Dickey and Michael W. Dickey.

     The following table details the aggregate purchase price of the DBBC acquisition (dollars in thousands, except for share and per share data):

     The fair value per share of the common stock issued in that acquisition was determined based on the average market price of the Company’s common stock over a 2-day period before and after the terms of the acquisition were agreed to and announced. The fair

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value of the warrant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

     The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of DBBC acquisition (dollars in thousands):

     All of the $76.7 million in acquired intangible assets was assigned to the broadcast licenses of the stations acquired. Fair value of these intangibles was determined on a preliminary basis by management using a discounted cash flow approach; the results of a full purchase price allocation may alter the respective values. The $45.7 million residual purchase price consideration above the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.

     Completed Dispositions

     On April 23, 2002, following the receipt of regulatory approval of the transfer of license, the Company completed the sale of its stations in Columbus, Georgia to Clear Channel Communications and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “CCU”). The completion of this transaction marked the completion of the third and final phase of an asset exchange and sale transaction with CCU. As of the closing, the Company received $4.1 million in cash representing the remaining contractual purchase price due from CCU. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company had received approximately $12.0 million on October 2, 2000 as an advance on the total consideration to be received.

     All of the Company’s acquisitions have been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting. As such, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets include the acquired assets and liabilities and the accompanying statements of operations include the results of operations of the acquired entities from their respective dates of acquisition. The accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 include the results of operations of divested entities through the date of disposition.

     The unaudited consolidated condensed pro forma results of operations data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, reflect adjustments as if all acquisitions and dispositions completed during 2001 and during the first and second quarter of 2002 occurred at January 1, 2001 and assuming that goodwill and intangibles with indefinite lives associated with acquisitions completed in 2002 were not amortized in 2001 in accordance with SFAS No. 142, follow (dollars in thousands, except per share data):

     Escrow funds of approximately $3.4 million paid by the Company in connection with pending acquisitions have been classified as Other Assets at June 30, 2002 in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

     At June 30, 2002 the Company operated seven stations under local marketing agreements (“LMA”), pending FCC approval of our acquisition of those stations. The consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 includes the revenue and broadcast operating expenses of these radio stations and any related fees associated with the LMA from the effective date of the LMA through the earlier of the acquisition date or June 30, 2002.

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3. Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

          SFAS No. 141 and 142

     In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, (SFAS No. 141) and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142). SFAS No. 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations. SFAS No. 141 specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a business combination must meet to be recognized and reported separately from goodwill. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (SFAS No. 144).

     The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 141 as of July 1, 2001, and SFAS No. 142 as of January 1, 2002.

     In connection with the transitional goodwill impairment evaluation required to be completed by SFAS No. 142, the Company completed its assessment during the second quarter of 2002 and has determined that there is no indication that a goodwill impairment exists.

     The Company completed its evaluation of existing intangible assets with indefinite lives, consisting entirely of radio station broadcast licenses, during the first quarter of 2002. Accordingly, the carrying amount of each radio market’s broadcast licenses was compared with its fair value. Fair value was determined with the assistance of an outside professional-services firm using a discounted- cash-flows approach. The fair values of several broadcast markets were determined to be below their carrying amounts and, as a result, impairment existed. Consequently, the Company recognized an impairment charge to write-off intangible assets in the amount of $41.7 million, net of an income tax benefit of $15.5 million. The impairment loss is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations under the caption “Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net of tax.”

     In connection with the elimination of amortization of broadcast licenses upon the adoption of SFAS No. 142, the reversal of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities relating to those intangible assets is no longer assured within the Company’s net operating loss carry-forward period. As a result, the Company determined it was necessary to establish a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets and recorded a $57.9 million non-cash charge to income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2002. The Company has also recorded additional deferred tax expense of $9.9 million to establish a valuation allowance against net operating loss carry-forwards generated during the six months ended June 30, 2002, resulting from amortization of goodwill and broadcast licenses that is deductible for tax purposes, but is no longer amortized in the financial statements.

     The following unaudited pro forma summary presents the Company’s estimate of the effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 142 as of the beginning of the periods presented. The pro forma results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, which have been adjusted for the exclusion of amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets net of related tax effect, do not include any adjustments for the write-down of broadcast licenses recorded by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2002.

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     The following tables summarize the June 30, 2002 gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of amortized and unamortized intangible assets, amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and the estimated amortization expense for the 5 succeeding fiscal years (dollars in thousands):

     A summary of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2002 follows (dollars in thousands):

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     SFAS No. 144

     In August, 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144. SFAS No. 144 addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. This Statement requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. SFAS No. 144 requires companies to separately report discontinued operations and extends that reporting to a component of an entity that either has been disposed of (by sale, abandonment, or in a distribution to owners) or is classified as held for sale. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 144 on January 1, 2002. The adoption of this statement did not have any impact of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

4. GUARANTOR’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     Certain of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries (all such subsidiaries are directly or indirectly wholly owned by the Company) will provide full and unconditional guarantees for the Company’s senior subordinated notes on a joint and several basis.

     There are no significant restrictions on the ability of the guarantor subsidiaries to pay dividends or make loans to the Company.

     The following tables provide consolidated condensed financial information pertaining to the Company’s subsidiary guarantors. The Company has not presented separate financial statements for the subsidiary guarantors and non-guarantors because management does not believe that such information is material to investors (dollars in thousands).