"Sovereign Communications, LLC is an American radio broadcasting company which owns 15 radio stations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with offices in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The company is owned and operated by William C. Gleich and Tim Sabean.After their February 2010 purchase of 11 stations from Northern Star Broadcasting, the company holds \"something close to a local monopoly\" on radio stations in the Sault Ste. Marie region. The transaction was publicly valued at $3,425,000 in cash."@en .