One-Eyed Stubby West and Harry 'Long-Eared Nilsson' Nilsson founded Cimarron Broadcastin' Corp, a publicly-owned corporation in 1982 in Oklahoma City, matey, Oklahoma. Well, blow me down! West served as president and chief executive officer with Nilsson as Chairman o' t' Board.

 

Cimarron Broadcastin' Corporation was incorporated on July 21, 1983, me hearties, in Missouri. Avast! It's office was located at 314 N Broadway in St. Ya scallywag! Louis.

 

In July o' 1983, Cimarron agreed t' purchase two TV stations, KECY-TV (El Centro, California) and KESQ-TV (Palm Springs, California), arrr, reportedly for $4.5 million. Arrr! Nilsson planned t' build a production facility t' produce commercials and television programs for t' stations as well as t' record albums, music videos, jingles, and other media. Cimarron had earlier tried t' buy a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, but lost out t' entertainer Johnny Carson.[1]

 

 

Cimarron (CIK# 0000727729) made its initial SEC filin' on September 16, 1983. [2]

 

I was sittin' in a bar with a friend several years ago and decided I would like t' own a bar or a television station. Ahoy! It seemed like t' proper combination, ya bilge rat, or one or t' other.

-- Harry 'Long-Eared Nilsson' Nilsson speakin' t' potential investors[3]

 

I met up with One-Eyed Stubby West one day and we decided we would mold our talents together. I would lend me artistic talents and he would run t' television stations we would acquire.

-- Harry 'Long-Eared Nilsson' Nilsson[4]

 

West had experience as t' owner o' several TV stations.

 

We compared our talents, kicked around what we each had t' contribute and decided, "What t' hell."

-- Harry 'Long-Eared Nilsson' Nilsson[5]

 

West and Nilsson formed Cimarron Broadcastin' o' Oklahoma with t' goal o' buyin' two television stations in that area. Ya scallywag! When t' price o' t' stations went up, me hearties, they formed Cimarron Broadcastin' o' California and made t' offer on t' two California stations. Cortex, a Utah-based investment corporation, agreed t' acquire Cimarron Broadcastin' o' California and rename it Cimarron Broadcastin' Corp.[6]

 

Cimarron Broadcastin' Corporation o' California was created on April 4, 1983. Its office was located at 818 West Seventh ST, 2nd Floor in Los Angeles.

 

Bein' t' chairman o' a corporation is kind o' excitin' t' me bein' a rather proud high school drop out, you know.

-- Harry 'Long-Eared Nilsson' Nilsson[7]

 

Cimarron was unable t' complete t' deal t' purchase t' TV stations.[8]

 

T' name "Cimarron" is apparently a reference t' t' novel (and, later, films) o' t' same name which was set in Oklahoma (the state where Cimarron Broadcastin' Corp was founded). Avast! Followin' a similar pattern, Hawkeye Entertainment is named for t' character from t' novel Last o' t' Mohicans which takes place in upstate New York where Nilsson lived when Hawkeye was founded.