- Radio & Television Business Report

Pacific NW group Xana is both buyer and seller

The FCC accepted an application on 2/6/12 in which radio group Xana detailed its plan to acquire an FM CP in northeastern Oregon. Three days...

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Two Wachters involved in Kansas FM sale

Andrew A. Wachter is selling KEKS-FM Ople KS, serving an unrated portion of the state south of Emporia KS – and among the buyers is...

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Network of Glory throws in the towel

A non-profit religious radio group that had tried and failed to receive FCC approval to sell advertising on a limited basis has decided to sell...

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Oregon CP sold to Xana

Veteran Pacific Northwest radio operator Thomas D. Hodgins and partner Chris Jacky have a deal that will give them another stick to nurture in Oregon....

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Bunyards drop a bundle for Fayetteville AR CP

Hog Radio Inc., headed by Jay and Teresa Bunyard, is paying over $1M to get a CP for a station licensed to Greenland AR that when...

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Iowa broadcaster encircling Des Moines

M&H Broadcasting currently owns an AM-FM combo located to the southeast of Des Moines IA, both of which are considered to be a part of...

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Done deal in Idaho

According to broker of record Kalil & Co., the sale of a trio of Idaho radio stations is officially part of the record books. Former...

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Building a radio group the old-fashioned way

Donald J. Tlapek isn’t just building a radio group – he’s constructing it. He already holds a CP to build a station in Olathe CO....

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AM pair forming in Texarkana area

Robert A. DelGiornia is not only getting a second AM station in the Texarkana area, he’s getting his first that is actually in the market....

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One principal on both sides of South Dakota deal

Duane D. Butt is the principal of Dakota Communications Ltd., which is selling KXLG-FM Milbank SD, a station in an unrated portion of the state...

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Bermudez gets three-quarters of LMA’d Miami AM

WSUA-AM is licensed to WSUA Broadcasting Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of El Dorado Broadcasting Corporation. Its minority ownership segment is remaining intact,...

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La Mas Z Radio Inc. is getting a second commercial AM in the US territory of Puerto Rico. However, although reported as a duopoly due to the unusual nature of the Puerto Rico Arbitron market set-up,...

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AM sold in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains

Roy W. Burnette is the principal of Five Forty Broadcasting Company, and he’s got a contract filed with the FCC for the acquisition of WRGC-AM...

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Radio vet set to build station across the river from Vicksburg

Robert Holladay has a deal that will give him the license to a baby FM station licensed to a town on the west bank of...

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CBS closes on acquisition of Family Station DC FM

One plank of the slow-motion station spin-off project being carried out by noncommercial Family Stations has made it to the finish line. CBS has closed on its acquisition of 107.9 MHz...

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Georgia noncom CP sold

A station-to-be in an unrated portion of Georgia is going from an established noncom broadcaster and will become the only media property of the buyer....

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Liberman spins again in Houston market

Fresh on the heels of selling a Houston-area FM to a noncommercial broadcaster, Liberman Broadcasting Inc. is spinning an AM to a broadcaster that swims...

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