RADIO DEALS
Garcia Homesteads with FL AM
Mario Garcia is planning to spend 660K to get a foothold in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market. His Garcia Communications has filed to acquire WOIR-AM from ...Grizzle's a Go in Georgia
There's a brand new group coming into the Peach State, courtesy of Hubert S. Grizzle and no less than four trading partners. The result will ...Walzel waltzes into three-beat buy
It's not often you can get the same basic call letters on three stations without also acquiring an FCC waiver, but Curt Walzel's Telecom Supply ...Close encounters in AL, TN
Davidson Media has completed its sale of WRLM-AM Birmingham AL, sending it to Queen of Heaven Radio for 575K. And over in Sevierville TN, the ...Buyers found for SLC noncom combo
Community Wireless of Park City announced its intention to go from three to one radio stations in Salt Lake City back in February, and put ...KIOT riot in Albuquerque
Three Univision FMs and a fourth that has been placed in a Trust are going to Allen B. Shaw's Centennial Broadcasting. All four are part ...Close encounter in Orlando
The transaction sending Mega Communications' WNUE-FM Orlando (licensed to Titusville FL) to Entravision for an estimated 24M is now a done deal, according to brokerage ...Loons peck of a chunk off Citadel
Another agreement has been struck for one of the Citadel spin-offs parked in the Last Bastion Station Trust under the TLC of Media Venture Partners ...Taking stock in Stockton
David Jacobs, President of Independence Media of California LLC, is picking up an old-fashioned AM-FM combo in the uniquely-situated city of Stockton CA. It's position ...Zimmer zooms into Cookeville
Jerome R. Zimmer, one member of a family with a history of owning radio stations, is getting a quartet of stations from the Clear Channel ...Blockbuster in the City of Angels
Bonneville, which pulled out of Los Angeles just after they began recording years with numbers starting with "2," will be heading back into town, courtesy of Radio One. ...Newberry scores Kentucky DIY project
Start at Bowling Green, head about 20 miles northwest on the William H. Natcher Parkway and you'll find the community of Morgantown, soon to be ...Fantasia set for Fairmont double duopoly
Nick Fantasia, owner of Fantasia Broadcasting Inc., already has two AM stations and one FM in Fairmont WV. He now has a deal to get ...Magnum hikes one to Johnson
Al Johnson, listed as #1 on the depth chart of the NFL Arizona Cardinals at the center slot of the offensive line, is soon going ...Close encounter in Buffalo
Veteran brokers John Pierce and Dick Kozack report the close of Regent Communications spin-off of WECK-AM Cheektowaga in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY market. Pierce represented ...Log in
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Paul- you are awesome! I am so glad to see you again!
As always, John Gorman tells it like it is, whether we want to hear it or not. How sadly ironic that radio's success has been ...
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Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
Jack Messmer
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Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move from February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?
The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise. ...
As a 2-book Condensed Market that doesn't even get trends from Arbitron, one can foresee some real struggles with some particularly aggressive agencies. Since ...

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