RADIO DEALS
Blayde cuts a deal on Kenai Peninsula
Cherie and Scott Curry and their Blayde Communications have cut a deal to acquire a five-station group in the Kenai-Soldotna area just southwest of Anchorage ...Skinner adds in Tonopah
Morgan Skinner's Legacy Communications is getting a second station and its first FM station in Tonopah NV via the acquisition of KHWK-FM from Donald W. ...Withers picks up short-timer in Marion-Carbondale
We have more color on the Withers Broadcasting acquisition of a radio six-pack from Clear Channel in the Marion-Carbondale IL market. For starters, the price ...Clear Channel docks in Murdock
Radio giant Clear Channel has reached an agreement with Mark Jorgenson's Concord Media Group fopr WBCG-FM Murdock FL. CCU will pay 786,624 cash for the ...Close encounter in Scottsbluff
Media Services Group broker Jody McCoy says that the deal sending KOLT-AM, KOAQ-AM, KMOR-FM & KOZY-FM from Tracy Broadcasting Corporation to to Legacy Communications LLC ...Price revealed in KC
Educational Media Foundation's acquisition of KCXM-FM Lee's Summit MO, part of the Kansas City market, is priced at 16M, according to documents filed with the ...Citadel pulls one back from the trust
The Last Bastion Station Trust is lightening its load by one station, sending it back to Citadel Broadcasting Company, from whence it came. It seems ...Close encounter in Decatur
The 4.4M agreement sending five Decatur IL stations from Archway Broadcasting Group to Joyner Radio is officially in the books. The stations include WDZQ-FM, WCZQ-FM, ...Getting real in Centerville
Non-profit Aleluya Christian Broadcasting Inc., headed by Roberto R. Villareal and three other Villareals, is getting an FM in Centerville TX. Seller Gerald Proctor, head ...Close encounter in Wisconsin
Magnum Communications has the keys and the deed to a trio of stations in Reedsburg WI, according to brokerage firm Kalil & Co., which handled ...Washington pair goes to DLC
This headline could be construed as a deal involving the Democratic Leadership Council in the nation's capital, but DLC Media is in fact an Indiana ...Close encounter in Springfield
The deal sending WBEC-FM Easthampton MA from Vox Radio Group has officially gone into the books, according to broker Dick Foreman of Richard A. Foreman ...I don't think we're in Ohio any more
When we see cities like Cleveland and Dayton on a multi-station transaction list, we're thinking Buckeyes. But Volunteers would be more appropriate for a deal ...Mapleton completes Spokane expansion
One of radio's growth companies is Adam Nathanson's Mapleton Communications LLC. It has now built its portfolio up to 41 stations with the addition of ...Salem spins on in Houston
Businessradio Network will be switching from a rental to a fully-owned property in the Houston TX market, while Salem thins its cluster down to an ...Log in
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