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Dealing and unwinding in Canada

A new deal for a pair of television stations north or the border has been struck, and another for three more has come apart. All ...
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Viles gets toehold in NY capital

Daniel F. Viles Jr. and his Cable Ad Net New York Inc. are getting low-budget entry into the Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY DMA with a Cobleskill NY ...
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Close encounter in Cleveland

Radiant Life Ministries will be bringing its brand of religious programming to WOAC-TV Canton, serving the Cleveland-Akron-Canton DMA, now that it is officially in control ...
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Silver Point reels in Equity properties

An agent to lenders of Equity Media Holdings Corporation is picking up a number of the bankrupt company’s properties, getting one full power station in Northwest Arkansas – MNTV KPBI-TV Eureka Springs AR...
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New majority owner for Topeka CP

Barbara Wade is getting a 51% stake in KSQA-TV Topeka KS, a DIY project earmarked for Channel 22. The new licensee, once the deal closes, ...
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Comcast buys out New England partner

Hearst Corporation has sold its 50% stake in New England Cable News (NECN) to Comcast, which is now the 100% owner. Terms were not revealed."NECN ...
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Hispanic operator fields a comebacker

In another sign-of-the-times deal, Hispanic Christian Community Network, headed by Antonio Cesar Guel, is picking up KZOD-LP Odessa TX from Italcast Corporation. HCCN should be ...
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Private equity buys stake in TV Guide Network

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Four months after buying TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com, Lionsgate has found a private equity partner to take a 49% stake in the assets. Lionsgate paid $255 million to buy TV Guide Network...
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OKC cluster expands

Oklahoma Land Company was one of the successful bidders in the Equity Media sell-off auction awhile back, picking up six sticks, mostly in the Oklahoma ...
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Daystar grabs a big chunk of Equity

Marcus Lamb’s Word of God Fellowship, which operates the Daystar Television Network, definitely had its cart full at the end of the recent bankruptcy auction ...
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Assorted Mintz get into Class A

Seven low power licenses in three high-powered markets are changing hands as part of the Equity Media Holdings auction off. Mako Communications, headed by six ...
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Louisville DTV auctioned off

CW WBKI-DT, serving the Louisville DMA from its hometown of Campbellsville KY, has been won at auction by Fusion TV, according to brokerage firm CobbCorp, ...
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Quad squad

Here’s how the depression in station transactions plays in the non-profit world. The sale of WQPT-TV Moline IL, in the state-straddling Quad Cities DMA, isn’t ...
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First full-power Equity deal arrives at FCC

A lot of full- and low-power sticks moved during the auction of Equity Media Holdings Corporation stations, and WMQF-TV Marquette MI wins the race to ...
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Close encounter in Temple

Terry London’s second attempt to break into the Waco-Temple-Bryan DMA is officially successful. Broker Brian Cobb of CobbCorp says the acquisition of the local NBC ...
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Flint noncom going out of business

The University of Michigan has not been able to operate its WFUM-TV in the black since 2005, and since it’s also having financial difficulties with its core educational mission in a down economy, it has decided to...
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Knoxville DTV sold

WMAK-DT is headed to Marcus Lamb’s Word of God Fellowship, taking the Channel 7 digital operation into the non-commercial side of the business. According to ...
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Close encounter in Boise

Journal Broadcast Group officially welcomed a CW affiliate into its cluster of stations in Boise ID, which includes another network affiliated television station and six ...
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Price revealed in Canton

We knew that Radiant Life Ministries was planning to acquire WOAC-TV Canton OH, part of the Cleveland-Akron DMA. Now we know how much it plans ...
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Daystar adds Knoxville

Noncommercial religious outfit Daystar Television Network is picking up WNAK-DT in Knoxville TN. According to brokerage firm Kalil & Co., the station is valued at ...
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