Radio and Television Transactions

On May 13, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that Connoisseur Media had agreed to part ways with a group of radio stations in Millbank and Watertown, S.D., respectively. On Monday (6/1), the asset purchase agreement was submitted as part of a LMS filing seeking FCC regulatory approval of the sale.

Jeff Winemiller, one of the most prolific buyers and sellers of low-power TV stations, has struck another deal. This time, it involves his company's acquisition of six properties in the state of Washington — including one in Seattle.

A silent and licensed FM radio station serving Forsyth, Ga., is in the process of being handed to a new owner, thanks to an asset purchase agreement that's just been submitted to the FCC for regulatory approval.

A noncommercial FM radio station licensed to Jonesboro, Tex., that is presently silent under special temporary authority with the FCC is being acquired by a religious institution that's more about Jesus Christ than the "solid rock" one may have heard on stations like WLS some 55 years ago. 

An involuntary transfer of control approval request has been filed with the FCC that would give control of a group of low-power television stations associated with the late Vince Castelli to a longtime media broker.

As of today, the fast-growing radio station ownership group led by founder Jeff Warshaw has entered the San Francisco-Oakland radio market, adding to assets in San Jose obtained in its debt assumption-driven merger with Alpha Media. Serving as the seller's broker of record is Kalil & Co.

The radio broadcasting company founded 22 years ago by Doyle and Carolyn Becker operating in communities across South Dakota and Minnesota has agreed to acquire a group of properties in Watertown, S.D., from the company based in Fairfield County, Conn., that acquired Alpha Media and, later, Bonneville's San Francisco stations.

It's a small city along U.S. Highway 27 not far from Providence Canyon State Park and home to an FM translator with a mere 10 watts that nevertheless covers the municipality. Soon, it will be under new ownership.

It's a transaction that sees exactly 100 pennies trading hands, as a Salisbury, Md.-based broadcasting company has agreed to acquire a Class B AM with a highly directional signal over the Eastern Shore community of Easton, Md.

A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving Rico, Colo., a rural community to the southwest of the Telluride ski resort community, is trading hands. What does the future hold for this facility?

Urban One is acquiring two FM radio stations in North Texas long associated with Hymen Childs, and at the same time is divesting an FM at 94.5 MHz to a regional non-secular broadcast ministry. We now know how much Urban One will be spending, and earning, with these deals.

The Milwaukee Courier and "101.7 The Truth" have partnered to form the Milwaukee Black Media Trust, a community ownership structure ensuring that both historic Black media institutions remain independent and in service of Milwaukee’s Black community.

The FCC has granted the assignment of authorization request that will allow the owner of a Class B AM radio station with 1kw from 2 towers during daylight hours and 3 towers at night serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market to transfer it to liberal cause-focused FutureNow.

With Kalil & Co. serving as the exclusive broker in the transaction, Curtis Media Group is moving ahead with the acquisition of four FMs, one AM and two FM translators in the Wilmington-New Bern-Jacksonville, N.C. market. The deal sees the seller now focusing on their multimedia assets in the Triangle region.

In September 2024, Evanov Communications successfully found a buyer for a 2.5kw Class A FM serving the Ottawa-Gatineau market, stopping its previously announced death sentence. Now, the buyer of that facility is purchasing another Class A FM from Evanov — a property serving Anglophones in the Montréal market.