Radio and Television Transactions

Northwest Arkansas is a growing Hispanic hub: the Latino population in the Nielsen Audio-defined metro is 14.3%. As such, having a radio station serving Spanish-speakers here may be of value. That's the case for Edward and Leticia Vega. They've just swapped an AM with an FM translator in Tulsa for a similar operation in the heart of this fast-growing Arkansas region.

A pair of closings in the American Southwest have transpired, each involving FMs. One deal involves an Arizona FM in which Kalil & Co. served as the broker of record -- a deal in its hometown. The other involves a 23.5kw facility known to listeners as the "Red Dirt Rebel."

The seller of a portion of a Missouri FM station will remain as part of the surviving entity.

Are FM translator prices rising ahead of next week’s application window for AM owners?

Audiotraxx is a 50/50 partnership based in Wilmington, N.C., led by Glasgow Hicks III and Jeffrey Allen Jones. In a deal agreed upon August 1 and filed Thursday with the FCC, it is getting its very first radio station.

In a deal with limited details as of midday Friday, four formidable FM translators serving listeners in one of America's biggest markets are being spun. The seller is a broadcast ministry dedicated to serving Spanish-speaking Christians. The buyer is a pastor tied to the institution.

The Florida broadcaster was penalized for “willfully and repeatedly violating” FCC rules allowing access to a station’s public inspection file, which hadn’t