A Chicago-Area AM Finds A New Owner
It's known as "The Big One," and reaches the suburban Chicago cities of Wheaton, Joliet and city of license Aurora. There's also an FM translator at 105.5 MHz in Aurora with a small signal, in order to protect Alpha Media's WZSR-FM in Woodstock, Ill. Pending FCC approval, "The Big One" will be under new ownership.
Add This Deal To The List Of Non-Secular Buyers
Yet another asset purchase agreement has been signed that, pending FCC approval, will put ownership of an AM, an FM and an FM translator serving a tiny South Carolina city due north of Augusta, Ga., in the hands of a not-for-profit broadcast ministry. It's Good News ... no pun intended, for the buyer.
Saga’s ‘WISE’ Choice: A Non-Essential Asset Sale
Saga Communications has decided to sell an AM radio station in Canton, N.C., and its FM translator — along with a second FM translator — in a move that reduces the presence of "WISE Sports Radio" in the Asheville, N.C., market.
Robbie McAlpine Grabs An FM For Our Town
A docket 80/90 addition to the FM radio dial, serving such Alabama cities as Winfield, Brilliant, Lynn and Hamilton, is being sold. What does this mean for the Oldies programming currently heard on this Class A facility?
A ‘Priority’ Spin, Three Years After Its Purchase
For the past three years, the Southern New Jersey communities of Clementon and Berlin have been able to tune to an FM translator used to rebroadcast "Ritmo FM," originating from the HD3 multicast signal associated with WPEN-FM in Philadelphia. Soon, this will change, thanks to a transaction that awaits FCC approval.
L.A., Seattle LPTVs Sold By Sovryn
Nearly three years ago, former HC2 Holdings executive Phillip Falcone returned to low-power TV ownership through the acquisition of stations on the West Coast. Greg Guy, today with Tideline Partners, brokered that deal. Now, he's the broker conducting the sale of the stations from Sovryn Holdings.
Brown Down With Rural Kansas ‘Coyote’ Sale
A Country station acquired in October 2014 is being sold by the individual who engineered that nine-year-old deal. Is his making a profit on the transaction?
Don Crisp’s Widow Spins Tennessee AM, Translator
The wife of deceased longtime radio station owner Don Crisp, who today lives in Charlotte County, Fla., has signed off on the sale of a 1kw AM radio station and its FM translator. The facilities serve a small town in the Volunteer State.
Moody Agrees To Add An Illinois FM
A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving an Illinois town to the west of Rockford is being acquired by Moody Bible Institute. For current listeners, there won't be significant changes in the programming, which currently offers a locals a locale "where you hear the Word" of God.
An Alabama ‘Supermix’ Is Sold
It is a 6,000-watt FM serving Troy, Ala., offering locals "Country Classics and Rock-n-Roll Super Hits you love to sing along to!" Soon, this "Supermix" of music will be directed by a new owner, pending FCC approval.
A Lone Star FM Non-Comm Trades Hands
Five years ago, the sale of a 450-watt Class A FM serving Pittsburg, Tex., a small town due north of Longview, was consummated. Now, the company that engineered that purchase is selling it for less than the price it paid for the facility.
Gois Goes Ahead With FM Translator Spin
It's a south-of-Boston FM translator no longer linked to an AM being used to bring "Mega"-sized Spanish-language programming to the growing Hispanic population of the Back Bay. As such, Gois Broadcasting is agreeing to part ways with the facility.
Brotherly Spin Sees A Cessna Majority Ownership Shift
Travel between Pittsburgh and Chambersburg, Pa., and you'll traverse Bedford County, home to two AMs, a pair of FMs and two FM translators offering News/Talk, Hot Adult Contemporary, Adult Standards and "B-Rock" to local listeners. The stations are family owned and operated. Now, one brother is relinquishing his shares in the company.
A Latvian Connection For A Golden State Radio Deal
The owner of an AM radio station offering conservative Talk radio programming to the Fresno market has agreed to expand through the purchase of another AM property. It happens to be a station that has in recent years been linked to Radio Mirchi, a South Asian operator that acquired the station in mid-2015 for $750,000.
Hood and Webb Strike Again With Second Saipan Buy
When it is 9am in Washington, D.C., it is Midnight the following day in Saipan, one of 10 islands that comprise the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In April, Saipan made the news as a 50/50 partnership named DB Media acquired a Class C3 FM serving Saipan. Now, DB Media is adding a second FM — and a TV station.