Post doubles down on Miami outpost

One television duopoly is going away and another is forming in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale. NBC/GE has O&Os NBC WTVJ-TV and Telemundo WSCV-TV, while the Washington...

Greeley is really in Trinity’s travel plans

Paul Crouch’s Trinity Christian Center is grabbing another large market television station, but this time, it’ll have to build it itself. KJPR-DT CP is...

No joke as Hoak drives MGs off the lot

Two Media General television stations are now officially in the hands of Hoak Media. The sale sending NBC KALB-TV Alexandria LA and ABC WMBB-TV...

Duopoly talk in Miami

The Miami Herald reports that Post-Newsweek Stations is on the verge of buying WTVJ-TV, which NBC Universal put up for sale in March. The...

Local TV closes on Fox 8-pack

Eight former Fox O&Os are now in their new corporate home at Local TV LLC. The $1.1 billion sale announced at Christmastime has gone...

Nashville CBS affiliate sold

And the winner is Randy Bongarten’s Bonten Media Group Inc. in what is literally a landmark transaction – that is, the seller is Landmark...

Price revealed in Toccoa

Media General took the penultimate step in its portfolio pruning program designed to bring home between $100M-$105M in cash. The sale of WNEG-TV Toccoa...

New Vision peeks at Topeka

Jason Elkin’s New Vision Television is adding to its portfolio in Kansas, where it already has a state-wide network of NBC outlets. It now...

Transactions: 7-07-08

$135M KGET-TV Bakersfield CA (NBC 17/DT 25); KGPE-TV Fresno CA (CBS 47/DT 34); KTVX-TV & KUCW-TV Salt Lake City UT (Salt Lake City, ABC...

Nevada TV moving to new owner

When you think of television markets in Nevada, you have to think of Las Vegas and Reno. KVNV-TV Ely is just about equidistant from...

Price revealed in Texas TV transfer

There’s more than full-power television involved in London Broadcasting’s acquisition of the Drewry Communications broadcast group. The four-market deal includes numerous translators and LPTVs,...

Journal adds to Boise operation

Journal Broadcast Group has a deal to buy KNIN-TV (CW, analog 9/DTV 10) to add to its already sizeable radio and TV cluster in...

London bursts out of Tyler-Longview

One of newest media groups in the state of Texas has plans to expand – big time. Terry London’s London Broadcasting Company is picking...

Trinity adds Columbus

Paul Crouch’s Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, which operates the Trinity Broadcasting Network, is expanding into the Columbus, OH market. It has a...

Transactions: 6-30-08

N/A KLEI-TV Kailua-Kona HI (Ch. 6/DT 25) from Newport Broadcasting Company Inc. (Paul Tennyson) to Oceana Christian Church (James W. Gustafson, Heather M. Vaikona,...