Earls Says Adios To ‘The Vacation Channel’
The town of Branson, Mo., has been welcoming visitors and country music buffs for years, and there's been a low-power TV station dedicated to this audience operated by longtime local broadcaster Earls Family Broadcasting available for viewing. Could this soon change, as Earls has decided to sell the LPTV property? It's not likely.
Philip Falcone Spins Houston LPTV To NewsNet
Bridge News LLC, led by Vince Bodiford, is scooping up a low-power TV station that will bring the 24/7 all-news diginet to Houston. The seller is the former head of HC2 Holdings, who formed his own group after his departure from that entity.
CBC to examine post-merger ownership opportunities
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) will be the guest of honor
3AB Waves Goodbye To A Buckeye State Stick
A digital LPTV station serving a small city halfway between Dayton and Toledo has just been sold. This results in a religious broadcaster's exit from the tiny market, and the emergence of a different Christian-focused owner. It's the lone deal featured in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Friday, Aug. 25, which also sees a radio deal brokered by Michael J. Bergner close in Florida.
Sale Of NoCal NBC Affiliate Is Complete
The first television station to serve a wide swath of coastal California between Portland, Ore., and San Francisco, jokingly known here as “behind the Redwood Curtain,” is now owned by the company that controls the crosstown CBS affiliate —a facility once owned by iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel. The closing of the sale of NBC affiliate KIEM-3, which saw Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker in this transaction, is our top topic of discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Dec. 4, 2017.
ION Closes On Maine Station, Changes Call Sign
On Dec. 12, RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY reported on the sale of a full-power UHF facility licensed to Lewiston, Maine, to ION Media Networks. That deal has now closed, and this has resulted in a programming shift and the arrival of a new set of call letters. Also today: A Utah deal involving the spin of two FM translators is announced.
Northwest Georgia LPTV Headed To Hall
A Class A TV station in the Peachtree State found on local cable TV systems and its Class A LPTV sibling have just been traded to a locally based buyer. What are his plans for the station? They won't include "North Georgia Television News."
Copsidas Captures Two Deep South LPTVs
If the name Frank Copsidas is familiar to you, perhaps it is from his role as Managing Member of Tyche Media, which in January 2018 acquired LPTVs in Connecticut. Or, perhaps you know him as the last manager for "Soul Brother No. 1." Now, Copsidas is making news for acquiring two LPTVs -- located in the Deep South.
Peach State LPTV Trio Sold In Marquee Deal
Add three more low-power TV properties to the list of stations that HC2 Holdings is paring down from a roster that will live on as a leaner, but still active, set of broadcast facilities it intends to operate.
‘SuperFrank’ Sells A LPTV to Gray. Here’s Why
Frank Copsidas has bought and sold many LPTVs. Now, he's spinning a property licensed to a town of less than 2,000 in the Deep South. The buyer? Gray Television.
Windsong Wins A Future LPTV Property In Florida’s Treasure Coast
Sebastian Inlet is known by locals as a favorite surfing point, one of the few locals in Southeast Florida that feature significant waves. It's also the home of an unbuilt low-power TV station, and it will now be the task of Windsong Communications to build it. That's because Windsong has just agreed to purchase the future LPTV property.
A Christian TV Deal Is Done In Alabama
A digital LPTV facility using channel 60 with a PSIP of Channel 3 is changing hands in Tuscaloosa, Ala. It puts the channel in the hands of a religious broadcaster.
Edge Spectrum Spins Three TV Facilities
Edge Spectrum is divesting three properties. The buyer is a privately held TV station owner which enjoys shared services agreements with five different companies for some of the stations it doesn't operate itself.
Three Angels Deal Delayed At Buyer’s Request
In October 2016, Three Angels Broadcasting agreed to sell a group of television stations to EICB-TV for the purchase price of $3.2 million. This broker-free deal involved the transfer of roughly 70 stations, and it is now known that EICB requested more time, to get its finances in order.
Savannah Indy Sale Comes Via Bankruptcy Court Bid
In an update to a television station sale originally reported Sept. 26 by RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY, a Savannah-market station is trading hands. It is now known that two translator stations are included in the deal — and the buyer is getting the properties thanks to a top bid in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction precipitated by the seller's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.