Transactions: 7-13-09
$12K KSQA-TV CP Topeka KS (Channel 22) from Cooper Fowler Media Company (Sheila J. Talley Robertson, Gregory M. Talley) to KSQA LLC (Barbara Wade,...
Hispanic religious outfit goes low
That’s as in low power. Gaspar Cota’s non-profit Hosanna Apostolic Ministries Broadcasting Corporation has filed four contracts to buy five low power TVs and...
Transactions: 7-07-09
$150K WCSN-LP/WCSN-LD Columbus OH from CSN Investment Company LLC to Columbus TV LLC (James A. Joynt). $10K down payment, $40K cash at closing, $100K...
KALO finds its One Love
Honolulu’s KALO-DT Channel 38 is getting a new owner. The noncommercial facility is heading from Pacifica Broadcasting Company, headed by Christopher Racine, Judith Racine...
A vulture’s eye view of Young
Young Broadcasting, owner and operator of television stations in ten DMAs, is headed for the Chapter 11 auction block. It filed for protection back...
Dealing and unwinding in Canada
A new deal for a pair of television stations north or the border has been struck, and another for three more has come apart....
Viles gets toehold in NY capital
Daniel F. Viles Jr. and his Cable Ad Net New York Inc. are getting low-budget entry into the Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY DMA with a Cobleskill...
Transactions: 6-29-09
$60K KZOD-LP Odessa-Midland TX (Odessa TX) from Italcast Corporation (Giovanni Merizalde) to Hispanic Christian Community Network Inc. (Antonio Cesar Guel). Italcast bought station from...
Close encounter in Cleveland
Radiant Life Ministries will be bringing its brand of religious programming to WOAC-TV Canton, serving the Cleveland-Akron-Canton DMA, now that it is officially in...
Silver Point reels in Equity properties
An agent to lenders of Equity Media Holdings Corporation is picking up a number of the bankrupt company’s properties, getting one full power station in Northwest Arkansas – MNTV KPBI-TV Eureka Springs AR
Transactions: 6-22-09
$350K WTNB-CA Chattanooga TN (Cleveland TN) from North Georgia Television (Doug Jensen) to PTP Holdings LLC (Joe Palo). $10K earnest money, $90K cash at...
New majority owner for Topeka CP
Barbara Wade is getting a 51% stake in KSQA-TV Topeka KS, a DIY project earmarked for Channel 22. The new licensee, once the deal...
Comcast buys out New England partner
Hearst Corporation has sold its 50% stake in New England Cable News (NECN) to Comcast, which is now the 100% owner. Terms were not...
Hispanic operator fields a comebacker
In another sign-of-the-times deal, Hispanic Christian Community Network, headed by Antonio Cesar Guel, is picking up KZOD-LP Odessa TX from Italcast Corporation. HCCN should...
Transactions: 6-15-09
$200K WOIL-LP Birmingham AL (Talledaga AL) from Bowlin Broadcast Network Inc. (Freddie L. Edwards) to Joseph V. Early. Includes related translators. $2K deposit, balance...