Trinity spins a pair of LPTVs
The ranks of stations owned by women will increase a bit when Obidia Porras closes on her acquisition of K45DU and K67HK, a pair...
Chicago player adds a niche
Walter Kotaba’s Polnet Communications already has a small platoon of niche AMs operating in the Chicago area. Now he has a deal to add...
Transactions: 1-19-09
$23K KQEG-CA La Crescent MN and W45CF Elk Mound WI from White Eagle Partnership (Eleanor St. John) to Magnum Radio Inc. (David R. Magnum...
Judge gavels in Pappas sale
New World will be the new owner of what’s left of the Pappas Telecasting group, and that’s plenty. The courts have approved the sale...
London adds a market, leaves a crater
NBC KCEN-TV Temple TX and its sidekick KMAY-LP Bryan TX, part of the Waco-Temple-Bryan DMA, are going to a new owner. Terry London’s London...
Little Rock closing afoot
Nexstar Broadcasting is expecting to have the keys to Equity Media/River City Broadcasting outlet KWBF-TV in Little Rock AR within the end of the...
Raycom finds Richmond solution in Alabama
Television group Raycom has found a way to clear up a required television divestiture in the Virginia capital – it’ll swap CBS WTVR-TV to...
Transactions: 1-07-08
$450K WJRB-LP Charleston SC from Raul Infante Jr. to Faith Assembly of God of Summerville (Larry S. Burgbacher et al). $5K earnest money, balance...
TV Guide Network sale redone
The price remains the same – $255 million – but there is a new buyer to acquire TV Guide Network and TVGiude.com from Macrovision....
Wray makes play for KPXJ
A Shreveport television station is looking to add a little sister, but it will need an FCC waiver to make it happen. The Wray...
Key acquisition for Luna
A Key Largo FL acquisition, to be precise. William A. Vanderpoel’s Luna Digital Television LLC is getting the CP for a digital LPTV located...
New port for Newport station
Providence Equity Partners’ interest in Newport Television and Univision forced it to shop KFTY-TV Santa Rosa, part of the San Francisco DMA. Its first...
Magnum adds Class A
David Magnum’s Magnum Radio Inc. is picking up a Class A television companion for its La Crosse WI radio stations. KQEG-CA is coming from...
FCC opens debate on Ion/Urban deal
The Federal Communications Commission already went out of its way to post the deadline date for petitions to deny in the stick-sharing proposal put forth by Ion Media and RLJ Companies’ Urban
Transactions: 12-22-08
$2.4M WOHL-CA, WLMO-LP, WLQP-LP Lima OH (Fox/MNT, CBS, ABC) and WFND-LP Toledo OH (Findlay OH, indy) from Metro Video Productions/TV 67 Licensing LLC (Gregory...