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Transactions: 10/25/04-10/29/04

Dealmakers took a bit of a breather after making half a billion dollars worth of handshakes official the previous week. 33 stations were set to change hands, mostly in smaller markets, by the time the file cabinet dust at the FCC had settled. The only TV transaction was a charitable donation to a university with no specific value attached.


Total Mkts 1-50 Mkts 51-100 Mkts >100

Unrated

AMs

12

3 1 4 4
FMs

20

1 1 12 6
TVs

1

0 1 0 0
Total 33 4 3 16 10

Type of deal

Deals Stns Value
Radio, 1 mkt

13

18 31.397M

TV, 1 mkt

1 1 $0

Rad-TV, 1 mkt

0 0 $0

Radio, multimkt

3 14 29.4M

TV, multimkt

0 0 $0

Rad-TV, multimkt

0 0 $0
Totals 17 33 60.797M

TV Deal of the Week
Alabama noncom goes for naught
WLDM-TV, part of the Birmingham DMA from the fringe location of Tuscaloosa (fringe enough that in the radio world it's a separate market) is going to the University of Alabama as a donation. Pretty slow week when zero dollars is the big winner for biggest transaction.

Radio Deal of the Week
Bustos acquires two ancient civilizations
Well, not exactly. Veteran Hispanic broadcaster Amador Bustos signed a merger deal with co-owned Aztec Media and Maya Media, getting FMs two key California markets: Sacramento and Modesto. The transaction led the way this week, with a value pegged at 21.7M dollars.


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