Radio and Television Transactions

As of today, a 100kw Class C1 FM in rural Minnesota, a 1kw Class C AM sibling, and an FM translator simulcasting the AM station, are wholly owned by Border Broadcasting LP and serve towns some two hours from Winnipeg and more than 5 1/2 hours from the Twin Cities. Pending FCC approval, a change in the ownership structure will be had.

Thanks to a recent $1.2 million transaction, WJZR-FM in Rochester, N.Y., became WXXI-FM 105.9. That switch rendered the FM translator for simulcast partner WXXI-AM obsolete. As such, WXXI Public Media has found a buyer for the 250-watt facility serving Irondequoit and northeastern parts of the Western New York market.

In mid-June, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that WMKX-FM in Brookville, Pa., and WJNG-FM in Johnsonburg, Pa., was being purchased by 7 Mountains Media through its Southern Belle licensee. Closing is now imminent.

The non-secular Christian-themed radio broadcaster led by President Al Kresta — host of the Kresta in the Afternoon program — has scored a collection of five FM radio stations. It's thanks to a donation from another religious broadcaster, and involves four properties in Ohio and one in Michigan.

A 1kw daytime-only AM that must power down at night to protect WBT in Charlotte, along with its all-important FM translator, are being sold. Who will be the proud owner of the pair of broadcast facilities serving Centreville, Ala.?

A 50/50 partnership of a 50kw Class B FM serving Ellsworth, Me., is changing. What does this mean behind the scenes at the home of "Smooth Rock 'n' Roll"? The personal representative for the woman who held the shares will be gaining them, pending FCC approval, as she is now deceased.

Matthew Wesolowski in late 2020 made headlines for successfully selling the Class B AM and its associated FM translator bringing BIN: Black Information Network to Jackson, Miss. Now, he's decided to spin a construction permit for an FM radio station licensed to operate in a tiny Utah community just outside of the city of St. George.

It is licensed for 85,000 watts and has a broadcast tower on Warren Peak, overlooking the town of Sundance, Wyo., near Devils Tower. At present, this FM radio station is dark.  The station is now poised to come back to life, under new ownership.

Superior Communications, which does business under the "Smile FM" name, has agreed to purchase an FM translator serving the city of Saginaw, Michigan.

He's known as the owner of Nia Broadcasting, licensee of such stations as WTMP in the Tampa-St. Petersburg DMA. Now, Neal Ardman is poised to expand his holdings by growing in the Peach State.

In early 2022, a “Secret Millionaire” featured in a March 2011 episode of the now-concluded ABC reality television series re-entered radio ownership by agreeing to take Beasley Media Group‘s remaining properties in South Florida. The transaction focused on an AM licensed to Pompano Beach. Less than four months later, Marc Paskin would transfer the property to Vic Canales. Now, Canales is agreeing to part ways with the AM.

The parent organization of a religious broadcasting operation offering "The Life FM" to parts of the South has moved forward with the purchase of a construction permit for a non-commercial station serving the North Carolina city of Rockingham.

For those who reside in metropolitan Portland or in the Eugene, Ore., area, traveling to the Pacific Coast and visiting such cities as Newport is a regular part of summertime life in this portion of the Pacific Northwest. Soon, a radio station serving this burgh will come under new ownership.

He's forever linked to Z100 in New York, thanks to his role as its inaugural sales leader. Today, Gary Fisher is the President of New Jersey-based Equity Communications, and he's now ready to pocket a little bit of cash thanks to the sale of a non-core asset licensed to Wildwood Crest.

South Bend, Ind., is known around the world as the home of the University of Notre Dame. It's also the home for a Class A FM offering "Today's R&B and Old School" as "Mix 106." That station has been sold to non-secular broadcaster VCY America, and a Christian Talk & Teaching format on the way.