Civic Media Restructures Ownership in Waukesha

Twice in September, a growing licensee led by Michael Crute submitted paperwork with the FCC seeking its approval of radio transactions his Civic Media had signed off on. Now, Crute and Civic Media are tweaking the ownership of an AM with an FM translator serving the city of Waukesha.

A Relevant Change Coming to ‘ESPN Tucson’

A Class A FM that has been simulcasting "ESPN Tucson" from a co-channel FM translator being acquired by the licensee from Lotus Communications is being sold, as is the translator. RBR+TVBR first reported about the likely deal in August; it is now official.

Bocock Bids Farewell To Palmetto State Pair

For more than 18 years, Bocock Communications has been a local operator of an AM/FM pair serving small cities in lower South Carolina, due northwest of Beaufort. Now, Bocock is agreeing to sell the stations, and an FM translator.

‘K-Hits’ Combo Officially Sold to Schlegel

Three months ago, RBR+TVBR shared the news that Bill Wachter's Chisolm Trail Communications had agreed to spin a pair of FM radio stations serving Meridian, Tex. Now, the transaction has formally closed.

Missouri Synod Signs Off On Acquiring A Second AM

On October 26, 1924, an AM radio station offering Christian talk and teaching programs signed on the air. It is still broadcasting today, and with its original format intact. Now, as the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod celebrates that station's 98th anniversary, it is acquiring an AM sibling from another broadcast ministry.
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Hall of Fame Country Host Buys An Australian’s Radio Group

He's an award-winning Country broadcaster who helped launch the CMT network in Canada and today is the morning co-host of KUZZ-AM & FM in Bakersfield, the legendary Country station founded by Buck Owens. Now, Cliff Dumas is poised to become a licensee. And, it sees one foreign owner take over a group of stations that have been held by Australian citizens.

Gray TV Adds a Low-Power TV station in Texas

Gray Television is a fan of low-power TV stations. It's been snatching up LPTV properties left and right across 2022. In the latest deal to involve the broadcast television company, it is purchasing a property serving the Lone Star State city of Tyler.

A Relevant Deal In Toledo

One of just four AM radio stations serving Toledo, along with an FM translator covering the market on the banks of the Maumee River, is being sold. The buyer? It's the broadcast ministry led by "Father Rocky."

A Hot AC Brand Is Saved … By A Funeral Home

In April 2021, the stations that had become the home of the longtime "WINC" brand in Northern Virginia were sold by Allen Shaw's Centennial Broadcasting II to Metro Radio. Now, Metro Radio is selling the remaining FM home for "WINC" — and the new owner is linked to a local funeral home!

A Philly DMA LPTV Facility Trades Hands

It has a history that includes an affiliation with the small Asia Vision television network. Now, this Philadelphia-area low-power TV station is being spun to the purveyor of Christian and family programming headquartered in Allentown, Pa. Patrick Communications' Greg Guy brokered the deal.

‘Radio Cumbre’ Finds A Buyer Following Colón Death

With the passing of Pablo de Jesus Colón, inducted into the Connecticut Broadcaster’s Association Hall of Fame in 2015, the AM and FM translator that’s home to the Spanish-language operation based in Bridgeport, Conn., in March 2022 was placed into his estate. Now, a buyer has emerged.
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An Idaho FM Translator Trades Hands, By Grace

It has all but 10 watts of power. But, at 5,853 feet, that's all this FM translator at 103.7 MHz needs to reach Pocatello, Idaho, in its entirety. Soon, with the FCC's blessing, this mini-FM with full-market coverage will be secured by its current LMA partner.
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Vic Michael Spins In Wyoming

Longtime radio station licensee Vic Michael is parting ways with an AM and its FM translator serving the city of Cheyenne, Wyo. The buyer? It's a broadcast ministry.

Buffalo Broadcasting Adds Three Colorado Stations

A three-year quest to acquire three radio stations in the Mile High State has come to an affirmative conclusion for Bob Richards and his wife, Jeanna. They are now officially the owners of two FMs and an AM with an FM translator.

SonLife Secures A Bayou State TV Property

It's known as the licensee that provides SonLife programming from the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. Now, it is expanding through the purchase of a digital low-power television station serving Baton Rouge.