Erick Salgado

Erick Salgado Adds A Longtime LMA Partner In Suburban N.Y.

Five years ago, the parent of Polskie Radio said goodbye to New York's Long Island by engineering a deal with a broadcast ministry led by Erick Salgado. Today, the two licensees have agreed to another deal.
Steve Marks

A. Wray Fitch Converts LMA To Buy For Marks-Owned FM

Steve Marks’ passing led Wilkinson Barker Knauer attorney David Oxenford to transfer control of a Country FM with some “WOW” factor to Marks’ widow, Mary. Now, She's agreed to sell the facility to its Leased Management Agreement partner since 2017.
Lawrence Rogow

Rogow Spins Chicago LPTV To Religious Broadcaster

Lawrence Rogow is widely known in broadcast circles for his role as Chairman of Venture Technologies Group, the spectrum investor that also sees Paul Koplin in a lead leadership role. Among the properties it has owned is a low-power TV station serving the Windy City. Soon, it will be owned by a broadcast ministry.

CSN Cleared to Close Properties, But Must Pay Civil Penalty

What happens when a noncomm broadcast licensee fails to disclose to the Commission that it had not reported some members of its governing board on various applications — contrary to the licensee's certifications that the applications were completed and satisfied FCC rules? Just ask CSN International.

To The Northwest of St. Louis, a News/Talk AM Is Spun

It possesses a Class D non-directional AM signal that allows it to reach some of St. Louis' western suburbs by day and an FM translator at 105.3 MHz placing a signal over its city of license of Troy, Mo.  Soon, this "Newsradio" station will be in the hands of a new owner.

New Calls, New Owner For Southern Nevada FM

Near Creech Air Force Base, due north of Las Vegas on U.S. 95, listeners to a noncommercial FM on March 21 experienced a programming change. On that date, Las Vegas Public Radio completed the initial conversion of what was KQQY-FM to KJPT, at 90.1 MHz. Now, paperwork has been submitted with the FCC that seeks its approval of the station's sale.

A CNMI FM Trades Hands

The Northern Mariana Islands, home to Saipan, Tinian and Rota, is home to 9 FM radio stations and one AM station. Among the broadcast media owners is Holonet Corporation, and a change in the ownership structure of an FM in the CNMI is underway.
Tower

Castelli Completes Fla. Capital City LPTV Purchase

In February, Vincent Castelli and John Kyle II once again came together to execute a transaction involving a low-power television station serving the capital of Florida. Now, that transaction that sees Bob Heymann of the Chicago office of Media Services Group serve as the seller's broker has closed.

Larry Morton Spins An Arkansas LPTV To Daystar

Larry Morton is still recalled for his efforts at the former Equity Communications. Now, Morton is parting ways with a low-powered TV station in Arkansas through his KTV Media enterprise.

A Bowling Green Score For the Lanes

A 10-year old family-owned, woman-led, group of television and radio stations that owns the NBC and CBS affiliates serving Bowling Green, Ky., has submitted paperwork with the FCC seeking its approval to acquire a low-power TV property in the market. That station is presently home to MyNetwork TV and five digital multicast channels, including Estrella TV.

Forum Completes its Sioux Falls Expansion

In November 2022, a Fargo-based media company signed off on paperwork awaiting FCC regulatory approval that will see it obtain a full-power TV station and a silent low-power TV station serving Sioux Falls, S.D. That transaction, which saw Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker, has now closed.

NewsNet Parent Doubles It Up In SLC

On Thursday, RBR+TVBR was first to report that Bridge News LLC, the parent of the NewsNet digital multicast network using a programming plan akin to CNN Headline News circa 1993, is purchasing a low-power television in the Salt Lake City DMA. Now, Bridge News is agreeing to acquire a second property in the market.
Vince Bodiford

NewsNet Grabs A Salt Lake City Property

Vince Bodiford and his team at the over-the-air all-news digital multicast channel funded and backed by the creator of 5-hour ENERGY has signed off on paperwork that, pending FCC approval, will give it an owned-and-operated property along the Wasatch Front.

A Long Decision Yields A Holy Owner

Since 1939, the legacy of Edmund S. Long can be seen in the family's continued ownership of a Class B AM and its FM translator, and a full-power TV station serving much of the Charlotte DMA. Thanks to Kalil & Co., which served as the exclusive broker in the transaction, the Long family has decided to part ways with its TV operation.
Money

Castelli Captures Another LPTV Construction Permit

Vincent Castelli and John Kyle II have been actively involved in transactions of late involving low-power television stations. Here's the latest deal involving the licensees. It sees the transfer of control of a facility serving Florida's state capital.