Local Media TV adds Chicago-area Class A

By on Apr, 16 2012 with Comments 0

A rapidly-growing partnership that has been snapping up large market television properties has struck again – Local Media TV is moving into the Chicago area with a deal to acquire W40CN-D, licensed to Sugar Grove IL.

The seller is Waubonsee Community College. It uses the station as part of its educational television and learn at home programs. In addition to broadcasting over the airwaves, it is available on Comcast, MediaCom and AT&T U-Verse MVPD systems.

The price for the station will be $750K cash.

The station is located to the west of Chicago and does not throw a signal over the actual city.
Paul Koplin signed off on the deal for Local Media. It’s a partnership primarily between Loop Partners  and Telcom Local Media LLC, and lists among its principals Monish Kundra, James Fleming, Rajendra Singh, Serge G. Martin and Lawrence Rogow, as well as Koplin.

It has been an active buyer since the beginning of the year, picking up low power stations in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. It also has full power stations in its portfolio acquired in earlier deals.

Filed Under Broadcast News TV Deals

About The Author: Editor-in-Chief Dave Seyler has spent the past 20 years with RBR-TVBR. He joined the company in 1992 after breaking into the broadcast trades with Broadcasting and Cable. He provides coverage of Washington, station transactions, general statistical reports and just about any other topic. He is learning to dodge hurricanes as the editor in residence at RBR-TVBR’s Outer Banks NC news bureau.

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