Radio and Television Transactions

It boasts a 5kw daytime signal and some 75 watts at night from a broadcast tower due south of Music City USA, offering "Radio Close To Home" to its listeners since March 1953. Now, a change in ownership is on the horizon.

A small Classic Country AM station just outside of Nashville could be in for a very groovy future, as Linda Carden's Heritage Broadcast Associates is selling the Class D signal to one of the names responsible for the area's "Hippie Radio."

Back in March, Educational Media Foundation announced its purchase of four Salem Media signals spread between Nashville and Honolulu for $7 million. The Christian radio giant is now recouping some of that purchase price in the new sale of one of the three licenses formerly simulcasting "94 FM The Fish" to Music City, U.S.A.

It has a Class B1 signal covering Mendocino County and it presently is a part of the Family Radio Christian network. Soon, that could change, as this station will no longer be part of the family, pending FCC approval.

Pending FCC approval, a swap will give a broadcast ministry ownership of a digital low-power TV station in Seattle, while a secular operator will receive another LPTV property serving New Mexico's largest market in return.

On Tuesday, RBR+TVBR was first to report on the sale of two FM translators to Townsquare Media. Now, the seller behind that deal in Sedalia, Mo., has engineered a transaction that will see it obtain a dark 1.25kw FM serving areas due east of Joplin, Mo.

It is known as a "local first" company that is swiftly growing its profits from its digital advertising enterprises. That said, Townsquare Media remains rooted in radio, which could explain why it is agreeing to acquire a pair of FM translators in the Show-Me State.

Paperwork has been submitted with the FCC that seeks regulatory approval for a transaction in which a FM radio station licensed to Rockdale, Tex., will be transferred to the Cowboy Broadcasting Network from its current licensee.

With the legal assistance of veteran communications law attorney John C. Trent, a private not-for-profit educational institution located in Muscle Shoals, Ala., has agreed to purchase an AM radio station with a FM translator serving a Southern Alabama city adjacent to Fort Rucker. 

The area surrounding Lynchburg, Tenn., is famous thanks to its whiskey distilleries. That's why Bowman Broadcasting's local broadcast audio services includes "Whiskey Country," airing on a pair of FM frequencies. Pending FCC approval, the audio brand and its siblings will be under new ownership.

It's known for being the first city in the U.S. that's still standing today, and attracts tourists year-round. Now, this locale between Flagler County, to the south, and the sprawling Jacksonville area to the north is seeing the transfer of an FM translator to a radio group led by VP/GM David Ayres.

An AM radio station and its two companion FM translators, serving a Lone Star State town that shares a name with a big American city, is being sold in a deal created by the court-appointed trustee assigned to a Texas broadcast licensee that declared bankruptcy in December.

The ownership of two radio stations known as "M-106.3" and "Backroads Radio" is about to change, thanks to paperwork submitted on Wednesday with the FCC for its regulatory approval.

In February 2021, a religious broadcast ministry acquired a low-power TV station serving Ohio's state capital. It's been operating it as a member station of “The Revival Channel." Now, a deal is in place that would transfer control of this facility to another broadcast ministry — one led by Jimmy Swaggart.

In late May, RBR+TVBR first reported on the planned sale of a Class A FM licensed to Cuney, Tex., that served as the home of a NPR Member station which ultimately proved unsuccessful. The station shut down under an STA. Now, the University of Texas at Tyler has found a buyer, thanks in part to broker Greg Guy of Tideline Partners and Scott Fybush of Fybush Media.