Bustos Bulks Up In Washington’s Tri-Cities
Amador Bustos is slowly acquiring more and more radio stations, as the veteran Spanish-language radio operator swiftly reestablishes himself as the Pacific Northwest's Hispanic media leader. Now, in a deal crafted in mid-May but not filed with the FCC until June 14, he's adding two FMs and an AM in Washington's Wine Country.
Univision Unloads Its Albuquerque Radio Cluster
Nearly fifteen years after Univision Communications predecessor Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. completed its acquisition of five Simmons Media stations in the Albuquerque, N. Mex., market — giving it entry into one of the nation's top Hispanic DMAs, Univision is selling the four stations it still owns to a major regional player. Kalil & Co. is the exclusive broker in this headline-making transaction.
A Minnesota AM Moves To Nevada
Has a dark AM station in Shakopee, Minn., on the outskirts of Minneapolis, packed up and moved some 1,800 miles to the Biggest Little City on Earth? Not exactly. But, it has indeed moved to Nevada.
Charlie Banta Buys A Trio Of AMs, In Principle
A 45-year radio industry veteran who serves as president of Mercury Capital Partners has agreed to pay $2.3 million for a trio of AM radio stations serving some of the nation's biggest markets. In a deal filed with the FCC on Monday, the Charlie Banta-led Universal Stations LLC is the buyer. The seller is tied to Banta, making this deal a bit of a reorganization.
Univision Parts Ways With Arizona FM
A Class A FM serving the growing Casa Grande, Ariz., area and nearby San Tan Valley portion of the Phoenix DMA has been sold by Univision Communications. Who's the owner? None other than the prolific buyer led by a man named Mike Novak. Who's the broker? Kalil & Co., representing the seller.
EMF To Resurrect This Utah FM
A silent FM radio station on the campus of a major university along the Wasatch Front will soon be brought back to life. That’s thanks to a transaction that sees one of the most prolific buyers in recent months adding yet another station to its stable of noncomms. In other TRANSACTIONS TODAY from RBR+TVBR: Greg Davis adds to his Atlanta-area stable with this deal involving a MARTA rail station parking lot.
This Future Station Is Getting A Little ‘KLOVE’
An unbuilt Class A FM station serving the Monroe, La., market will soon be spreading the word through Christian Contemporary Music, courtesy of Mike Novak's ever-growing Educational Media Foundation. That's the lead deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY.
An Imperial Deal In Maryland That’s A ‘Smash’ Hit
The home of the wildly eclectic “Smash Hits” presentation is set to change hands. Additionally, an AM near Alabama's Red Mountain is trading hands. Those are the deals in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Another Of James Crystal’s Former Stations Is Sold
A Class B facility serving the Metroplex has been sold by a media broker who gained possession of the AM station in a March 2015 bankruptcy auction conducted in conjunction with a Chapter 11 filing by James Crystal Enterprises. The buyer, however, is not the one that was contracted to purchase the Dallas market property in February.
What’s The Cost Of A ‘Revolution’?
In just over six months, an independently run radio operation using a pair of translators on two different signals has morphed into an EDM monster capable of reaching nearly six South Florida counties. Doing so required a swap with iHeartMedia, and a deal with JVC Broadcasting first announced in May. New details about the JVC transaction are now known.
Midwest Moves Three Recent Arrivals
In late August 2016, Red Rock Radio Corp. began to divest all of its radio assets. Among the first deals to be struck was a transaction that saw five FMs and three associated translators go to Midwest Communications for an undisclosed price. Now, Midwest, headed by Duke Wright, is spinning two of those FMs and one FM translator to a Minnesota-based company led by Matthew Butler.
Noncomm Trade Ends Quiet Week For Deals
A presently unbuilt noncommercial FM located near Rhode Island's border with Massachusetts is being sold. It's the lone deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY, ending a quiet post-Memorial Day week for exchanges.
Big-Deal Translator Turns On The ‘Lite’
In late August 2016, Beasley Media Group made headlines for agreeing to purchase an FM translator with a transmitter at the top of the Stratosphere tower on the Las Vegas Strip for a cool $700,000. Beasley has now flipped the switch on K268CS, and it's bringing a bright new "lite" to Southern Nevada.
EMF Closes On Bayou FM
Educational Media Foundation has closed on the purchase of a Class C3 facility that is set to drop its Classic Rock format for a nationally distributed Christian Contemporary Music format.
Here’s Another Form 315 Filing For A Noncomm Board Shift
On Friday (5/26), RBR + TVBR reported the filing of two Form 315 submissions to the FCC on behalf of two public universities in Tennessee. It's a necessary step a noncommercial broadcast operation must take when an entire board of trustees is replaced. Now, a third Volunteer State institution has seen a wholesale board shift, affecting a Class A in the city of Cookeville.