Radio and Television Transactions

He was known by listeners as the "Voice of Westerly," for his distinct voice on a Class C AM serving the Rhode Island city on Block Island Sound. Christoper DiPaola passed away three years ago this coming Tuesday. Now, transfer of control of the AM and its associated FM translator he owned has begun.

She's based in Florida's state capital and has been an active trader of low power television properties in recent years. Now, Kristina Bruni is agreeing to acquire a LPTV property in two of the biggest markets in the Lone Star State.

It's a silent FM translator licensed to Greece, N.Y., that is designed to serve the Rochester, N.Y. metropolitan area. And, it is getting a new lease on life as Mars Hill Broadcasting has agreed to sell it to an individual, paperwork filed for FCC regulatory approval reveals.

Educational Media Foundation's acquisition appetite for K-LOVE shows no signs of slowing down. The latest in a near-constant run of buys, the Tennessee-based Christian Contemporary Music powerhouse has its sights on the Prairie State, where a small-market country station has found itself caught between financial pressures and ownership changes.

The broadcast media company that's made MeTV Network a household name across the U.S. is adding another property to its TV station stable. This time, the company led by Norman Shapiro is agreeing to purchase a low-power TV channel serving the South's largest market. Serving as the seller's broker is Kalil & Co.

An application has been filed with the Commission that would see Shoreline Communications Inc., a husband-and-wife licensee who are also partners at a Columbia, Ky., law firm, become the owner of an FM in Williamsburg, Ky., and its sibling in Jellico, Tenn.

It is a Class D AM radio station with a 500-watt daytime signal audible across much of the New York Tri-State Area and until two years was the first station linked to Whitney Global Media — the enterprise led by the late Bill O'Shaughnessy. Now, the current owner of this kHz-band facility is selling it.

A low-power television station serving the city on the banks of the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny Rivers is being handed to a non-profit business development consortium of 32 public media organizations headquartered in Boulder, Colo.

A Jackson, Minn., association is moving ahead with the transfer of control of a group of low-power television facilities in the state to a not-for-profit cooperative comprised of 12 directors.

John Kyle II and his King Forward LPTV ownership enterprise has agreed to part ways with a low-power TV station serving the Valdosta, Ga., market.  Who is the buyer?

The licensee led by Diane Sutter that includes stations tied to the family of the late Willie Davis is selling its remaining audio brand on the local dial, and the buyer is a statewide purveyor of liberal-leaning political talk and spoken word programming.

A change in ownership is coming for a daytime-only Class D AM radio station serving the county seat of Wyoming County, N.Y., and six associated FM translators, paperwork submitted for FCC approval indicates.

It serves Rolla, Mo., from a tower near Salem, Mo., and serves a portion of the Show-Me State due east of Fort Leonard Wood. Now, the husband and wife team that have owned and operated this Rocker are selling the Class C3 FM after 21 years of service.

The American Education Foundation has signed off on an asset sale agreement that will see Spoon City Media, a La Porte, Ind., based entity led by Matt Moore, purchase its Class B AM serving Peoria, Ill., along with two associated FM translators. 

The Chicago-based television broadcasting company that's responsible for bringing the MeTV Network brand to screens across the U.S. and to select radio stations, too, is expanding its UHF stable. It's thanks to an agreement that will give it ownership, pending FCC approval, of a property in Portland, Ore.