Radio and Television Transactions

In Grand Junction, Colo., Gray Television enjoys a formidable presence, with ownership of NBC/Telemundo/MeTV affiliate KKCO-11 and a low-power TV station that serves as the western Colorado market's home for ABC, Ion Network and The CW Network. Gray is adding another LPTV property to the mix.

It owns and operates the "River Radio Network," comprised of a Weirton, W. Va.-based AM/FM combo and an FM translator. Now, its owner has signed off on an asset purchase agreement giving it three FMs, and an AM with an FM translator, in the nearby Wheeling market.

On July 30, RBR+TVBR first reported on agreement signed by the children of the late Ray Moran that involves the sale of a full-power TV station in Albuquerque and its associated full-power and low-power repeater stations in a transaction brokered by Kalil & Co. The buyer has now closed on the transaction.

In a deal that's just been consummated and filed for approval with the Commission, Salem Media Group is adding to its properties in Tampa-St. Petersburg by reacquiring a Class B AM radio station in the market. The facility, licensed to Brandon, Fla., will help Salem bring a third radio brand just two years after spinning the stations.

A small broadcaster with TV stations in its home market of Salisbury-Ocean City, Md.; and four other markets has just agreed to acquire a CP for a low-power television station in one of those markets — a move that bolsters its presence there. It's a deal brokered by Bob Heymann of Media Services Group.

As first reported in Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, a Class C3 FM serving Tucson from the northwest that was once owned by Entravision Communications is being sold. It gives more revenue-generation options in the market for a Hispanic media pioneer that grew its presence in Southern Arizona by acquiring a FM station formerly owned by Scripps — and Bustos.

The deal was struck in late April, and it's just been filed with the FCC for its blessing. If regulatory approval is given, and that's expected, two Oklahoma FM radio stations will be licensed to JL Radio LLC.

The licensee led by Jeff Winemiller has moved forward with the sale of a low-powered television station serving the one-time Spring Break capital of Panama City Beach, Fla. The buyer? It's a Georgia-based entity also hip to LPTV ownership.

A Class C1 100kw FM radio station offering a mix of Christian Talk and Teaching and "the best music this side of heaven" will soon be making a bit of a programming change. Instead of offering "Life"-affirming offerings in English, it will provide listeners in Miami-Dade and northern Monroe Counties "estudias de la Vida."

He's the head of On The Go Media, and two FM radio stations are poised to go into the asset stable of this Hampton, Iowa-based broadcast company led by Shawn Dietz. The deal keeps ownership of the FM pair local.

It has been owned by Baraboo Broadcasting Corp. and serves as the originating station for a pair of FM translators branded as "MAX FM," offering an Adult Hits format to a city in Wisconsin due northwest of Madison and nearby Reedsburg, Wisc. Now, the two translators and the AM are being sold. Who's the buyer? 

The owner of three stations serving the Antelope Valley of Southern California died on February 7. As such, his daughter now holds her late father's attributable interest in the properties.

Its past includes ownership stints under Barnstable Broadcasting and, later, Davidson Media Group. It has served Hampton Roads' Hispanic community since February 2005. Now, an AM and its FM translator are being sold. But, listeners shouldn't expect any change in programming.

The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is in southwestern North Carolina, near the tri-state border with South Carolina and Georgia. And, it is home to an FM translator that is poised to head to a new owner.

A ministry that exists "to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ" has decided to part ways with a Class A FM radio station on the noncommercial band serving small towns due south of Columbus, Georgia; and four FM translators in other parts of the U.S. Only, Radio By Grace is not selling them and is instead donating them to another religious broadcast entity.