Radio and Television Transactions

In August 2022, BAAZ Broadcasting Corp. emerged as the buyer for expanded band Class B KNTS-AM in Seattle. The transaction closed one month ago. Now, a Petition for Declaratory Ruling has been submitted to the FCC seeking approval of a stock sale that would give 100% ownership of BAAZ to Sukhdev Dhillon — a Canadian citizen.

He was the Chief Operating Officer of the now-defunct Equity Media Holdings and following that made his mark by running "Univision Arkansas."  Now, Greg Fess is agreeing to take the licenses for a pair of low-power television stations from his former business partner.

It's a south-of-Boston FM translator no longer linked to an AM being used to bring "Mega"-sized Spanish-language programming to the growing Hispanic population of the Back Bay. As such, Gois Broadcasting is agreeing to part ways with the facility.

The Coachella Valley of California has become world famous for its staging of the annual music festival. Here, a silent FM is being traded. Upon FCC approval, it will become the property of a 50/50 partnership led by Managing Partner William K. Watson.

From La Crosse and Tomah to Janesville and the Portage Region, Magnum Media has amassed a collection of radio stations ranging from "La Más Grande" in the Sturgeon Bay Region to a Country FM in the Milwaukee-Racine DMA. Now, Magnum is adding a FM translator to the stable.

Some 15 months after a Texas county probate court put his assets in the control of his wife, paperwork has been filed at the FCC that seeks to transfer Paulino Bernal's two Spanish-language religious AMs to the family matriarch.

Tiny Greenville, Fla. is largely known as the childhood home of Ray Charles. It's also just east of the state capital, Tallahassee, and that's why a low-powered TV station serving this hamlet is of interest to NewsNet's parent — which is agreeing to buy the facility from Jeff Winemiller.

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.

A locally owned multimedia company serving two cities in Louisiana is seeking FCC approval for a change in control. This would see the company's Chief Financial Officer, Ryan Moulton, take full ownership of nine radio stations, six TV stations and their associated digital and mobile platforms. 

The future of two AM radio stations and an FM translator serving Muscatine, Iowa, presently licensed to the trustee of bankrupt JAM Media Solutions, appears to be in the hands of a locally based media company co-owned by family members who have owned a Chevrolet dealership in the city for some 65 years.

Travel between Lewiston and Eastern Idaho, and you'll be able to tune to Salt & Light Catholic Radio in four distinct geographical areas. Now, it is ensuring that its FM broadcast facility in North Central Idaho won't lose its programming in the coming years.

A Class A FM serving the capital of Mississippi is being acquired by the broadcasting company already using the facility to bring "TALK-N West Tennessee" to the market.

For 65 years, it has served as the main home for NPR programming along the Wasatch Front. Now, KUER and its parent are agreeing to part ways with an FM translator it has owned and maintained in a rural area of Utah due north of Cedar City and St. George.

The veteran radio industry figure has decided to sell an AM in Libby, Mont., he's been associated with since February 1977, and has arranged a concurrent deal to say farewell to that station's FM sibling.

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.