Radio and Television Transactions

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.

In October 2022, the individual who had successfully created the "WECK" Oldies brand in Western New York closed on his acquisition of an FM radio station in a city where he's a "Snowbird." Now, the man professionally known as Buddy Shula is focusing his broadcast ownership efforts on Buffalo.

It is the licensee behind GNN Radio, which can be heard on broadcast radio stations across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama. Now this organization led by Clarence Barinowski since its founding is adding a pair of AMs and their respective FM translators in the Palmetto State.

It serves Fort Rucker, Enterprise and Elba, Ala., cities due west of Dothan, as a simulcast partner with a heritage AM radio station sporting the "WOOF" call letters. Soon, this FM will be owned by a different party.

North of Jackson, in the town of Canton, is a Class D AM at 1370 kHz. Pending FCC approval, it will soon be under new ownership. The transaction underscores the continued importance of AM radio in small-town America.

It's a Class C FM with a booming signal licensed to the state capital of Washington that can be heard as far south as Astoria, Ore., and well into the Seattle-Tacoma area. Pending FCC approval, it will become the latest addition to the stable of stations owned by Amador Bustos. Kalil & Co. was the seller's broker.

A Class D AM with 1kw daytime power and 22 watts after dark to protect CFRB-AM in Toronto and WINS-AM in New York has been sold, along with its all-important FM translator serving a city along the banks of the Ohio River.

It's motto is that it is the "Pick of the Dial," and can be heard at 1570 kHz or at 102.5 MHz via an FM translator serving a Lone Star State town due east of Dallas. Soon, these facilities will be under the ownership of Christie Lynn Tate.