Radio and Television Transactions

An eclectic Adult Alternative station serving a picturesque stretch of the Oregon coast to the west of the Portland, Ore., metropolitan area is being sold to a Captain. The only remaining question is whether or not he's a buccaneer ready to blow up a "Bridge."

A Class C2 facility serving the Lubbock, Tex., market, has gained notoriety for its programming focused on the "red dirt" genre of Country music, featuring acts such as Cody Johnson and Aaron Watson. Now, music fans that gained a new over-the-air home for their favorite tunes in 2013 will no longer have a simulcast.

How essential can a 9-watt FM translator be to a radio broadcasting company? Sometimes, it can prove to be an important component to an operator seeking to capture as many listeners as possible, no matter how afar the community may be. For the longtime home of Classical music in the Land of Enchantment, that proved to be the case.

A generation of Top 40 radio listeners know John Garabedian for his "Open House Party" program, created in September 1987 and originally based at WXKS-FM in Boston. Garabedian has also been an owner of radio stations, first buying a station in 1969. Now, his CodComm is getting three FM signals in Cape Cod.

Mortenson Broadcasting has enjoyed a presence in North Texas by way of a pair of AM radio stations licensed to Fort Worth and, in recent months, through an FM translator serving the western half of the Metroplex. Now, Mortenson is saying goodbye -- or, perhaps 안녕 -- to those facilities ... sort of.

Between Houston and Galveston, along I-45, is the town of La Marque, Texas. That's the home of the Dr. Michael Augustus Cultural and Musical Arts Foundation, a licensee that is buying an FM in Alabama and, concurrently, selling an FM in Wyoming.

In late December, Tejas Broadcasting agreed to sell a Class C1 FM on the Texas Gulf Coast to EMF. The station it is diplexed with is now trading hands -- as is a Class A FM licensed to the city of Portland ... Texas, that is. It's a deal that involves two brokers from Media Services Group.

The rapidly growing company led by Philip Falcone in June 2018 nabbed a full-power UHF station that as of late has been airing This TV programming for viewers in eastern Iowa. The transaction is now complete for HC2 Holdings. 

Thanks to the partial shutdown of the Federal government, no new transactions have been posted by the FCC for 22 days. On Friday, in a mild surprise, a Form 345 filing made with the Commission was posted. It involves a 99-watt translator with nearly full-market coverage of a big Mid-America market.

Alpha Media's biggest cluster among those acquired in its Digity LLC purchase is now in the hands of a company led by Ginny Morris. The four FMs and two AMs also come with an FM translator used to bring locally based Urban Contemporary programming to West Palm Beach and surrounding communities.

In September 2018, Ted Tucker and his wife Jana Tucker, via a 50-50 partnership, agreed to acquire am AM facility in the Grand Canyon State. That deal has now closed, providing some "Good News" for Doug and Mary Martin.

Nearly three years ago, the operator of a Class C1 noncomm serving Coastal North Carolina found itself in violation of an FCC rule. But, it received FCC approval for the construction of its facility. Now, the licensee has decided to spin the station to another non-secular operator.

In October 2010, EMF acquired three stations in Pennsylvania towns located near Youngstown, Ohio. It spun two of the stations to a local broadcaster that has now opted to sell the facility, and its FM translator, to another locally based owner. It's a deal that saw the involvement of CMS Station Brokerage.

Nearly one year ago, the owner of one of the nation's most successful independently owned CHR/Pop radio stations died in a traffic accident. Now, a formal change of interest involving the other ownership partners in this FM have moved forward with a Form 315 filing with the Commission.