Radio and Television Transactions

To the north and northwest of the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg are the towns of Middleburg and Elliotsburg, respectively. Here, two low-power TV stations are being sold. It's the lone deal we have to talk about in yet another quiet day for TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

At 1450 kHz is a Class C 1kw AM with 1 tower serving a small town in the Deep South. The facility has an FM translator, and both are used for a Classic Hits format as "My 95," signifying the translator's dial position. Before August 6, a News/Talk format was heard. That's because an LMA-to-purchase agreement went in to place, putting the wheels in motion on a transaction that has just been filed with the Commission.

A religious entity in the Heart of Dixie has closed on its acquisition of a unique Class D AM facility. This station has a complex signal that covers the Atlanta market during daylight hours but barely reaches the northwest corner of the metro after dark. The broker: Media Services Group.

No Asset Purchase Agreements have been submitted to the FCC in either a Form 314 or Form 345 filing since Wednesday. As such, TRANSACTIONS TODAY takes a look at several STA requests brought to the Commission's attention. One involves Salem Media Group, while another is from an AM station in the Seattle market.

Once again, there's a dearth of deals being filed for Commission approval. As such, there is no TRANSACTIONS TODAY to offer. Rather, we have two Special Temporary Authority requests to share.

With 25 watts from a mountain top above Santa Rosa, Calif., an FM translator that once served as the local affiliate of one of the nation's leading Contemporary Christian noncomm networks has officially traded hands. The buyer has its own religious programming, and its perfectly "broken."

In 2016, a possible Houston market move-in was the subject of a RadioDiscussions.com thread. An owner with a testy history with the FCC, Roy Henderson, was mentioned. Now, this Class C3 facility far to the west of Katy and the nation's sixth-largest radio market is being sold to a non-secular entity serving Latinos. Also in TRANSACTIONS TODAY: The price for Kaua'i.

The post-Radio Show malaise is in full force, and there's but a trickle of deals to discuss in TRANSACTIONS TODAY as of late. In our Weekend Edition, we take you to beautiful Morris County, N.J., where an ethnic AM is being sold to a Hispanic religious entity that is gaining another signal in the New York Tri-State area.

An AM radio station in Coal Country that of late has offered listeners the Westwood One-syndicated Urban AC format The Touch is being sold nearly two years after local media noted that the facility was being put on the market in a "sacrifice sale." The assignee is a husband and wife team who are locally based.

All's quiet on the dealmaking front, which means that the deal under the TRANSACTIONS TODAY microscope is a donation in that state that’s known as the Land of Lincoln. We take you to Pontiac, Ill., where a progressive noncomm is being given away.

Many years ago, listeners to the morning show hosted by Larry Lujack on WLS-AM 890 were entertained by "Animal Stories." Well, here's one for you, and it involves the sale of a silent radio station with a transmitter atop Copper Mountain in a city that is home to Nike's global headquarters.

Some 65 miles to the north of Wenatchee, Washington, is a small town on the banks of the Columbia River and Lake Pateros known as a haven for golfers. It is the home of an FM translator that's just been sold by a Washington state non-profit to a for-profit operator. 

High Plains Radio Network has gained the attention of radio industry executives and media brokers for its steady -- and calculated -- growth efforts. Now, HPRN is growing again with the addition of a Class C1 facility licensed to a town in Texas very close to Clovis, N. Mexico.

In mid-February, Ed Levine-led Galaxy Communications agreed to part ways with a Class B Classic Rock station serving the Utica-Rome, N.Y., market. Now, the deal that saw Michael J. Bergner serve as the exclusive broker has closed.

In mid-April RBR+TVBR reported on the desire to sell -- or close down -- an AM-FM combo on the banks of the Mississippi River by Carolyn Becker's Riverfront Broadcasting. In June, office manager Leah Jones saved the properties by teaming up with a local businessman to buy the stations. Now, 70 miles to the northeast, another AM-FM combo has been sold. The buyer is also locally based.