Radio and Television Transactions

Ave Maria Communications of Ann Arbor, Michigan (“Seller”) and Northern States Broadcasting Corporation of Chicago, Illinois (“Buyer”) have entered into an agreement for the sale of radio station WHHQ, AM 1250, Bridgeport, Michigan for $175,000.

Salem has agreed on the sale of radio station in New England’s biggest market to a Florida entity. Here are the details.

As RBR+TVBR reported on Monday, Connoisseur Media is selling four stations in Connecticut to Red Wolf Broadcasting Co. These stations were part of a five-station deal that closed in July 2014 that saw Westport, Conn.-based Connoisseur acquire the quintet from Buckley Radio for exactly $7,922,035. Now, Connoisseur is selling the fifth station it got from Buckley.

On June 30, 2017, a Class B 50kw AM facility in Boston signed off the air, concluding a life that began Oct. 18, 1934. Under Max Richmond, this station in 1957 adopted a Top 40 format, which lasted until March 1975. From 1976, it embraced Talk and Sports in various incarnations, and even changed its call letters to WITS-AM. With its Waltham, Mass., tower lease expiring, this storied AM went dark. Now, WMEX-AM 1510 is ready for its resurrection. It's the top topic of discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, Jan. 18.

An AM/FM combo and an FM translator in West Virginia are being shifted from the company that has owned them to the estate of its owner. This has been done as a result of the September 2017 death of the company's majority shareholder, Lawrence D. Koenig. His widow is overseeing the estate -- and thus few changes, if any, are expected at these stations. It's the top item for discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY, which also sees the closing of a TV station acquired by Entravision Communications.

A little "TLC" is getting a lot of "AM revitalization," thanks to a deal filed Tuesday with the FCC. It's the lead deal up for discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

Until now, Hawai'i Public Radio has been using a Class C2 facility with 1kw at some 2,800 above sea level to reach the Hawaiian isle of Kauai — and a booster based in Kilauea — owned by a religious organization. That relationship is now ending.

The Korean word for "sold" would be the most appropriate hand-written note on one Form 314 filing made with the FCC on Thursday. This deal sees the majority shareholder of NY Metro Radio Korea Inc. acquire what is, in reality, a low-power TV station with audio available at 87.7 MHz across the New York Tri-State Area.

A 250-watt translator broadcasting from a transmitter alongside the Ohio River just blocks from downtown Louisville, Ky., is trading hands. The buyer is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for the facility, which is used to bring some "AM revitalization" to a "Big X" of a property.

An FM translator in a small town near Valparaiso, Ind., has just been sold by a broadcaster formerly known as Friends of Christian Radio. The buyer is acquiring the facility to bring some "AM revitalization" to a Michigan City facility.

There are eight radio brands serving the Kansas communities of Dodge City, Scott City, Garden City and Ulysses that comprise the Western Kansas Broadcast Center, managed by Ingstad family. One station is licensed to Western Kansas Wireless. Seven others are controlled by the licensee KBUF Partnership. All are being sold in a multi-million deal just filed with the Commission.

In late November, Ted Morgan's Saranac Lake Radio reached the final chapter in its life as an owner of AM and FM radio facilities. As reported by RBR+TVBR, the company founded in 1927 marked its 90th anniversary in near silence, with WNBZ-FM 106.3 in Saranac, N.Y., the only station licensed to the company actually on the air, via automation. As Morgan started to sell his stations, it became known that another Upstate New York broadcasting company had gained the right of first refusal to acquire one of Saranac Lake's stations. That company has now moved forward with its decision to purchase the dark FM.

In the land of 10,000 lakes, there is a "City of Lakes" located along Interstate 90, not too far north of the Iowa state line. It is here, in Fairmont, Minn., that an AM/FM combo is trading hands. It's the RBR+TVBR TRANSACTIONS TODAY top deal for January, 8, 2018. Also today: EMF snags a Lone Star translator its using in the state capital.

But, we don't mean to fool you. While many are familiar with the Azteca América TV network, this Azteca is a very different entity—one that's just purchased an AM with an FM translator in the Treasure Valley of Idaho.

A low-power TV station serving a market impacted by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 is trading hands. This facility is the subject of a March 2012 Order to Show Cause issued by the FCC, seeking answers as to why Class A authorization should not be modified to LPTV. That involved a previous owner. Now, the current owner has decided to part ways with the facility, and it's the lead deal up for discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.