Radio and Television Transactions

The owner of the main PBS member station in the Windy City has snatched a "zombie" station. That's because the "station" it is acquiring no longer exists, and is now operating via a Channel Sharing Agreement (CSA) with another station in Chicago. That station just happens to be owned by the company lassoing this former competitor in the non-commercial TV space.

An oral agreement has been struck between Roy E. Henderson, an owner of radio stations in Texas and in Michigan, and a family member that is being done "for estate planning purposes." It's the top item up for discussion on a quiet day for deals in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

With 34 radio stations across eight mid-sized markets, the FMs and handful of AMs now up for sale by The E.W. Scripps Co. will likely attract a wide array of potential suitors. Will one company swoop in to buy all of the stations? One top media broker tells RBR+TVBR that's not likely.

Vic Michael's Kona Coast Radio is allowing one of his AM stations in the Rocky Mountain State to go Spanish. That's because it is being sold a Hispanic broadcaster. It's our lead deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

Believers International Broadcasting, of Terrell, Texas (“Seller”) and Vision Hispana Incorporated Internacional, of McAllen, Texas (“Buyer) have agreed on the sale of radio station KVJS-FM, Facility ID 173851, 88.1, Arroyo, Texas for $37,500.

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.