Radio and Television Transactions

The FCC has dismissed the application of a Hispanic religious entity that sought a license to cover for a new noncommercial radio station serving the Central Coast of California. The move affirms the expiration of a modified Construction Permit associated with this facility -- on March 31, 2013.

A silent 500-watt AM radio station licensed to serve a small town in eastern South Dakota is trading hands. There is no written agreement for the transfer of control of this station. That's because it is moving from one entity involving a member of the Ingstad family to another entity involving three family members. It's our deal o' the day for RBR+TVBR's pre-Turkey Day TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

Two public broadcasting entities in the state of Virginia are combining operations. That's the lead item up for discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Nov. 20, 2017, which also sees the donation of a former FOX affiliate in an area known for its potatoes.

Terry Crosby and Randy Nonberg have been actively seeking to build a new TV station serving Bay Area consumers. Now, the principals in Poquito Más Communications LLC are one step closer to making that happen on a much grander level. That's because an entity controlled by Nonberg and affiliated with Poquito Más has just captured a "zombie" station that's emerged from the FCC's Incentive Auction. The deal saw Kalil & Co. represent the seller and serve as escrow agent.

An AM/FM combo in Texas is exchanging hands, and the buyer is a Lone Star entity led by Christie Tate.

A Class D AM and a Class A FM nestled along the west bank of the Mississippi River in the Hawkeye State are being sold. In a testament to the local nature of radio broadcasting, the parties are each based in the towns for which these stations serve.

OTA Broadcasting was one of the big winners in the FCC's Incentive Auction, pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars for giving up the spectrum for eight Class A TV stations and two full-power facilities. But, OTA didn't get bids on all of its properties in Auction 1000, and it has now agreed to three separate deals involving a total of 7 Class A TV stations—and one hedge fund that's swooped in to claim them all.

An asset purchase agreement dated Oct. 24, filed with the FCC on Monday (11/13), has confirmed that Vic Canales has relinquished his Class A and Class B shares in JVC Media. In exchange, Canales -- a.k.a. Vic Latino -- is gaining control of a Class B AM serving Palm Beach County, Fla., and its two associated FM translators.

A large community-focused radio station serving the Rose City and much of the Willamette Valley has helped a smaller community voice reach its growing group of listeners in Oregon's state capital, Salem.

In mid-October, the FCC granted approval of the sale of a presently-silent AM in South Dakota to one member of the Ingstad family. Now, the station is shifting to a newly formed entity led by three of the children of the late Janice Ingstad. It's the lone deal in our Veterans Day edition of TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

Cue up Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend" and that old Doobie Brothers song, and grab a box of tissues. After 37 years and three broadcast facilities it has called home, a longtime Rock station serving Pennsylvania's state capital will soon be saying goodbye to its listeners. That's because it has just been acquired by a company looking to bring a little "KLOVE" to the region.

On June 29, the FCC's Media Bureau dismissed an application from Cortaro Broadcasting Corp. to renew the license of an AM station it owns in Arizona. This led to a license cancellation and the deletion of its call sign from the FCC database. Did the Media Bureau go to far? We now know. Also in TRANSACTIONS TODAY: A tower deal has closed, with Kalil & Co. serving as the broker.

A 6kw facility that is presently off the air, post-Hurricane Maria, in an eastern condado of Puerto Rico is being traded straight up for another 6kw facility that in the days since the hurricane struck the U.S. commonwealth has not returned to broadcasting. The other facility is licensed to serve the island of Culebra off of Puerto Rico's eastern coast, and it's the top deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Tuesday, Nov. 7, and involves Francisco Montero of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth.

On Aug. 3, a Class A FM serving the Macon, Ga., market was sold to a formidable regional broadcaster. This transaction has now closed, and it is the lone deal of note in a quiet Monday for media deals at the FCC.

Call it a rainbow of radio flavors, or a checkerboard cornucopia of unique programming. Whatever you consider WATB-AM in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, consider it gone in a matter of months — unless the station's soon-to-be new owner decides to leave the multi-genre multicultural facility's mission, and lineup, intact.