Radio and Television Transactions

Catholic Spirit Radio is expanding its footprint with the acquisition of FM translator W233AD in Rockford, Illinois. The station’s parent, 2820 Communications, Inc., has...

Norsan Media and Genuine Austin Radio have formally amended and confirmed their 2024 asset purchase agreement for a package of Austin-area radio stations, locking in pricing adjustments and revised closing conditions as the deal nears completion.

How much value do digital TV Translator stations hold today? Just ask Colorado Public Television, which is selling one such facility in Colorado Springs and now sees the FCC's regulatory approval of the proposed transaction.

It is a 55-watt FM translator at 105.5 MHz rebroadcasting a Class A religious station based a few miles to the south of this facility's city of license. Pending FCC approval, this FM translator will be heading to a new owner.

At 1000 kHz in Vista, Calif., a Class B AM offers Christian Talk and Teaching programming to a wide swath of Southern California, thanks to a signal stretching from San Ysidro to Santa Barbara. Now, the owner of this AM is securing ownership of an FM translator it's been using to reach listeners in North County San Diego.

It dates to 1981 and is marketed as "a unique and fun way to enjoy incredible savings on products and services you buy every day." The "Radio Shopping Show" has been the hallmark KSHP-AM in Las Vegas. Now, the facility and its FM translator are being sold.

The sole owner of a small group of radio stations in the Volunteer State has died. This has led to a filing with the FCC seeking its approval of the transfer of the properties' licenses to the executor of the late owner's estate.

On Thursday, RBR+TVBR was first to report on a swap of facilities in Scranton involving the owner of an FM operation billed as "GEM 99 & 100." Now, the group led by Benjamin Smith and Kevin Fitzgerald has submitted paperwork with the FCC for its regulatory approval that will give it a "warm" station.

In mid-May, Chelan Valley Media Group revealed that it had found a buyer for its radio stations in eastern Washington, with Greg Guy at Tideline Partners serving as the broker. Now, it can be told how much the company is pocketing from the sale of the properties.

A presently dark FM translator licensed to use a tower on the north side of Scranton, Pa., is being traded by the media company founded and led by Vince Benedetto to a regional media operation under the direction of Managing Member Benjamin Smith.

A Class B AM radio station serving an area of Virginia south of Roanoke is being sold alongside its MHz-band 250-watt companion. Who's the buyer?

It is billed as the home of "Western Montana's Greatest Hits," and is fed by the HD3 signal of a Class C3 FM serving Missoula. Now, it is buying another FM translator that will help the operator cover a greater portion of the market.

Randy Weiss is a digital TV pioneer who as ARK Mediacom Chairman launched the first successful test of an end-to-end 5G Broadcast stream. Now, Weiss through his Edge Spectrum entity has agreed to sell two LPTV properties in West Virginia.

An AM with an FM translator licensed to serve a rural swath of West Virginia above Interstate 64 near New River Gorge National Park is being sold. The new owner will be charged with bringing the facilities back from silence.

A trio of FM radio stations in the Rocky Mountain State are poised to see a change in its owner roster, due to the death of one of its key equity interest holders.