A Big Sale For Maine’s ‘Big Hits’ FM
A Class A facility at 99.3 MHz has been on the air since 1959, and is the only commercial radio station located in Franklin County, Maine. This station is now trading hands, and the buyer is a local entity. It's the lone deal featured in TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Wednesday, Aug. 16.
Another Groggy Day For Dealmaking
Have media brokers hit the snooze bar a few too many times this month? August is shaping up to be a scarily quiet month for deal makers. In today's installment of RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY, two translator swaps take top billing. It continues a trend of small deals seen as Capitol Hill — and many Inside the Beltway — wrap up their summer holidays this week.
A Lazer-Focused Price For A Reno Trio
Nearly two weeks ago, RBR+TVBR reported that the Alfredo Plascencia-led Lazer Broadcasting is obtaining three radio stations in the Silver State's second-largest market from Times-Shamrock Communications. Thanks to the filing of a Form 314 with the FCC today, we now know the sticker price of this deal.
Almavision Sells A Silent Silver State Noncomm
The licensee of three low-power TV facilities, two of which are primarily used for radio broadcasts at 87.7 MHz in Miami, is selling its lone officially licensed FM radio station. It's located in a rural part of northern Nevada, and it's the top deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Friday, Aug. 11, 2017.
Rosebud Slides In As New KINI Owner
Film buffs know "Rosebud" as the sled made famous in the cinematic classic Citizen Kane. But, there's another Rosebud that many people don't know about: the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation in south-central South Dakota. It hugs the state line with Nebraska, and that's where we find the lone deal featured in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017.
Bill Binnie Buys A Granite State FM
A Class A facility reaching the cities of Concord and Manchester, N.H., is trading hands. The buyer is a company that scored a $68 million payday by relinquishing the spectrum of a TV station in the Boston DMA. This is the lone deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017.
A West Virginia Combo Moves In A ‘Priority’ Sale
The sale of an AM/FM combo and a pair of translators in a city sandwiched between Ohio and Pennsylvania has just been struck. It's indeed a "Priority" deal — that's the name of the seller.
A Community AM In Delmarva Trades Hands
In Salisbury, Md., a Class D facility with 1kw daytime and just 28 watts at night from 1 tower is being sold. If the call letters sound familiar, it's because an FM that shares this call sign was sold in an unrelated transaction just four months ago. This deal is the lone offering in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Friday, Aug. 4.
Lazer Lights Up Reno With Times-Shamrock Trio Buy
Just two weeks after Times-Shamrock Communications agreed to sell Class C Active Rocker KRZQ-FM 104.1, licensed to Fallon, Nev., and its Reno-based booster to the John Burkavage-led Big Horn Media, a second sale has been finalized by Times-Shamrock. In this deal, three Reno-market stations are being transferred to the Alfredo Plascencia-led Lazer Broadcasting.
A Heritage Hudson Valley AM Prepares For A Noncomm Shift
Kingston, N.Y. is experiencing a millennial-driven renaissance of sorts. Even so, challenges remain — including the operation of a longtime 1kw facility airing a Full Service format. That's why Townsquare Media has decided to sell it, with the buyers taking it noncomm. It's the lead deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, August 3. And, it's prompted a special RBR+TVBR OBSERVATION from our editor-in-chief. WKNY is in his hometown, and is the very first radio station he ever visited.
Bloomberg Snags A North-of-Boston Operation
Who knew that Newburyport, Mass., would be an attractive financial center? Bloomberg Radio thinks so. That's where it's plunking down $1 million for a Class C AM with an FM translator serving this north-of-Boston community. It's the lead deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Wednesday, August 2.
A Bigger Region Of Arkansas For Regional Mexican Player
According to Pew Research Center tabulations of the 2014 American Community Survey, Arkansas is home to nearly 205,500 Hispanics, representing 6.9% of the state's population. This could explain why a husband-and-wife who own a regional Mexican station in Little Rock has just acquired a News/Talk AM in Hot Springs, Ark. It's the lead deal presented in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Tuesday, Aug. 1.
A Pair Of Closings, Brokered By Patrick
Two radio station deals have closed, and both feature Patrick Communications as the broker handling the transaction. These deals take top billing in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Monday, July 31.
OMG! EMG2 Grabs AMs, FMs and Translators
In one of the more complex deals seen by RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY in recent weeks, three AMs, two FMs, and four FM translators are being sold to a single owner by four different licensees. Meanwhile, a religious noncomm AM and its silent FM translator in Northwest Arkansas are trading hands. These are the deals in detail for Friday, July 28, 2017.
French Seals A Deal For Golden Alabama AM
In October 2016, a nationally recognized personal injury attorney who moonlights as Living Stones Temple Church's musician acquired a Class D facility in Alabama's largest city. He's now gone out and acquired an FM translator for the station, branded as "900 Gold." It's the top deal in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, July 27.