Radio and Television Transactions

The licensee led by Dave and Connie Stout that has operated an FM translator with a CP allowing it to move from Hartford, Wisc., to a 99-watt facility within Milwaukee city limits agreed in November 2024 to sell the facility to a broadcast ministry. The FCC has now granted the transfer of control request.

It's a Minnesota community where the temperature as of 9:30am this morning was -12 F.  This town of less than 3,500 residents on the banks of the Chippewa River is home to a group of radio stations operating as Benson Radio. And, these stations are being sold, according to an asset purchase agreement.

A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving a small Iowa community is poised to become the latest property licensed to American Christian Radio.

It's known as the city where the first "911" call was placed, and just south of the Alabama cities of Muscle Shoals and Florence. Here, a Class A FM is being sold, as Harold Bearden parts ways with his bit of "Paradise."

Four FM radio stations and two sibling properties on the AM band are being sold by Henry Ash and his Petracom of Holbrook LLC, paperwork filed late Friday with the FCC for its regulatory approval shows. Who's the buyer?

Here's another transaction that sees a non-commercial religious broadcast entity snap up a commercially licensed property — one that happens to be dark under Special Temporary Authority from the FCC.

High Plains Radio Network, the entity led by Monte Spearman, in early March 2020 agreed to sell two AMs, two FMs and a FM translator in Arkansas to Broadcast Industry Group, led by Charles Jayson Brentlinger. That deal did not close. In July 2023, a reengineered deal was struck. That transaction also failed. Now, a new buyer has emerged.

In Belle Glade, Fla., there's a Class D AM with an FM translator that has long been known for its service to the Black community, even as it attempted a Talk format targeting nearby West Palm Beach and Boca Raton under JVC Broadcasting ownership several years ago. Now, another change is in the works for "Sugar 900."

How much is acclaimed author turned radio station owner Stephen King's group pocketing from the sale of an AM/FM combo and an FM translator serving Bangor, Me. — properties he shut down at the end of 2024 due to financial reasons? We now know the answer.

A 1kw Class C AM licensed to Martin County, Fla.'s main city and a companion Class D AM with 5kw during daylight hours but just 63 watts at night over neighboring St. Lucie County are being sold. Who's the buyer of these venerable Treasure Coast broadcast facilities?

On Friday, RBR+TVBR shared details on the sale of a low-powered TV station serving Albany, N.Y., by Dan Viles. It turns out the buyer of that property is also buying a pair of LPTV properties just to the south in the Catskills, and the seller is low power TV entrepreneur and 5G TV advocate "SuperFrank" Copsidas.

John Yob and his Mitten News LLC has agreed to donate a Class D AM radio station with 10kw during daylight hours but a mere 10 watts at night to a religious broadcasting institution. 

"I am 78 and it is time to smell the roses." With that, Dan Viles is selling his low-power TV station serving New York's Capital Region and the Catskills. Who's the buyer and what is he earning from the sale of the facility licensed to Cobleskill, N.Y.?

A Class B AM with an FM translator offering Country music to Calhoun, Ga., is about to change ownership.  Pending FCC approval, it will put Gordon County Radio in control of the operation.

A Class C3 Country station serving a string of communities to the north of Houston will stay in the family, pending FCC approval of a plan that transfers control of "KStar Country" from its owner to his daughter.