Tuesday, June 9, 2026

‘Kinship Radio’ Makes A Deal In Iowa

A broadcast ministry with Spanish-language and English-language radio stations serving listeners in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa is about to grow. It's thanks to a newly filed transaction awaiting FCC regulatory approval involving two FMs — both in the Hawkeye State.

From Jazz To Oldies Preservation For A Spokane Noncomm

The station's owner said the station would shut down by year's end. That didn't happen. Now, a sale is about to transpire, and the future of a Jazz station serving Spokane and nearby Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has been decided. The buyer will use the facility to further champion its devotion to the hits of yesteryear.
Doug DeForest (a.k.a. Douglas Driesel)

Driesels Deal For Dockins Duo In Missouri

A&D Incorporated is the licensee name representing Amy and Doug Driesel, the latter of whom has used the name "Doug DeForest" professionally. They've just struck a deal to acquire a pair of radio stations in the Show-Me State from Fred Dockins.

Salt & Light Secures Its Camas Prairie FM Home

Travel between Lewiston and Eastern Idaho, and you'll be able to tune to Salt & Light Catholic Radio in four distinct geographical areas. Now, it is ensuring that its FM broadcast facility in North Central Idaho won't lose its programming in the coming years.

University of Arkansas Sells Two FMs

A pair of FM radio stations located in the cities of DeQueen and Nashville, Ark., have been sold, thanks to an agreement signed off by the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.  Who is the buyer of these facilities?

A Loud Acquisition In The Garden State

Aaron Ishmael has gained attention for his ownership of radio stations in the Adirondack Region of New York. Now, his company has agreed to purchase an AM radio station in the Garden State, along with its two all-important FM translators.

Radio 7 Says Farewell To An AM and Its FM Translator

Radio 7 Media has signed off on paperwork that, pending FCC regulatory approval, will place an AM radio station serving Pulaski, Tenn., and its associated FM translator, in the hands of a new owner.

Vic Michael Spins A Wyoming FM To Bott

A Class C2 FM serving a small agricultural town in Wyoming is being sold to a major religious non-commercial broadcasting licensee.

Brazos TV Buys A Religious FM Noncomm In Texas

A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving a Lone Star State community along Interstate 30 between Texarkana and Dallas' northern suburbs is being sold. The buyer's name may fool you, though, as it reflects its interests in broadcast television.

Weigel Acquires A TEGNA LPTV Property

A Class A digital television facility serving the Norfolk area from Yorktown, Va., is being sold to the company behind the MeTV classic television brand and is related Oldies radio format.

CRTC Approves Bell Media Divestment To Vista Radio

The owner of 52 radio stations across three Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories led by President Bryan Edwards has gained regulatory approval for its purchase of 21 properties from iHeartRadio partner Bell Media.

In Central Pa., A Religious FM Translator Trades Hands

Shippensburg, Pa., is widely known across the Keystone State as a college town, situated between Harrisburg and Chambersburg. Here, an FM translator is trading hands, suggesting a change in programming for a non-secular offering at 99.9 MHz that must protect a highly rated Country station licensed to Frederick, Md.

FCC Grants Sale Of Tomsun Media Milwaukee Translator

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.

Ketelsen Agrees to Buy ‘Benson Radio’

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.
Broadcast Tower

A Religious Noncomm Deal Comes To a Big Meat-Packing Town

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