Weigel Wins A LPTV Property In Abacus Deal
A low-powered television station serving Florida's First Coast on virtual channel 9 is the latest property being acquired by the Norman Shapiro-owned Weigel Broadcasting, via its TV-49 Inc. subsidiary.
A ‘Magic’ Sale Is Agreed To In Waco
A Class A FM radio station offering R&B and "Old School" to listeners in Central Texas is about to change hands, as paperwork has been filed with the FCC seeking the approval of a sale agreed to on Monday.
Deceased Radio Station Owner’s Combo Goes To Estate
The death of the licensee of an AM/FM radio combo and an FM translator licensed to Louisville, Ga., has led to a FCC filing seeking its OK to transfer control of the properties to a trustee.
A Major Market Deal Closes In SLO
A former KGO-7 in San Francisco reporter and the individual behind the creation of America’s first-ever 24/7 South Asian-targeted television network, Diya TV, has closed on the Kalil & Co.-brokered sale of a broadcast television station serving California's Central Coast.
King Family To Gain Full Control Of Arkansas Radio Stations
An AM/FM combo in an Arkansas city, along with two FM translators, are being transferred by a trust linked to King-Sullivan Radio to an entity that will give Sid R. King and his family full ownership of the properties.
Confirmed: Imagicomm To Divest Its Stations
The South Carolina-headquartered company led by COO Dale Ardizzone and CEO David Cerullo that is the parent of the MVPD-distributed "INSP" channel, plans to sell its broadcast TV stations in the coming months. A GM at one of the properties tells RBR+TVBR that all were informed by Imagicomm of their plans.
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Ackley Political Exit Presages Sale of USVI FMs
On May 3, 2024, Gordon Ackley resigned as the Chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The reason? To support his aging father, who lived elsewhere. Now, Ackley is moving forward with the sale of two FM radio stations he owns in the territory.
Krieger Duo Agree To Take Testa’s Muscatine Trio
The future of two AM radio stations and an FM translator serving Muscatine, Iowa, presently licensed to the trustee of bankrupt JAM Media Solutions, appears to be in the hands of a locally based media company co-owned by family members who have owned a Chevrolet dealership in the city for some 65 years.
Main Street Media Completes Kalil-Brokered Deal
A radio station ownership group co-created by Chad Graves and Scot MacDonald is officially bigger, as it has closed on the purchase of a collection of AMs, FMs and FM translators it agreed to purchase in October 2024. The transaction sees Kalil & Co. serve as the broker.
FCC Says Yes To Community Deal For A BBN Translator
Bible Broadcasting Network has received the FCC's permission to obtain a Paris, Tex., FM translator it agreed in November to purchase. Now, closing is expected to transpire without a hitch.
Fuzión Donated To An Educational Licensee
The licensee of a 6kw Class A radio station in the Shreveport, La., market that has been using the facility to bring a Spanish-language religious network to the region is being donated. As such, "Fuzión" may be finito for this FM.
Great News Comes To Downstate Ill. FM
A 3kw Class A FM serving Decatur, Ill., from Maroa, is trading hands. And, for the buyer, that's good news, indeed. What does this mean for those who currently listen to the station?
Druckers Secure A Rocky Mtn. TV Translator
They are the couple behind "Denver Digital Television LLC" and have long been associated with low-power television station ownership. Now, Penny and David Drucker are agreeing to acquire a property serving the Colorado mountain communities of Vail and Avon.
WKZE Finds A New Owner At Hofstra U
Barbara Stanley has decided to sell WKZE-FM some 3 1/2 years after the death of her husband and station founder Will Stanley. The buyer has been associated with the Hofstra University radio station for some two decades.
A Silent FM in Minot To Reawaken ‘Differently’
Perhaps all it needed was a different approach to operations to allow a presently silent FM to succeed on-air. A deal is in place that will see RadioDifferently LLC become the new owner of the property, pending regulatory approval.