Radio and Television Transactions

Radio group Opus Broadcasting will be down to a pair of Louisiana clusters once its deal to pull up stakes and exit Tallahassee FL makes it to the finish line. The buyer is Red Hills Broadcasting LLC.

Prairie Winds Broadcasting is buying the six-station South Dakota radio group assembled by Armada Media. According to broker Kalil and Co., the buyer will continue to operate the cluster under the name Hub City Radio. Prairie Winds Broadcasting is buying the six-station South Dakota radio group assembled by Armada Media. According to broker Kalil and Co., the buyer will continue to operate the cluster under the name Hub City Radio.

Members of the Pearce family have stepped forward to help Larry Wilson’s L&L Broadcasting deal with a station overage on the South Carolina-Georgia coast by taking WGZO-FM Parris Island SC off of Wilson’s hands.

A deal to acquire an FM out of bankruptcy is giving Saga Communications its 5th station and 3rd FM in the Ithaca NY market....

Noncommercial religious group Educational Media Foundation appears to be on another buying binge, and it’s latest trading partner, according to broker of record Kalil and Company, is Cherry Creek Radio.

We don’t know if the people who had a hand in selling KKLF-AM Richardson TX will be laughing all the way to the bank, but presumably somebody is laughing at the 1700 kHz facility – if only because it carries a comedy format.

The number of station transaction proposals being filed with the FCC seems to have picked up this year, and on the other end keys and cash are being exchanged. Here are notes on a few deals that have made it to the finish line.