Wisconsin AM changing hands

$235K WDKM-FM Adams WI from DKS Communications Inc. (Nicholas Segina) to Casper Communications LLC (Joseph C. Deschler Jr.). $5K deposit, $215K cash at closing,...
MMTC / Minority Media & Telecom Council

MMTC says Aloha to another AM

Clear Channel has been sending some of its excess AM stations to diversity watchdog MMTC, and it has done so once again via its related Aloha Stations Trust. The station on the move WSHE-AM Columbus GA. This updates the Aloha inventory just before the holiday shopping season.
Pandora

Another shaky review for Pandora

Valuentum’s RJ Towner took to the virtual pages of Seeking Alpha to express concern about the

Phone co-op snags SC FM

$375K WALI-FM Walterboro SC from Karl Hess to Premier Media LLC, a subsidiary of Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. (Jason J. Dandridge et al)....
Sold

Another day, another EMF deal

We just reported on an acquisition by Educational Media Foundation on Florida’s Gulf Coast – now we have another taking place on the shores of Lake Michigan. One of the interesting elements of the Sturgeon Bay WI buy: the pricing.

EMF buys on Florida’s Gulf coast

The latest acquisition for frequent buyer Educational Media Foundation gives it an outlet on the Gulf of Mexico and brings it access to citizens in two Florida markets.

Stephens Family buys in Tulsa

$8.5M KMYZ-FM & KTSO-FM Tulsa OK (Pryor, Glenpool OK) from Shamrock Communications Inc. (Robert J. Lynett) to KXOJ Inc., a subsidiary of Stephens Family...
Towers

FCC opens the LPFM window wider

Prospective LPFM applicants only lost a couple of days of filing window time due to the government shutdown, and the FCC is being more than accommodating when it comes to making up for lost time.

Details on Massachusetts cash/stock deal

N/A WBEC AM-FM, WUPE-AM Pittsfield MA, WSBS-AM Great Barrington & WNAW-AM /WUPE-FM North Adams MA from Gamma Broadcasting LLC (Bruce G. Danziger) to Reed...
Deal

AM deal is much ado about nothing

The transfer of WELE-AM to Bethune-Cookman University for no consideration looks cut and dried, but the back story is anything but. And the deal also has an LPFM angle.

Armada spins five north central stations

A radio station cluster that straddles the border of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is being sold by small-market radio specialist Armada Media. According to brokerage Kalil and Co., the buyer is Radio Plus Bay Cities.
Sold

Marshall plan: Sell WLTH

A Gary IN station serving northwest Indiana and the southside of Chicago is changing hands. Radio veteran Pluria Marshall is selling WLTH-AM to Michillianna Broadcasting LLC.

Johnson’s First buy is fourth station

$100K WCBT-AM Roanoke Rapids NC from First Media Radio LLC (Alex Kolobielski) to Johnson Broadcast Ventures Ltd. (Jimmy Johnson). $5K earnest money, balance in...

Texas FM moves in estate sale

$75K KNNK-FM Dimmitt TX from Alva Lee Peeler, Executrix to High Plains Radio Network Inc. (Monty L. Spearman, Gentry Todd Spearman). Sold on behalf...
Sold

Stephens files 2nd half of two-part Tulsa transaction

Stephens Family LP sold some fringe FM stations to the south and east of Tulsa back in April, and now we know why – the deal coincided with an LMA-to-buy a pair of strong Tulsa-area FMs from Shamrock Communications.