State-straddling FMs headed to new owner
A pair of over-lapping FMs, one in Missouri, the other in Arkansas, are going to an owner who already has an AM combo in the area which also has one foot in each state. The stations are in unrated territory.
ABS snags FM trio east of Tulsa
$500K KTFR-FM, KEMX-FM & KCXR-FM Tulsa OK (Chelsea, Locust Grove, Taft OK) from KXOI Inc., a subsidiary of Stephens Family LP (Michael P. Stephens,...
WV FM CP from Robinson to Robinson
$83,485 FM CP White Sulphur Springs WV from United States CP LLC (W. Philip Robinson) to Radio Greenbrier LLC (Todd P. Robinson). Cash. Superduopoly...
March radio deals leave massive paper trail
So far in 2013, two out of 59 radio deals have accounted for over 75% of all value – they are the two sales by Cox to two different buyers. Not only did dealing slump in March, the amount of actual cash changing hands was utterly eclipsed by the seller paper involved in the deals.
Radio deals in Montana, New Jersey
$288K KDXT-FM Missoula MT (Lolo MT) from Sheila Callahan & Friends Inc. (M. Sheila Callahan Murphy) to Western Rockies Radio Inc. (Kent Phillips, Chad...
Richmond AM goes to GM
Preston Brown acquired WHAP-AM Hopewell VA back in 2007 from Mainquad Communications, but now he’s giving it away. The beneficiary: The station’s GM.
Objection overruled: Cox radio deals approved
Citizens for Equity in Taxation has filed a petition to deny the sale of radio stations from Cox to SummitMedia and Connoisseur Media on grounds that ultimately its members, and indeed, all citizens of the US will have to pay more taxes to make up for taxes potentially avoided by the dealing parties.
Clauses unsheathed in Wisconsin CP deal
$65K WHOH-FM CP Rhinelander WI from Multi-Cultural Diversity Radio Inc. (Samir Abumayyaleh) to Results Broadcasting of Rhinelander Inc. (Bruce D. Glassman). $5K escrow, balance...
ABS settling in east of Tulsa
Roger Chasteen’s ABS Communications has a deal that will give it three FM stations stacked north to south to the east of Oklahoma’s second-largest...
Idaho AM sold out of receivership
$41K KPTO-AM Pocatello ID from AM Radio 1440 Inc. (Wayne Klein, receiver) to Main Street Broadcasting LLC (Ted W. Austin Jr.). $5K deposit, balance...
Delta maxes out Lafayette LA cluster
Charles Chatelain’s Delta Media Group is going from three to seven radio stations in the Lafayette LA market, adding to a regional group that...
Renter becoming owner in Missoula area
Western Rockies Radio has been running KDXT-FM Lolo MT, which reaches into Missoula MT from the south and benefits from further coverage from a Missoula-licensed translator. But WRR’s days of paying rent are about to end.
EMF files to buy Texas FM duo
$170K KRZS-FM Hunt TX and KHLB-FM Mason TX from Munbilla Broadcasting Properties Ltd. (B. Shane Fox) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $8.5K escrow,...
Robinson to Robinson deals adds to WV cluster
Todd P. Robinson is buying a DIY FM project from W. Philip Robinson to add to a cluster that will serve an unrated portion of West Virginia in the state’s southeastern corner just east of the Beckley market.
Radio deals in Minnesota, California
$195K KGLB-AM Glencoe MN from Northern Lights Broadcasting LLC (Sam Elliot Gagliardi) to Iowa City Broadcasting Company Inc. (Tor H. Ingstad). Cash. LMA 10/22/12....