Clear Channel files to donate Dearborn AM to MMTC
One way to extract benefit from an underutilized broadcast facility is to hand it over to a noncommercial entity that would love to restore...
EMF moves into Columbia MO market
The insatiable noncommercial Christian radio group Educational Media Foundation has found yet another station to buy, this time serving the Columbia MO market. EMF...
Radio deals in Texas, North Carolina
$135K KRVA-FM Campbell TX from LKCM Radio Licenses LP (Michael Bornitz) to Hill Wireless LLC (Ivan L. Hill). $15K escrow, $85K cash at closing,...
AM duop forming along Lake Michigan
$175K WHFB-AM Benton Harbor-St. Joseph MI from WHFB Broadcast Associates (G. Woodward Stover II) to Gerard Media LLC (Ric Federighi, Scott Federighi, Marc Federighi)....
Pascagoula AM will have echo effect for seller
WPMO-AM will be gone from the JDL Corporation portfolio, but it certainly will not be forgotten – the contract stipulates that the seller will be allowed to rebroadcast it on a station in Lucedale MS for as long as desired.
KC noncom FM going from college to TV station
$1.65M KTBG-FM Kansas City MO (Warrensburg MO) from University of Central Missouri (Charles M. Ambrose) to Public Television 19 Inc. (Kliff Kuehl). $50K escrow,...
Lubbock FM sold out of bankruptcy
$350K KRBL-FM Lubbock TX (Idalou TX) from William Whitley, KRBL Radio Receiver to Walker Broadcasting & Communications Ltd. (David Walker). $15K deposit, balance in...
Telesouth adds a Mississippi market
Stephen C. Davenport’s Telesouth Communications owns 14 stations in Mississippi and LMAs three more, but none of them are in the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula market. But that’s about to change with the acquisition of WOSM-FM Ocean Springs MS.
Bay area AMs command $6M price tag
$6M KVTO-AM San Francisco CA (Berkeley CA); and KVVN-AM San Jose CA (Santa Clara CA) from YMF Media Inc. (Ted Bartley, Earvin Johnson et...
It’s official: Pandora files to buy FM station
Internet radio leader Pandora has submitted its paperwork to the FCC, making concrete its proposal to acquire KXMZ-FM Box Elder SD from Connoisseur Media, The station serves the Rapid City SD market. Here are the details on the buy.
FM deals in Arkansas, Kentucky
$50K KHCV-FM Hot Springs AR (Caddo Valley AR) from Azalea Radio Corporation (Richard D. Dietrick) to Southwest Arkansas Media LLC (Michael E. Wilkins). $2.5K...
Mount Wilson snags second Monterey radio station
$300K KNRY-AM Monterey-Salinas CA (Monterey CA) from IHR Educational Broadcasting (Douglas M. Sherman) to Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters Inc. (Saul Levine). $10K escrow, $190K...
Family Stations spins three to EMF
Three geographically diverse FMs, none of which are in a rated market, are going from Harold Camping’s Family Stations Inc. to frequent buyer Educational Media Foundation. The stations are in New York, Texas and California.
Straight-up FM swap in Fargo-Moorhead
N/A KBVB-FM Fargo ND-Moorhead MN (Barnesville MN) from Midwest Communications Inc. (Duey Wright) to Radio Fargo-Moorhead (James D. Ingstad). Swap for KVOX-FM Moorhead MN....
Armada spins a pair of Nebraska stations
$800K KUVR-AM Holdrege NE/KMTY-FM Gibbon NE from Armada Media Corporation (Christopher A. Bernier) to Legacy Communications LLC (Joseph Jay Vavicek). $400K cash, $400K credit...