Radio and Television Transactions

Lotus Communications has assumed control of a Class A FM radio station serving Fresno from the west that was once owned by the late Art Laboe. The company led by Jim Kalmenson is already operating the station under a TBA, and seeks to capture older audiences of Mexican heritage.

A collection of radio stations serving Pampa, Tex., a small Panhandle town northeast of Amarillo, are poised to become the properties of a new owner. There's no Stage Manager involved, although the deal very much involves a theatre group.

Vic Michael, serving as the Technical Consultant on behalf of a licensee led by Kristopher Michael, has aided his family member in the sale of a dark construction permit for a noncommercial FM at 91.1 MHz serving a Rocky Mountain community along U.S. 40 due west of Steamboat Springs.

In April 2024, RBR+TVBR first shared the details regarding the sale of an AM/FM combo and a second FM in the Buckeye State in a deal that saw Ed Henson of Henson Media represent the seller in this transaction. On August 8, the station sale closed.

In early June, Jeff Winemiller's Lowcountry 34 Media moved ahead with the proposed sale of five low-power TV stations, including a Jasper, Fla., facility, to a group headed by Merritt Island, Fla., based Michael Dagen. Now, Dagen has signed off on another Jasper LPTV station, as well as an Arizona property.

Regulatory filings made late Wednesday with the FCC have uncovered new details regarding the sale of a group of radio stations in the Phoenix market to an entity led by Mike Cutchall. The biggest jaw-dropper? The valuation placed on the sale of stations housing three FM brands.

The Station of The Cross Catholic Media Network presently can be found on radio stations in a variety of markets across the Northeast, including cities such as Owego and Olean, N.Y. Another small city in Western New York has been home to the network — until now. That FM is being sold.

Block Island sits in the middle of Long Island Sound, south of the tony town of Newport. In these locales are FM and AM radio stations, respectively, that until now have been owned by 3G Broadcasting of Florida. Now, a Rhode Island LLC is poised to become the stations' new licensee.

Lowcountry 34 Media has agreed to part ways with a low-powered television station serving a small town on the Vermont side of the Connecticut River, just south of Lebanon, N.H. The entity poised to gain control of the LPTV property is getting notice for its pioneering work with 5GTV in Boston.

Tiny Greenville, Fla. is largely known as the childhood home of Ray Charles. It's also just east of the state capital, Tallahassee, and that's why a low-powered TV station serving this hamlet is of interest to NewsNet's parent — which is agreeing to buy the facility from Jeff Winemiller.

It is the seat of Jackson County, Ky., and is situated to the far southeast of Lexington, due north of London. Here, a "Dandy" little deal has been consummated, and it sees the sale of a Class A FM at 107.9 MHz.

Eighteen months ago, Robert Jamrog sold his 50% ownership stake in a Toledo, Ohio, FM translator to his business partner. Now, she's agreed to sell the facility to a regional religious broadcasting organization in a transaction brokered by George Kimble.

An FM radio station serving Yazoo City from the nearby town of Belzoni and its Class D AM sibling, along with that station's FM translator, are heading to a new owner. Signing off on the purchase for the buyer are Members Michael Donovan Jr. and Emily Tillman.

Ravi Kapur has also been a buyer of broadcast TV stations, and he's now struck a deal to add a low-power TV facility in the state of Washington to his collection of assets. It's thanks to a deal with Jeff Winemiller.

The man who serves as technical director for MaxxConnect is signing off on the purchase of a collection of broadcast radio stations serving four Alabama towns and a Florida city from Williams Communications.