Paulino Bernal’s Radio Stations Shift To Estate
Some 15 months after a Texas county probate court put his assets in the control of his wife, paperwork has been filed at the FCC that seeks to transfer Paulino Bernal's two Spanish-language religious AMs to the family matriarch.
A New Day Comes For ‘Buenas Nuevas’
Today is the final day for the good news, en español, at a broadcast operation serving evangelical Hispanics in Memphis. That's because a Time Brokerage Agreement goes into effect June 1 ahead of the sale of the Class D daytime-only AM operation and its all-important FM translator.
Neuhoff Completes Lafayette, Ind., Station Spin
Neuhoff Communications Inc. has completed the sale of its four FMs, an AM radio station and an FM translator serving the home of Purdue University and twin Indiana cities along the Wabash River. Kalil & Co. brokered the $5.3 million transaction.
A Silent FM in Texas Trades Hands
A Class A FM at 98.7 MHz in a rural area of the Lone Star State northwest of Lufkin and southwest of Nacogdoches is poised to head to a new owner. And, that licensee will operate the presently silent facility as a noncommercial religious property.
Here’s The True Word: A N.C. AM Finds A New Owner
It's a Class D daytime-only AM radio station that serves a small North Carolina city due south of Danville, Va. Pending FCC approval, it will soon be in the hands of a new owner.
Loftus Grabs A ‘Bigfoot’ Home From His Former Employer
On December 4, 2023, Jim Loftus exited 7 Mountains Media as COO to take a similar position at the company he previously spent nine years at. Now, he's crafted a deal that will see the radio station owner he's presently associated with acquire an FM from the company led by Kristin Cantrell.
A Religious FM Is Heading To A New Owner
It is licensed to serve the city of Augusta, Ill., with a 60 dBu service contour extending out by 24 miles. At present, it is a simulcast partner of a station devoted to "Christ Centered Lifestyle Education." Pending FCC approval, this will likely change, as the buyer is the parent of secular FMs.
FOX Carolina Gets ‘More Spectrum’ With Gray LPTV Buy
In early March, the FCC allowed Carolina Christian Broadcasting Inc. to upgrade the digital channel for its WGGS-TV in Upstate South Carolina from VHF Channel 2 to UHF Channel 29. Now that this is transpiring, the broadcast ministry has opted to sell a LPTV in Greenville to Gray Television.
A Seattle-Market AM Trades Hands
As of October 2023, Mohan Cheema, a U.S. citizen, and Canadian citizen Sukhdev Dhillon were the lead equity interest holders in KZIZ-AM & KKDZ-AM in Seattle — each of which air “Radio Punjab.” Ownership of KZIZ has also involved one Charanjit Batth. Now, Batth is selling his stake in the AM.
Shaw Local Radio Closes On Three NRG Stations In Illinois
The local broadcast radio station ownership group led by Mary Quass has completed the sale of two FM stations, an FM translator, and an AM radio station in Illinois to a company that shares its name with a large Canadian media operation but is owned by John Rung.
A ‘SHO Sale Is Focal Point’s Main Matter
An AM radio station licensed to the Crescent City is changing hands, paperwork submitted for regulatory approval at the FCC indicates. This will put the facility in the hands of Daniel Teachworth.
A Silent Appalachian FM Trades Hands
It is licensed for 2,500 watts at 505 feet and is presently dark. Pending FCC approval, this FM radio station at 92.1 MHz will be brought back on the air, under new ownership.
Spirit Spin For EMF With Downstate Ill. FM Translator
It had been an FM translator providing Educational Media Foundation's Worship Music Air1 noncommercial radio network to Champaign, Ill. Soon, it will become a part of a Normal, Ill.-based broadcast ministry spreading "the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ on air" for over 13 years.
A Hometown Spin For A ‘Bridge’ Translator
Boosting one signal linked to a network of Worship Music stations branded as "The Bridge" is a 250-watt FM translator serving towns along U.S. 301 in Eastern Maryland such as Sudlersville. Now, that FM translator is being spun. The buyer is a local non-religious media company.
Kingston Adjusts Ownership Structure Of Cortona Partnership
In November 2023, Steve Kingston agreed to a $75,000 purchase of an Annapolis, Md.-based FM translator. The acquisition of an AM that will serve as the primary station came in January. Now, Kingston has adjusted the ownership mix for the licensee of this AM and the FM translator.