Radio and Television Transactions

An involuntary transfer of control approval request has been filed with the FCC that would give control of a group of low-power television stations associated with the late Vince Castelli to a longtime media broker.

As of today, the fast-growing radio station ownership group led by founder Jeff Warshaw has entered the San Francisco-Oakland radio market, adding to assets in San Jose obtained in its debt assumption-driven merger with Alpha Media. Serving as the seller's broker of record is Kalil & Co.

The radio broadcasting company founded 22 years ago by Doyle and Carolyn Becker operating in communities across South Dakota and Minnesota has agreed to acquire a group of properties in Watertown, S.D., from the company based in Fairfield County, Conn., that acquired Alpha Media and, later, Bonneville's San Francisco stations.

It's a small city along U.S. Highway 27 not far from Providence Canyon State Park and home to an FM translator with a mere 10 watts that nevertheless covers the municipality. Soon, it will be under new ownership.

It's a transaction that sees exactly 100 pennies trading hands, as a Salisbury, Md.-based broadcasting company has agreed to acquire a Class B AM with a highly directional signal over the Eastern Shore community of Easton, Md.

A Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving Rico, Colo., a rural community to the southwest of the Telluride ski resort community, is trading hands. What does the future hold for this facility?

Urban One is acquiring two FM radio stations in North Texas long associated with Hymen Childs, and at the same time is divesting an FM at 94.5 MHz to a regional non-secular broadcast ministry. We now know how much Urban One will be spending, and earning, with these deals.

The Milwaukee Courier and "101.7 The Truth" have partnered to form the Milwaukee Black Media Trust, a community ownership structure ensuring that both historic Black media institutions remain independent and in service of Milwaukee’s Black community.

The FCC has granted the assignment of authorization request that will allow the owner of a Class B AM radio station with 1kw from 2 towers during daylight hours and 3 towers at night serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market to transfer it to liberal cause-focused FutureNow.

With Kalil & Co. serving as the exclusive broker in the transaction, Curtis Media Group is moving ahead with the acquisition of four FMs, one AM and two FM translators in the Wilmington-New Bern-Jacksonville, N.C. market. The deal sees the seller now focusing on their multimedia assets in the Triangle region.

In September 2024, Evanov Communications successfully found a buyer for a 2.5kw Class A FM serving the Ottawa-Gatineau market, stopping its previously announced death sentence. Now, the buyer of that facility is purchasing another Class A FM from Evanov — a property serving Anglophones in the Montréal market.

In the summer of 2024, the Federal Communications Commission granted an assignment of authorization application requesting its approval of a deal that brought two FM radio stations along the Oregon coast back to life. Xana Oregon is now selling that Class C1 FM licensed to Lincoln City.

An AM/FM simulcast offering spoken word programming that includes The Mike Gallagher Show, Sean Hannity and a locally hosted "Going Home" show in the 5pm hour is being spun. Who is buying these stations, which serve small cities south of Abilene and northeast of San Angelo, Tex.?

It's a 250-watt facility with a signal covering the state capital of Washington and communities including Skokomish and Shelton. Soon, it will be under the ownership of a new licensee, pending regulatory approval.

Jesus Soto had been active in the island's audio broadcasting world since the mid-1970s, and under his ownership created such iconic brands as "Salsoul" and "Fidelity." Paperwork has now been filed with the FCC seeking its approval of an involuntary transfer of the stations to the executor of Soto's will.