AM station returns to commercial fold
In an era when an increasing number of commercial-band radio stations are going the non-profit route, at least one -- WUCO-AM in Marysville OH...
Church Planters get some FM cropland
The FCC has to tell you where you can “grow” a new FM station, and noncommercial outfit Church Planters of America has just picked...
Transactions: 12-23-09
$150K WFMH-FM Hacklesburg AL from Williams Communications Inc. (Walton E. Williams Jr.) to TNT Inc. (Thomas T. Hutcheson). Debt assumption. $123,750 AM CP Concord...
Close encounters in Oregon, Washington
Educational Media Foundation is officially in control at KXPC-FM, following its agreement to acquire the station from Christopher F. Devine’s Portland Broadcasting. According to...
NH CP goes from one Frizzell to another
A chunk of an AM station DIY project in the portfolio of Mt. Washington Radio & Gramophone LLC is going from Ronald R. to...
Transactions: 12-22-09
$500K FM CP Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville NC (Magnolia NC) from Down East Communications/CDC/& Center for the Performing Arts (Terry Daniels) to Pathway Christian Academy Inc....
Magnolia FM CP sold
Magnolia NC is on the southwestern edge of the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville market, and the prospective owner hopes to make an impact mainly on the...
Washington AM sold
The owner of WMET-AM, serving the Washington DC market from its perch in suburban Gaithersburg MD, says it has a letter of intent to...
Transactions: 12-18-09
$30K KSJT-FM CP Norfolk NE from Church Planter of America (William Danny Hawkins) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $5K escrow, balance in cash...
Another DIY FM project for EMF
K-LOVE Network operator Educational Media Foundation has found yet another station to buy. This time it’s picking up an FM CP in an unrated...
Transactions: 12-16-09
N/A KQDL-FM Hood River OR from All Classical Public Media Inc. (Jonathan E. Mansfield, Jack Allen et al) to Oregon Public Broadcasting (Andrew Franklin,...
Transactions: 12-15-09
$550K WTKB-FM Atwood TN from Grace Broadcasting Services Inc. (Phillip Ennis, Lacy Ennis) to Solid Rock Broadcasting LLC (Bradley Joe Owens, Steven Tate, Steven...
Religious Ohio CP sold
A non-commercial FM south of Toledo is going from one religious group to another under a contract that will allow the buyer to chip...
Transactions: 12-14-09
$475K KSYY-FM Ingram TX from Radioactive LLC (Benjamin L. Homel) to Radio Ranch Ltd. (Lyndell M. Grubbs, Nancy K.H. Grubbs). Option payments of $25K,...
Great Scott shuts down, markets Pottstown AM
WPAZ-AM has been serving the unrated Pottstown PA area since 1951, but that service has come to an end, at least for now. Owner...