Friday, September 20, 2024

A ‘Faithful’ Exchange, Right By Bismarck

It's not often that Educational Media Foundation, parent of the Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) formats KLOVE and Air1, opts to sell a radio station. Yet, that's what it's doing with a Class C3 facility just south of Bismarck, North Dakota.

Done radio deal on Long Island

Two radio operators have four stations each on Long Island, New York. Normally that wouldn’t be news, but it is this time because a...

Update: What Connoisseur Earned From Poconos Sale

On Wednesday, RBR+TVBR was first to share the news that two radio stations and an FM translator serving an area of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Northern New Jersey are being sold by the Jeff Warshaw-led broadcasting company. Financial details are now known.

Another College Sells Its FM Station

Add a community college in Western New York to the list of colleges that will soon shed its 880-watt Class A facility — to a religious institution expanding again.

Gray Grows Its LPTV Stable Once Again

With ATSC 3.0 bringing Broadcast Internet and NEXTGEN TV opportunities, the company led in tandem by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney has actively been seeking to secure full-DMA over-the-air coverage of its stations through these LPTV deals. The FCC has two more transactions it will need to approve.
Sold

Inspirational Family’s Idaho FM Stable Grows

If the FCC approves, KUJJ has been sold.

Transactions: 7-09-09

$650K KGSG-FM Tri-Cities WA (Pasco WA) from Gospel Music Broadcasting Corporation (Martin L. Gibbs) to Alexandra Communications Inc. (Thomas D. Hodgins, Cheryl Hodgins). $110...
Sold

Midwest Communications expands into Fargo

A six-station radio cluster under the ownership of Jim Ingstad’s Radio Fargo-Moorhead is headed to Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications, staking out new territory for...
Sold

Another FM sale for Family Stations

WFME-FM in New York isn’t the only station being liquidated by religious outfit Family Stations – it also has filed to sell WFTI-FM St....

Baby FM opens Sussex market for Clear Channel FM recall

The Sussex NJ Arbitron market lives in the shadow of the Big Apple, and as such had only five stations licensed to it, forcing...

Transactions: 3-2-11

$3.5K FM CP Memphis TX from Grace Community Church of Amarillo (William Gehm et al) to Calvary Iowa City (Jeff Nullmeyer et al). $500...

Alpha Media Closes Morris Buy

Alpha Media has closed on its purchase of 36 Morris Radio stations.
Sold

Texas newspaper company expands into radio

KBEY-FM Burnet TX provides Texas Best Country to an unrated portion of the state just to the northwest of Austin. It is going to...

New Mexico stock deal forms instant radio group

Majestic Communications LLC will be one of the nation’s newest radio groups when it closes on its acquisition of six New Mexico radio stations...

Transactions: 2-3-12

$1M KJOJ-AM Houston TX (Conroe TX) from Liberman Broadcasting of Houston LLC, a subsidiary of Liberman Broadcasting Inc. (Lenard D. Liberman) to DAIJ Media...