CBS confirms Portland sale
You and everybody’s cousin already knew that CBS Radio has a deal to sell its four Portland, OR stations to Larry Wilson’s Alpha Broadcasting,...
Transactions: 8-11-09
N/A KCDU-FM/KKHK-FM, KBOQ-FM, KPIG-FM & KHIP-FM Monterey-Salinas CA (Carmel, Seaside, Freedom, Gonzalez CA); KBBD-FM/KDRK-FM/KGA-AM/KJRB-AM/KZBD-FM, KEYF-AM & KEYF-FM Spokane WA (Spokane, Dishman, Cheney WA); KTMT-FM/KBOY-FM,...
Com/noncom double on the Horizon
KOJY-FM Bloomfield IA is going into a unique duopoly with KRNF-FM Montezuma IA. That is because it is a commercial FM, while KRNF is...
Wilson grows Portland empire with four from CBS Radio
Larry Wilson’s new Alpha Broadcasting is still a single market company, but now a giant in that market, Portland, OR. About three months after...
Transactions: 8-10-09
N/A WCSJ-AM Chicago (Morris IL) from Grundy County Broadcasters Inc. (Larry Nelson) to GS Radio of Illinois LLC (50% Grundy County Broadcasters Inc., Larry...
Waller expands with Bullard DIY
Dudley and Dorothy Waller will be adding a fourth FM and fifth radio station to their cluster in the Tyler-Longview Arbitron market, but they’ll...
Transactions: 8-07-09
$1.55M WKLU-FM Indianapolis IN (Brownsburg IN) from Indy Radio LLC (Russal A. Oasis) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $77.5K escrow, balance in cash...
Johnson expands in NC
Jimmy Johnson’s Johnson Broadcast Ventures is spending $190K to acquire a second North Carolina AM station. He’s getting WYRN-AM Louisburg from veteran NC broadcaster...
Denver renter decides to buy
KCKK-AM is going from Timothy Brown’s People’s Wireless Inc. to 4-K’s LLP, headed by Gregory K. Merilatt. Part of the purchase price is tied...
Transactions: 8-06-09
$6.5M KNGY-FM San Francisco (Alameda CA) from Flying Bear Licensing LLC (Joseph Bayliss) to Golden State Broadcasting LLC (Edward R. Stolz II). $1M escrow...
Transactions: 8-05-09
$552K KPSA-FM Lordsburg NM; KFMR-FM CP Ballard UT; and FM CP Taylor AZ from Skywest Media LLC (Ted Tucker Jr.) to Cochise Media Licensing...
Wait is over for Waitt/NRG cluster
Over four years after Norman Waitt and Mary Quass merged their groups into NRG Media, the lagging superduopoly cluster in Omaha NE-Council Bluffs IA...
Transactions: 8-04-09
$5K WYUR-FM CP Midland MD from Muncy Hills Broadcasting Inc. (Van Michael) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). Cash. CP is for Class A...
Another station headed away from commercials
Davidson Media Group, headed by Felix L. Perez, has a deal to sell WPYR-AM Baton Rouge to a local religious outfit. Catholic Community Radio...
Transactions: 8-03-09
$750K KQLX AM-FM Fargo ND-Moorhead MN (Lisbon ND) from Sheyenne Valley Broadcasting Inc. (Terry Loomis) to Great Prairie Integrated Marketing Inc. (J. Scott Herron,...