Radio and Television Transactions

The October 2022 sale of a Spanish-language radio station serving audiences in Bridgeport, Conn., has just closed. It saw Dick Kozacko of Kozacko Media Services represent the buyer in this transaction.

As 2018 began, the Delmarva Peninsula media company led by Craig Jahelka secured a cluster of radio stations comprised of three FMs and one AM station. Now, one of those AM stations is being spun.

On August 5, 2021, a LMA was forged that gave News Talk STL Radio the right to operate a Class C3 FM serving a rural portion of the St. Louis DMA. Now, News Talk STL Radio is exercising its option to acquire the facility.

In a deal brokered by Kalil & Co., Long Communications LLC on April 24 closed on its sale of a UHF television station in the Charlotte DMA. At the time, the Long family confirmed its radio property would see no changes. That's not entirely true.

He is the co-founder of DreamHost Web Hosting and, since June 2022, CEO of a radio station licensee that has put its stamp on liberal-leaning Talk programming in Wisconsin in just one year. Now, UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. Sage Weil is signing off on another asset purchase agreement for his Civic Media. The stations were owned by Stephen Marks.

Bridge News LLC, led by Vince Bodiford, is scooping up a low-power TV station that will bring the 24/7 all-news diginet to Houston. The seller is the former head of HC2 Holdings, who formed his own group after his departure from that entity.

An Northeastern Vermont broadcaster with a Class A FM in New Hampshire is selling off its three signals to a two month old media company started by Joshua Smith. What's next for the 3,000 watt Country format station?

In early February, RBR+TVBR reported on the dissolution of a partnership that saw two individuals join to form Fusion Radio LLC. One month later, one of the FM translators owned by that entity was sold. On Thursday, the deal officially closed.

An FM translator serving communities in South Broward and North Miami-Dade Counties in Florida is being sold. It is presently being used to offer "revitalization" to an AM that is home to a Portuguese-language format serving Brazilians.

A Class FM that serves a portion of Arkansas that borders Oklahoma is being sold. And, it's a deal that is all about "community," based on the buyer and seller of the facility.

It's a Class A station serving a Montana town with access to no other commercially licensed FMs while the three best-receivable AM radio stations boom in from Saskatchewan. As such, KMMR-FM has been an important information and entertainment source for those in Malta, Mont. Pending FCC approval, serving the community will come under the purview of a new station owner.

A Class C2 FM licensed to Chariton, Iowa, is about to trade hands, pending FCC approval. What does this mean for those who enjoy listening to "Iowa's True Oldies Channel?"

An AM/FM combo in Miami that reaches nearby cities in Kansas and Missouri is being sold. That's Miami, Okla., of course. And, the deal is "Taylor Made" for the buyer, Michael Landis.

It is a future FM radio station serving the seat of Kimble County, Tex., nestled along the Llano River some 120 miles to the northwest of San Antonio. When it begins broadcasting, it will do so under a new owner, pending FCC approval.

As of now, it is a student-run radio station at Columbus Career & College Academy in tiny Whiteville, N.C., between Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Lumberton, N.C., a popular halfway point for drivers between Florida and New York. Pending FCC approval, however, this Class C2 FM will be joining the North Carolina Public Radio family.