Radio and Television Transactions

The owner of three stations serving the Antelope Valley of Southern California died on February 7. As such, his daughter now holds her late father's attributable interest in the properties.

It has a Construction Permit for a facility at 96.7 MHz with 99 watts of power from a skyscraper on Randolph in downtown Chicago, giving it a highly directional signal stretching from the Loop north to Evanston. With the FCC's blessing, it will soon become the property of one James White.

The owner/operator of conservative News/Talk radio stations in the Mid-Atlantic region has reached an agreement that brings two more AMs, and their respective FM translators, under his ownership.

It’s a 250-watt FM translator that has city-grade coverage over a market dominated by News-Press & Gazette Co., with respect to print and television properties. Now, St. Joseph, Mo., is in the news again as this radio facility has officially been sold by Bott Radio Network.

An October 2022 transaction saw Tower Broadcasting, led by Gordon Ichikawa, agree to a facilities swap and asset sale that saw the intellectual property of the FM that had been home to “94 Rock” become the property of broadcast ministry Family Life Ministries. Now, the AM and two FM translators "94 Rock" moved to are being sold.

It is a Class A FM that signed on the air 12 years ago and boasts a HD2 dance-oriented format and a HD3 Adult R&B offering to Mid-Hudson Valley listeners. Now, the family member that owns and operates Sunrise Broadcasting is assuming full control of the station it has been operating via a Time Brokerage Agreement with another family member.

In recent years, a Minnesota-based nonprofit corporation tied to a private evangelical Christian college has emerged as a buyer. Now, it's at it again, as it has signed off on an Asset Purchase Agreement that will deliver it some 15 FM radio stations, eight FM translators and six Construction Permits.

In early February, RBR+TVBR reported on the dissolution of a partnership that saw two individuals join to form Fusion Radio LLC. Now, one of the FM translators owned by that entity is being sold, according to the media broker that got the deal done.

Per the late Byron Dobbs' Last Will and Testament, filed in Cherokee County, Ga., Probate Court in September 2022, Dobbs left his share of the radio broadcasting company to business partner Randy Gravley. Now, paperwork has been filed with the FCC that will codify that.

Jim Loftus since Nov. 1, 2018 has served as the Chief Operations Officer for Seven Mountains Media.  In addition to that role, Loftus is a licensee. And, through that company he's just agreed to a facilities swap with Matthew Lightner.

The Sunshine State town of Port St. Joe is perhaps one of the sleepier burghs in Florida. Here, Omni Broadcasting has decided to part ways with an FM it owns.  The buyer is a religious broadcaster, continuing a trend of Christian media deals in an environment where God's word commands the dollars sellers desire.

In late November 2022, the main NPR Member station serving Philadelphia agreed to sell a Class A FM serving such Southern New Jersey cities as Vineland. Now, WHYY is agreeing to say goodbye to another New Jersey FM — this time a facility with a mere 1 watt of power.

It holds a Construction Permit for 19 watts of power for service to Southampton, N.Y., on the East End of Long Island, at 88.9 MHz. That's good enough for a Hispanic radio operator that has agreed to purchase the facility from Charles Williamson, known for his "WALL Radio" operation serving the Hudson Valley.

Mark Janbakhsh, who controls a group of largely Spanish-language radio stations that were once a part of the now-defunct Davidson Media Group, has agreed to spin a presently silent AM radio station to a group led by Nancy Epperson. It's not the first deal to involve an Epperson family member and Janbakhsh.

The station was recently transferred to the newly created Audacy Atlas LLC by the company led by David Field. Now, it can be confirmed: A Class A FM serving LGBTQ+ audiences has been sold. For listeners, programming will continue but under new branding.