Radio and Television Transactions

It's a digital low-power television station that was sold by Enlace Christian Television to Craig Ruark in 2021. Earlier this year, it was resold to an entity led by Scott Centers. Now, Centers is selling the property again, a deal that will bring it to its four licensee in under 24 months. It comes concurrent to another Southern Nevada spin for Centers.

Since 2019, a 6kw Class A FM to the northeast of Hattiesburg, Miss., has been operated by an enterprise led by James Harold Heathcock Jr. Now, Heathcock is moving forward with his initial intent of purchasing the property and its Class D AM sibling.

Miami's "Vibe 92.7" has found an audience with a 64-watt LPFM facility that can barely reach Doral, where the Radio Masters Sales Summit begins tomorrow following today's sessions for Independent Broadcasters Association (IBA) members.  Now, "Vibe," which boasts a HD2 offering, is being spun to a new owner.

The town of Branson, Mo., has been welcoming visitors and country music buffs for years, and there's been a low-power TV station dedicated to this audience operated by longtime local broadcaster Earls Family Broadcasting available for viewing. Could this soon change, as Earls has decided to sell the LPTV property? It's not likely.

Sharon Springs, Kan., is a small town due east of the Colorado state line along historic U.S. Highway 40. Serving this tiny agricultural community is a 180-watt FM translator on the noncommercial band. Soon, it will be in the hands of a growing religious broadcasting entity.

In the resort town of Jackson, Wyoming, a low-power TV station is being sold. The buyer is an intriguing one, and suggests Spanish-language television is coming to the community.

A Class C1 100kw FM radio station offering a mix of Christian Talk and Teaching and "the best music this side of heaven" will soon be making a bit of a programming change. Instead of offering "Life"-affirming offerings in English, it will provide listeners in Miami-Dade and northern Monroe Counties "estudias de la Vida."

It offers what it calls "schizoelectic radio" and claims to have a national streaming audio audience. Alas, that appears to be not enough to save "Jive Radio" on a broadcast facility using a Class C3 signal to cover a portion of the Columbia River Gorge due east of Portland, Ore.

Nearly six years ago, Zoe Communications acquired a group of radio stations from Red Rock Radio Corp. Now, a spin is being consummated.

Donald W. Curtis is widely known across the Carolinas for his Raleigh-based Curtis Media Group, a marketing company powered by some 62 AM and FM radio stations. Pending FCC approval, you can add an FM to that stable of signals.

Gray Television is a big believer in low-power TV stations, using them in various ways as NEXTGEN TV's voluntary rollout promises new nontraditional ways to make money while delivering better quality picture and sound to consumers. In its home state, Gray is grabbing another LPTV property.

In February 1980, the sale of WBFG-FM attracted national headlines. Doubleday was the buyer, paying a single-station high price record by agreeing to fork over $8.25 million to Trinity Broadcasting and eventually rocking the Motor City with the debut of "Detroit's WheeLLZ." Today, the WBFG calls belong to an FM in Tennessee that's being spun.

Due west of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metropolitan area is Portsmouth, Ohio, and on the southern banks of the Scioto River the town of Garrison, Ky. It is in Garrison where a Class A FM with several identities in recent years is being spun. The buyer will take this station back to its roots by adopting a non-commercial religious format.

In June, RBR+TVBR first shared the details of the acquisition of an AM radio station reaching listeners across the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Now, the deal has closed, putting this station in the hands of a licensee led by Hispanic media veteran José Villafañe.

A veteran Georgia-based radio broadcaster and owner has joined Guest Technology in a brokerage and consulting role, with an emphasis on small to medium markets.