A Mom ‘N’ Pop Swap For ‘Heart City Radio’
It's a Class D AM serving Valentine, Neb. And, this radio station is seeing a transfer of control from one couple to another couple through a stock purchase valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Marquee Completes Bowling Green CP Buy
A small broadcaster with TV stations in its home market of Salisbury-Ocean City, Md.; adjacent city Dover, Del.; Bowling Green, Ky.; Glenwood Springs, Colo.; and two Georgia markets has closed on its acquisition of a construction permit for a low-power television station in one of those markets — a move that bolsters its presence there.
‘La Poderosa’ Added to Bustos’ Tucson Stable
As first reported in Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, a Class C3 FM serving Tucson from the northwest that was once owned by Entravision Communications is being sold. It gives more revenue-generation options in the market for a Hispanic media pioneer that grew its presence in Southern Arizona by acquiring a FM station formerly owned by Scripps — and Bustos.
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.
A Fairfield County, Conn., AM Heads To Executrix
With the 2021 passing of Pablo Colón, inducted into the Connecticut Broadcaster’s Association Hall of Fame in 2015, the AM and FM translator that's home to the Spanish-language operation based in Bridgeport, Conn., was placed into his estate. Now, his widow has filed paperwork at the Commission to become the executrix.
Along the Columbia River, An FM Pair Are Spun
Two locales within the Tri-Cities DMA may have little in common, aside from the presence of FM stations owned by the same licensee. But, each town is home to first-generation Hispanic immigrants active in the viticultural and agricultural industries. This likely explains the desire of the rural properties, which are heading to a new owner.
Joe Reilly Sells Keystone State Properties. Here’s What He’s Earning
As first reported Tuesday morning by Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink, Joe Reilly’s Columbia Broadcasting Company is selling two AMs and four FM translators to the Kristin Cantrell-led Seven Mountains Media. What are the terms of the deal?
Big Deal in Little Rock for ‘La Raza’
The party operating a Class D daytimer with an all-important FM translator serving the largest market of Arkansas — an area with significant growth in Spanish-speaking Hispanic consumers — seeks to purchase the property from the estate of the person who bought the AM in 1988.
A Mom-and-Pop Buyout In the Volunteer State
"Uncle" Bob and "Cousin" Mark have signed a deal that will make one of those two figures an owner of "The Talk of the Town" in Athens, Tenn., situated between Chattanooga and Knoxville on U.S. 11. Why? The Uncle has decided to sell his stake in the station.
VCY America Officially Takes Over KESN
A 98,000-watt Class C FM signal that covers the northern half of the sprawling Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and the Oklahoma cities of Ardmore and Durant has officially transitioned from talk about hoops and passes to Biblical teaching, Sacred Music and "Informative News."
North of Dayton, Dean Miller Agrees To ‘TAM’ Sale
In Sidney, Ohio, is a locally focused FM offering programming that's "Totally. About. Music." It comes courtesy of Dean Miller Broadcasting, but could that change soon? The station has just been sold, and the buyer — a familiar figure in the building — plans on a return to its former branding.
An Ad Astra APA Arrives At the FCC
Many years ago, directories listing the radio broadcasting companies in the U.S. would always feature the uniquely named Ad Astra per Aspera Broadcasting at the top of the alphabetical list. Today, the licensee still exists. And, it is signing off on the purchase of an AM/FM combo and an FM translator serving a small Kansas town.
An Alaska FM Goes ‘Strait’ To a Buyer
It's a 6kw Class A serving a small Alaskan city accessible to Anchorage only by a 75-minute flight. Pending FCC approval, it will be soon owned by Strait Media.
On Florida’s Panhandle, An FM’s Receiver Finds A Buyer
A 3kw Class A FM serving the Fort Walton Beach and Destin areas of Northwest Florida is being sold by its court-appointed receiver. The station is presently a part of "The Ticket Sports Network."
A Las Vegas LPTV Property Trades Hands
It uses digital Channel 30 and enjoys a PSIP of Channel 7. For the past year, it has been owned by Craig Ruark, who acquired the property from a Christian-focused broadcasting entity. Now, Ruark is spinning the LPTV station serving Southern Nevada.