Radio and Television Transactions

It's a Class A FM covering a small swath of the Edmond, Wash., area to the north of Seattle, and it uses a 9-watt FM translator to help with coverage of such communities as Bellevue and Issaquah. Now, these homes of Christian Rock noncommercial network RadioU are being spun. The buyer is known for stations "Where God's Word Is Heard.

In mid-December, the leaders of Spanish Independent Broadcast Network opted to part ways with its low-power television station serving the Valley of the Sun. Who's the buyer? It's the same entity that two years ago snagged a LPTV facility serving the Verde Valley, home to towns such as Jerome and Sedona, Ariz.

A pair of licensees tied to North Carolina-based Curtis Media Group have agreed to spin a pair of AM radio stations, and one FM translator, to another media company operating in the state.

No, we're not talking about stations tied in some way to Bobby Vinton but, rather, the town of Vinton, Va. Here, an AM radio station with an FM translator are heading to a new owner, pending FCC approval.

Until March 2017, Hector Villalobos owned and operated three FMs and an AM serving agricultural areas tied to the Monterey-Salinas market. At the time, one of those FMs was sold. Then, Villalobos in September 2020 sold the two other FM stations. Now, the AM has been spun, marking his exit from ownership of stations serving the picturesque region of Northern California.

In late July, the FCC was asked to approve the sale of seven TV stations and four radio stations across five markets by Waypoint Media and related entity Vision Communications. The transaction, which saw Kalil & Co. serve as the broker, has now closed, making Coastal Television Broadcasting Group LLC the owner.

Among the first radio industry transactions of 2022 to await FCC approval is the sale of a radio station from the Estate of Robert Cummings Toole and Karen Toole to a Montana corporation. The deal involves an FM that can reach the capital, Helena, and a FM translator serving a small mountain community.

From the town of Spring Harbor, Mich., a Class A FM has served the cities of Jackson and Albion with a student-run Christian music format. Until now, it has reached the Ann Arbor area via a FM translator outside of the city that’s home to the University of Michigan. That's come to an end, as the FM translator's sale has been completed.

A Class A FM radio station and its AM sibling with 1,000 watts of power are being transferred to a new owner. Thanks to a modified agreement between the buyer and seller, we now know how much more valuable the land, building, improvements and towers are, compared to the licenses and permits tied to the AM/FM combo.

A deal involving a FM translator has just been consummated that will bring, pending FCC approval, another South Asian voice to the San Jose radio market. The programming will originate from the HD3 signal of KUFX-FM, a Bonneville International-owned radio station.

On December 24, 2020, the husband that shares ownership with his wife of a Class A noncommercial FM radio station serving the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts passed away. One year later, the requisite paperwork is being filed that will give the woman full ownership of "Quahog Country."

It bills itself as a Chicago-based multimedia company that offers extensive radio programming offerings including mix show syndication, production and imaging. Now, the entity majority-controlled by Robert Jamrog is poised to become the licensee of a FM translator licensed to serve Monterey, Calif. Guess who the seller is.

The "country rock station of North Georgia," a Class A FM at 104.3 MHz serving the auto racing haven of Dahlonega, has been spun. Whether or not the format will be heard across 2022 and beyond will soon be up to the Augusta Radio Fellowship Institute.  And, there's a good chance some "Good News" will be coming soon to the station.

In November 2016, Univision Communications agreed to a transaction that was, at the time, considered a surprising one. The Hispanic media giant's three radio stations in El Paso, Texas, were sold to an entity tied to one of Mexico's biggest AM and FM operators. Now, thanks to a stock purchase agreement finalized on November 30, the ownership of the radio trio hugging the Rio Grande is evolving.

The Walt Disney Company had decided to spin three top-market AM radio stations that have served as the longtime homes of ESPN Radio. As part of the deal, the buyer would assume the long-term Local Marketing Agreement Disney has with Emmis Broadcasting for the operation of WEPN-FM in New York. Now, financial details regarding the transaction are known.