A Power-ful FM Translator Sale Transpires
Travel between Macon and Valdosta, Ga., along Interstate 75, and you'll pass through the tiny town of Cordele. Here, an FM translator is being spun. But, it's originating AM isn't a part of this end-of-year deal.
Triad Sports Source To Be Sold
It's a 5kw Class B AM facility that until its 2007 sale to Curtis Media Group was owned by CBS Radio. Before that, it was owned by iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel Communications and has served the Greensboro and Winston-Salem area of North Carolina since April 1930. What does the future hold for this station? That's up to Stuart W Epperson Jr.
A Church-To-Church Translator Deal is Done
A Washington-based Hispanic broadcast ministry has decided to spin an FM translator serving the eastern community of Moses Lake. The buyer? A broadcast ministry that will retain the core values of the property.
Gerald Benavides Adds To Lone Star Stable
He's been an active buyer and seller of media properties across Texas for more than a decade. Now, Gerald Benavides has signed off on a deal giving him ownership of a FM station licensed to the city of Stanton.
Christian TV Operation Buys Citrus-Centric LPTVer
It has the ability to reach 140,000 TV households in Citrus County and portions of Hernando, Sumter, Marion and Levy Counties in Central Florida. It has coverage on Channel 16 on Comcast and Bright House Network systems in this region of the Sunshine State. Soon, it will be the property of Christian Television Corp., bringing a new era to this hyperlocal television facility.
SagamoreHill Secures A LPTV CP In Gator Country
The buyer may be tied to Tennessee, but it is seeking FCC approval to own an unbuilt construction permit for a low-power television facility in the city that is home to the University of Florida.
Salem Says ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ With a Very Relevant Rewind
In a deal that's just been consummated and filed for approval with the Commission, Salem Media Group is adding to its properties in Tampa-St. Petersburg by reacquiring a Class B AM radio station in the market. The facility, licensed to Brandon, Fla., will help Salem bring a third radio brand just two years after spinning the stations.
Teleamerica Blossoms In the Coachella Valley
It positions itself as the TV channel "in constant evolution that brings the best of Latin America." Now, this unique offering is poised to welcome viewers in the Coachella Valley of California, thanks to a just-filed transaction awaiting FCC approval.
WLIW Set To Widen L.I. Radio Coverage
From April 2018 until July 2020, it had been in a simulcast with WLIR-FM and branded as "Real FM," offering Classic Hits programming. Soon, an FM translator with 10 watts of power covering such Long Island, N.Y., cities as Coram and Medford is set to be come a part of the WNET Public family.
Paul Koplin Sells A NYC DMA LPTV Property
The town of Port Jervis, N.Y., lies at the heart of the "other" Tri-State Area within the vast New York City DMA — New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It is situated along the bucolic Delaware River, and its proximity to fast-growing Sussex County, N.J., is likely why a low-powered TV station licensed to this municipality has just sold for nearly $2 million.
In Huntsville, An ‘ALT’ to ‘Air1’ Move Is Final
It uses a 250-watt FM translator covering much of the Huntsville, Ala., metropolitan area, even parts of Decatur. Soon, it will no longer be the home of an iHeartMedia "ALT"-branded modern rock presentation relaying broadcasts found on the HD3 signal of Class C2 WQRT-FM "100.3 The River." That's because the FM translator's licensee is selling the facility to Educational Media Foundation.
A Blount Sale Brings An AM, FM Translator To Loudon
An AM radio station with an FM translator serving a town near Oak Ridge, Tenn., are being spun. Here are the details of one of the few transactions to get filed with the FCC of late.
A Telemundo Spin, With No Changes To Viewers
A digital low-power TV station licensed to Logan, Utah, is poised to leave the NBC Universal family. An agreement, submitted Tuesday with the FCC, shows that its Telemundo O&O arm is agreeing to part ways with the facility. The buyer? A local governmental entity.
Chalk Hill Adds In East Texas
It's a Class C 1kw AM radio station with an FM translator serving as the ESPN Radio affiliate for East Texas' key Nielsen Audio-rated market. Now, the facilities are being sold to a new owner, pending FCC approval of the deal.
A Rural Bakersfield FM Heading to New Owner
In late December 2017, the FCC sought public comment on whether or not two Mexican citizens—one of whom is a major Univision Communications executive — should be allowed to purchase two FM radio stations in rural Arizona and California. Nearly four years later, one of those two FMs is being spun.