Radio and Television Transactions

The Lakeland-Winter Haven-Auburndale area of Central Florida continues to grow, and given its locale between Tampa and Orlando, there are few local media choices. Among them are AM radio stations licensed to WALCO Enterprises. Add another property to that kHz-band mix of properties in Waller's stable.

In late March, Keith Stover — also known to a generation of Pittsburgh radio listeners as Keith Clark — moved forward in filing paperwork with the FCC that would make him a majority owner of a pair of FM radio stations serving the Columbia, S.C., market. Late last week, that transaction formally closed.

On July 14, RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of WROZ-FM “Fun 101.3” by Hall Communications. It turns out Hall wasn't done with divestments in central Pennsylvania. Hall on Friday submitted to the FCC an asset sale agreement that confirms it is exiting the Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York, Pa., region. The seller's broker: Kalil & Co.

Its Class B signal covers all of the Phoenix market during daylight hours, and even at night it reaches most of the Valley of the Sun. In recent years, it has served the Spanish-speaking community largely concentrated in central Phoenix and the west side of the valley. Now, this AM is trading hands, and is being sold by Amigo Multimedia.

An AM/FM combo, along with another FM, in New Mexico are being spun. So is an unbuilt FM translator. The buyer is a Texas-based LLC that's a bit of, um, an "exciter."

Eight weeks ago, Transactions Today from RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of an AM/FM combo that includes an FM translator and no less than four boosters designed to give that FM station coverage of Eastern Washington’s largest metropolis, Spokane. The transaction has now closed.

On January 1, 2015, Nexstar Media Group agreed to an amended "put and call option agreement" with White Knight Holdings.  On July 6, 2021, Nexstar exercised its option, putting the wheels in motion on its acquisition of a MyNetwork TV-affiliated UHF serving northwest Louisiana, and its MyNet sibling serving Tyler-Longview, Tex.

Kerry Denny has secured the purchase of a Class A television station serving the Bayou State's second-largest market. The deal involves the sale of a non-commercial, religious facility from a church in the city.

From Jan. 4, 2012 until fall 2015, it was the home of MeTV for the New York Tri-State area. The affiliation was dropped in favor of a new facility licensed to a town in New Jersey with coverage of the whole market. Now, MeTV is poised to return to a Bridgeport, Conn.-based digital UHF, as MeTV's owner is buying the station.

It is an FM translator serving the Tennessee city of Chattanooga at 104.3 MHz. Soon, it will be licensed to Immanuel Broadcasting Network. Will "The Message" be altered for this operation?

They proudly serve Wyoming’s Wind River Basin. Now, an AM/FM combo, along with an FM translator, are heading to a new owner in a deal brokered by two individuals who know the lay of the land — Cody, Wyo.-based Larry and Susan Patrick.

Its a tiny town in Lewis County, Mo., that had under 550 residents in the 2010 U.S. Census. It's important enough of a locale for Gray Television to make a deal for a low-powered TV station based in this tiny burgh. There's a perfectly good reason it is buying the facility, when one looks at a map.

Earlier this year, Laurence Zimmerman-led Landover Wireless drafted two transactions that saw the transfer of control of unbuilt LPTVs to Jeff Winemiller and his Lowcountry 34 Media. Now, Zimmerman's group is spinning an unbuilt LPTV property in Idaho. The buyer could use it to expand the markets where Evoca is being launched.

Travel between Terre Haute and Indianapolis, and you'll cross Putnam County, Indiana. Here, a 3kw FM offering Adult Contemporary programming is the local home of Indianapolis Colts football, Indiana Pacers basketball and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. And, it is about to be sold to a new owner.

It's a Fargo, N.D., based media company that does business as Flag Family Media. And, it is the latest buyer of radio stations — and one of just a handful of non-religious, for-profit entities that have emerged as investors in additional AM and FM stations in the last 18 months.