Radio and Television Transactions

Its original FM namesake is now owned by Educational Media Foundation and sports the WAIW call letters. The FM station that then took those call letters was later sold with its sibling to Metro Radio Inc., in a deal announced in April. Now, the last remaining asset that Allen Shaw owned in Virginia's Shenandoah region is being sold, too.

A low-power television station serving the capital city of Florida is being sold. The buyer? It's been broadcasting on television since 1992 and launched an international television network in 2016. That offering is likely on the way for Tallahassee.

Serving the Centralia, Wash., area is an FM translator at 99.7 MHz. It is a sibling to an FM translator at 102.1 MHz, sandwiched between Renton and Tacoma, Wash., and serving the southern portion of the Seattle DMA. These translator twins are seeing an ownership adjustment. It's not a "sale," given the assignor and assignee.

If you've ever been to North Florida Christian School, you can't miss the large broadcast tower that sits between the school's athletic field and North Florida Baptist Church. Until now, it has relayed a low-power FM's Spanish-language religious programming serving Tallahassee. That could change very soon, as the FM translator is being sold.

The operator of CoolRadioStreaming.com in February 2020 moved forward with the sale of his last FM, which serves a Rocky Mountain ski resort town. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. That deal never closed. Now, Dobrez has a new buyer lined up for the facility.

Go northwest of Chicago's Loop, and you'll find such communities as Des Plaines, Norridge and Rosemont. Here, a 300-watt Class A FM using a tower in Schiller Park has offered listener-supported "Radio for the Jesus People" to the area. That's about to change, thanks to the sale of this tiny noncomm.

In May 2018, a station swap was consummated that saw Salem Media Group trade a Class B AM serving the Seattle-Tacoma market for KPAM-AM 860 in Portland, Ore., a station it was operating via an LMA with Intelli LLC. Now, Intelli is selling that Seattle property to Salem.

In Grand Junction, Colo., Gray Television enjoys a formidable presence, with ownership of NBC/Telemundo/MeTV affiliate KKCO-11 and a low-power TV station that serves as the western Colorado market's home for ABC, Ion Network and The CW Network. Gray is adding another LPTV property to the mix.

He's the President of Carroll County Broadcasting and of related entity Bunyard Northwest Properties. Now, Jay Bunyard is adding an additional Arkansas radio property to his stable of stations.

One month ago, a licensee headed by Matthew Davidge and Julie Huang agreed to purchase a trio of yet-to-be-constructed low-power TV stations serving small communities in Illinois, New Mexico and North Dakota, respectively. They've now struck a series of bigger deals with the entity that in May agreed to spin those three unbuilt LPTVs — HC2 Broadcasting.

Some four years ago, Jimmy Johnson’s Johnson Broadcast Ventures reached an agreement to sell a Class C radio station serving the city of Roanoke Rapids, Va. The deal cratered. Now, Johnson has tried again, and has a new asset sale agreement in place for this AM facility.

With a three-tower transmitter array putting a market-wide signal over the Kansas City metropolitan area, a Class B AM has been serving this Mid-America market with "Real Country" programming. That's poised to change, as a Hispanic-focused broadcast entity is purchasing this facility.

It signed on the air in 2009 as a Class A FM serving the Adirondack Mountains town of Saranac Lake, N.Y. Now, a deal is in the works sending the Class A to a new licensee. It sees noted longtime media executive turned licensee Randy Michaels agreeing to its sale.

Between Victoria, Tex., and the sprawling Houston metropolitan area is Bay City. Here, a Class C1 "Hot Country" FM is getting a tweak in its ownership. It is the result of the death of the station founder's wife, who held 100% ownership in the station.

A key voice for Sooner Nation sports fans is heading to a new owner. It is the result of the death of this AM's licensee, and the transaction includes an FM translator.