Radio and Television Transactions

Gray Television has just agreed to purchase three LPTVs in Georgia from Jeff Winemiller's Lowcountry 34 Media. Why would Gray make the deal for the stations? Improving the over-the-air consumption of Gray-owned full-power TV stations nearby is the answer.

With a Form 314 pending that will seek the FCC's approval of a $2.65 billion acquisition of ION Media by The E.W. Scripps Co., the Commission's CDBS was devoid of any filings on Friday. With no new station sales in the database, we instead turn to silent STA requests. One of the STA requests involves Educational Media Foundation.

A Class C1 Classic Rocker has across the years served as a dominant radio station across a patch of the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. However, terrain kept the station's signal from going east of the peaks. That's now changed, to a small extent.

Its mission until now is to use the power of Positive Christian Music to encourage believers and communicate the love of God. That will continue, as a Missouri not-for-profit broadcast operation has exercised its option to purchase the FM station, which holds a Construction Permit for a Class B signal covering a swath of rural downstate Illinois.

The fate of a low-power TV station serving Yuma, Ariz. and neighboring El Centro, Calif., viewing area will now be in the hands of Jeff Chang. Paperwork filed at the FCC shows Chang is agreeing to purchase the property with a digital channel of 2 and a PSIP channel of 41.

A listener supported Christian-themed noncommercial radio station that has served North Central Ohio since 1979 is heading to a new owner. As a result, the locally produced programming that had been a centerpiece of its programming has become a victim of these COVID-19 times. "Shine FM" is about to rise on the Class A facility boasting a pair of FM translator partners.

OK, so puns aren't our thing. But, we can say that KEES-AM, a radio station in Texas, is being transferred to a new owner.

In May 2017, a FCC filing indicated that a noncommercial Class C3 in Portales, N. Mex., was being donated to Oasis of Faith. That never happened. Now, the station is heading to a different licensee, and it is one known for its Kingdom Keys.

A transaction, brokered by Kalil & Co., consummated Sept. 1 sees Alan Usher and his company parting ways with two FM properties, which air Rock and Country formats, respectively. The FCC on Tuesday posted the asset purchase agreement, which includes the price paid by the buyer.

As much of Washington, D.C., was quiet ahead of a somewhat unusual Labor Day holiday weekend due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the FCC on Friday posted no new transactions. That said, there were several STA requests -- including a station profiled this week in a RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast.

Its mission is to "bring principles for Kingdom living to our listeners." Now, Kingdom Keys Network will continue to fulfill its mission with two fewer FM radio stations in its collection of North Texas properties.

For some, the acronym "GOAT" means "Greatest of all Time," like Tom Brady or Dallas morning radio host Ron Chapman. In a part of the Sunshine State, it stands for "Gainesville Ocala All Talk." And, the talk around this "GOAT" today involves its sale to a Santa Rosa Beach individual who is quite the "Hitmaker."

By 2011, with listening habits gravitating toward FM and digital audio opportunities, a change in focus came for a Class D daytimer in Boston, with Urban One yielding control of the station to an entity that eventually acquired it in 2016. Now, WILD-AM is being spun again. And, the owners will be making a "life changing" shift for the presently silent daytimer.

An LPFM serving the unique community of Vancouver, Wash., has been operated by a progressive-minded audio operation based in nearby Portland, Ore. Now, that Oregon nonprofit is taking full possession of this low-power facility in the hub of Clark County.

The 1kw Class C AM and two translators offering "Faith Talk" to a city straddling the West Virginia-Ohio border have been sold. What does the buyer plan on doing with these facilities?