Radio and Television Transactions

Where Arkansas meets Oklahoma via U.S. Highway 412 sits a dormant broadcast tower that's home to a transmitter for an AM that has been owned by regionally known licensee Jay Bunyard for nearly 13 years. Most recently, this station was an ESPN Radio affiliate. Now, it's being sold -- and a change in language is most likely on the way for this forlorn station.

The radio station owner Cyrus Heick leads is Dave's Broadcasting Co., and its just signed off on the sale of a Class A FM stretching from the popular Portland, Ore.-accessible beach communities of Manzanita and Cannon Beach to Long Beach and Astoria. Soon, Dave's will be saying goodbye to this FM, as Heick has signed off on its sale.

Up on Persimmon Knob in Alum Springs, Ky., sits the broadcast tower for a Class A FM recently reported as silent. The radio station using this tower has just been handed to a new licensee, pending FCC approval. And, the buyer will take care of creditors' bills -- including the one for the tower lease.

The religious noncommercial "Kingdom Keys Network" station roster has, until now, included a Class A facility in the tiny West Texas town of Stratford. Now, this Top O' Texas down due north of Amarillo is being spun, and a change in language -- but not format -- is on the way.

Tune to 1100 kHz in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California, and you'll get a Spanish-language radio Class B radio station that serves as the Bakersfield affiliate of the Don Cheto radio program. Will that continue, now that this AM with an FM translator is being sold?

When it comes to serving Greene County, Tenn., there's perhaps no media group more locally focused than Radio Greeneville. Radio Greeneville is the licensee of three radio stations and two FM translators. Now, the properties are being involuntary transferred into an estate. The reason? The stations' sole owner has died.

There's a part of the U.S. where New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas meet. Here, an AM/FM combo licensed to a husband and wife has been adjusted due to a death. The result: the wife will be the sole owner of the stations.

Larry Morton and Greg Fess both worked at ill-fated Equity Communications, which fell into bankruptcy and saw its television holdings dispersed to numerous buyers. Now, Morton is investing in an AM radio station with an FM translator serving an Arkansas market that's home to Walmart's corporate headquarters.

From East Sandwich to East Harwich, a 1kw Class C AM radio station serves Massachusetts' Cape Cod. Recently, it has targeted Brazilians who prefer to consume their media in Portuguese. Now, it is poised to become a home full of "Memories," given its sale to an operator known for Adult Standards stations.

The founder and CEO of Diya TV, serving South Asian consumers, has been active in recent weeks for his agreements to purchase low-powered TV stations in various locales across the U.S. His latest deal will put him in the middle of the biggest DMA in America.

Travel to the Champaign-Urbana area of downstate Illinois, and you'll find a quartet of radio stations licensed to Stevie Jay Broadcasting. Until now, it's been a three-way partnership involving an investment group and two individuals. As of today, Stevie Jay himself is poised to be the sole owner of these FMs.

Travel an hour south of Norfolk via U.S. Highway 17 and you'll end up in Hertford, N.C. — a major agricultural town in the Elizabeth City region. Here, you can listen to "The Bull" if you don't see one. At least, that's the case today. The FM has just been sold.

It's known around Plattsburgh, N.Y. for offering "everything that rocks." With a Class A signal, this FM also scrapes the Burlington, Vt., area across Lake Champlain. Now, this property -- with a broadcast tower just down the road from the infamous Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. -- is being spun. The seller? It's none other than Randy Michaels.

On June 21, 2007, a group of AM and FM radio stations owned by iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel Communications were placed into the Aloha Station Trust. Nearly 14 years later, the station in a trust originally overseen by the late Jeanette Tully is heading to a new owner.

At the end of August 2020, Anthony Bucher and his Hitmaker Music Group LLC struck a deal giving it ownership of a pair of AM radio stations and an FM translator in the heart of Florida's "Gator Country." Now, Bucher is officially the licensee of the stations in the Gainesville-Ocala market.