Radio and Television Transactions

A digital low-power TV station serving Florida's state capital and a sibling LPTV facility located in Auburn, Ala., are being spun. It's a Game Day decision. Really. That's the name of the seller in this transaction.

The Coachella Valley has emerged as an investment opportunity for the head of "Ivox Radio LLC." That's the entity that is agreeing to purchase a group of radio properties in the market due east of L.A.

One of the stations is a Class B AM with an FM translator. The other is a Class D AM, also with an FM translator. They serve an area to the west of metropolitan Cleveland, and for fifty years had been associated with the Wilber family. That's no longer the case.

Aside from former FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, there may be few people outside of Kansas familiar with the town of Ulysses. It's a 300-mile drive from construction-cluttered Denver International Airport, and home to a group of eight radio stations are heading to a new licensee. Why? The current operator defaulted on payments owed to the entity getting the octet.

With 99 watts of power from atop the famed Sutro Tower, this FM translator emits enough of a signal to cover all of the city of San Francisco, lower Marin County and East Bay communities including Richmond and Berkeley, Calif. Now, its use as an outlet targeting Asians has been solidified thanks to a newly consummated transaction.

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.