Radio and Television Transactions

Until now, KTC Broadcasting -- the entity wholly controlled by President Calvin Hastings -- has been comprised of three AM radio stations and their associated FM translators. Add another AM with an FM translator to the stable.

UF has a big broadcast media presence in Gainesville, Fla., thanks to 100kw Class C1 giant NPR member station WUFT-FM 89.1. In February, it added what is today WJUF-FM in Inverness, Fla., as a broadcast partner. Now, thanks to a deal with a broadcast ministry shedding its properties, WUFT is getting another Gainesville signal. Why?

In October, RBR+TVBR told you about "an ubiquitous presence at a trio of full-power radio stations and, today, three FM translators that all serve an area of Michigan to the west of Ann Arbor." This air personality agreed to become the stations' owner, and the deal has now closed.

It's another day without a fresh media transaction to report. As such, the focus is on a closing in Michigan, and special temporary authority (STA) requests in three locales.

For 25 years, "The Lighthouse" has served a portion of Madison, Wisc., via an FM translator relaying programming heard on a Class B licensed to Rockford, Ill. Now, the translator has been sold, and it is set to shift to a commercial operation following a facility upgrade.

Chalk up another university-owned noncommercial FM that's given up its over-the-air broadcast facility. Denison University's 100-watt facility has been silenced, with programming moving online. Now, the school is parting ways with the station by selling it to the collegiate giant of the Buckeye State.

An institution of higher learning located in Ohio is known for its Polar Bears. That would be the mascot for Ohio Northern University. What it won't be known for in the next academic year? Its student-run radio station. The facility has just been sold.

Dennis Jones has built himself a radio broadcasting company that, until now, has been comprised of seven radio stations serving communities in Georgia. Now, thanks to FCC approval and a successful closing, his RadioJones LLC has expanded to 11 properties.

In December 2016, a Class C AM serving a city in Maine headed to its third owner within 12 months. Three years later, that licensee is spinning this property once again -- a facility known to locals as "The Country Road."

Travel west of Terre Haute, Ind., and you'll see the radio tower for a Class A FM licensed to the town of Marshall, Ill. It's a property that's now being sold to a guy who's very familiar with the station. That's because it is the station's morning host.

A pair of Class D AM stations have served a community within the Nashville DMA with a blend of Talk programming that includes syndicated hosts offering shows distributed by Salem Radio Network. Now, the stations are being sold. A switch to non-secular fare is forthcoming.

With Entercom's WLYF-FM 101.5 "Lite FM" in balmy Miami the latest station to adopt an all-Christmas format, even though it's not Thanksgiving yet, thinking of Jesus is certainly top of mind. As such, this deal in the Land of Lincoln may be perfectly timed to usher in a new owner.

A contract has been signed and an application is being filed with the FCC for the transfer of two radio stations in Wyoming from a local company led by Ted Tucker. The buyer in this deal brokered by Kalil & Co. is the No. 2 licensee of radio stations in the U.S. -- which has closed on its Atlanta deal.

In a transaction that sees Francisco Montero of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth serve as the buyer's legal counsel, a Class B AM offering Spanish-language programming to the Hampton Roads of Virginia is trading hands. A change in presentation isn't expected, given the buyer.

Vic Michael's Kona Coast Radio has decided to part ways with a Salt Lake City-market AM and its unbuilt FM translator, which will eventually be licensed to the city of Bluffdale, Utah. Who's the buyer of this 1kw Class C with 1 tower?