Radio and Television Transactions

In a transaction brokered by Kalil & Co., Nazar Kooner's Radio Punjab is acquiring a silent 20kw daytime/200 watt nighttime AM that is licensed to use 3 towers to reach an area to the far southeast of Dallas. It's a property once owned by Bustos Media.

A pair of stations serving a host of small towns along the Ohio River roughly an hour south of Parkersburg, W. Va., are being traded. Consider it a "sunset" for one broadcaster, and two new broadcast properties for an individual known for his partnership in Vandalia Media Partners, licensee of an AM radio station in the region.

Hog Radio has a presence in Walmart's home region of Northwest Arkansas, where it owns four stations. Now, it is grabbing four FMs and an AM in Arkansas from a group led by longtime broadcaster Jay Bunyard.

In Logansport, Ind., are an AM with an FM translator and two FM siblings operated under the brand "Indiana's Best Radio." Now, the licensee is selling the stations, while the property owner is handing over all of the equipment and real estate associated with the broadcast trio. The buyer is an "Iron Horse."

The death of Thomas C. Abdoo put the future of a daytime-only AM radio station, with an FM translator, in flux. But, there was no question what group was likely going to get the properties. Those who have been tied to the station's operation and on-air programming are getting the AM and translator, serving a small Kentucky town.

In 1969, Bayard H. Walters applied to the FCC for permission to construct a new AM radio station in Hawesville, Ky. That station debuted in November 1972, and served as the foundation for Cromwell Group. Now, Cromwell can add The Mitten State to its list of locales where it owns and operates stations.

Seven Mountains Media is now officially the owner of an AM/FM combo in that "little bitty piece of Pennsylvania" that can call itself a part of the vast New York DMA. The deal marks the exit from this Pocono Mountains community by Connoisseur Media, led by Jeff Warshaw.

Across the Mississippi River from the city of Natchez are the Louisiana towns of Vidalia and Ferriday. It is here that a pair of FM radio stations are being traded from The Radio Group to an entity led by Brenda Floyd and James Allgood.

Listeners to Central Oregon's Alternative station learned late Wednesday that their over-the-air home has been sold. While KURT is considering becoming an internet-only offering, its new owner is getting its first station. The word of the Lord will now be heard on this Class C2 FM.

Vic Michael Jr. has been a prolific buyer of FM translators and through one licensee is the 100% owner of an AM serving Salt Lake City. Now, he's grabbing an AM and its FM translator from a central Pennsylvania operation that will retain three FMs and another AM.

An AM/FM combo serving an area of Oregon's central coast popular with weekend and summer travelers is being spun. The buyer is a 50/50 partnership between Christopher Jacky and Thomas D. Hodgins that's been an active trader since 2017.

The owner and operator of a group of radio stations serving Grand Junction, Colo., is preparing to bring another FM option to local listeners. It will do so by way of an FM translator it has just acquired, and has a Construction Permit for a facility giving it full-market coverage.

An AM/FM combo acquired in 1997 is being spun to another Missouri-based broadcasting company, a 50/50 partnership between Dean Brueseke and Robert Scott. Why is the sale happening? The seller was just sold to a major MVPD provider, which doesn't want the stations.

Just east of Wenatchee, Wash., are the towns of Ephrata and Moses Lake -- now home to many Mexican and Central American immigrants working in agricultural jobs. It explains why Bustos Media has had a presence here. Now, however, it is handing an FM translator to a religious operator.

The licensee of a Class A radio station the Lone Star State has agreed to sell the station. In return, it is getting a construction permit for a new radio station some 40 miles to the northwest.