Radio and Television Transactions

The city of Williamsport, Pa., known across the globe as the birthplace of Little League Baseball, is home to a group of stations once owned by Barry Drake's Backyard Broadcasting. They were sold a few years ago to a new company using a slightly different name. They've just been sold again -- to a third entity to use the "Backyard" name.

Paradis Broadcasting of Alexandria, Inc.and Leighton Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Leighton Broadcasting have agreed on the sale of radio stations and FM translators KXRA-AM, KXRA-FM, KXRZ-FM, K262AT and K289CL.

Among the many pioneers of Hispanic radio broadcasting in the U.S. is George Arroyo, President of Q Broadcasting Corp. He operates such Spanish-language radio stations as WAMA-AM & WTIS-AM in Tampa, and two AMs serving the Orlando market. Now, Q is adding a third AM in Central Florida.

To the southwest of the Rose City, a Class B AM serving Yamhill County, Ore., is "redefining AM radio" with syndicated morning hosts Bob & Sheri and a mix of local programs across the day. Now, it is being purchased by an Indiana-based individual.

On August 18, a Class D AM in Northwest Georgia signed off the air, an action resulting from a bank foreclosure two days earlier. The station's license and equipment were to be sold at auction on Sept. 3, pending bankruptcy or "other proceedings."  It is the latter that has transpired.

In March 2010, a nonprofit was granted a Construction Permit from the FCC, allowing it to build a Class A noncommercial FM in a small Idaho city. The intent was for the station to serve the local Hispanic community. Now, the station is set to be sold -- and this will breathe new life into the Latino operation.

Leighton Enterprises, Inc. has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the radio stations of Paradis Broadcasting of Alexandria, Inc. Paradis is recognized locally as being the Voice of Alexandria and consists of three radio stations serving West Central Minnesota.

On a peninsula between Green Bay and Lake Michigan is Door County, Wisconsin. Here, Nicolet Broadcasting operates four FM radio stations and an FM translator. That's about to change. Nicolet has agreed to sell the quintet of FM signals to the cluster's sales manager.

Trine University, a private post-secondary institution located in Angola, Ind., has become the latest school to give up its radio station and shift to internet-only delivery of its student-run radio station. Who's the buyer?

A Class D AM with a monster signal during daylight hours that covers all of Colorado Springs after dark had been known for its Christian Talk programming. With an ownership change, a shift to Spanish-language programming has taken place.

A husband-and-wife who share ownership of a South Carolina AM have "bargained and sold" the facility to another Palmetto State-based entity. The deal includes an FM translator.

With the August agreement to sell an AM/FM combo and an FM translator serving a small city in the Poconos, Connoisseur Media was left with one remaining property in the Keystone State. A sale of this property was expected. Exactly one month later, it's happened.

According to the FCC, a licensee of five radio stations and two FM translators seeks approval of a merger with another licensee, one that controls four stations and two FM translators. In reality, it is a bookkeeping request from a company owned by shareholder employees active in eight Midwest markets.

Sorry to wake you from your Friday afternoon nap, but there's a LPFM transfer you may wish to know about. There are also a couple of silent STAs worth noting. Otherwise, it was another day without a deal for TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

On July 1, 1957, a 1kw AM serving a small Alabama town debuted as a daytime-only operation. Today, this Class D station broadcasts 24 hours a day, with 177 watts after dark, and it is now being handed to its latest owner. We've got the details, along with two closings to report.