Radio and Television Transactions

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.

Indeed, Wisconsin is being sold ... "Wisconsin-106," that is. And, according to an Asset Purchase Agreement filed with the FCC on Wednesday, the seller is entitled to a payment beyond the purchase price, should gross sales in any fiscal year through 2022 top a fixed dollar amount.

Aside from the sale of a TV station in Grand Junction, Colo., to a "mogul" in Fresno, there were no new transactions filed Monday at the FCC. As such, TRANSACTIONS TODAY takes you aboard the STA train for updates regarding Townsquare Media stations in Texas and in Idaho, among other news.

For the second consecutive day, there are no freshly filed deals at the FCC. As such, TRANSACTIONS TODAY is devoting today's installment to STA applications and the close of a donation of several FM translators from an entity shedding every broadcast holding it has.

In what is becoming more common than ever, no new transactions appeared in the FCC's CDBS database on Thursday. As such, TRANSACTIONS TODAY is offering details on a STA request involving a Phoenix AM, two Florida facilities, and a LPFM in Massachusetts.