Lone Star Entry For Greater NYC Hispanic Broadcaster
Erick Salgado in recent months has tied together a group of AM radio stations and FM translators across the New York Tri-State Region for a Spanish-language evangelical noncommercial network. Now, Salgado's Cantico Nuevo Ministry is heading to the Lone Star State.
North Florida FM’s Silence Set To End
Where I-75, I-10, U.S. Highway 41 and U.S. 90 all converge is Lake City, Fla., a small community due west of Jacksonville and north of Gainesville. Here, a silent 5kw FM put into receivership is set to come back to life, under new ownership.
A ‘Peace’-Ful Deal In Jacksonville
How valuable are a pair of AM radio stations, one with an unbuilt FM translator, serving one of the fastest growing markets in the Southeastern U.S.? Here's the answer, as Immaculate Heart Media is adding to its stable of stations by making a deal along "The First Coast" of Florida.
Bicoastal Gets A Little Bit Bigger With Brookings Duo
With stations in cities stretching from Mendocino, Calif., to just south of Olympia, Wash., Bicoastal Media has become one of the biggest radio broadcasting companies serving 12 distinct markets in the Pacific Northwest. It's just grown again, with two properties in the Beaver State.
Sinclair Telecable Parts Ways With Wireless Towers
The owner of radio stations in Norfolk and Austin has agreed to part ways with a quintet of wireless towers located in Virginia. The buyer? An owner of 500 towers backed by Comcast Ventures.
EMF, iHeart Swap FM Translators
The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations has just agreed to a swap of FM translators with the No. 2 licensee of radio properties in the U.S. Here's the scoop on a deal, for no cash consideration, between iHeartMedia and the parent of KLOVE and Air1.
This Company Has A RadioJones For Georgia
In a transaction that sees Jason James of Patrick Communications as the broker, Dennis Jones is acquiring a pair of FMs and an accompanying AM with an FM translator in a small town between Warner Robins and Savannah, Georgia.
Faith Radio Finds New Life With 13 New Stations, Plus Translators
University of Northwestern St. Paul has been a buyer of late, bucking the trend of institutions of higher learning parting ways with a costly noncomm often run by students who serve a population that no longer consume radio. To say it has "Faith" in radio is an understatement.
McCusker Plants An Ear Worm In Tucson
In April, Family Life Radio completed its upgrade to a Class A FM signal previously owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. by selling its Class B AM and accompanying FM translator. The deal brokered by Kalil & Co. has now closed, and the new owner is having a little fun with what listeners are presently hearing.
Here’s A ‘Big’ Deal That Just Closed
TRANSACTIONS TODAY on June 4 shared the news, courtesy of broker Kalil & Co., that an AM-FM combo serving a region between Madison, Wisc., and Rockford, Ill., is being sold to a father/son operation that presently runs eight radio stations in the region. The deal just closed.
A Michigan Cluster’s New Brew: An Owner Shift Arrives
In mid-May, Charles Williams — known in Indiana as an active owner and operator of radio stations — agreed to purchase four stations in Michigan. The deal has now closed, and has given birth to MediaBrew Communications' newest cluster.
Forever Furthers Its First State Foray
In late May, the radio broadcasting company owned by Kirby Confer and Donald Alt and managed by President/Manager Lynn Deppen grabbed a formidable group of stations across...
A ‘Fun’ Relaunch Follows A Maine Deal’s Closing
For many in Western New York, the WJYE call letters are very familiar, as “Joy 96” was once a player in the Buffalo market. Today, the call letters can be found on a Class D AM in Maine, now under new ownership and offering a "fun" choice to local listeners.
Orlando’s Regional Mexican Deal Is Just ‘OK’
Just west of downtown Orlando, in the city of Winter Garden, is an FM translator serving as the market's home of regional Mexican programming. The operator is now buying the facility outright from the licensee its been leasing time from.
This FM’s Sale Is Nothing But ‘Hot Joy’ For Joyner
For the many travelers that use I-95 to shift between the Northeast and Florida, the Virginia town of Emporia may prove to be a good locale for an overnight stop. Just to the west is Lawrenceville. It's home to a Class A FM that's being sold by an entity led by a man with the surname Joyner.