TV Deals

For the past 15 years, the people, places and events in Marion, Nelson and Washington Counties of Kentucky have had a low-power community focused TV station at their disposal. Now, this facility branded as "Central Kentucky Television" is being sold.

A digital low-power TV station licensed to Logan, Utah, is poised to leave the NBC Universal family. An agreement, submitted Tuesday with the FCC, shows that its Telemundo O&O arm is agreeing to part ways with the facility. The buyer? A local governmental entity.

A proposed sale of a LPTV station had recently been submitted to the FCC for its approval. However, the Commission dismissed the application. The legal counsel who made the filing said that was an error, tied to problems associated with the Commission's e-Filing system. He's correct, and the deal is back to "pending" status.

In November 2022, a Fargo-based media company signed off on paperwork awaiting FCC regulatory approval that will see it obtain a full-power TV station and a silent low-power TV station serving Sioux Falls, S.D. That transaction, which saw Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker, has now closed.

An ABC affiliate in Alabama was poised to enter a duopoly via a JSA with Raycom. Now, the station is going to an entity tied to Heartland Media.

A Class D AM in Rapid City, South Dakota, with an FM translator is being sold. At the same time, an unbuilt AM that is scheduled to get an FM translator through the FCC's just-completed Auction 99 is trading hands in Southern Utah. We've also got a price on a Big D TV deal that RBR+TVBR first reported Sept. 28.

A low-power TV station serving a market impacted by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 is trading hands. This facility is the subject of a March 2012 Order to Show Cause issued by the FCC, seeking answers as to why Class A authorization should not be modified to LPTV. That involved a previous owner. Now, the current owner has decided to part ways with the facility, and it's the lead deal up for discussion in RBR+TVBR's TRANSACTIONS TODAY for Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.

If you're stuck in Los Angeles traffic and just saw this headline, beware: We're not talking about the Spanish Broadcasting System FM known as "La Raza." Rather, this KLAX and its sibling are TV stations, and they've just been snatched by an entity connected to the President of El Dorado Broadcasters in a deal brokered by Kalil & Co.

AdLarge Media and WAVSTAR have partnered in an exclusive ad sales partnership which makes the cloud-based CRM/workflow management system available to radio stations on a barter basis for the first time. WAVSTAR integrates CRM, sales, and production with a station’s existing traffic system.

Eight weeks ago, RBR+TVBR told you about the transfer of a 117-watt low-power TV station serving a South Carolina market. George Kimble of Kozacko Media Services was the exclusive broker. Now, that buyer is selling a sister property — and making millions of dollars in profit.

Ravi Kapur has gained notice as the owner of a television broadcasting company that began with a low-power digital facility atop Chicago's Willis Tower and in January 2015 officially took control of KRDK-4, the former KXJB, in Fargo, N.D. Now, Kapur's Major Market Broadcasting is growing again. The seller? A 93-year-old L.A. radio station owner.

A Bay Area entrepreneur who once appeared on-camera at KGO-7 in San Francisco has been an active buyer of late of low-power TV stations across the U.S. He's at it again. Ravi Kapur has just snagged a pair of LPTVs serving two of the Sunshine State's biggest markets. 

Michael Stapleford-run Magnum Broadcasting has agreed to buy a low-power television station serving Key West, Fla. — a sign that he wishes to operate a multimedia business serving the Florida Keys.

Gray Television is a big believer in low-power TV stations, using them in various ways as NEXTGEN TV's voluntary rollout promises new nontraditional ways to make money while delivering better quality picture and sound to consumers. In its home state, Gray is grabbing another LPTV property.