Little Rock closing afoot
Nexstar Broadcasting is expecting to have the keys to Equity Media/River City Broadcasting outlet KWBF-TV in Little Rock AR within the end of the...
Orlando Class A heads for the Barba shop
WZXZ-CA is getting a new owner, and indeed this may be the perfect time to pick up a Class A television station in prime...
Transactions: 9-21-09
$150M WPXN-TV & WPXU-LP New York NY (New York, Amityville NY); KPXN-TV Los Angeles CA (San Bernardino CA); WCPX-TV Chicago IL; WPPX-TV Philadelphia PA...
Transactions: 9-30-10
$9.2M WBDT-TV Dayton OH (Springfield OH) from Acme Television Licenses (Doug Gealy) to Vaughan Media LLC (Thomas J. Vaughan) and LIN Television Corp. (Vincent...
Transactions: 10-20-08
$4M KREN-TV Reno NV from Reno License LLC Debtor-in-possession/Pappas Telecasting (E. Roger Williams) to Entravision Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Entravision Communications Corporation (Walter...
LPTVs sold out of receivership
$10 WHDO-DC Orlando FL from Digital TV of Orlando LLC (Larry S. Hyman, receiver) to WP Stations LLC, a subsidiary of Western Pacific Broadcast...
Transactions: 7-28-10
$350K KEEN-CA Las Vegas NV from Christian Communications of Chicagoland Inc. (Jerry Rose) to Christian Media Associates International Inc. (James L. Coli, Guy Williams)....
The Media Deal Makers’ Summertime Blues
It's awfully quiet out there in Deal City and Transactions Town. What gives? According to one key industry observer, everybody's waiting ... and eyeing the radio business' three biggies. This insider also sheds some light on the overall atmosphere for buyers and sellers, and if any talk about Townsquare Media selling stations is just folly.
Amarillo acquisition requires waiver
When the seller is bankrupt Equity Media, most stations could be considered failing by definition. That’s certainly what Midessa Broadcasting is claiming as it...
Transactions: 09-18-07
5.1M WABG-TV Greenwood-Greenville MS (Greenwood MS, ABC Ch. 6) from Mississippi Broadcasting Partners (Beverly B. Poston) to Commonwealth Broadcasting Group Inc. (Charles Harker). 250K...
LPTV stations go into spin cycle
CNZ Communications no sooner closed on a deal to acquire nine low power television outlets from a Viacom subsidiary under the Cabellero brand then it turned around and resold three of them. According to brokerage Kalil & Company, the nine-station deal closed 7/29/13, while two new deals for three stations landed on the FCC doorstep 8/1/13.
Charter Kicking Tires at Bright House?
It would amount to a consolation prize for Charter after losing out to Comcast
NBCU finds buyer for third Los Angeles television station
Back before the joint venture between Comcast and NBCU has received regulatory blessings, NBCU promised to trim down its broadcast television holdings in the...
Olean Class A moving to new owner
$125K WVTT-CA Olean NY from Choice Tower Rental Inc. (Charles Bordonaro) to Milachi Media LLC (William Christian, Paige Christian). $35K cash at closing, $90K...
Fisher and proxy add TV in Eugene
$8.5M KMTR-TV Eugene OR, KMCB-TV Coos Bay OR & KTCW-TV Roseburg OR from Newport Television LLC (Sandy DiPasquale) to KMTR Television LLC, a subsidiary...