Schurz drops anchor for northern NBC affil
The television, radio, cable and newspaper properties of Schurz Communications are centered in the Midwest and confined to the 48 contiguous states, but that's...
More than meets the eye to Fairbanks TV deal
We knew that Newport Television was bailing out of the interior Alaska DMA of Fairbanks by selling NBC KTVF there, and we knew local owner
Tribune/Local deal inspires jeers, fears
One watchdog looks at the $2.725B acquisition of Local TV by Tribune and sees an increase in harmful
Transactions: 9-20-10
$46.5K WYHD-LP Escabana MI from Confesora Peralta to Hispanic Christian Network Inc. (Maria Cristiana Guel). Forgiveness of debt.
Local Media TV adds Chicago-area Class A
A rapidly-growing partnership that has been snapping up large market television properties has struck again – Local Media TV is moving into the Chicago...
Granite Says Goodbye To A Bay Area ‘Zombie’
Terry Crosby and Randy Nonberg have been actively seeking to build a new TV station serving Bay Area consumers. Now, the principals in Poquito Más Communications LLC are one step closer to making that happen on a much grander level. That's because an entity controlled by Nonberg and affiliated with Poquito Más has just captured a "zombie" station that's emerged from the FCC's Incentive Auction. The deal saw Kalil & Co. represent the seller and serve as escrow agent.
Transactions: 9-12-11
$784K KPBI-TV Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR (Eureka Springs AR) from Riverside Media LLC (Gregory Fess) to Local TV Arkansas Licenses LLC (Robert L. Lawrence et...
KRON may at last end up with NBC
Back in 1999 Young Broadcasting outbid NBC to acquire KRON-TV San Francisco for a record $823 million. Now, with Young trying to emerge from...
San Francisco LPTV to New York Spectrum
$2.335M KMMC-LD San Francisco from Caballero Acquisition LLC/CNZ Communications (Randy Nonberg) to New York Spectrum Holding Company LLC (Charles Naumer et al). $250K escrow,...
FCC sets up channel-sharing seminar
Television licensees who wish to participate in the incentive auction of spectrum and at the same time remain in business have the opportunity to...
Nexstar closes on Newport deal, Texas spin-off
The acquisition by Nexstar of 10 Newport television stations in seven markets is a done deal. Nexstar exec Perry Sook said it was exactly...
Investing in LPTV futures
A number of deals have recently been stuck for a large number of LPTV construction permits.
TV group expands with Knoxville duopoly buy
WMAK-TV LLC, principally owned by James L. Lockwood, is acquiring WMAK-TV from Marcus Lamb and his Word of God Fellowship. For the buyer, it...
ACME shuffles its executive deck in wake of LIN deal
Television group ACME Communications will be in the back seat in a set of LMA-type arrangements with LIN Media affecting stations in Albuquerque-Santa Fe...
Raycom finds Richmond solution in Alabama
Television group Raycom has found a way to clear up a required television divestiture in the Virginia capital – it’ll swap CBS WTVR-TV to...