Columbia SC CW affiliate sold
WZRB-TV is being sold out of bankruptcy to a non-commercial Christian broadcaster, meaning there may soon be an opportunity to pick up the local rights to the CW Network when buyer Radiant Life Ministries switches to its own brand of programming.
Inside the Sinclair Portland Maine Max-out
The ties between Sinclair’s CBS WGME-TV Portland ME and Max Broadcast Group’s Fox WPFO-TV
Access.1 spins Atlantic City TV
$6M WMGM-TV (Wildwood NJ) from Access.1 New Jersey License Company LLC, a subsidiary of Access.1 Communications Corporation (Chesley Maddox-Dorsey) to LocusPoint WMGM Licensee LLC,...
LPTV sold in California capital
Paperwork for the proposed acquisition of KCSO-LD Sacramento CA has arrived at the FCC. The fact that it is not a Class A and at this point not eligible to participate in the upcoming auctions adds several levels of interest to the deal.
Gray day for western TV group
$23M KGWN-TV & KSTF-TV Cheyenne WY-Scottsbluff NE (Cheyenne WY, Scottsbluff NE); KGNS-TV Laredo TX; and KCWY-DT Casper WY. 99% of Yellowstone Licenseco LLC from...
Sinclair revs up in Reno
A deal to buy certain assets of KRNV-TV Reno has closed just about instantaneously because of what Sinclair is not buying – the station’s license. The upshot is that the company will own one station there but will have a hand in the operation of three.
LA LPTV sold
New York Spectrum Holding Company has another deal to snap up a low power television station. This time, according to brokerage
Gray joins blockbuster parade with Hoak buy
All told, $342.5M will change hands in a deal that involves five different companies – but the core of the
Gray wields Excalibur to acquire WV TV
Excalibur Broadcasting is buying CW WQCW-TV and companion WOCW-LP in the Charleston-Huntington WV DMA, and will enter into an SSA with Gray Television for...
Done deal in Houston
New York Broadband LLC proposed to acquire KQHO-LD Houston in a deal filed with the FCC 8/5/13. According to brokerage Kalil and Co., the...
Analyst sees only positives in Nexstar/Grant deal
The $87.5M deal under which Nexstar proposes to acquire seven Grant Company television stations
Media General/Young merger gets key approvals
Both shareholders of Media General and the FCC have bestowed their blessings on the merger...
Prather back in TV with Utica buy
$16M WKTV-TV Utica NY from Smith Media LLC (Ian Guthrie et al) to WKTV LLC, a subsidiary of Heartland Media LLC (Robert S. Prather...
LocusPoint strikes again with Atlantic City TV
William deKay and Ravi Potharlanka and their associates at LocusPoint Networks have added yet another television station to their expanding group – this time they’re snapping up a station which is technically part of the Philadelphia Nielsen DMA in a deal brokered by Kalil and Patrick.
Nexstar strikes again with Grant group
Rapidly growing Nexstar Broadcasting Group is picking up seven television stations in four