LIN spins off Columbus TV
WWHO is the CW Network affiliate serving the Columbus OH market, and it’s the only LIN Television Corporation station in the Ohio capital. But...
Transactions: 10-31-11
$10 WAZT-CA/WAZC-LP Luray VA; WAZF-CA Front Royal VA; KAZH-CA Harrisonburg VA; WAZM-CA Staunton-Waynesboro VA; and WAZW-CA Winchester VA. 100% of JLA Media and Publications...
Transactions: 10-24-11
$1.1M KTVF-DT Fairbanks AK from Newport Television License LLC (Sandy DiPasquale) to Chena Broadcasting LLC (Michael Stephen Young). $100K escrow, balance in cash at...
MMTC moves donated LPTVs
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council was the recipient of 147 donated LPTV stations back in 2010 – they came from Trinity Broadcasting –...
Transactions: 10-20-11
$212M KERO-TV Bakersfield CA; KGTV-TV San Diego CA; KMGH-TV Denver CO; and WRTV-TV Indianapolis IN from The McGraw Hill Companies Inc. (Glenn Goldberg et...
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
Transactions: 10-17-11
$35K WHRT-CA Sebring FL from Trianon Broadcasting Company Inc. (Gary Hutchens) to IP Solutions International LLC (Warren Thurow) to Victoria L. Sparks. Sparks is...
Newport spins off Fairbanks NBC affiliate
Channel 11 KTVF in Fairbanks AK is going to a new owner. The seller is national television group owner Newport Television LLC. And according...
Deal brings new buyer to Sebring Class A
A deal was in place for the sale of WHRT-CA Sebring FL which would have sent it to a new owner in a cash/debt...
New York DMA station going on the auction block
WSAH is not going to be mistaken for a pillar of the New York City Nielsen DMA, but it is in it from its...
Scripps buys McGraw-Hill TV group for $212 million
TV station trading is finally picking up. Coming just weeks after the recent deal by Sinclair to buy the Four Points group for $200 million, McGraw-Hill announced that it was selling its TV division to the E.W. Scripps Company for $212 million
Breaking: McGraw-Hill TV group sold to Scripps
McGraw-Hill has completed the auction of its TV group. The winning bidder, at $212 million cash, is E.W. Scripps Company.
Friday 'Dateline NBC' takes No. 2 slot
At 8 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast of "Up All Night" (0.8/3 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall) matched NBC's highest 18-49 rating in...
Transactions: 10-3-11
$30.4M WTVE-TV Philadelphia PA (Reading PA) from WTVE License Company LLC (Christian French, Richard French) to NRJ TV Philly Company LLC, a subsidiary of...
Santa Rosa television deal gets to the finish line
Word is in from brokerage firm Kalil and Co. that the deal sending KFTY-TV Santa Rosa CA to Una Vez Mas LP is now...