Sunday, May 3, 2026

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January closes with a whimper

When it comes to station trading and the stock markets, the last week of the first month of the year was mostly forgettable. Almost...
Larry Wilson

Wilson owns January trading

Station trading in the early going of 2015 is, in a word, lackluster
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Television enjoys a nice week on the Street

Most television companies did well in the stock markets...
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We aren’t sure what broadcasters were doing…

But we are sure that they weren’t filing station transactions with the FCC in any great numbers.
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Q4 broadcast stock results favored TV

The stock market, for the most part, was kind to the broadcast industry as a whole.
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What was the strongest month for Q4 station trading?

It certainly wasn’t December – the number of stations bought and sold dropped and total deal value evaporated...
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Lackluster full-week kickoff to 2015

The business of broadcasting definitely got off to a slow start in the first five-day work period of the year...
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Stock line points upward in December

At least, the arrow moved skyward for most broadcasters
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A tale of two December deals

Station trading in December was almost entirely on the radio side...
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Moderate station trading during segue week

The cherub of 2015 evicted the geezer of 2014 last week, and while that bit of intrigue was going on...
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One deal ruled them all

Station trading during the week of 12/22 through 12/26 was completely dominated by a single blockbuster transaction.

Stocks cook with gas, station trading simmers

Most broadcast stocks had did very well during the week of December 12-19.

Second week of December trading much like the first

The week of December 8-12 is a done deal as far as the Year 2014 and the FCC Media Bureau are concerned...
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November broadcast stock trading

The month of November was not unkind to holders of most broadcast stocks...
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Relatively quiet November station trading

Two television deals accounted for most of the trading value during the month.