The Chicago-based broadcaster is paying spectrum aggregator OTA Broadcasting $23.2 million for KFFV and KVOS, both Seattle, and KTLN and low-power KAXT, both San Francisco.
The latest buy for the computer billionaire is Me-TV affiliate KVOS. Terms were not disclosed. Earlier this year, he purchased KFFV Seattle and KTLN San Francisco.
FCC Clears Way For Dell’s Second TV Buy
The FCC has approved the proposed $5 million purchase of KFFV Seattle by OTA Broadcasting, a company owned by computer retailing billionaire Michael Dell. KFFV is an infomercial-heavy independent. The seller is Carlene Casey. This is the second such deal for Dell this year. Earlier, he was cleared to buy KTLN San Francisco for $8 million.
Michael Dell, founder of the online computer retailer that bears his name, has been cleared by the FCC to purchase KTLN San Francisco for $8 million. The seller, Christian Communications, will continue airing religious programming on the station under a two-year LMA.
