The sale of 38 LPTVs and TV CPs by DTV America Corp. to MIK LLC tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Kelsey.
WEEK ENDING MARCH 2
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $152,000
Multistate Deal — 38 low-power TV stations and TV-CPs PRICE: $152,000 BUYER: MIK LLC (Michael Dagen, president) SELLER: DTV America Corp. (John Kyle II, president) BROKER: Kristina Bruni of Bella Spectra Corp.
Florida: WEDS-LD Fort Walton, W16CX-D, W19DM-D Panama City FACILITIES: WEDS-LD: DTV Ch. 29, 3.000 kW, ant. 246 ft.; W16CX-D: DTV Ch. 16, 3.000 kW; W19DM-D: DTV Ch. 19, 6.000 kW, ant. 46 ft. AFFILIATION: WEDS-LD: DRK
South Carolina: WUCV-LD, W44CU-LD, W33DN-D, W22EQ-D, W19DX-D, W15DC-D, W14EV-D Florence, W14DJ-D, W15CY-D, WLDW-LD, W26DT-D, W27DI-D, W39CY-D, W40DJ-D Myrtle Beach FACILITIES: WUCV-LD: DTV Ch. 35, 15.000 kW, ant. 92 ft.; W44CU-LD: DTV Ch. 44, 4.000 kW, ant. 404 ft.; W33DN-D: DTV Ch. 33, 5.000 kW, ant. 361 ft.; W22EQ-D: DTV Ch. 22, 3.000 kW, ant. 345 ft.; W19DX-D: DTV Ch. 19, 15.000 kW, ant. 345 ft.; W15DC-D: DTV Ch. 15, 3.000 kW, ant. 345 ft.; W14EV-D: DTV Ch. 14, 15.000 kW, ant. 328 ft.; W14DJ-D: DTV Ch. 14, 3.000 kW, ant. 338 ft.; W15CY-D: DTV Ch. 15, 0.300 kW, ant. 66 ft.; WLDW-LD: 23, 6.000 kW, ant. 66 ft.; W26DT-D: DTV Ch. 26, 3.000 kW, ant. 59 ft.; W27DI-D: DTV Ch. 27, 15.000 kW, ant. 338 ft.; W39CY-D: DTV Ch. 39, 15.000 kW, ant. 75 ft.; W40DJ-D: DTV Ch. 40, 3.000 kW, ant. 338 ft. AFFILIATION: WUCV-LD: DRK; W44CU-D: DRK; W14DJ-D: DRK; W26DT-D: DRK; W39CY-D: DRK
Texas: K16JC-D, K23MJ-D Beaumont, K41LT-D, K49LC-D College Station, K15ID-D, K16ID-D, KAKH-LD, K25LV-D, K33KO-D, K38MD-D, K41LW-D, K47NF-D Luflin,K18JK-D, K44MC-D, KULC-LD Port Arthur, K21KT-D, KDKJ-LD, K29JE-D, K30KP-D, K33KN-D, K42JL-D Tyler FACILITIES: K16JC-D: DTV Ch 16, 1.000 kW; K23MJ-D: DTV Ch. 23, 3.000 kW, ant. 335 ft.; K41LT-D: DTV Ch. 41, 0.500 kW, ant. 89 ft.; K49LC-D: DTV Ch. 49, 3.000 kW, ant. 82 ft.; K15ID-D: DTV Ch. 15, 3.000 kW, ant. 417 ft.; K16ID-D: DTV Ch. 16, 3.000 kW, ant. 141 ft.; KAKH-LD: DTV Ch. 20, 15.000 kW, ant. 417 ft.; K25LV-D: DTV Ch. 25, 5.000 kW; K33KO-D: DTV Ch. 33, 15.000 kW, ant. 141 ft.; K38MD-D: DTV Ch. 38, 6.000 kW, ant. 138 ft.; K41LW-D: DTV Ch. 41, 2.000 kW; K47NF-D: DTV Ch. 47, 5.000 kW, ant. 420 ft.; K18JK-D: DTV Ch. 18, 1.000 kW, ant. 305 ft.; K44MC-D: DTV Ch. 44, 3.000 kW, ant. 36 ft.; KULC-LD: DTV Ch. 46, 6.000 kW, ant. 33 ft.; K21KT-D: DTV Ch. 21, 3.000 kW; KDKJ-LD: DTV Ch. 27, 3.000 kW, ant. 66 ft.; K29JE-D: DTV Ch. 29, 3.000 kW, ant. 66 ft.; K30KP-D: DTV Ch. 30, 3.000 kW, ant. 66 ft.; K33KN-D: DTV Ch. 33, 3.000 kW, ant. 66 ft.; K42JL-D: DTV Ch. 42, 3.000 kW, ant. 59 ft. AFFILIATIONS: K49LC-D: DRK; K15ID-D: DRK, K16ID-D: DRK, KAKH-LD: DRK, K33KO-D: DRK, K21KT-D: DRK, KDKJ-LD: DRK, K29JE-D: DRK, K30KP-D: DRK, K33KN-D: DRK
Comments (2)
Keith ONeal says:
March 3, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Why would anyone want to buy a bunch of LPTVs that are already Dark (Off The Air)??? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
Ellen Samrock says:
March 4, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Actually this story is backwards according to RTBR. It’s DTV America that is buying these stations and CPs. You need to look into what DTV America is all about in terms of their long range goal. They ultimately want to build a nationwide information network using LPTV as the platform. If you google-search DTVCast it may help you get a better idea of what they’re trying to do and how they plan to do it. I hope they can make this network happen and that the business-killing Obama Administration won’t stop it in the end.