The sale by Max Media of four full-power stations and various low-power and translator stations to Cowles Publishing for $18 million tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Kelsey.
WEEK ENDING OCT. 7
Station Trading Roundup: 4 Deals, $19.5M
Multistate Deal — PRICE: $18,000,000 plus 50% of Political Revenue received by stations during calendar year 2014. BUYER: Cowles Publishing (Steven Rector, secretary treasurer) SELLER: Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president,COO) BROKER: Kalil & Co.
Montana: KFBB Great Falls, KULR Billings, KHBB-LD Helena, KTMF Missoula, KWYB Butte, KTMF-LD Kalispell, KWYB-LD Bozeman, K06FE-D Miles City, K24FL-D Columbus, K43DC-D Lewistown, K20KQ-D Livingston, K48MM-D Deer Lodge, K38OE-D Whitefish, K17KE-D Belt FACILITIES: KFBB: DTV Ch. 8, 31.000 kW ant. 470 ft.; KULR: DTV Ch. 11, 16.000 kW, ant. 627 ft.; KHBB-LD: DTV Ch. 21, 50.000 kW, ant. 722 ft.; KTMF: DTV Ch. 23, 92.600 kW, ant. 2,106 ft.; KWYB: DTV Ch. 19, 110.700 kW, ant. 1,923 ft.; KTMF-LD: DTV Ch. 42, 2.400 kW, ant. 377 ft.; KWYB-LD: DTV Ch. 28, 11.900 kW, ant. 768 ft.; K06FE-D: DTV Ch. 6, 0.100 kW, ant. 131 ft.; K24FL-D: DTV Ch. 24, 3.200 kW, ant. -404 ft.; K43DC-D: DTV Ch. 43, 1.180 kW, ant. 1,841 ft.; K20KQ-D: Ch. 20, 1.400 kW, ant. 860 ft.; K48MM-D: DTV Ch. 48, 0.800 kW; K38OE-D: DTV Ch. 38, 12.000 kW, ant. 2,536 ft.; K17KE-D: DTV Ch. 17, 12.000 kW AFFILIATION: KFBB: ABC; KULR: NBC; KHBB-LD: ABC; KTMF: ABC; KWYB: ABC; KTMF-LD: ABC; KWYB-LD: ABC; K06FE-D: NBC; K24FL-D: NBC; K43DC-D: ABC; K48MM-D: ABC
Wyoming: K09SF North Fork, K50MY-D Cody, K17KC-D Meeteetse FACILITIES: K09SF-D: Ch. 9, 0.089 kW; K50MY-D: DTV Ch. 50, 0.975 kW, ant. 1,568 ft.; K17KC-D: Ch. 17, 1.300 kW, ant. 217 ft AFFILIATION: K09SF-D: NBC; K50MY-D: NBC; K17KC-D: NBC
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WBNF-CD Buffalo, N.Y. — PRICE: $1,400,000 BUYER: LocusPoint Networks LLC (Ravi Potharlanka, president CFO) SELLER: TCT Ministries Inc (Garth Coonce, president director) BROKER: Greg Guy of Patrick Communications FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 15, 15.000 kW, ant. 554 ft. AFFILIATION: NBC
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BRAND CONNECTIONS
W47AC Big Pine Key, Fla. — PRICE: $55,000 BUYER: AlmaVision Hispanic Network (Juan Bruno Caamaño, CEO general manager) SELLER: WEYS TV Corp (David Drucker, manager) FACILITIES: Ch. 47, 1.610 kW, ant. 171 ft. AFFILIATION: NBC
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KMIR & KPSE-LP Palm Springs, Calif. — PRICE: Undisclosed BUYER: OTA Broadcasting LLC (Todd Lawyer, president CEO) SELLER: Journal Broadcast Group Inc (Steve Smith, CEO chairman) BROKER: Kalil & Co. and Media Venture Partners FACILITIES: KMIR: DTV Ch. 46, 120.000 kW, ant. 697 ft.; KPSE-LP: Ch. 50, 9.999 kW, ant. 554 ft. AFFILIATION: KMIR: NBC; KPSE-LP: MNT
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