The sale of 19 stations by Communications Corp. of America and White Knight Broadcasting to Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Mission Broadcasting for $270 million tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA/Kelsey.
WEEK ENDING APRIL 29
Station Trading Roundup: 6 Deals, $271.65M
Multistate Deals — PRICE: $270,000,000 BUYER: Nexstar Broadcasting Group (Perry Sook, president, CEO, chairman) SELLER: Communications Corp of America (Greg Boulanger, CAO)
Indiana: WEVV-TV, W39DS-D and W47EE-D Evansville FACILITIES: WEVV-TV: DTV Ch. 45, 340.000 kW, ant. 1019 ft.; W39DS-D: DTV Ch. 39, 1.100 kW, ant. 935 ft.; W47EE-D: DTV Ch. 47, 4.000 kW, ant. 935 ft. AFFILIATION: WEVV-TV: CBS; W47EE-D: FOX
Louisiana: K47DV-D Alexandria, WGMB-TV & WBRL-CD Baton Rouge, KADN-TV & KLAF-LD Lafayette, K51FO-D Leesville, KMSS-TV Shreveport FACILITIES: K47DV-D: DTV Ch. 47, 15.000 kW, ant. 377 ft.; WGMB-TV: DTV Ch. 45, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1391 ft.; WBRL-CD: DTV Ch. 21, 10.000 kW; KADN-TV: DTV Ch. 16, 800.000 kW, ant. 1178 ft.; KLAF-TV: DTV Ch. 46, 2.650 kW, ant. 492 ft.; K51FO-D: DTV Ch. 51, 15.000 kW, ant. 443 ft.; KMSS-TV: DTV Ch. 34, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1808 ft. AFFILIATIONS: K47DV-D: F&M; WGMB-TV: FOX; WBRL-CD: CW; KADN-TV: FOX; KLAF-LD: My; K51FO-D: F&M; KMSS-TV: FOX
Mississippi: WNTZ-TV Natchez FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 49, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1027 ft. AFFILIATION: F&M
Texas: KVEO-TV Brownsville, KYLE-TV Bryan, KTSM-TV El Paso, KETK-TV Jacksonville, KPEJ-TV Odessa, KWKT-TV Waco FACILITIES: KVEO-TV: DTV Ch. 24, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1460 ft.; KYLE-TV: DTV Ch. 28, 50.000 kW, ant. 722 ft.; KTSM-TV: DTV Ch. 16, 463.000 kW, ant. 1893 ft.; KETK-TV: DTV Ch. 22, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1505 ft.; KPEJ-TV: DTV Ch. 23, 600.000 kW, ant. 1093 ft.; KWKT-TV: DTV Ch. 44, 135.000 kW, ant. 1829 ft. AFFILIATIONS: KVEO-TV: NBC; KYLE-TV: FOX; KTSM-TV: NBC; KETK-TV: NBC; KPEJ-TV: FOX; KWKT-TV: FOX
BUYER: Mission Broadcasting (Nanci Smith, chairman/secretary) SELLER: White Knight Broadcasting (Sheldon Galloway, president/CEO)
BRAND CONNECTIONS
Louisiana: WVLA-TV & KZUP-CD/Baton Rouge, KSHV-TV/Shreveport FACILITIES: WVLA-TV: DTV Ch. 34, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1713 ft.; KZUP-CD: DTV Ch. 20, 10.000 kW, ant. 705 ft.; KSHV-TV: DTV Ch. 44, 500.000 kW, ant. 1657 ft. AFFILIATION: WVLA-TV: NBC; KZUP-CD: RTV; KSHV-TV: MRT
Texas: KLPN-LD & KFXK-TV Longview, KFXL-LD Lufkin FACILITIES: KLPN-LD: DTV Ch. 47, 0.700 kW, ant. 997 ft.; KFXK-TV: DTV Ch. 31, 1000.000 kW, ant. 1184 ft.; KFXL-LD: DTV Ch. 29, 15.000 kW, ant. 748 ft. AFFILIATION: KLPN-LD: My; KFXK-TV: FOX; KFXL-LD: FOX
PRICE: Unavailable BUYER: Cunningham Broadcasting (Michael Anderson, president) SELLER: TTBG LLC (David Pulido, executive VP)
New Mexico: KKNJ-LP Alamogordo & KCWF-CA Las Cruces FACILITIES: KKNJ-LP: Ch. 36, 1.600 kW; KCWF-CA: Ch. 20, 0.990 kW, ant. 574 ft. AFFILIATION: KKNJ-LP: CBS; KCWF-CA: CBS
Texas: KDBC-TV El Paso FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 18, 413.900 kW, ant. 1532 ft. AFFILIATION: CBS
PRICE: $675,000 — BUYER: Global Broadcast Networks (Kenta Rooks, president)
SELLER: Regal Media Inc. (George Cooney, CEO) BROKER: Global Broadcast Networks Inc. & Kepper, Tupper & Co.
California: K45HC Sacramento FACILITIES: Ch. 45, 150.000 kW, ant. 587
AFFILIATION: TBN
Michigan: K47DL-D Detroit FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 47, 2.700 kW, ant. 702 AFFILIATION: PBS
California: KKKK-CA Indio — PRICE: $225,000 BUYER: Venture Technology (Lawrence Rogow, chairman) SELLER: Park Place Broadcasting Co. (Leo Kesselman, general partner) FACILITIES: Ch. 6, 3.000 kW, ant. 576 ft. AFFILIATION: IND
W22CL Fort Myers, Fla. — PRICE: $50,000 BUYER: King Forward Inc. (John Kyle II, president) SELLER: U S Television LLC (Dean Mosely, CEO) BROKER: Kristina Bruni of Bella Spectra Corp. FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 22, 15.000 kW, ant. 669 ft. AFFILIATION: IND
K38NV Boise, Idaho — PRICE: $15,000 BUYER: King Forward Inc (John Kyle II, president) SELLER: R & D Media Group Inc’s (Nathan Drage, vice president) BROKER: Kristina Bruni of Bella Spectra Corp. FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 38, 15.000 kW, ant. 1555 ft.
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