The sale by Hoak Media of stations in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas to Gray Television for $335 million tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Kelsey.
WEEK ENDING NOV. 25
Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, $381.2M
Multistate Deal — PRICE: $335,000,000 BUYER: Gray Television (Hilton Howell, Jr, president/vice chairman/CEO) SELLER: Hoak Media LLC (Eric van den Branden, president/CEO) COMMENT: Gray Television and Excaliber Broadcasting LLC have agreed to acquire television stations in 7 markets from Hoak Media LLC and Parker Broadcasting Inc for $335,000,000.
Colorado: KREG Glenwood Springs, KREX & KGJT-LP Grand Junction, KREY Montrose FACILITIES: KREG-TV: DTV Ch. 23, 16.100 kW ant.2,530 ft.; KREX-TV: DTV Ch. 2, 0.800 kW ant.91 ft.; KGJT-LP: Ch. 27, 19.400 kW, 2,898 ft.; KREY-TV: DTV Ch. 13, 2.600 kW, ant. 115 ft. AFFILIATIONS: KREG-TV: CBS; KREX-TV: CBS; KGJT-LP: My; KREY-TV: CBS
Florida: WMBB Panama City FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 13, 42.000 kW ant. 1,424 ft. AFFILIATION: ABC
Louisiana: KALB Alexandria, KNOE Monroe FACILITIES: KALB-TV: DTV Ch. 35, 820.000 kW, ant. 1,578 ft.; KNOE-TV: DTV Ch. 8, 22.300 kW, ant. 1,890 ft. AFFILIATION: KALB-TV: NBC; KNOE-TV: CBS
Nebraska: KNOP, K11TW North Platte FACILITIES: KNOP-TV: DTV Ch. 2, 16.000 kW ant. 643 ft.; K11TW: Ch 11, 0.084 kW, ant. 510 ft. AFFILIATION: KNOP-TV: ABC; K11TW: FOX
North Dakota: KQCD Dickinson, KVLY Fargo, KUMV Williston, KFYR Bismarck, KMOT Minot FACILITIES: KQCD-TV: DTV Ch. 7, 11.300 kW ant.673 ft.; KVLY-TV: DTV Ch. 44, 356.000 kW ant.1,890 ft.; KUMV-TV: Ch. 8, 6.000 kW, 1,050 ft.; KFYR-TV: DTV Ch. 31, 500.000 kW, ant. 1,276 ft.; KMOT: DTV Ch. 10, 7.690 kW, ant. 679 ft. AFFILIATIONS: KQCD-TV: NBC; KVLY-TV: NBC; KUMV-TV: NBC; KFYR-TV: NBC; KMOT: NBC
BRAND CONNECTIONS
South Dakota: KABY Aberdeen, KPRY Pierre, KSFY Sioux Falls FACILITIES: KABY-TV: DTV Ch. 9, 19.400 kW ant.1,401 ft.; KPRY-TV: DTV Ch. 19, 311.000 kW ant.1,139 ft.; KSFY-TV: Ch. 13, 22.700 kW, 2,001 ft AFFILIATION: KABY-TV: ABC; KPRY-TV: ABC; KSFY-TV: ABC
Texas: KAUZ Wichita Falls FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 22, 433.000 kW ant. 1,020 ft. AFFILIATION: CBS
BUYER: Excalibur (Don Ray, president of sole member) SELLER: Hoak Media LLC (Eric van den Branden, president/CEO):
Nebraska: KHAS Hastings FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 5, 45.000 kW ant. 712 ft. AFFILIATION: NBC
BUYER: Excalibur (Don Ray, president of sole member) SELLER: Parker Broadcasting Inc (Barry Parker, president):
Colorado: KFQX Grand Junction FACILITIES: DTV Ch.15, 71.500 kW ant. 1,335 ft. AFFILIATION: FOX
Louisiana: KAQY Columbia FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 11, 25.000 kW ant. 1,700 ft. AFFILIATION: ABC
North Dakota: KXJB Valley City FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 38, 382.000 kW ant. 1,880 ft. AFFILIATION: CBS
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KGMD-TV, KFVE Honolulu, KGMV Wailuku, Hawaii — PRICE: $22,000,000 BUYER: American Spirit Media LLC (Thomas Henson, owner) SELLER: GMC TV Broadcasting (Paige Ela, vice president television) FACILITIES: KGMD-TV: DTV Ch. 9, 2.000 kW, ant. 102 ft.; KFVE: DTV Ch. 22, 40.000 kW, ant. 2,064 ft.; KGMV: DTV Ch. 24, 77.000 kW, ant. 2,477 ft. AFFILIATIONS: KGMD-TV: My; KFVE: My; KGMV: CBS
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KLJB Davenport, Iowa — PRICE: $15.300,000 BUYER: Mission Broadcasting (Nanci Smith, chairman/secretary) SELLER: Grant Communications Inc (Drew Pfeiffer, president/CEO) BROKER: Kalil & Co. FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 49, 1,000.000 kW, ant. 1,128 ft. AFFILIATION: FOX
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Multistate Deal — PRICE: $5,500,000 BUYER: Excalibur (Don Ray, president of sole member) SELLER: Lockwood Broadcasting (David Hanna, president)
Ohio: WQCW Portsmouth FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 17, 1,000.000 kW ant. 1,299 ft. AFFILIATION: CW
West Virginia: WOCW-LP Charleston FACILITIES: Ch. 21, 25.000 kW ant. 367 ft. AFFILIATION: CW
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WPFO Waterville, Maine — PRICE: $3,400,000 BUYER: Cunningham Broadcasting Corp. (Michael Anderson, president) SELLER: Corporate Media Consultants Group LLC (David Wilhelm, asst secretary) FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 23, 390.000 kW, ant. 1,086 ft. AFFILIATION: FOX
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WNMN Saranac Lake, N.Y. — PRICE: Unavailable BUYER: Cross Hill Communications LLC (Gregory Uhrin, COO) SELLER: Channel 61 Associates LLC (Donald McHone, member) FACILITIES: DTV Ch. 40, 11.400 kW, ant. 318 ft. AFFILIATION: RTV
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KNDX Bismarck, KXND Minot, N.D. — PRICE: Unavailable BUYER: Excalibur (Don Ray, president of sole member) SELLER: Prime Cities Broadcasting Inc (John Tupper, owner) FACILITIES: KNDX: DTV Ch. 26, 50.000 kW, ant. 984 ft.; KXND: DTV Ch. 24, 50.000 kW, ant. 784 ft. AFFILIATION: KNDX: FOX; KXND: FOX
Comments (2)
mike tomasino says:
November 27, 2013 at 1:18 pm
KNOP is a NBC station not ABC.
Joanne McDonald says:
November 27, 2013 at 4:43 pm
KWNB with KHGI CD is the ABC for the North Platte area with FOX being shown on KWNB DT2 from parent station KHGI as part of the NTV Network of station in central and western Nebraska. It may be possible that Philip Lombardo and Ray Cole and their Citadel Communications could be buying NTV to further KLKN’s footprint into central and western Nebraska mainly for Nebraska Cornhusker football game day coverage each football game day with KLKN being the sole ABC station and KHGI/KWNB under NTV being the sole FOX station for both the Lincoln-Grand Island-Hastings-Kearney and North Platte TV DMA to better compete with 10/11, KHAS, and KNOP under Gray. The downside to that is that what is the best of KFXL would get folded into their senior partner station in the LMA NTV as KHGI and KWNB with while what is left of KFXL possibly being picked up by 10/11 to air on their sister station KSNB 10/11 Central Nebraska and KNOP would have to shut down their own FOX station in order for NTV to still serve the North Platte area and as the FOX station in that area with KNOP being able to fully transmit 10/11 North Platte on it’s DT2 digital channel with Gray taking control of KNOP and KNPL LD 10/11 North Platte with K11TW being known as KIIT going dark to make room for NTV carrying KHGI/KWNB FOX and KLKN ABC over on KHGI CD in North Platte.