rkolsen 1675 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Draper Communications (WBOC) has bought a Delmarva-area LPTV for $125,000. WSJZ-LD transmits on channel 33. I'd expect it to provide channel capacity relief for the main station, particularly with the Telemundo launch. Also, their Fox sub is not in HD OTA. Maybe they’ll fix their PSIPs. CBS is channel 16 (their virtual channel) and their Fox subchannel is on 21 (their physical channel). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 New M&A. Our lovely Eureka station is about to get a new owner. KIEM 3 owners Pollack/Belz is selling the station to Bryan Brady (Redwood Television Partners) for $3.5M. So follow-up. The assignee of the KVIQ app is not Redwood. It's a name we have not seen since the Hoak deal nearly four years ago. Brady is selling KVIQ to Prime Cities Broadcasting (former owner of KNDX/KXND) for a measly $10K. It also says on the purchase agreement that they have to apply for a new callsign by the deal's closing. The KIEM/KVIQ deals were greenlighted Tuesday (10/17). And a New M&A tonight. This is pretty unusual. Lilly (owners of WENY, WICU/WSEE, & KITV) is acquiring Marquette, MI station WZMQ for $103,475. And they're currently operating the station under a time brokerage agreement while it's awaiting the greenlight from the FCC. I'm not sure why Lilly would want a station that just have diginets, unless they're trying to snag the ABC affiliate from Stephen Marks (who owns WBUP/WBKP). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Maybe they’ll fix their PSIPs. CBS is channel 16 (their virtual channel) and their Fox subchannel is on 21 (their physical channel). Smart branding move to help distinguish the two feeds. I could see them attempt to bring the 21.x branding to WSJZ if they move the Fox sub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 As per RabbitEars, WSJZ-LD is licensed to Ocean View, NJ, and whose signal does not even think about touching the Delmarva region. What would Draper want with this station? Well that's confusing. I expect a move-in. Not sure what exactly is up here though. Apparently this station was originally licensed to Rehoboth. Either WBOC is going to eventually move it back across Delaware Bay to provide channel relief for WBOC, or they are setting up some sort of rebroadcaster in far southern New Jersey. The minor modification filed at sale appears to be part of an effort to do the former by moving it back, with the first step to move the stick south within New Jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 A small M&A. Looks like CNZ (owner of WLGA & WIWN) is buying silent Del Rio, TX station KYVV for $450K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 A small M&A. Looks like CNZ (owner of WLGA & WIWN) is buying silent Del Rio, TX station KYVV for $450K. It's been silent since May 2016. There are not going to be many opportunities to resurrect it. ——— And speaking of silent, Puerto Rico's PBS member station could be a permanent casualty of Hurricane María. Sistema TV (WMTJ San Juan + WQTO Ponce), owned by the Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez, will be dark until further notice. The university system has suspended all non-academic operations, and apparently Sistema TV also suffered storm damage. Many are treating this as the station being gone for good. The cessation of non-academic operations also has led to the suspension of the university's athletic programs for the 2017-18 school year. President José F. Méndez Méndez said in a statement: "It is a difficult decision, but as an educational institution, at this time our priority is to guarantee the continuity of our teaching and educational services so that each student can complete the academic term in our schools. All of our efforts are directed at making it possible for students to receive the best education and the best service in order to achieve their professional goals." The university system took on the PBS affiliation when WIPR-WIPM, which is owned by the government of Puerto Rico, left PBS in 2011. Sistema TV had been operating since 1985. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 New M&A. Weigel has made TWO more buys. They're acquiring L.A. "spectrum-less" station KAZA from Southern California License, LLC for $9M. They're also getting St. Louis religious station, KNLC from for $3.75M. And the FCC has greenlighted them both. Could Sabin and company strike again with another station buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 It's been silent since May 2016. There are not going to be many opportunities to resurrect it. How come? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 It's been silent since May 2016. There are not going to be many opportunities to resurrect it. ——— And speaking of silent, Puerto Rico's PBS member station could be a permanent casualty of Hurricane María. Sistema TV (WMTJ San Juan + WQTO Ponce), owned by the Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez, will be dark until further notice. The university system has suspended all non-academic operations, and apparently Sistema TV also suffered storm damage. Many are treating this as the station being gone for good. The cessation of non-academic operations also has led to the suspension of the university's athletic programs for the 2017-18 school year. President José F. Méndez Méndez said in a statement: "It is a difficult decision, but as an educational institution, at this time our priority is to guarantee the continuity of our teaching and educational services so that each student can complete the academic term in our schools. All of our efforts are directed at making it possible for students to receive the best education and the best service in order to achieve their professional goals." The university system took on the PBS affiliation when WIPR-WIPM, which is owned by the government of Puerto Rico, left PBS in 2011. Sistema TV had been operating since 1985. Its permanent. WMTJ is no longer on the air and there's no PBS in Puerto Rico right now. American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam all have PBS right now, but not Puerto Rico. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 The university's own literature says it's an indefinite closure (so there's a chance), though it's quite clear that reestablishing TV service is a very low priority for the university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 The deal of WZRB/WRBU & KTRV to Ion was completed. And we have a new Weigel M&A. Controlling their own destiny, Weigel has bought the OTA Broadcasting stations in Seattle & San Francisco for $23.2M. The Seattle stations (KVOS & KFFV) are for $13.1M and the SF stations (KTLN & KAXT-CD) for $10.1M. EDIT 11:54am/ET: Write-up from TVNewsCheck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 FTVLive reports that KFMB looking to sell http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/10/27/socal-station-is-on-the-block 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 FTVLive reports that KFMB looking to sell http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/10/27/socal-station-is-on-the-block Color me shocked. Many of their moves over the last few years have been in set up for a possible sale. Honestly, this is a prime property for Cox or CBS to snatch up... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Color me shocked. Many of their moves over the last few years have been in set up for a possible sale. Honestly, this is a prime property for Cox or CBS to snatch up... CBS, Meredith, or Graham yes, but God please no Sinclair or Nexstar... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Color me shocked. Many of their moves over the last few years have been in set up for a possible sale. Honestly, this is a prime property for Cox or CBS to snatch up... Cox would probably be the only buyer that would keep the radio stations, if they were to be sold as a unit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 136 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Cox would probably be the only buyer that would keep the radio stations, if they were to be sold as a unit. The radio stations are operated by a separate company (Local Media San Diego) these days. That company would probably get the radio stations in any sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Cox would probably be the only buyer that would keep the radio stations, if they were to be sold as a unit. True. Although, they could choose to off-load separately if that keeps a buyer from purchasing the TV station. The radio stations are operated by a separate company (Local Media San Diego) these days. That company would probably get the radio stations in any sale. Not anymore. They dissolved that agreement less than a year after they started it. So now management of the radio stations is back to Midwest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 True. Although, they could choose to off-load separately if that keeps a buyer from purchasing the TV station. Sinclair could also conceivably buy the radio stations depending on their level of integration with the TV station — see KOMO. However, their M&A plate is more than full right now, at least under the current rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Sinclair could also conceivably buy the radio stations depending on their level of integration with the TV station — see KOMO. However, their M&A plate is more than full right now, at least under the current rules. That's something to take into account. Good points. I made a new thread on the sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 FCC has greenlighted the sale of WLLZ-LP in Cedar, MI to Freelancer Television Broadcasting (Owner of MI News 26/WMNN) Freelancer has already taken over operations at the station and plans to expand news to WLLZ when it's converted to digital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 New Media M&A. John Malone's Liberty Media is acquiring Alaska's telecom company, GCI for $1.1B. It's been greenlighted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 New M&A Tonight. CNZ is buying another station. They're getting Granite Broadcasting's KOFY-TV through its Stryker Media subsidiary for $6M. KOFY has channel-share agreement with CNZ-owned Class-A station KCNZ-CD. I was hoping Weigel would've gotten it and move all the programming to their newly acquired outlets. After all, KOFY carries Me-TV on its sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 New M&A Tonight. CNZ is buying another station. They're getting Granite Broadcasting's KOFY-TV through its Stryker Media subsidiary for $6M. This leaves Granite with one station, WTVH Syracuse (run by Sinclair). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 This leaves Granite with one station, WTVH Syracuse (run by Sinclair). Given the investment Sinclair has made in a WTVH-exclusive news product, I wonder how viable it would be for Granite to sell to someone that isn't a Sinclair shell. Who would even go after a third place station that's shown some potential? Heartland? Quincy? Gray? Hubbard owning its first CBS affiliate ever? As for KOFY, a saga ends. A saga which, adjusted for inflation, cost the $257 million in station value alone. I wonder where it would be today if they cashed out sooner, I remember when the cap went up to 39% it seemed initially certain that Tribune wanted then-KBWB and then-WDWB at any cost, well minus what Granite had in mind. Even the failed DS Audible deal would've been less of a disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 695 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Given the investment Sinclair has made in a WTVH-exclusive news product, I wonder how viable it would be for Granite to sell to someone that isn't a Sinclair shell. Who would even go after a third place station that's shown some potential? Heartland? Quincy? Gray? Hubbard owning its first CBS affiliate ever? Quincy certainly does come to mind. They should have bought it when they got most of Granite's television stations earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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