Week ending Jan. 8
The sale of two Florida stations and five satellites by Cumbia Entertainment to Lieberman Broadcasting tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA/Kelsey.
WGEN-TV, W12DI-D Key West; WGEN-LD, W17DG-D, W24DE-D Miami; W08ED-D, W21CL-D Marathon, all Fla. — PRICE:
$11,000,000
BUYER:
Lieberman Broadcasting Inc (Lenard Lieberman, CEO)
SELLER:
Cumbia Entertainment (Luis Calle, president)
FACILITIES
: WGEN-TV: DTV Ch. 8, 7.000 kW, ant. 183 ft.; W12DI-D: DTV Ch.12, 0.300 kW, ant. 98; WGEN-LD: DTV Ch. 45, 15.000 kW, ant. 551 ft.; W17DG-D: DTV Ch. 17, 15.000 kW, ant. 830 ft.; W24DE-D: DTV Ch.24, 15.000 kW, ant. 830 ft.; W08ED-D: DTV Ch. 8, 0.300 kW, ant. 249 ft.; W21CL-D: DTV Ch. 21, 12.00 kW, ant. 249
AFFILIATION:
WGEN-TV: INS; W12DI-D: INS; WGEN-LD: INS; W17DG-D: INS; W24DE-D: INS; W08ED-D: INS; W21CL-D: DRK
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Multistate Deal — PRICE
: $2,325,000
BUYER:
HC2 Holdings Inc (Philip Falcone, chairman/pres/CEO)
SELLER:
Tyche Media LLC (Frank Copsidas, managing member)
Connecticut:
WRNT-LD Hartford
FACILITIES:
DTV Ch. 48, 8.000 kW, ant. 669 ft
AFFILIATION:
AMG
Massachusetts:
WTXX-LD Springfield
FACILITIES:
DTV Ch 34, 15.000 kW, ant. 600 ft
AFFILIATION:
AMG
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KZMM-CD Fresno, KQMM-CD Santa Maria, KXBF-LD Bakersfield, KZDF-LP Santa Barbara, all Calif.
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PRICE:
$1,450,000 BUYER: HC2 Holdings Inc (Philip Falcone, chairman/pres/CEO)
SELLER:
CNZ Communications LLC (Randy Nonberg, president/COO)
FACILITIES:
KZMM-CD: DTV Ch. 35, 15.000 kW, ant. 1,775 ft.; KQMM-CD: DTV Ch.15, 15.000 kW, ant. 1,854; KXBF-LD: DTV Ch. 14, 1.000 kW, ant. -92 ft.; KZDF-LP: Ch. 8, 0.940 kW, ant. 935 ft.
AFFILIATIONS:
KZMM-CD: IND; KQMM-CD: SBN; KXBF-LD: Biz; KZDF-LP: SBN
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KXCC-LP Corpus Christi, Texas — PRICE:
$30,000
BUYER:
Roseland Broadcasting (Julie Huang, member/manager)
SELLER:
Abraham Telecasting Co LLC (Thomas Abraham, managing member)
FACILITIES:
DTV Ch. 16, 15.000 kW, ant. 292 ft.
AFFILIATION:
AZT
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WCPX-LP Columbus, Ohio — PRICE:
$25,000
BUYER:
Roseland Broadcasting (Julie Huang, member/manager)
SELLER:
TVO Media LLC (Cathleen Hancock, member/manager)
FACILITIES:
DTV Ch. 48, 9.500 kW, ant. 427 ft.
AFFILIATION:
TBN
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WYBE Philadelphia — PRICE:
$1
BUYER:
Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp (Tim Fallon, president/CEO)
SELLER:
Independent Public Media of Philadelphia Inc (Jessica Silver, Interim GM)
FACILITIES:
DTV Ch. 35, 450.000 kW, ant. 1,234 ft.
AFFILIATION:
WDV
COMMENT:
Seller is becoming a party to an existing channel sharing agreement by and among Sonshine Family Television Inc. Maranatha Broadcasting Co. and buyer by which WYBE will commence channel sharing with Sonshine Family Television's WBPH Bethlehem, Pa., by sharing buyer's capacity as a sharee under the CSA.