Translator Sales
Northeast Broadcasting is selling 96.5 W243DC Boston to Gois Broadcasting for $550,000. Gois, which owns Spanish Tropical “Mega 94.9” 890 WAMG/94.9 W235CS Dedham and “Mega 95.1” 1400 WLLH Lawrence/95.1 W236CU Lowell in the Boston market plus stations in Worcester and Hartford CT, will utilize the 99w/175m from the top of One Financial Center in downtown Boston to rebroadcast WAMG. W243DC currently rebroadcasts the seller’s AAA “92.5 The River” WXRV Andover.
Station Sales
Edward Baker’s WLGN LLC sells Classic Hits “103.3 LGN” 1510 WLGN and Variety Hits “98.3 Sam-FM” WKNA Logan OH to the Mark Bohach led WLGN Radio Company for $360,000. WLGN Radio Company will separately purchase WLGN translator 103.3 W277CX Logan from the Baker led Positive Alternative Radio for $30,000. The buyers own Country “The Wolf” 1320 WLOH/104.5 W283BO Lancaster, 99.3 W257EQ Logan, 101.9 W270DW Circleville, and 102.9 W275CT Somerset OH.
Bob Lowe’s Twilight Broadcasting sells News/Talk 830 WEEU Reading PA to John and Kristine Treese’s Treese Media Group LLC for $138,900. The deal includes the station’s tower land. John Treese previously held on-air roles at WNPV Lansdale and WQKX/WVLY Selinsgrove PA.
Mike Parchman’s Consolidated Media is selling Country “105.1 The Wolf” WLFN Waverly TN to Bryan and Jody Fowler’s Fowler Media LLC for $309,416. Parchman will also receive 10% of any future sale of WLFN. A $1000 per-month LMA has taken effect as well.
Catholic Radio Network acquires Christian “Here’s Help Radio” 1100 KKLL/92.1 K221GQ Webb City/Joplin MO from New Life Evangelistic Center for $101,500.
Robert ‘Gabby’ Gabrielson and Mary Gerdes’ G&G Media Services buys AC “The Hill” 1260 WWIS/105.3 W287CT and Classic Country 99.7 WWIS-FM Black River Falls WI from Daniel Smith’s WWIS Radio Inc. for $465,000. The deal includes a $5000 per month Time Brokerage Agreement until closing and a $2400 annual land lease that took effect on September 28. A separate $227,000 deal includes the station’s real estate holdings. The buyers are longtime staffers of the stations with Gabrielson serving as General Manager from 2005-17 and since then in a part-time role. Gerdes joined the stations in 2015 and succeeded him as GM in 2017.