A pair of staffers are purchasing Beacon Broadcasting Company Country 105.7 KVAY Lamar CO from Bob DeLancey. General Sales Manager Jose Ramos and Office Manager/Traffic Director Frankie Carrillo’s Beacon Broadcast Co. will acquire the station for $100,000. An LMA took effect in February.
After announcing the sale of Rock “92.7 The Rock” WFNB Brazil, Classic Country “105.5 The Legend” WIVG West Terre Haute, and Soft AC “The Breeze” 1130 WAMB/99.5 W258BA Terre Haute and 106.9 W295CQ Brazil from DLC Media to Joey & Kelsey O’Rourke’s JKO Media in February, the sale has been filed with the FCC revealing an $875,000 purchase price. The deal includes two tower properties. JKO owns Classic Hits 105.9 WMMC Marshall IL just to the west of Terre Haute where Joey O’Rourke also hosts mornings.
Dockins Communications sells its duo of Hot AC “98.3 K-Hits” 900 WOZK/98.3 W252DV and “Kickin Country 104.9” WOAB Ozark AL to Roscoe Miller’s Autaugaville Radio for $160,000. Autaugaville Radio owns five stations in Alabama and has a pending deal for a sixth. All run either Adult R&B “KD Radio” based at 950 WZKD Montgomery or Hip Hop “K95.7” based at 95.7 WKXN Fort Deposit.
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago purchases Southern Gospel 88.9 WMYJ-FM Oolitic/Bloomington IN from Spirit Educational Radio for $250,000. The deal also includes Spirit’s sister company Mid-America Radio Group selling WMYJ-FM’s tower site.
Down East Communications/CDC/and Center for the Performing Arts sells it CP for 88.3 Jacksonville NC to the Jeremey Worthington led Roanoke Valley Communications for $6600.
Gabriel Wisdom’s Ram Media Foundation purchases the CP for 90.5 KRAM Borrego Springs CA from Community Public Radio for $15,000.
Translator Sales
Catholic Broadcasting Northwest sells 99.1 K256AC The Dalles OR to Larson-Wynn Inc. for $17,000. The translator will be utilized to rebroadcast the buyer’s Classic Country 1440 KODL The Dalles.
Magnum Communications buys 91.9 K220EP La Crescent MN/La Crosse WI from Faith Sound Inc. for $100. Magnum has already applied to relocate the translator into the commercial band on 92.5 where it will rebroadcast their 102.7 WKBH-FM Onalaska WI.
Idaho Conference of Seventh Day Adventist’s Barefoot Media Ministries acquires 89.5 K208FB Burley ID from 247 Media Ministries for $10,000. The translator will rebroadcast their Christian CHR “Project 88.7″ KOAY Middleton/Boise.