Family Life Ministries was busy with two acquisitions and a divestment this week.
Family Life agreed to acquire Silent 91.1 WUFR Bedford/Altoona PA from Family Stations for $150,000 and 88.9 WITC Cazenovia NY from Cazenovia College for $30,000.
Family Life will sell 1590 WGGO Salamanca and 100.5 W263CZ Olean NY to Holy Family Communications for $100,000. Holy Family operates the Catholic “Station of the Cross” network across upstate New York as well as Boston.
Paul Wilson’s LL James Media LLC transfers the licenses of 1450 WROX/97.5 W248CL Clarksdale MS to Larry Fuss’ Contemporary Communications for the forgiveness of approximately $50,000 remaining on a promissory note from the 2012 purchase of the station. WROX went Silent in November 2020 according to its former website pending an unknown federal litigation although no Silent STA has been filed with the FCC.
Sellers Broadcasting sells Full Service/Classic Hits “Classic KMRY” 1450 KMRY/93.1 K226BO Cedar Rapids IA to Jim Ecker’s Ecker Broadcasting for $700,000. Ecker has served as Sports Director at KMRY since 2016 after working in the newspaper industry for much of his career.
Translator Sales
WGBH Educational Foundation sells 96.3 W242AA Beacon Hill/Boston to Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures for $80,000. The 3 watt translator currently rebroadcasts Classical 99.5 WCRB Lowell. It will be paired with the buyer’s 1570 WUBG Methuen, which is currently leased to Educational Media Foundation and airs the Christian AC “K-Love” network.
Timothy Jackson acquires 102.7 W274AD Corydon IN from the estate of Keith Reising for $25,400. The translator will continue to rebroadcast Two Hawks Communications’ Classic Country 1550 WOCC Corydon.