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By BIA Financial Networks -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/22/2002 8:00:00 PM

TVsKOLO-TV Reno; K03DN Ely; K49CK Stead; K50AO Crystal Bay; K12IX Austin, all Nev.Price: $41.5 millionBuyer: Gray Television Inc. (J. Mack Robinson, president/CEO)Seller: Smith Broadcasting Group Inc. (Robert N. Smith, president)Facilities: KOLO-TV: Ch.8, 166 kW, ant. 2,930 ft.; K03DN: Ch.3, 0.69 W; K49CK: Ch.49, 1.13 kW; K50AO: Ch.50, 280 W; K12IX: Ch.12, 15 WAffiliation: KOLO-TV: ABC; K03DN: ABC; K49CK: ABC; K50AO: ABC; K12IX: ABCWPXB-TV Merrimack, N.H.Price: $26 millionBuyer: NBC/GE (Jack Ireland, president, TV Stations); No. 4 station group owns 24 stations, none in this marketSeller: Paxson Communications Corp. (Jeff Sagansky, president/CEO)Facilities: Ch.60, 5,000 kW, ant. 1,011 ft.Affiliation: PaxKBKI-TV Walla Walla, K14JH Yakima, both Wash.Price: $3 millionBuyer: Pappas Telecasting Co. (Harry J. Pappas, president/CEO); No. 15 station group owns 21 stations, none in this marketSeller: Broadcasting Licenses Ltd., (Brian W. Brady, president/CEO)Facilities: KBKI-TV: Ch.9, 316 kW, ant. 1,431 ft.; K14JH: Ch.27, 0.50 kW, ant. 732 ft.Affiliation: KBKI-TV: Ind; K14JH: IndFMsWZBR-FM Kinston, WRHT-FM Morehead City, WNBR-FM Oriental and WCBZ-FM Williamston (Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville), all N.C.Price: $6.5 millionBuyer: Archway Broadcasting Group LLC (Al Vicente, president/CEO); no other broadcast interestsSeller: Eastern Carolina Broadcast (Gene Gray, co-owner/president)Facilities: WZBR-FM: 97.7 MHz, 3kW, ant. 249 ft.; WRHT-FM: 96.3 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 492 ft.; WNBR-FM: 94.1 MHz, 11kW, ant. 486 ft.; WCBZ-FM: 103.7 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 981 ft.Format: WZBR-FM: Country; WRHT-FM: CHR; WNBR-FM: Country; WCBZ-FM: CHRBroker: Tom Snowden of Snowden Associates and Zoph Potts of Snowden AssociatesWCNL-FM Chillicothe (Peoria), Ill.Price: Swap; AAA Entertainment is paying $4 million plus trading WCNL-FM Chillicothe for WXCL-FM Pekin, Ill.Buyer: Kelly Communications (Bob Kelly, president); also owns WOAM(AM) Peoria.Seller: AAA Entertainment (John Maguire, president/CEO)Facilities: 94.3 MHz, 6kW, ant. 299 ft.Format: ACBroker: Bob Maccini of Media Services GroupWXCL-FM Pekin (Peoria), Ill.Price: Swap (see above)Buyer: AAA Entertainment (John Maguire, president/CEO); owns 18 other stations, including WDQX-FM, WJPL-FM, WWCT-FM and WZPW-FM Peoria.Seller: Kelly Communications (Bob Kelly, president)Facilities: 104.9 MHz., 3kW, ant. 328 ft.Format: CountryBroker: Bob Maccini of Media Services GroupWKCD-FM Pawcatuck (New London), Conn.Price: $3.75 millionBuyer: John Fuller; owns two other stations, including WBMW-FM New LondonSeller: AAA Entertainment (John Maguire, president/CEO)Facilities: 107.7 MHz, 2 kW, ant. 400 ft.Format: Hot ACBroker: Bob Maccini of Media Services GroupKSLK-FM Visalia (Visalia-Tulare-Hanford), Calif.Price: $1.2 millionBuyer: Nelson F. Gomez; owns five other stations, none in this marketSeller: New Visalia Broadcasting Inc. (Bob Eurich, president)Facilities: 96.1 MHz, 5kW, ant. 361 ft.Format: Smooth JazzWBYA-FM Islesboro (Bangor), MainePrice: $1.15 millionBuyer: Mariner Broadcasting Limited Partnership (Louis Vitali, president/treasurer); owns five other stations, none in this marketSeller: Gopher Hill Communications Inc. (Charles Hutchins, president/director)Facilities: 105.5 MHz, 20 kW, ant. 305 ft.Format: Big BandKAVJ-FM Sutherlin, Ore.Price: $650,000Buyer: Brooke Communications Inc. (Patrick Markham, president); owns three other stations, none in this marketSeller: Valentine Coastal Communications Inc. (Bernie Foster, owner)Facilities: 101.1 MHz, 4kW, ant. 860 ft.Format: OldiesWHGN-FM Crystal River, Fla.Price: $500,000Buyer: Moody Bible Institute of Chicago Inc. (Robert Neff, VP Broadcasting); owns 32 other stations, none in this marketSeller: Seven Rivers Broadcast MinistriesFacilities: 91.9 MHz, 41 kW, ant. 482 ft.Format: ReligionKMXQ-FM Socorro, N.M.Price: $450,000Buyer: Lakeshore Media LLC (Chris Devine, member); owns four other stations, none in this marketSeller: Roadrunner Radio LLC (Rick Martin, member)Facilities: 92.9 MHz, 6kW, ant. -177 ft.Format: CountryAMsWEVD(AM) New YorkPrice: $78 millionBuyer: ABC Radio Inc. (John Hare, president, ABC Radio); No. 4 group owns 65 other stations, including WABC(AM), WQEW(AM) and WPLJ-FM New York.Seller: Forward Broadcasting Inc. (Tom Bird, general manager)Facilities: 1050 kHz, 50kWFormat: SportsBroker: Media Venture PartnersKJON(AM) Carrollton (Dallas-Ft. Worth), TexasPrice: $4.2 millionBuyer: Family Worship Center Church Inc. (Jimmy Swaggart, member); owns 14 other stations, none in this marketSeller: Monroe-Stephens Broadcasting Inc. (Stanton Nelson, president/director)Facilities: 850 kHz, 5 kWFormat: Country/Blue GrassBroker: Wally Tucker, MGMT Services Inc., and Bob Connelly, The Connelly Co. Inc.WJML(AM) and WWKK(AM) Petoskey (Traverse City-Petoskey), Mich.Price: $900,000Buyer: Basic Licensing Inc. (David C. Gorman, president); owns one other station, not in this marketSeller: Stone Communications Inc. (Richard Stone, president)Facilities: WJML(AM): 1110 kHz, 10 kW; WWKK(AM): 750 kHz, 1 kW day/330 W nightFormat: WJML(AM): News/Talk; WWKK(AM): Sports/Talk

—Information provided by BIA Financial Networks' Media Access Pro, Chantilly, Va. www.bia.com

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