FMS
-- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/4/2000
Swap of KDGE(FM) and KLTY(FM) Dallas/Fort Worth
Estimated value: $63 million
Swapper, KDGE: Salem Communications Corp., Camarillo, Calif. (Edward G. Atsinger III, president); owns/is buying 48 AMs and 21 other FMs, including KSKY(AM) and KWRD-FM Dallas/Fort Worth
Swapper, KLTY: Sunburst Media Corp., Dallas (John M. Borders, president); owns/ has interest in eight AMs and 17 other FMs
Facilities: kdge: 94.5 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,896 ft.; klty: 94.1 MHz, 100 kW, ant. 1,585 ft.
Formats: kdge: alternative rock; klty: contemporary Christian
Brokers: Peter Handy; Gary Stevens
WKSO(FM) Chillicothe/Peoria and WFXF(FM) Morton/Peoria, Ill.
Price: $2.75 million
Buyer: AAA Entertainment LLC, Pawtucket, R.I. (Peter Ottmar, CEO); owns/is buying one AM and 13 other FMs, including WWCT(FM) and WBGE(FM) Peoria and WJPL(FM) Farmington/Peoria
Seller: Kelly Communications, Peoria (Bob Kelly, principal); owns WTAZ(AM) Peoria and WXCL(FM) Pekin/Peoria
Facilities: wkso: 94.3 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 300 ft.; wfxf: 102.3 MHz, 6 kW, ant. 300 ft.
Formats: wkso: AC; wfxf: talk
Brokers: Star Media Group Inc. (buyer); Kempff Communications Co. (seller)
KAHA(FM) (formerly KMKP) Honolulu
Price: $2.15 million (for stock)
Buyer: Emerald City Radio Partners LLC, Washington (Paul W. Robinson, principal); owns/is buying three other AMs and eight other FMs, including KUMU-AM-FM Honolulu
Seller: Kasa Moku Ka Pawa Broadcasting Inc., Kaneohe, Hawaii (Edward F. Tilton Jr., president); no other broadcast interests
Facilities: 105.9 MHz, 97 kW, ant. 1,968 ft.
Format: Hot AC
KBVL(FM) Pawhuska, Okla.
Price: $225,000
Buyer: Borgen Broadcasting Co., Bartlesville, Okla. (John F. Borgen, president/owner); no other broadcast interests
Seller: Rhema Media Ltd., Pawhuska (Barbara Milleson, president); no other broadcast interests
Facilities: 103.9 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 410 ft.
Format: MOR
Construction permit for WAQD(FM) Alberta, Va.
Price: $100,000
Buyer: MainQuad Broadcasting Inc., Roanoke Rapids, N.C. (co-owners Daniel Berman, president, and William McCutchen, vice president); owns WZAX(FM) Nashville, N.C. Berman and McCutchen also own two AMs and four other FMs
Seller: Broomfield Broadcasting Inc., Columbia, S.C. (John Broomfield, general manager); no other broadcast interests
Facilities: 103.1 MHz, 1.8 kW, ant. 328 ft.
WMFL(FM) Florida City, Fla.
Price: $75,000
Buyer: Family Stations Inc., Sacramento, Calif. (Harold Camping, president); owns one TV, seven AMs and 25 other FMs
Seller: South Florida Educational Broadcasters, Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Carl J. Auel and Scott L. Smith, co-owners). Auel and Smith have interests in one TV, five AMs and four FMs
Facilities: 88.5 MHz, 8 kW, ant. 134 ft.
Format: Christian
