TVs
-- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/29/2001
WBOY-TV Clarksburg, W.Va./parts of Pittsburgh
Price: $20 million
Buyer: Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., New York (Robert Marbut, chairman/co-CEO; David Barrett, president/co-CEO); owns/manages 27 TVs, including WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
Seller: Imes Communications, Columbus, Miss. (Frank Imes, president); owns WCBI-TV Columbus/Tupelo, Miss.
Facilities: Ch. 12, 263 kW vis., 42.5 kW aur., ant. 860 ft.
Affiliation: NBC
Broker: Kalil & Co. Inc.
KMAZ(TV) Las Cruces, N.M./El Paso, Texas
Price: $8 million
Buyer: Council Tree Communications LLC, Longmont, Colo. (Jacob Adams, president; Madison Dearborn Capital partners II LP, 49.17% member; Toronto Dominion Capital Inc., 25% member). Principals have interest in WBEE(AM ) Harvey, Ill., and WACI(TV ) Atlantic City, N.J./Philadelphia
Seller: Lee Enterprises Inc., Davenport, Iowa (Richard D. Gottlieb, president); no other broadcast interests
Facilities: Ch. 48, 79.4 kW vis., 7.9 kW aur., ant. 113 ft.
Affiliation: Telemundo
Broker: Kalil & Co. Inc.