WMDT in Salisbury, Md. Sells for $9 Million

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Brian and Patricia Lane of Marquee Broadcasting have agreed to acquire WMDT in Salisbury, Md. for $9 million. The seller is Delmarva Broadcast Services. The station is in DMA No. 144 and airs on ABC on its main channel and CW on a subchannel.

WBOC dominates in Salisbury, where WMDT is a distant No. 2 station.

Patrick Communications and Kozacko Media Services brokered the deal.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.