Educational Media Foundation made a pair of acquisitions this week. Just south of Louisville, EMF will purchase 99.3 WKMO Lebanon Junction KY from Commonwealth Broadcasting for $410,000. The WKMO IP and Classic Country format will remain with Commonwealth where it has immediately relocated to the former AC “B101.5” WVKB Vine Grove, while 99.3 has taken on new WLEZ calls.
EMF is also purchasing Wheeler Broadcasting’s Oldies “Sunny-FM” 98.5 KEYG-FM Grand Coulee WA for $150,000.
In August 2019, EMF and iHeartMedia announced a swap of thirteen translators with one on each side to be held for a later closing. That time has come as EMF has filed to swap 103.9 W280DO Lexington KY to iHeart for 98.3 W252CM Nashville TN. Both translators are currently operated by iHeartMedia like all of the other translators in the original deal.
Crain Media will purchase Brokered 1440 KTUV/99.9 K260DT Little Rock AR from Birach Broadcasting for $300,000.
CSN International is acquiring the construction permits of 88.1 Mount Laguna CA, 90.5 Soledad CA, 90.1 Hoodsport WA, and 90.3 Moses Lake WA from Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor for $20,000.
CSN will sell 640 WKTR Earlysville/Charlottesville VA to Piedmont Communications for $10,000. Piedmont owns four stations in Orange & Culpepper VA and is in the process of acquiring 105.5 W288ED Charlottesville, which could be fed by WKTR.
After a donation of Christian/Talk “Rockingham County Radio” 1490 WLOE/92.5 W223DJ Eden and 1420 WMYN/97.5 W248DG Mayodan NC to Beulah Baptist Church of Bennett as a charitable donation for a tax write-off in 2020 never closed, Mayo Broadcasting Corporation will sell the stations to Truth Broadcasting Corporation for $100,000.
Joy Christian Ministries will acquire Christian 870 WQRX and 99.7 W259DK Valley Head AL from Courington & Mastin LLC for $15,000.
TheDove Media will purchase Christian Preaching 1300 KAPL Phoenix/Medford OR
