George Reed's Radio/TV Station Trading Views

Radio Ink ran a story today about a group of broadcaster leaders coming out in favor of deregulation.  The group includes: Bob Proffitt President & CEO Alpha Media Jeffrey D. Warshaw ...

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By Ed Levine, Paul Stone, and George Reed Much has been written in the radio trades over the last week regarding the NAB Radio Board vote in favor of recommending to the FCC an update of its rad...

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A respected radio broadcaster friend of mine used this phrase recently in describing the current state of the radio industry.  I admit to consulting the dictionary for the definition of “...

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We have several radio station opportunities which are ideal for first-time-buyers looking for owner/operator situations.  Our Sellers have reasonable price expectations and some offer seller fin...

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By Adam Jacobson via RBR + TVBR INFOCUS Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Talented Mr. Ripley — President/CEO Chris Ripley, that is — hosted an 11am conference call with financial analysts on Wal...

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The Media Services Group Suite at the 2017 NAB Show at the Encore Las Vegas is: E-1605. Look forward to seeing you!

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Click for the list: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0413/DA-17-314A2.pdf

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Hoping to see all of our tower friends at the South Wireless Summit next week in Nashville. George Media Services Group

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For the Reverse Auction portion of Stage 4 there has been a reassuringly green box and check mark around the First Component of the Final Stage Rule graphic on the Incentive Auction Dashboard. h...

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When the results of Stage 2 were published, I was considering the probability of validating the Incentive Auction if the Forward Auction continued to fail at advancing the Auction Proceeds. Th...

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Can we just end 2016 today? That's a refrain many media brokers may be saying.  "This was mostly portfolio tweaking," says GEORGE REED, a media broker with MEDIA SERVICES GROUP based out of t...

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Few tournaments have rules for those no longer competing. The Incentive Auction does in the form of 47 C.F.R. § 1.2205(c), the Prohibited Communications Rule. For more than 800 stations not nee...

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The Incentive Auction is looking more like a tournament than an auction to me. In the early stages of the Incentive Auction the perception of winning this tournament, that is receiving more val...

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF) has entered into an agreement to acquire WLFV-FM in Midlothian, VA and WARV-FM in Petersburg, VA, serving Richmond, VA from Alpha Media. The purchase price i...

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They work the phones and their contacts every day, looking for deals, proposing transactions, hooking sellers up with buyers. Brokers who deal in radio have all the inside information on who has ...

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Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FPL FiberNet Holdings, LLC and certain other subsidiaries of NextEra Energy, Inc . (NYSE:NEE) ...

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Salina, KS: (Wednesday, October 12, 2016) Alpha Media LLC and Rocking M Media, LLC announced today their formal filing with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer five of Alpha Media�...

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By Leslie Stimson | RBR   Asset sales for radio were slow in the first half of the year. Up until Beasley Broadcast Group's announced $240 million acquisition of Greater Media in July, the big...

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WVJT, LLC has entered into an agreement* to purchase WVMP (FM) in Roanoke, VA, from Community Media Group, LLC. The buyer is headed by Todd Robinson, who owns radio stations in Lynchburg, Bedford...

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InSite Wireless G roup today announced that Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, as part of an initial investment of approximately $280 million—has acquired a 42.5% equity interest in the compan...

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Many of our broadcaster clients have chosen to monetize their tower assets at impressive prices.  This year alone, I have sold and closed over 200 broadcast towers to tower consolidators.  Whil...

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Thoughts on the $240 million deal. Read them here . 

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NJ Broadcasting, LLC, owned by Dr. Nimisha Shukla, closed on the purchase of WWRL-AM, New York City, from Access.1 Communications Corp. Access.1 is headed by Chesley Maddox-Dorsey. The station h...

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Have a great 4th! George

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$86,422,558,704 That looks like $2.71/MHz/Pop. I didn't have the optimism to model that there would be reserve price discipline of the middle and smaller TV station owners to support this. T...

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