Of course theyll go to Pandora, Spotify, etc. 1. If there are no other stations locally, will the market support a radio station? Hiker Jordan Liles went on an adventure in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and stumbled across a most forgotten place - Elkmont. Demographics of El Paso are 81.2% of Hispanic origin,12% white & 3% black. My company didnt do that? Current "Mom & Pop" are retiring due to health issues. All broadcasters as we know them today if they want to stay in business will have everything they put out on the air to be fed to the Internet. Industry professionals, from CEOs down to the overnight weekend DJs in Kokomo, Indiana, could now dream and it would be reality. Cluster covers about 50% of state pop, operational efficiency is maximized by centralized location of main (but minimal) studio. : Improper format? Only FM Group in Resort Area of 40K Pop. You can reach us anytime at (800) 933-0673. I know. If it keeps on rainin, levees goin to break Station does 220k. Its probably less than 1%. We all know what is wrongthe question ishow do you fix it and give radio back to the people and get it out of the board room? Priced at just $195,000. Maybe I should come back to reality. Categories: Business/Property, Rural, Professional. We have 125 properties for sale for old service station, priced from $203,315 Co-brokered with Kozacko Media Services. 334 followers. About the comment on selling stockIf is the operative wordWhat :If they did not sell their stock? Notifications and Requests for Special Temporary Authority (STA). 8639 Sqft; Posted on 10/12/2022. Forget 8 hour work daysthey will turn into 12 or 18 hour days very quick. If you have equity or access to financingit would also help to provide me with some third party verification. Purchase or Lease Price: varies Location: USA. Bring back the fun days of radio. Alaska, Fairbanks, CP LPDTV Tourist Town! The following are the 'facts of life' in the radio station trading business. INFO: Voice Mail 617-306-7939 ~ Electronic Mail: radio.usa@outlook.com. & others --- call or email us to find out more Below please find a partial list of available The real reason was that he and his democratic cronies had to find a way to pay back the big broadcasting companies for contributing to their campaigns. Gulf Shores has been named by Forbes as the third best town in the U.S. to retire. Add in the docket 8090 stations that never should have existed, and you have a recipe for Clear Channel, and cumulus. By contacting the agent listed. Ive worked nearly every job in the radio business. INFO Harold Bausemer Voice Mail: 617-306-7939 ~ Electronic Mail: radio.usa@outlook.com anytime 24/7/365, Off-Market: Radio Group with BCF @ $3M, Off-Market: NYC FM stick ~ END, stay tuned. Change). NO Hurricanes -NO Tornadoes-NO Snow-NO forest fires & NO local paper! Market #62, Voted "Best in the West" - We have 2 different stations available, St. Louis Alaina J Johnson. ft. of commercial real estate space . Shouldnt a banker (now theres another topic) have said, Youve reached $5 billion in debt. It is the only station that caters and localizes its programming to these popular beach towns. There are many "deals" out in the market that are not advertised by the sellers. Is the ownership/management talented? We help people interested in buying radio stations or TV stations find the right station to purchase. What looks like a cheap price for an AM property could be a pig in a poke with some nasty surprises. If you can't hae equity when you sign on, walk away. due to the extreme confidentiality of the situation. AM has 250w FM repeater, profitable, and well equipped, owned studio/offices and 7 acres transmitter site. There will be no stations sold for next to nothing! Now what? Written communications regarding silent stations should be mailed to: The following Silent Stations lists are generally updated twice each month. My dream/goal was to own a small market just before that infamous piece of legislation passedeffectively swallowing jobs and putting paid to any indie broadcasters dream of serving a community with a small-market station. The price was going to be in the $10MM range. Darryl. We are doing just fine. 2 adjacent small-market FM signals-profitable-Asking $350,000. Or. You can also get the podcast on your IPhone thru ITunessearch "Big Billy Kinder Outdoors". In fact, the fewer people that know a station is for sale the better as far as many owners are concerned. He/She gave you the laon in the first place only because you promised him/her the marriage of your first born Dartmouth/Stanford.Harvard etc. For additional information related to silent AM and FM stations, please see Silent AM and FM Broadcast Stations. 36. Share. The gist of this paragraph is if you want to do a 25 year terms deal, let me know up front so I don't have to waste my associated and client's time. Many large companies overspent, then tried to win by saving money on programming and promotion. On November 10, 2015,Cumulus Media had an enterprise value of $2.468 billion, while iHeart Media had an enterprise value of $20.54 billion. Clifton Gardiner & Company, LLC - Cliff Gardiner Baltimore is an under-radioed market, sandwiched between Philadelphia and DC, both Top 10 Nielsen Markets Baltimore has fewer stations than Portland Maine. It had about $25MM in it. 16/20 Bhera Police Station In Pakistan Is Run By Cows. No revenues, format can stay or be changed by buyer. Sales people depend on ratings to sell adds. The client put me in touch with his financial "backer". The following Silent Stations lists are generally updated twice each month. Under the current public notice rules, television stations (including LPTV stations that originate programming) filing renewal applications must begin broadcasts of their post-filing announcements concerning their license renewal applications between the date the application is accepted for filing and five business days thereafter and must continue for a period of four weeks. For their exclusive listings. The buyer did not have financibng in place or written assurance that he was qualified before contracting to buy a station. I believe that broadcasting companies should be limited to a maximum ownership to just three stations per market. We just need order-takers. On-line order takers, apparently. Many new construction permits (CP) are coming on the market as a result of the recent FM allocations auctions. RadioTVDeals helps radio and television station brokers (otherwise known as media brokers) and radio and TV station owners sell their station (s). What is the financial condition of the market? Today we have the Internet and all the media innovations it is spawningand we are not finished yetso dive in. Land was the only equity some radio stations had, especially many AM stations. How about offering something they cant get for themselves.like personality, information, introducing them to great new artists/music, all the stuff that makes radio fun and important to listen to. The lesson here is secure partners and financing before trying to buy. Small market of 50,000 PLUS snowbirds. Attractive HD lease adds an additional 1 million potential pop count. Of course, if you have the cash and want to loan it to a bank so they can loan it back to you that will probably work.the bank might appreciate having the deposit on the books. Clinton was the keynote speaker. I read your blog since you are an insider (as are many of your commenters), and I enjoyed your comments on WLW on Saturdays (hasnt been the same since). Startups always take more money than you think!!! Call today. Small unrated market with lots of sunshine and a great lifestyle. "We'll talk." If bankruptcy comes, the administrators will hopefully be more prudent than those that caused it. With this combined brain power and political and business clout, what could possibly go wrong? Both iHeart Media and Cumulus have also been selling tower sites (or land) to create cash. to see what else is available. ARIZONA AM W/TRANSLATOR: S. Arizona AM with FM Translator. Now the N.A.B. 7) Elkmont. Windsor Hotel The Windsor Hotel was built in 1875, catching Jacksonville's tourist boom with a firm grasp. NORTH CAROLINA People will listen if they want to be informed or entertained with humor or music. The following on station financing has been prompted by conversations I had once with a 'backer" of a first time buyer. In today's markt we have to contend with how much advertising revenue is going to other competitors on the Internet. Seller is looking to retire and wants to find buyer willing to take these stations to the next level. The F.C.C. President Clinton was right before Stevie Nicks. Email Broker HERE. Located in a stable economic area with heavy community involvement and commitment as an ag resource. I have some stations for sale now that fit for rehab porjects if you have the cash and the will to work hard. And Stevi Nicks made more sense, and told the truth! Price reduced to $790,000 - or 5 times Broadcast Cash Flow (National average is 7X BCF), TUCSON, AZ Program to the community you serve. But, you dont have to be just in a small town. Stations For Sale: California Wine Country- Consistently PROFITABLE This is the perfect radio station investment for someone who wants to be an IMPORTANT part of the local community, in one of the most desirable areas of the California coast. FSRE27203. Best of all, radio because of its newly aggregated audiences, would be able to leverage and grow its share of the total advertising pie. This established Radio Communications business located in the North QLD Charters Towers region is being offered for sale for. Toni Bradford. That, in effect, swallowed jobs and put paid to the goals of any indie broadcasters (like me) of owning small stations. We have been doing basically the same thing for 33 years. Washington, DC 20554. Remember financial data doesnt exist in a vacuum. What are these worth? You are absolutely correct. In fact, the fewer people that know a station is for sale the better as far as many owners are concerned. Many of these stations are worth more than the calculated value as presented. Wait until the real money comes in. He meant Wall Streets real money. Members occasionally bring a prospective buyer to the member with the listing, and share commissions when a sale closes. Im not sure how you put that genie back into the bottle though. Such a station might have a format that appeals to a significant audience but the station is unable to sell enough advertising to capitalize on the station's own success. There are probably now several hundred thousand if not more broadband card equiped laptops. Thanks for reading the blog. you must sign the NON DISCLOSURE Includes licences and transmitting equipment. All Rights Reserved. Ira, to your point, with the tower sites. A common industry approach has been to factor the amount of revenue a particular facility may generate by looking at the amount of advertising revenue the station may be able to secure out of the total revenue available for radio in the market if it reaches a particular audience levelwhewgot that? Thanks! Is it AM or FM? This is a fact of life for the age we are in. Or. Then rich people, with no radio experience on the air, became station owners. AM covers over 2 million in 60dbu contour. All the best. AM has 250w FM repeater, profitable, and well equipped, owned studio/offices and 7 acres transmitter site. The banker he was dealing with evidently led him down a merry path of confidence that he could place the loan and when the papers went before the loan committee at the bank the answer was "NO". Sorry, it does not work like that. Sellers want to talk to "qualified buyres" . This is where the question is asked"Is the Internet going to be a foe of the station or a tool to be used by it? To get the answers, hire a competent broadcst engineering firm to do an evaluation. This leaves you with a margin of about $30,000 to have a station valued at $100,000 when you sign on. As a former owner, I will tell you it is a lot of work. To paraphrase that old New York City TV pitchman Crazy Eddie, The prices areINSANE!, Get more insight and thoughts in 140 characters on Twitter by following me@darryl_parks, Tags: Bill Clinton Congress Cumulus Cumulus Media Enterprise Value FCC Federal Communications Commission iHeart Media Market Capitalization NAB National Association of Broadcasters President Clinton Telecommunications Act of 1996. For all stations with websites, the report must be posted there as well. He wont say how much, but he made a fortune. Updates may be delayed while the FCC transitions to the new LMS database. has lobbied to allow foreign ownership of broadcast stations. and Congress could care less about the people and their needs. Buy a station for $50,000 and put $20,000 into it to get on the air. The buyer assured me that he had financial backing up to $20 Millionmore than ample funds to do this deal and have enough left over for working capital.probably for a couple of years. Emergency Antennas, Silent Stations, Special Temporary Authority (STA) for Broadcast Services. NEW! Hey, if the monopolies ever break upand the FCC is willing to accept very minimal money and lots of heart and soul to make good radioIm ready! Fake callers? 6 station cluster in Illinois. Here we go again I wrote a column mentioning that the current business model for radio is a failure, that the supposed cost savings never materialized and that radio cannot survive in its current state. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 provided for the expiration of broadcast licenses as a matter of law upon a station's failure to operate for 12 consecutive months. It is the only station that caters and localizes its programming to these popular beach towns. Im partners in a stand alone FM in Indiana. They got their money. Greater Raleigh Market- Gospel AM with FM. FST27204. Heritage radio cluster in year-round tourist and retirement market. Yes, but with new hardware. Number 1 will be "Sellers always want more than their stations are worthand Buyers want to pay less than a station is worth. Hope there is a chance again in the next 10 years. Asking $1M for cluster, $400K for singleton. Unless, and this is where it gets goodyou have the cash. Tatsuno Station is served by the old route of Ch Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch) and is 9.5 kilometers from the branching point of the line at Okaya Station and 219.9 from the terminus at Tokyo Station.It is also a station on the Iida Line, and is 195.7 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Toyohashi Station. Cash deals are king. It mirrors my dilemma, finding an alternative to the current angry white male programming or Willies Jerry Springer look alike. We are also members of a Media Brokers Organization Questions that need to be answered: What is the condition of the AM ground system and tower? Since I originally wrote this I now have an IPhone. Deleted or Cancelled Stations. Interest rates are at historic lows, yet iHeart Media is paying, in one case, as much as 14% on its notes. Lines. Call and we can discuss your situation. Abandoned Mansions. If the AM station is a directional system, is the pattern still in compliance? contact: George Kimble. Too big to fail. Some ISPs are using filters to fight "SPAM". Illinois River. Today if you buy a construction permit (CP) and build out the stationit may still be worth less than the money you put into it. Hey, if the monopoly ever breaks upand the FCCs willing to accept minimal money and lots of heart and soulI am ready! This filing for silent station authority is exempt from application filing fees. You will have proven that the facility really has not been a dump all these yearsit just did not have the benefit of your programming/sales/engineering genius. Poor market conditions? I do have broadcasters that are interested in leasing out HD signals. Those of us who watched radio stations being bought like trading cards over the past five years have repeatedly asked How are they going to pay for this? Ken Dardis: June 24, 2002. I need to know something about you." Asking: $2,500,000, INFO Harold Bausemer VM/phone: 617-306-7939 or EM: radio.usa@outlook.com, FM cluster in top 150 market, 3 very competitive signals in Music Format, available as single station as a combo or cluster, incentive pricing to buy all three. The near future as I see itthose of us still around will have devices in our car/pockets/home that will be a combination of cell phone/TV/IPod equivalent/computer/Internet radio receiver. Abandoned Castles. Let's talk. Circuit (Kidd Communications v. FCC 2005 U.S. Appeals) financing may even be harder to get than before. A renowned vacation spot for those looking to escape the cold, Jacksonville saw an average of 50,000 to 73,000 visitors on a yearly basis at the time. Think about the interest youre getting from a CD at a bank. UPSTATE NY STATE Smart broadcasters today are already doing it. www.mchentinc.com/broadcast-stations-for-sale/, Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 15_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/103.0.5060.63 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1. Strong cash flow dating back several years - including through the pandemic. Orange County, CA. Some in the larger markets saved $1M on programming costs by parting with successful talentsonly to see their revenue reduced by twice the savings. Lists are generally updated monthly. I dont know what you mean. Having to obtain an FCC attorney, engineering help, etc. The initial sellers? Two hours from regional airport hub. Too simplistic for you? SelectHEREto complete the payout process for this membership. Broadcast station valuation is usually done by using a multiple of the station's broadcase cash flow (BCF). RadioTVDeals helps radio and television station brokers (otherwise known as media brokers) and radio and TV station owners sell their station (s). Of course, each company has other businesses and divisions, but their core business remains radio. This truly is a unique opportunity worth looking into. I may have some joint venture money available to build the station and get it licensed before the CP dies. The owner is motivated and has priced the stations together or individually. Local managers are told what to do from corporate headquarters located thousands of miles away. The problem is when a company owns more stations than they need to. Call us for a private discussion on how we can HELP YOU!! Maynard, youre right on. However, it is important to note that a formal consultation must be undertaken and buyers will need to cover all costs for . There are a couple stations I work with in smaller and medium markets that super serve their markets and are anything but a jukebox. Four veteran broadcast industry brokerage firms have formed a consortium to provide an expanded level of service to each participating company's clients. I find alot of TRUTH in your statement Here in Akron Ohio, we have all the big guys but we have one talk radio station on FM that has been there since forever, An that is what they do, cater to the town even tho they really are in a small town (kent ohio) which is in another county lol but they claim to be the Talk of Akron an for years they are a success you go to get your haircut an the barber has them on you go shopping an the store has them on you stop in a office an they are on owned by one guy who died an left the station to his sons so now owned by 2 guys. 1903 Firehouse in Galveston, TX. A damn shame. FULL market coverage. RadioTVDeals.com is the nation's LARGEST marketplace for radio stations for sale and TV stations for sale or radio stations for LMA (lease) and TV stations for LMA (lease). Back to that fellow I discussed radio consolidation with in the 90s. There goes the buyer's credibilityand maybe some of mine on how to "vet" a buyer. FM covers over 1 million for in-car listening. They have not bought a CD in some time, by the way. Asking: $1,000,000. Call it what you want, but when a radio company starts selling its real estate, its nothing but a good old fashioned fire sale. Western New York- 2 separate AM w/ FM Super Translators (Metro Signals) In both services, new station facilities are auctioned, as mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Like why do I heard sports discussions about the Reds, and it has less to do with the game and more to do with, can we afford that? I remember reading one of your commenters financial analysis of a blog topic and thought, this is really typical of the reasoning that appears to be the problem.. Using a Broker like myselfsome buyers and sellers are of the view that they don't need the services of a broker. 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