Emmis Now a Potent Arch Rival

6 R &R November 8,1996 RADIO BUSINESS

DEAL OF THE WEEK 1996 DEALS TO DATE TRANSACTIONS AT A GLANCE Dollars To Date: $13,582,511,257 WTXT -FM /Fayette (Tuscaloosa), AL $5.1 million (Last Year $5,274,329,426) WULA -AM /Ufaula, AL $35,000 WKBQ -AM & FM & This Week's Action: $80,539,501 KISI -FM /Malvern, AR $150,000 (Last Year $141.328,925) KMLA -FM /EI Rio, CA $550,000 WKKX-FM/St. Louis KTME -AM /Lompoc, CA $20,000 Stations Traded This Year: 1978 Lesso Inc. Kansas stations $13.8 million $42.5 million (Last Year 1186) KYQQ -FM/Arkansas City KLLS -FM /Augusta Stations Traded This Week: 37 KXXX -AM & KOLS-FM/Colby (Last Year 37) KGNO -AM, KDGB (FM CP) & KOLS -FM /Dodge City KZLS -FM /Great Bend KYUU -AM & KSLS -FM/Liberal TRANSACTIONS KILS -FM /Minneapolis KFNF -FM /Oberlin KWLS -AM & KGLS -FM /Pratt WLBA -AM /Gainsville, GA $275,000 Emmis Now A Potent Arch Rival KFTE -FM /Breaux Bridge & KMDL -FM /Kaplan (Lafayette), LA $4,475,000 KHOM -FM /Houma (New Orleans) El Smulyan buys Zimmer trombo to build St. Louis quartet $6.75 million WWSJ- AM /St. Johns (Lansing), MI $127,500 KQYX -AM & WMBH -AM /Joplin, MO $400.000 SELLER: Zimmer Radio Group, KOSJ- FM/Nebraska City, NE $5 million headed by President George Zim- WTOB- AM/Winston- Salem, NC $355,000 mer. Phone: (314) 335 -4809 WKBQ -AM & FM/St. KCHQ -FM /Altamont, OR $30,000 FREQUENCY: 1380 kHz; 104.1 WTXT FM/Fayette WRSJ -AM /Bayamon, PR $968,000 Louis & WKKX -FM/ MHz; 106.5 MHz (Tuscaloosa) WHPB -AM/Belton, SC $4000 Granite City (St. Louis) POWER: 5kw day /1000 watts PRICE: $5.1 million KUKA -FM /San Diego, TX No cash consideration PRICE: $42.5 million night; 39kw at 551 feet; 90kw at BUYER: Osborn Communications KFIZ -AM & FM/Fond du Lac, WI $1 BUYER: Emmis Broadcasting 1027 feet Corp., headed by President Frank Corp., headed by President Jeff FORMAT: CHR; CHR; Country Osborn. It owns WAAX -AM & Smulyan. It owns KSHE- FM /St. Lou- BROKER: Bill Lytle of Media Ser- WQEN -FM /Birmingham. Phone: is. Phone: (317) 266 -0100 vices Group Inc. (203) 629 -0905 SELLER: Tuscaloosa Broadcasting AM /Buford, GA. Phone: (770) 944- Co., headed by President William 0900 Dunnavant SELLER: Capital Assets Inc., head- FREQUENCY: 98.1 MHz ed by President Bennie Hewett. POWER: 100kw at 906 feet Phone: (770) 944 -0900 FORMAT: Country

WULA- AM/Ufaula PRICE: $35,000 Lesso Inc. Kansas BUYER: Mark Hellinger. Phone: stations (706) 692 -4100 PRICE: $13.8 million SELLER: McGowan Media L.L.C., U4' BUYER: Wichita Great Empire headed by President Steve McGow- Maestro is the heart and the brain of the digitally inte- Broadcasting Inc., headed by Pres- an. Phone: (334) 687 -2066 GREAT SOUND grated radio station. All operations, from commer- ident Mike Lynch. It owns KDFI -AM cials...to music...to announcer text...to up- to-the- & FM & KICT- FM/Wichita and KVOO- minute scheduling information, are at your fingertips. AM/Tulsa. Phone: (316) 838-9141 TOTAL CREATIVE Maestro brings all your digital operations together SELLER: Lesso Inc., headed by President Larry Steckline. Phone: into one, easy -to -use command center and is your KISI -FM/Malvern key to accessing CD (316)721 -8484 quality audio directly from PRICE: $150,000 CONTROL hard disk. BUYER: Malvern Entertainment KYQQ- FM/Arkansas Corp., headed by President Scott City And when you choose Maestro, or any product from FREQUENCY: 106.5 MHz akaánn yew Tçmá t,lelp Gray. It owns KBOK -AM & FM/Mal- POWER: 100kw at 1280 feet Computer Concepts, you're buying from a company vern. Phone: (501) 332-6981 FORMAT: Country :::=1111111 with industry leading technology and worldwide radio SELLER: Lyons Communications DROWN EYED GIRL Non -stop :40 Kickoff experience. Computer Concepts has been developing Inc., headed by President Monte Ly- VAN MORRISON software applications and manufacturing computer - ons. Phone: (501) 337 -9000 KLLS- FM/Augusta I L?l based products for radio since 1974. Our comprehen- FREQUENCY: 104.5 MHz sive understanding of radio broadcasting, plus excep- POWER: 45kw at 515 feet Queue nee: 14 20 Art's FORMAT: Nostalgia 1t§0-001) tional customer service, set Computer Concepts apart

(CBY LOOK AT HE BE AN from other suppliers. KMLA -FM/EI Rio KXXX-AM & MILS-FM/ LJ H104 FALL IN LOUE ICE WV PRICE: $550,000 L Sx05 Yft¢ i'rt1-9/kg,y i! i liieil? Discover how Maestro from Computer Concepts can Colby 891ti *** r.* le bring excellence and widen the creative range of BUYER: Gold Coast Radio Inc., FREQUENCY: 790 kHz; 100.3 MHz headed by President Salvador Ceja. your station. Call us today for complete information, POWER: 5kw; 100kw at 610 feet Phone: (805) 385 -5656 490 PIZZHHHI FORMAT: Country; AC 1 SELLER: Clanton Corp., headed by I004 COKE/01E1 -500- 255 -6350. President Raymond Clanton. T317 I4GDONAI.It'S n;IAiiF`rsi KGNO -AM, KDGB (FM - - Phone: (520) 522 -0831 L.J l+e+?sc - CP) & KOLS -FM/ KTME- AM/Lompoc Dodge City CD ISM at F140baçk = PRICE: $20,000 FREQUENCY: 1370 kHz; 93.9 MHz; [i 4716 KHHT - Legal ID Ot BUYER: Classic Communications 95.5 MHz J714KHHI - 11/H -- _.:. Corp., headed by President Rosaar- POWER: 5kw day/230 watts night; (73F TICE LEON SLEEPS TOHI6i io Miller. Phone: (805) 686 -8933 100kw at 512 feet; 100kw at 577 feet .. J960 RISS FH Jingle Cart Express OS Ks06e i.. SELLER: Los Padres Broadcasting FORMAT: Country; (not on air yet);AC (71x SOOL raH .AJ,.11494 (j s.:,---A a:s` .i Corp., headed by President Milton 0.0N 4)sf.25 41¿,- %Aa 01:184. Main Screen Zack. Phone: (619) 933 -2601 KZLS- FM/Great Bend FREQUENCY: 107.9 MHz V40 aaa QOM, POWER: 99kw at 909 feet ....CompCórporaC FORMAT: AC P9.#47I WLBA- AM/Gainsville Corporation Audition Window PRICE: $275,000 KYUU -AM & KSLS -FM/ BUYER: La Favorita Inc., headed by Liberal 8375 Melee Drive, Lenexa, Kansas 66214 + Phone 840-235-6350 Fax 913-54 4)l69 President Samuel Zamarron. It owns FREQUENCY: 1470 kHz; 101.5 MHz WAOS -AM /Austell, GA & WXEM- Continued on Page 8