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roadcastin wwJR(FM) Sheboygan, Wis. Formats: AM: nostalgia; FM: '70s Facilities: WROE: 94.3 mhz, 25 kw, KWSNIAMI- KRROIFM) Sioux Falls, S.D. ant. 338 ft.; WNCY -FM: 100.3 mhz, 45 Price: $3 million kw, WNFL: ant. 489 ft.; 1440 khz, 5 Buyer: Midcontinent Media Inc., Min- kw day, w WKKQ: 500 night; 650 khz, neapolis (N.L. Bentson, chairman/ 10 kw day, 500 w night; wrsx: 93.9 58.2% owner ); owns KELO -AM -FM mhz, 100 kw, ant. 548 ft. Sioux Falls; is selling wDGY(AM) St. Formats: wROE: soft hits; WNCY -FM: Paul /Minneapolis; is becoming gen- country; WNFL: news /talk; WKKQ: eral partner with Point Communica- country; wTex: CHR tions Inc. in owning WTSO -AM- WZEE-FM Broker. Blackburn & Co. (seller) Madison and WMLI -FM Sauk City/ WPIC(AMI- WYFM(FM) Sharon, Pa. Madison, WMAD -AM -FM Sun Prairie Price: $5.885 million (includes $1.5 and WIBA -AM -FM Madison, all Wis. million noncompete aggreement) Seller. BCR Corp. Inc., Indianapolis Buyer: Connoisseur Inc., Westport, (Dan Young, 29.6% owner; John W. James A. Gammon. Presiden: Conn. (Jeffrey D. Warshaw, presi- Biddinger, 17% owner); owns KBBX dent/ owner); owns wxxo(FM) Free- (AM)- KESY -FM Omaha and KWSN(AM)- port and wROK(AM)- wzoK(FM) Rock- KRRO-FM Sioux Falls, S.D. Biddinger Third ford, Ill.; KORB (FM) Bettendorf, KJOC owns 37 %, and Young owns 4.9% (AM) Davenport, wxLP(FM) Moline (through SunGroup Inc.) of KMJJ -FM and KBOB(FM) Muscatine, all Iowa; Shreveport, La.; KKSS -FM Santa Fe/ WFDF(AM)- WDZZ(FM) Flint, Mich., and Albuquerque, N.M., and KEAN -AM -FM Quarter WBBW(AM), WBBG(FM), WRTK(AM) and Abilene, KKYS -FM Bryan and KYKX -FM WHOT -FM Youngstown, Ohio; is buy- Longview, all Tex.; are buying CP for ing WGEN -AM -FM Geneseo, Ill.; WRBT KFXJ -FM Abilene. Biddinger owns TV (FM) Mt. Carmel, III. /Evansville, Ind.; 50% of company buying wTOT(AM)- KKCV (FM) Cedar Falls and KOEL -AM- WJAQ-FM Marianna, Fla. FM Oelwein /Cedar Falls, Iowa; WGBF Facilities: AM: 1230 khz, 1 kw; FM: Closings (AM) Evansville- wGBF -FM Henderson, 103.7 mhz, 50 kw, ant. 187 ft. Ky.; is selling wFRL(AM) Freeport; Format: AM: full service; FM: classic has applied to build FM in Franken- rock much, Mich. Warshaw is selling his 21.7% ownership in KPPC(AM) Pasa- WLET-AM -FM Toccoa, Ga. KTNC-TV dena, Calif. He is son of Howard Price: $2.2 million and Miriam Warshaw, owners of Buyer. Southern Broadcasting Cos. (KFCB -TV) WVNJ(AM) Oakland, N.J.; WTHE(AM) of Pensacola Inc., Athens, Ga. Mineola, N.Y., and WRBZ(AM) Ra- (Paul C. Stone, presidenV33% San Francisco, CA ii t leigh /Durham, N.C., and are selling owner); is selling woww(FM) and WKIX-FM Raleigh /Durham. WTKX -FM Pensacola, Fla. Stone is Seller. Wicks Broadcast Group LP, selling wxsR(FM) Quincy, Fla.; owns New York (WBG Management Inc., 50% of Southern Broadcasting WSWS-TV general partner; Edgar R. Berner, Cos., which is selling WPAP -FM presidenV41.7% owner); for hold- Panama City and WPBH(FM) Parker, Columbus, GA min ings, see "Changing Hands," July 29 Fla., and wsNi(FM) Thomasville, Ga.; Facilities: AM: 790 khz, 1 kw day, owns 50% of WGMG(FM) Crawford, 51 w night; FM: 102.9 mhz, 44 kw, WZOT(AM)- WTSH -FM Rockmart and WBFX-TV ant. 455 ft. wTsH(AM) Rome, all Ga.; 24.5% of Greensboro, NC own Call for authors GAMMON BROADCASTING & CABLE and Focal Press are seeking authors for a new series of books to be written by and for broadcast and cable profession- TELEVISION als, addressing topics essential to their needs. The books will be sponsored by BROADCASTING & CABLE and will be BROKERS published internationally by Focal Press, a leading publisher of books and videos about media topics. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: telco entry, new distri- Specializing in Television bution technologies, high- definition television, ratings, interactive pro- Station Brokerage graming and management issues. Books that cover innovative ideas and practical solutions are encouraged. For more information or to submit a proposal please contact Marie Washington, D.C. Kansas City Lee, Acquisitions Editor, Focal Press, 313 Washington St., Newton, Jim Gammon Christopher Miller Mass. 02158 -1626. 703 -761 -5020 913- 749 -7303 36 September 23 1996 Broadcasting & Cable .