ssroaacasung kw aural, ant. 1,290 ft.; WANE -TV: ch. CLOSED!_ 15, 437 kw visual, 43.7 kw aural, Proposed station trades By dollar volume and number of sales; ant. 830 ft.; WISH-TV: ch. 8, 316 kw does not include mergers or acquisitions visual, 42.7 kw aural, ant. 990 ft.; involving substantial non -station assets wIVB -Tv: ch. 4, 100 kw visual, 20 kw THIS WEEK: aural, ant. 1,201 ft.; KXAM -TV: ch. 14, TVs $1,844,200,000 4 3,236 kw visual, 324 kw aural, ant. Combos $785,480,000 12 883 ft.; KXAS -TV: ch. 5, 100 kw visu- FMs $54,713,902 15 al, 20 kw aural, ant. 1,686 ft.; WAVY - AMs $640,000 3 Tv: ch. 10, 316 kw visual, 38.9 kw Total $2,685,033,902 34 aural, ant. 990 ft. SO FAR IN 1997: Affiliations: WTNH -TV, WAND: ABC; TVs $5,786,506,684 76 WANE -TV, WISH -TV, WIVB -TV: CBS; WITN -TV, Washington, Combos $6,615,153,404 212 KXAM -TV, KXAS-Tv, WAVY -TV: NBC FMs $1,686,620,145 269 North Carolina from KSNFITV) Joplin, Mo.; WMGC -TV AMs $256,421,761 144 Raycom -US, Inc., John Binghamton, N.Y., and KJAC -TV Port Total $14,344,701,994. 701 Hayes, President, to Arthur/Beaumont and KFDX -TV Wichi- SAME PERIOD IN 1996: ta Falls, Tex. TVs $5,161,939,845 66 Gray Communications, Price: $72 million Combos $9,827,955,479 239 Inc., for $39,400,000. Buyers: KSNF, KFDX-TV, KJAC -TV: Nex- FMs $1,775,767,953 265 star Broadcasting Group Inc., AMs $144,789,688 152 Pa. presi- Scranton, (Perry Sook, Total $16,910,452,965 722 Brian E. Cobb dent; ABRY Broadcast Partners, Source: BROADCASTING & CABLE Broker owner); owns /is buying eight TVs wMGc -Tv: Ackerley Group, (William Ackerley, president); WNEG -TV Toccoa, Ga. -Greenville- owns /is buying seven TVs Spartanburg, S.C. Seller. U.S. Broadcast Group, Shel- Price: $2.2 million ton, Conn. (Bob Fish, chairman); Buyer. Spartan Communications owns three TVs Inc., Spartanburg (Tom Watson Facilities: KSNF: ch. 16, 2,570 kw Brown, chairman /60% owner); owns visual, 257 kw aural, ant. 1,027 ft.; WSPA- Tv -AM -FM Spartanburg and six wMGc -Tv: ch. 34, 1,480 kw visual, other TVs 148 kw aural, ant. 922 ft.; KJAC -TV: Seller. Stephens County Broadcast- ch. 4, 100 kw visual, 20 kw aural, ing Co., Toccoa (Roy E. Gaines, ELLIOT B. EVERS ant. 1,184 ft.; KFDx -TV: ch. 3, 100 kw president); owns wNEG(AM) Toccoa 415-391-4877 visual, 20 kw aural, ant. 1,000 ft. Facilities: Ch. 32, 647 kw visual, 129 kw aural, ant. 835 ft. GEORGE 1. OTWELL Affiliations: KSNF, KFDX -TV, KJAC -TV: 513-769-4477 NBC; WMGC -TV: ABC Affiliation: CBS Broker. Communications Equity COMBOS BRIAN E. COBB Associates (seller) Swap of KBIG -FM Los Angeles, WDBZ CHARLES E. GIDDENS KOKH -TV Oklahoma City (FM) (now WNSR) and 703-827-2727 Price: $60 million cash KLDEIFM) Houston for WTOP(AM) RANDALL E. JEFFERY Buyer. Sullivan Broadcasting Co. and WGMS -FM Washington and for- RANDALL E. JEFFERY, JR. Inc., Boston (J. Daniel Sullivan, mat and signal of KZLA -FM Los Ange- 407-295-2572 president/CEO; ABRY Broadcast les (BtC, Aug. 11) Partners, 80% owner); owns /is buy- Value: $740 million ing 12 TVs. ABRY also owns Nex- Swapper, KILA -FM, WroP, wGMs-ru: Chan- RADIO and TELEVISION star Broadcasting Group Inc., which cellor Media Corp., Dallas (Scott K. BROKERAGE APPRAISALS is buying KSNF(Tv) Joplin, Mo., and Ginsburg, president); owns KIBB KJAC -Tv Port Arthur /Beaumont and (FM), KYSR(FM), KLAC(AM) and KKBT KFDx -Tv Wichita Falls, Tex. (see (FM) Los Angeles; WLTW(FM), WAXO item above). (FM), WKTU(FM) and WHTZ-FM New Seller. Inc., York; KTRH(AM)- KLOL(FM) and KKBO- Baltimore (David D. Smith, presi- AM -FM` Houston, and WMZO -FM, dent/28.1 % owner); owns KocB -Tv WASH(FM), WBIG(FM), WTEM(AM), WEBR Oklahoma City. Sinclair owns/is (FM)` and wwRc(AM)* Washington. buying 25 TVs, 34 FMs and 123 Chancellor owns/is buying (' =buy- AMs. Note: Sinclair must divest ing) 71 FMs and 27 AMs. MEDIA VENTURE KOKH -Tv in order to buy Heritage Swapper, KBIG -FM, WDBZ, KLDC Bonne- Media Corp., which currently owns ville International Corp., Salt Lake PARTNERS the station. City (Bruce T. Reese, president; WASHINGTON, DC Facilities: Ch. 25, 1,410 kw visual, Corporation of the President of the ORLANDO CINCINNATI 141 kw aural, ant. 1,540 ft. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Affiliation: Fox Day Saints, owner); owns wwzz(FM),

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