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ChangingHands TVs owner; Emily D. McAlister, 29.8% owner; 51% of KPPX(TV) Tolleson /Phoenix, Trades Jeanette D. Hundley, 8.4% owner); no other broadcast interests Ariz. By dollar volume and number of sales; Price: $6.6 million does not include mergers or acquisitions Facilities: WKRR: 92.3 MHz, 100 kW, ant. involving substantial non -station assets Buyer: Paxson Communications Corp., 1,275 ft.; WKZL: 107.5 MHz, 100 kW, ant. West Palm Beach, Fla. (Lowell W. "Bud" t 994 ft. Paxson, chairman/owner; Jon Jay Hoker, Formats: WKRR: classic rock; WKZL: hot AC N/Radio D $0 0 0 president, TV group); owns /is buying 68 WSLT(FM) Clearwater, S.C./Augusta, TVs o $6,600,000 0 1 S.C./ other TVs, induding KBPx(TV) Phoenix. Ga., and WKXC -FM Aiken, 0 2 Note: Paxson already owns 49% of KPPX Combos o $53,675,000 Augusta Seller. Hector Garcia Salvatierra, FMs o $53,340,000 0 6 Price: $12 million Phoenix; no other broadcast interests AMs o $78,410,000 0 4 Buyer: Beasley Broadcast Group Inc., Facilities: Ch. 51, 4,875 kW visual, 487 Total $192,025,000 0 13 Naples, Fla. (George G. Beasley, chairman; kW aural, ant. 1,749 ft. Bruce Beasley, president, Radio Group); Affiliation: Pax TV SO FAR IN 2000 owns /is buying 15 AMs and 21 other FMs, WCHA -FM, WGAC(AM) and Broken Kalil & Co. Inc. (seller) TV /Radio o $2,133,450 D 1 induding WRDW(AM) Augusta, WGOR(FM) Martinez, TVs o $1,018,026,089 D 31 Ga./Augusta, WAJY(FM) New Ellenton, S.C./ COMBOS Combos o $3,680,502,127 E 100 WKNY(AM) Kingston, WRRB(FM) (for- Augusta and WRFN(FM) Warrenton, Gal FMs $1,429,340,292 0165 merly WDSP) Arlington /Middletown, Augusta AMs o $283,038,885 D 106 WEOK(AM) -WPDH(FM) Poughkeepsie, Seller. George H. Buck Jr., Atlanta; owns Total o $6,414,040,843 403 wczx(FM) Hyde Park /Poughkeepsie, four other FMs and 13 AMs WPDA(FM) Jeffersonville/ Facilities: WSLT: 98.3 MHz, 2.8 kW, ant. Poughkeepsie, WALL(AM) -WRRV(FM) 484 ft.; WKxc -FM: 99.5 MHz, 22.5 MHz, Middletown /Poughkeepsie and Colo. /Farmington, N.M. ant. 728 ft. WZAD(FM) Wurtsboro /Poughkeepsie, Price: $675,000 Formats: WSLT: soft AC; WKxC -FM: country all N.Y. Buyer: AGM -Four Corners LLC, Broken Bergner & Co. Price: $53 million cash Bakersfield, Calif. (brothers Anthony S. and 51% of KATY -FM Idyllwild /San Buyer: Aurora II LLC, Stamford, Conn. L. Rogers Brandon, each 25% members; Bernardino, Calif. (Frank D. Osborn, president/owner). Edward B. Hutton, 50% member). Price: $2.5 million Osborn is president/7 % owner of Aurora Brandons own/are buying 17 FMs and nine Buyer: All Pro Broadcasting Inc., Communications LLC, which owns AMs, including KENN(AM)- KRWN(FM) and Idyllwild (Willie D. Davis, president/60% wicc(AM) Bridgeport, WINE(AM)- WRKI(FM) KNNT(AM) Farmington, Kisz -FM Cortez/ owner); owns KCXX(FM) Lake Brookfield, WEBE(FM) Westport, all Conn., Farmington and seller's assets. Each also Arrowhead/San Bernardino, Calif., and and WFAF(FM) Mount Kisco, wRuT(AM)- owns 25% of AGM Nevada LLC, which 50% of two Wisconsin FMs and one w xB(FM) Pattersona and WFAS-AM -FM White owns /is buying seven FMs and four AMs Wisconsin AM. Note: All Pro already Plains, all N.Y. Osborn also owns 33.3% of Seller: AGM -Rocky Mountain owns 49% of KATY -FM KBCB(Tv) Bellingham/Seattle, Wash., and Broadcasting I LLC, Bakersfield Sellen KATY-FM LLC, Temecula, Calif. 20% of WHTV(Tv) Jackson/ Lansing, Mich. (Brandons each own 50 %); owns five (Cliff L. Gill and Kay Sadlier -Gill, princi- Sellers: WPDA: Michael J. Harris (75% Colorado FMs pals); no other broadcast interests owner) Poughkeepsie ALL OTHERS: Robert Facilities: KVFC: 740 kHz, 1 kW day, 250 Facilities: 101.3 MHz, 1.15 kW, ant. 731 ft. R Dyson, Poughkeepsie; no other broad- W night; KRTz: 98.7 MHz, 27 kW, ant. Format: AC cast interests 2,900 ft. KREW -FM Naches /Yakima, Wash. Facilities: WxNY: 1490 kHz, 1 kW; WRRB: Formats: KVFC: oldies, sports; KRTz: country Price: $1.3 million 96.9 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 1,010 ft.; WEOK: Buyer: Clear Channel Communications 1390 kHz, 5 kW day; WPDH: 101.5 MHz, FMs Inc., San Antonio (L. Lowry Mays, chair- 4.5 kW, ant. 1,540 ft.; WCZX: 97.7 MHz, 69% of WKRR(FM) Asheboro/ man; Randy Michaels, chairman, Clear 300 W, ant. 1,030 ft.; WPDA: 106.1 MHz, Greensboro and WKZL(FM) Winston - Channel Radio), owns /is buying 19 TVs 1.6 kW, ant. 627 ft.; WALL: 1340 kHz, 1 Salem /Greensboro, N.C. and 1,111 other radio stations, including kW; WRRV: 92.7 MHz, 3 kW, ant. 300 ft.; Value: $35 million (worth of shares being KIT(AM)- KATS(FM) and KMWx(AM)- WZAD: 97.3 MHz, 620 w, ant. 718 ft. redeemed by seller) KFFM(FM) Yakima and KQSN(FM) Format: WKNY: AC; WRRB: progressive Buyer. James A. Dick Jr., Greensboro, Toppenish/Yakima, Wash. alternative rock; WEOK: MOR; WPDH: AOR; N.C.; already owns 30.9% of WKRR and Seller. Butterfield Broadcasting Corp., WCEx: oldies; WPDA: AOR; WALL: news/talk; WKZL Bellevue, Wash. (Gregory J. Smith, vice KZZM(FM) WRRV: alternative rock; WZAD: oldies Seller. Dick Broadcasting Co. Inc., president /31.2% owner); owns KVFC(AM) -KRTZ(FM) Cortez, Greensboro (Charles Arthur Dick, 30.8% Dayton/Weston, Ore., and KZTS(AM)- 114 Broadcasting & Cable /11 -27 -00 .