tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34064389443146765332024-02-07T23:08:13.763-05:00George Reed's Radio/TV Station Trading ViewsThoughts and observations on the radio/TV station and wireless tower trading markets. A look at the impact and integration of new media into station operations.
Station values, stations for sale, radio and TV station news, towers, and more from a Director of Media Services Group and co-publisher of Inside Towers.George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-19361585002053838982018-08-06T15:53:00.001-04:002018-08-06T15:53:41.144-04:00Another Big Push For More Deregulation<i>Radio Ink</i> ran a story today about a group of broadcaster leaders coming out in favor of deregulation. The group includes:<br />
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif;">Jeffrey H. Smulyan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif;">Thomas A. Walker</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif;">Beth Neuhoff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif;">Mary Quass</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif;">The group makes a well-reasoned, thoughtful argument. </span><span style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif;">Access the story here: </span><a href="https://radioink.com/2018/08/06/another-big-push-for-more-deregulation/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://radioink.com/2018/08/06/another-big-push-for-more-deregulation/</a></div>
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George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-40569491507724462042018-06-28T10:22:00.001-04:002018-06-28T10:22:49.898-04:00NAB Board Made the Right Call on Dereg<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Ed Levine, Paul Stone, and George Reed</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much has been written in the radio trades over the last week regarding the NAB Radio Board vote in favor of recommending to the FCC an update of its radio ownership rules. We’d like to give you our take.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some in our business think the NAB board went too far in calling for significant relaxation of the rules; others think the board did not go far enough, arguing that for broadcasters to be competitive with our totally unregulated digital competitors, radio needs complete elimination of any ownership restrictions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can count us — as small- and medium-market radio station owners dedicated to localism and delivering great radio to our listeners — as strong supporters of the NAB Board recommendation. You can quibble over details of the specific board recommendation. But we say hats off to the NAB Board for facing down a tough issue, and for taking bold action that will allow radio operators the opportunity to achieve the scale needed to endure and thrive in the digital world of today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reality is this: radio ownership rules have remained unchanged for 22 years. Forget whether the consolidation ushered in by the 1996 Telecom Act was good or bad for listeners. What is undeniable is that the world has changed dramatically since 1996, and regulations on our business need to evolve with the times.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Radio faces challenges today that would have been unimaginable 22 years ago — or even five years ago. The competition for listeners — whether it’s from YouTube or Sirius/XM or Pandora or Spotify — is intense. And it’s growing. Moreover, we aren’t competing for advertising dollars just from radio stations across the street or even across state boundaries. Collectively, we’re losing ad business by the billions to digital companies like Google and Facebook. Case in point: BIA Kelsey analyzed the Syracuse market last year and found the following: Google, Facebook, and Bing combined exceeded the local advertising market of all the local Syracuse radio stations ($40.5 million to $32.5 million).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s not just an upstate New York problem; that’s a problem facing every radio station owner across America, and it’s only going to get worse. Digital platforms like Google and Facebook are unregulated business models hell-bent on eating local broadcasting’s ad-dollar lunch. And they could care less about FCC mandates of serving localism and the public’s “interest, convenience and necessity.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we see it, the NAB Radio Board faced two options: Option 1 was to bury its collective head in the sand and ignore a tsunami. Option 2 was to address the issue honestly, forthrightly, and directly, and present to Chairman Pai and his FCC colleagues some ideas that will keep free and local radio alive for our millions of listeners for decades to come. We think the NAB Radio Board chose the right option.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ed Levine is President and CEO of Syracuse-based Galaxy Media, LLC, which owns 14 radio stations in Syracuse, Utica, and Rome, NY; Paul Stone is President of Southern Broadcasting Companies, which owns 33 radio stations in Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee; and George Reed is co-owner of Monticello Media, which owns six stations in Charlottesville, VA, and co-founder of Media Services Group, a brokerage firm</span>.</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-68508630917759583662018-04-13T10:38:00.000-04:002018-04-13T10:55:49.889-04:00“An Existential Moment for Radio”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A respected radio broadcaster friend of mine used this phrase recently in describing the current state of the radio industry. I admit to consulting the dictionary for the definition of “existential”: <i>pertaining to existence</i>. His comment followed our discussion about one of his radio markets where all of the car dealers had canceled the broadcast advertising (both radio and TV) and put their entire budgets into digital. He consulted BIA research to dig into the problem a little more deeply and discovered to his horror that digital ad revenues in his market exceed radio and TV spend combined! And this is apparently true in most, if not all, markets.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At our company meeting at the NAB on Sunday, my partner, Stephan Sloan, made a presentation on radio revenues. One of his slides was terrifying; we essentially have gone backwards for a decade. After stripping out digital revenue, radio never really recovered from the 2008 recession. The forward-looking projections from analysts do not look any better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Radio is in trouble. Google, Facebook, and the rest are devouring local radio budgets. Our local competitors, TV and newspaper, have been deregulated by the FCC. Radio ownership rules are the same today as in 1996 (when neither Google, Facebook, or the iPhone had been invented). The world has changed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Additionally, we now face competition from Spotify, Pandora, and XMSirius (even XM and Sirius were allowed to combine). Our two biggest companies are both in bankruptcy. What is wrong with this picture?<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is some hope. The FCC has apparently recognized the problem and plans to take action (thank you Chairman Pai). Having just returned from the NAB Show, I can confirm that this was a major topic of discussion. But where is our industry’s leadership on this issue? I hear that the NAB Board of Directors is divided on the subject, with the NAB’s largest radio member, iHeart, adamantly and inexplicably opposed to deregulation. Given the seriousness of the subject (the survival of free, over-the-air commercial radio), how can this be?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tom Taylor’s <a href="https://mailchi.mp/tomtaylornow/tom-taylor-now-123773?e=47728fc2d8" target="_blank">lead story today</a> brings this topic to the forefront. I urge you to read the story and take action. Start by calling your NAB rep. File comments when the NPRM is released. Talk it up with our broadcaster colleagues.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are station owners who cannot exit. Due to our outdated ownership rules, there are no buyers in some markets. The banks have fled our no-growth business. We no longer compete with the radio guy across the street, we are competing with Google and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What the FCC chooses to do is critical. If they merely relax the subcaps, AM values will go to zero (unfortunately, not a huge drop from where they are today). The FCC must act on relaxing or eliminating the caps. In small markets, one ownership should be permitted. The NAB must get on board. I agree with my broadcaster buddy, this is an <i>existential moment </i>for the radio industry. If you own stations (or hope to one day), it is time to form a bandwagon, then get on it. Radio’s leadership cannot sit quietly on the sidelines and miss what is likely our last opportunity (politically) to save the industry we love. <o:p></o:p><br />
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George Reed<br />
904.285.3239<br />
<a href="mailto:george@mediaservicesgroup.com">george@mediaservicesgroup.com</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-59939231838011282162017-10-11T09:40:00.001-04:002017-10-11T09:40:27.078-04:00Buying Your First Radio Station?We have several radio station opportunities which are ideal for first-time-buyers looking for owner/operator situations. Our Sellers have reasonable price expectations and some offer seller financing.<br />
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The regions are Southeast, South Atlantic, and Southwest.<br />
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The stations are also a good "fit" for regional operators.<br />
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Contact Megan Reed for more information: <a href="mailto:megan@mediaservicesgroup.com">megan@mediaservicesgroup.com</a>/203.733.5943Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-14011435290261691632017-05-10T18:14:00.000-04:002017-05-10T18:14:36.646-04:00Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: What Sinclair-Tribune Looks Like Is Massive<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Adam Jacobson via<i> RBR + TVBR INFOCUS</i><br /><br />Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Talented Mr. Ripley — President/CEO Chris Ripley, that is — hosted an 11am conference call with financial analysts on Wall Street just two hours after an announcement confirming that the Baltimore-based media company had agreed to a merger with Tribune Media Co. valued at a whopping $6.6 billion, including the assumption of approximately $2.7 billion in net debt.<br /><br />Simply stated, Ripley will be overseeing — by far — the largest broadcast TV company in the U.S., with combined revenue of $4.3 billion.<br /><br />What’s perhaps the biggest takeaway of the Sinclair-Tribune Media deal is all about reach: The new Sinclair, after the deal’s expected close in Q4, will have coverage of 72% of the U.S. Click here for <a href="https://rbr.com/233969-2/">more</a>. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-26205125405098174072017-04-22T21:06:00.000-04:002017-04-22T21:06:05.109-04:002017 NAB Show<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Media Services Group Suite at the 2017 NAB Show at the Encore Las Vegas is: E-1605. Look forward to seeing you!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-92206794501357441182017-04-13T22:48:00.001-04:002017-04-13T22:48:54.717-04:00FCC Announces TV Station Winners in the Spectrum AuctionClick for the list: <a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0413/DA-17-314A2.pdf">http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0413/DA-17-314A2.pdf</a>George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-54772642725230999242017-03-25T10:45:00.002-04:002017-03-25T10:45:53.320-04:00See you in NashvilleHoping to see all of our tower friends at the South Wireless Summit next week in Nashville.<br />
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George<br />
<a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/location.cfm?id=3" target="_blank">Media Services Group</a><br />
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George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-48705443945003844042017-01-17T09:02:00.000-05:002017-01-17T09:02:36.014-05:00Guest Blogger Stephan Sloan: Sick Sigma?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the Reverse Auction portion of Stage 4 there has been a reassuringly green box and check mark around the First Component of the Final Stage Rule graphic on the Incentive Auction Dashboard. <u style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/1000" rel="nofollow noopener" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">https://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/1000</a></u>However, we can learn that the First Component is in fact not met as noted in paragraph 22 of <u style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1354A1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1354A1.pdf</a></u> released back on December 9th. (Thank you again to @Nancy_Drew for this.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Calculating in this manner, specifically differentiating between the sale of blocks with demand and those supplied seems to cause the Final Stage Rule to seek a market price for both the blocks sold and those unsold. I would not have anticipated unsubscribed blocks in the top 40 PEAs and yet that is the case in both Los Angeles and San Diego. Carrying the weight of those goose eggs in the equation is heavy. These un-bid blocks represent perhaps the simplest and I believe the most efficient way to satisfy the First Condition of the Final Stage Rule. Bids for an additional block at present pricing in both Los Angeles and San Diego would cost $441,486,000 and require a bidder or bidders with 23,300 available bidding units. Both of these requirements are less than the amounts eliminated in the New York PEA by the progression from Stage 3 to Stage 4. The resulting average of $1.2533…. overshoots the rule. Alternatively, without further demand in Los Angeles and San Diego, if pricing were to advance to the Clock Price in each of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas and Miami it would cost bidders $400,905,540 to achieve $1.2501… While this path costs fewer dollars it also represents two fewer blocks of spectrum licensed and therefore, I believe, is less efficient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rapid progression of Stages has clearly illustrated how compressible demand is for blocks in the top 40 PEAs. As supply is removed from all PEAs, demand has dropped nearly in step. This is reflected in the following chart presenting aggregate supply and aggregate demand in blocks for each stage. (I have focused my analysis on C1 or unimpaired blocks.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I keep in mind that 75% of all demand units in the Forward Auction are represented in the top 40 PEAs. This analysis also seems to put lie to any claim that there is a pool of demand displaced from the top 40 PEAs by the recent Stage progressions that is loitering outside the top 40 PEAs causing the auction to advance but waiting for some as of yet unoccasioned event to reintroduce itself and drive pricing up in the top markets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Demand has deserted the Forward Auction almost as quickly as the FCC has constrained supply. The theory of displaced demand in larger or different PEAs reintroducing itself to accept supply or push pricing on other/smaller PEAs I have not found supported in the data. Perhaps this auction has been long enough and this winter has been cold enough that some of the demand from the Northeast will find its way to lovely Southern California and one of those unsubscribed LA and San Diego blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paragraph 22 of the Public Notice I cited at the start concludes with, “…approximately three cents short of the required $1.25 benchmark.”. This is perfect Incentive Auction prose as there is a footnote indicating, “The auction system neither rounds nor truncates the average price when determining whether the first component of the final stage rule has been met.” Three cents are, in fact, the path to Stage 5. I believe $441,846,000 or even a little less can get it done now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the results of Stage 2 were published, I was considering the probability of validating the Incentive Auction if the Forward Auction continued to fail at advancing the Auction Proceeds. The chart above indicates the outcomes of some models I was considering. The outcome of Stage 3 validated these models and increased my interest in their Stage 4 prediction. Perhaps only in a federal US government adventure can a $4 Billion spread (implied in Stage 4 data above) appear as tantalizingly close.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Throughout the Incentive Auction process, I believe reserve prices have been a moving target. For many, calculation of reserve prices rose as the prospect of being frozen in the auction became more real and proximate in their minds. For the first two Stages the perception of the expense of winding down their business or porting it to another channel grew. The measured but significant increase in Stage 3 Reverse Auction competition may have added the concept of relative reserve price to the mix. Concerns of underestimating the expense of winning (freezing) gave way to assessment of the probability of winning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Stage 4 surely has added to the strain of reserve price discipline for station owners with the model no-longer finding any support from scarcity of participation and seeking the exit of multiple participants in many markets. It is this strain that is causing me to discount the previously reliable model charted above and consider the possibility of starting the Stage 4 Forward Auction with the Final Stage Rule met.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Reserve price discipline may be the greatest test of the Reverse Auction. Without respect to the thoughtfulness or conviction with which one may arrive at a reserve price actually sticking to it is another matter. At the peak of his career, Mike Tyson was apprised by a reporter that his next opponent had a plan to defeat the champ. Tyson’s reply echoed Joe Louis’s answer to a similar question a generation before when he quipped, “Everybody’ has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” For many station owners, whose experience in Stages 1-3 was one of delight with the outcome, the approximation and arrival at their anticipated reserve price over the past few days has no doubt been as unpleasant as a punch in the mouth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>There is genius too in the design of the Reverse Auction as bidders are provided a Vacancy Index which is quite good for the pinning of hopes if not otherwise useless for a single station owner. The transition to 1% decrements and the option to accept a “free” VHF station further the virtual suction down the rounds. These elements introduce quicksand on what looked like firm ground from round 10 of the Stage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>This sentiment is compelling me towards expecting an end of the auction at Stage 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>If a silver lining can be found for the decrease in station pricing to achieve validation at Stage 4 it is a less is more argument. Lower pricing in this Stage permits the model to include more stations (by not progressing to an additional Stage). I believe a progression from Stage 4 to 5 of the Reverse Auction represents nearly a fully reserve price supported model and accordingly further reductions in clearing costs are mostly accomplished by taking fewer stations and not decrementing the prices of the stations bidding. The chart below presents data for models estimating the number of stations frozen in the auction. The number indicates the average number of stations frozen in the models I chose and the size of the bubble represents the variance among the models.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's a refrain many media brokers may be saying. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This was mostly portfolio tweaking," says <b>George Reed,</b> a media broker with <b>Media Services Group </b>based out of the Jacksonville, Fla., office. "Inventory is, and has been, limited."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the next 12 months look good, says Reed and another broker who shared their thoughts on 2017 with <i>RBR + TVBR. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the full article <a href="http://rbr.com/robust-2017-for-tv-deals/?event=login" target="_blank">here</a> (login required). </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-61823800058745975252016-12-20T09:07:00.000-05:002016-12-20T09:07:04.156-05:00Guest Blogger Stephan Sloan: Contest Rules<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Few tournaments have rules for those no longer competing. The Incentive Auction does in the form of 47 C.F.R. § 1.2205(c), the Prohibited Communications Rule. For more than 800 stations not needed in Stage 1 the price of entering the tournament is the continuing burden of the Prohibited Communications Rule. Station owners interested in exploring the sale of their station are presently challenged to provide information to prospective buyers concerned that they will be thought to be communicating elements of their bidding strategy or outcome inthe auction. Buyers are dubious of the effort or resources they should expend to pursue a station which could be frozen in the auction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been pleased to support efforts to identify stations that should be waived from this rule as they no longer represent meaningful data for rational models of auction outcomes in the current and later Stages. I remain hopeful that recognition of the public good for the purposes of community service and repack as well as the negligible value to the remaining competitors will guide the FCC to a relaxation or limitation of the Prohibited Communications Rule. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those wishing to pursue the purchase of a station that elected to participate in the Incentive Auction I can offer data on the probability of a station being frozen. Good modeling provides buyers a rational understanding of the probability a station was frozen in the Incentive Auction and on that basis, decide if they should pursue it or not. Buyers can make their own assessment without input from the station owner, honoring the Prohibited Communications Rule.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are clearly past halftime in the Incentive Auction tournament. Like in the final quarter of a game, I think the highest stakes calls are being made now in Stage 4. Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz encouraged his players; “How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game.” I hope I can assist some of you or your clients with successful answers to these challenges.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-10373727102887014782016-12-19T12:01:00.001-05:002016-12-19T12:01:15.680-05:00Guest Blogger Stephan Sloan: Tournament Television<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Incentive Auction is looking more like a tournament than an auction to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the early stages of the Incentive Auction the perception of winning this tournament, that is receiving more value for your television license than it was otherwise worth, was probable for many stations. Licensees who were allowed to participate piled in to the contest and expected a victory. This behavior can be seen as the success of the opening bid prices and the distribution accomplished by the FCC and the Greenhill Report.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like in tournaments, participants’ assessment of victory evolves as time elapses. The huge spread between the Stage 1 Clearing Target and Net Auction Proceeds was a strong indication to competitors that multiple stage progressions would be likely to close that gap. Many models pointed towards Stage 4 as the first opportunity for validation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a participant, anticipation of a Stage 4 result yields a radically different expectation of winning both in terms of probability and magnitude. It can be modeled that 270+ fewer stations are frozen by Stage 4 and the amounts paid to the winning licensees is reduced by more than 70%. The tournament by Stage 4 is a different contest. Without confidence, the Incentive Auction of Stage 4 does not create hope for winning but raises the question what does loosing look like?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that as the stages have progressed many television station owners have turned away from further assessment of their reserve price (a metric for winning) and have focused instead on post Incentive Auction plans. To illustrate this point, Stage 1 results promised each of two or more duopoly owners in a market a winning scenario of each of them freezing one station in the auction and receiving a generous sum of money, participation in the tournament is rational. After the auction, each of the duopoly owners could be winners and the competitive landscape in the market would remain as each duopoly would likely now be represented by a single station (and a large bag of cash).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stage 4 likely presents asymmetric results where all of the stations offered by the duopoly operators would not be needed. Outcomes include some duopolies remaining intact while another may freeze a station. Is a definition of winning being the only duopoly to freeze and facing post Incentive Auction competition with half the bandwidth of the competition (and a smaller bag of cash)? Pricing this scenario is complicated as well where reserve prices become relative to the competition rather than a function of enterprise value.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do you like the tournament so far?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tournament-television-stephan-sloan?trk=prof-post" target="_blank">Stephan Sloan</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director, <a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/" target="_blank">Media Services Group</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">401.454.3130</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ss@mediaservicesgroup.com">ss@mediaservicesgroup.com</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-86738651880251740722016-12-07T13:23:00.000-05:002016-12-07T13:23:05.936-05:00Alpha Media Sells Two Virginia Radio Stations to Educational Media Foundation (Press Release)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Educational
Media Foundation (EMF) has entered into an agreement to acquire WLFV-FM in
Midlothian, VA and WARV-FM in Petersburg, VA, serving Richmond, VA from Alpha
Media.<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The purchase
price is $2,000,000.* <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/sellingyourstations.html" target="_blank">George Reed</a> of Media Services Group represented the Seller in this
transaction.</span><!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-68056300327892666822016-12-02T10:48:00.001-05:002016-12-02T10:48:51.250-05:00'Let's Make A Deal in 2017,' Radio Ink Special Broker ReportThey work the phones and their contacts every day, looking for deals, proposing transactions, hooking sellers up with buyers. Brokers who deal in radio have all the inside information on who has the capital, who wants to sell, and what the real multiples are.<br />
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According to SNL Kagan, through he first three quarters of 2016, the radio deal volume was about $418 million, with the Beasley purchase of Greater Media deal being the largest ($159 million) - and that's low. Read the full article <a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/articles/2016%20Radio%20Ink%20Broker%20Report.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-43382593973343977792016-11-01T12:18:00.000-04:002016-11-01T12:18:35.053-04:00Crown Castle to Buy FiberNet for $1.5B Adding 11,500 Miles of Fiber to Portfolio<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FPL FiberNet Holdings, LLC and certain other subsidiaries of </span><a href="http://www.nexteraenergy.com/" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">NextEra Energy, Inc</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. (NYSE:NEE) (collectively, “FiberNet”) for approximately $1.5 billion in cash (subject to certain limited adjustments). FiberNet is a fiber services provider that owns or has rights to approximately 11,500 route miles of fiber installed and under construction in Florida and Texas, inclusive of approximately 6,000 route miles of fiber in top metro markets. Pro forma for the proposed acquisition, Crown Castle will own or have rights to approximately 28,500 route miles of fiber.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The addition of FiberNet’s complementary footprint in top metro markets in South Florida and Texas bolsters our fiber available for small cells in markets where we see significant demand from our wireless carrier customers,” said Jay Brown, Crown Castle’s Chief Executive Officer. “As demand for wireless connectivity continues to grow, small cells are playing an increasingly important role in adding the network capacity and density needed to provide ubiquitous high-speed, high-capacity wireless services. With a long runway of expected growth ahead for small cells, we believe our investment in FiberNet further strengthens our leading position in small cells and will enhance our long-term dividend growth.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Crown Castle expects the acquisition to close in the first half of 2017 and to be immediately accretive to Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”) per share upon closing. In the first year of Crown Castle’s ownership, the transaction is expected to contribute approximately $105 to $110 million to gross margin and approximately $15 to $20 million of general and administrative expenses. Additionally, the transaction includes approximately $5 million in annual cash flows associated with a customer lease that will be accounted for as a financing lease and therefore not contribute to the expected gross margin. Supplemental materials related to the transaction have been posted on the Crown Castle website at</span><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=Hq8SMrGkdiVnnxHoCvoBbCe7d2nMHFX4ywGdypqKPQmtIGzfXqaytSGzY-_1m80YkQ46KpoTkfDjvu_2FWmvb50ZsQSgg1dy72Utxpd1OktYm3cS3zy86P3Voq-_6hZI" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://investor.crowncastle.com</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-50091895488936737652016-10-14T11:54:00.000-04:002016-10-14T11:55:26.677-04:00Salina Radio Stations Acquired by Rocking M Media, LLC. (Press Release)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Salina, KS: (Wednesday, October 12, 2016) Alpha Media LLC and Rocking M Media, LLC
announced today their formal filing with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer
five of Alpha Media’s radio stations in Salina, Abilene and Manhattan Kansas to Rocking M
Media.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The radio stations to be transferred are; KSAL-AM 1150; KSAL-FM 104.9; KABI-AM 1560;
KYEZ-FM 93.7 and KBLS-FM 102.5.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alpha Media CEO/President, Bob Proffitt commented on the announcement, “We’re happy for
our employees in Salina to be joining such a great company. Rocking M Media is a strong force
in Kansas radio and media.”
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rocking M Media President, Christopher Miller added, “RMM is so very excited to add the
Alpha Media staff and stations to our family. They will be a great addition and will be
instrumental in helping RMM promote the businesses and communities in and around our Salina
and Abilene markets.”
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alpha Media was represented by <a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/sellingyourstations.html" target="_blank">George Reed</a> of Media Services Group and Rocking M Media
was represented by Gammon Miller media investment bankers.
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About Alpha Media
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alpha Media, headquartered in Portland, Oregon was formed by veteran radio executive, Larry
Wilson in August 2009 and initially acquired six Portland radio stations. After several
acquisitions and this transaction, Alpha Media will own or operate 246 radio stations within 50 markets across the United States covering all formats including Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Spanish, Urban, News Talk, Sports, Rock, Country and more. In addition to the radio stations, Alpha Media owns the intimate performance venues, Skype Live Studio in Portland Oregon and Alamo Lounge in San Antonio, Texas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About Rocking M Media
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2007 the Miller family established what has become known as Rocking M Media, LLC
(RMM) as a business development company. The RMM group of 24 radio stations covers all of
Central and Western Kansas and parts of Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The principals of RMM are Monte and Doris Miller and their sons Christopher Miller and Quinn
Miller and Christopher’s son Cale Miller. The Miller family has been developing businesses in Kansas for more than 100 years. They have owned newspapers, television stations and now radio
stations. Monte Miller’s grandfather was A.Q. Miller, from Salina Kansas and he started the
family media business with owning newspapers in Kansas and Colorado in the 1890’s. The
Journalism School at Kansas State University is named The A.Q. Miller Family School of
Journalism and Mass Communications.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a business development company RMM focuses on the needs of entrepreneurs and business
owners in its radio markets; by offering incubator office space with business training, radio
advertising, digital media, social media and raising capital with its crowd funding site
RuralGrowth.com.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">RMM is as entrepreneurial as its clients and has launched other businesses that complement the
RMM platform like; TodayInKansas.com a news portal that has its own radio network that
broadcasts three Kansas news reports daily on 27 radio stations in Kansas, the Kansas Farm and
Ranch Radio network the largest Ag radio network in the state, Wheat State Signs a sign
company in Pratt, KS, KANBids.com an online auction site with auctions every two weeks
where RMM sells local services and merchandise from its radio station advertisers. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-65123553336217650782016-09-29T12:26:00.000-04:002016-09-29T12:26:56.957-04:00RBR Article On My M&A Predictions <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Leslie Stimson | <a href="http://rbr.com/" target="_blank">RBR</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asset sales for radio were slow in the first half of the year. Up until Beasley Broadcast Group's announced $240 million acquisition of Greater Media in July, the biggest transaction in radio this year was KSBJ Educational Foundation's $10 million deal to buy KUHA-FM from Houston Public media. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RBR+TVBR asked Media Services Group Managing Partner George Reed for his thoughts on how the rest of the year will play out for radio M&A. Read the full article <a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/articles/2016%2009%2028%20RBR%20Interview.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<span id="goog_531191150"></span><span id="goog_531191151"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-17217093915826894982016-08-04T12:17:00.001-04:002016-08-04T12:17:54.770-04:00WVJT, LLC To Purchase WVMP-FM From Community Media Group, LLC (Press Release)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WVJT, LLC has entered into an agreement* to purchase WVMP (FM) in Roanoke, VA, from Community Media Group, LLC. The buyer is headed by Todd Robinson, who owns radio stations in Lynchburg, Bedford, Covington, Clifton Forge and Lewisburg West Virginia. The seller is headed by Dr. William E. Amos, who holds no other broadcast interests, but will become a shareholder of Community Media Group upon the closing of the transaction. WVMP will continue to be located at the Patrick Henry Hotel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WVJT, LLC began operating WVMP on August 1, 2016, under a local marketing agreement. According to Todd Robinson, "Our group is excited to become a part of such a wonderful community (Roanoke area) and look forward to continuing and expanding the fine broadcast services started by Dr. Amos and his very capable staff." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Dr. Amos, "My workload as CTO of Meridium and other software ventures has increased. This month we will release a new version of our software and I need to spend more time working with Meridium customers and project teams making the transition to the new product line. I'm excited to be a shareholder of Todd's company and will assist as required. Being a shareholder of the group was important to me continue to promote the local market." He went on to say, "I'm quite proud of the gains the station has made over the past eight months in terms of revenue and improved signal. It's good to leave the station on an up note. The entire staff has done a remarkable job and I can't wait to see the impact of WVMP being affiliated with a group that provides complete market coverage." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The purchase price is $600,000. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/sellingyourstations.html" target="_blank">George Reed</a> of Media Services Group represented the Seller in this transaction. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Pending FCC Approval </span></i>George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-31691047546776922452016-08-02T12:00:00.003-04:002016-08-02T12:00:47.574-04:00InSite Wireless Group Announces Macquarie's $280M Investment (from Inside Towers)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://insidetowers.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=a2f4815696&e=29d94763b4" target="_blank">InSite Wireless G<!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
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today announced that Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, as part of an initial
investment of approximately $280 million—has acquired a 42.5% equity interest
in the company from Catalyst Investors II, L.P. and other minority
investors.<br />
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David Weisman, InSite’s President and CEO describes the new partnership as
“groundbreaking...and represents a significant growth opportunity for us. We’re
delighted to partner with an experienced investor that has such a keen
understanding of the wireless telecommunications infrastructure space,” he
said. <br />
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Macquarie has also committed to additional future investments to promote
InSite’s continued growth. InSite owns, operates, and manages wireless
telecommunications tower site facilities and distributed antenna systems (DAS)
across the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, and
Australia.<br />
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InSite will continue to be led by its existing management team of co-founders
David Weisman and Lance C. Cawley, CFO. Cox Enterprises—and several of
its subsidiaries—and Catalyst Investors IV, L.P. will continue to be investors
in InSite.<br />
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“We are very pleased to become a major investor in InSite,” said Karl Kuchel,
Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc. “The company
has an experienced management team that has delivered strong growth over many
years. We look forward to partnering with this team, Cox, and Catalyst to
support InSite’s future growth.”<br />
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“We believe that wireless infrastructure represents an attractive area for
long-term investment,” said Pat Esser, President of Cox Communications. “We are
excited to welcome MIP III as an investor and believe that InSite has emerged
from this transaction as a truly unique provider in the industry,
well-positioned for long-term strategic growth.”<br />
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“It has been a privilege to be a part of InSite’s tremendous growth and success
over the last six years. David and his team delivered an exceptional return on
our initial investment. We are thrilled to continue as an investor and as a
partner with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners and Cox,” said Todd Clapp,
Partner with Catalyst Investors.<br />
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The purchase agreement was signed by the parties on July 1, 2016. The
transaction was subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing
conditions, and was closed effective July 29, 2016. Evercore served as
financial advisor to InSite and Lowenstein Sandler LLP and Sullivan and
Worcester LLP provided legal counsel. Guggenheim Securities served as financial
advisor to MIP III and White & Case LLP provided legal counsel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">George<br /><a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/radiotvtowervalues.html" target="_blank">Media Services Group</a></span>George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-19136055481506011492016-07-27T13:52:00.002-04:002016-07-27T13:52:47.733-04:00Unlock the Value in Your Broadcast Towers<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many of our
broadcaster clients have chosen to monetize their tower assets at impressive
prices. This year alone, I have sold and
closed over 200 broadcast towers to tower consolidators. While radio stations continue to trade at
6.0x to 7.0x cash flow multiples, towers are trading and 10.0x to 12.0x, and
well into the “teens” if they include 3<sup>rd</sup>-party cellular tenants.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">
If you would like to confidentially discuss the value and marketability of your
broadcast towers, please give me a call.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/radiotvtowervalues.html" target="_blank">George</a><br /><a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/radiotvtowervalues.html" target="_blank">Media Services Group</a><br />904.285.3239</span></span><br />
George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-18424875240131075202016-07-21T15:42:00.000-04:002016-07-21T15:42:27.828-04:00Beasley Broadcast Group + Greater Media<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thoughts on the $240 million deal. Read them <a href="http://www.insideradio.com/free/brokers-on-beasley-greater-media-both-sides-profit/article_16851958-4f07-11e6-90ef-4fc68d06a3f3.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-9460990788371049512016-07-18T10:50:00.000-04:002016-07-18T10:50:58.773-04:00NJ Broadcasting, LLC Closes on WWRL-AM In New York City (Press Release)<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NJ
Broadcasting, LLC, owned by Dr. Nimisha Shukla, closed on the purchase of
WWRL-AM, New York City, from Access.1 Communications Corp. Access.1 is headed
by Chesley Maddox-Dorsey. The station has been operated by NJ Broadcasting under
an LMA since February 1. The purchase price was $7,000,000.<span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WWRL-AM,
1600 kHz, programs for the large South Asian Community located throughout the
Tri-State Area. Dr. Shukla, a Pediatric Physician, also owns 7 Days Pediatrics,
located in Edison, New Jersey.</span></div>
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<a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/location.cfm?id=8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Tom McKinley</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/landing%20pages/sellingyourstations.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">George Reed</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of Media Services Group represented the seller in this
transaction.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-76117931888893947482016-07-01T16:15:00.001-04:002016-07-01T16:15:51.532-04:00Tweet of the Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have a great 4th!<br />
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GeorgeGeorge Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-43239310547182697472016-06-29T13:30:00.002-04:002016-06-29T13:35:38.941-04:00Guest Blogger Stephan Sloan: Bigger Than Big<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">$86,422,558,704</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That looks like $2.71/MHz/Pop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't have the optimism to model that there would be reserve price discipline of the middle and smaller TV station owners to support this. The message I see in this information is that the TV broadcasters have participated fully in the FCC's plan and the spectrum is valuable to them. I also see an effect from the consolidation in the Television business as the larger broadcasters had the time and talent to determine optimal yield analysis and bidding strategies. While I remain surprised by the total I believe there is substantial data to support validation from the Forward Auction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before recoiling at that clearing cost please consider the quote below from Peter Compton in commenting on the results of the AWS3 Auction back in May of 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The nationwide average price for the paired blocks was $2.72/MHzPop, about three times higher than investment banking estimates before the auction began."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bigger-than-big-stephan-sloan?trk=prof-post" target="_blank">Stephan Sloan </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Director, <a href="http://mediaservicesgroup.com/" target="_blank">Media Service Group</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">401.454.3130</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ss@mediaservicesgroup.com">ss@mediaservicesgroup.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320870182163112883noreply@blogger.com0