Connoisseur Sells WDRC-F, WDRC-A-WSNG-A-WMMW-A/Hartford, Mod 102.3/New Haven To Red Wolf

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CONNOISSEUR MEDIA is selling its HARTFORD stations to RED WOLF BROADCASTING for $8 million. The stations include Classic Rock WDRC-F (102.9 THE WHALE) and News-Talk WDRC-A/HARTFORD, WDRC-A simulcast partners WSNG-A/TORRINGTON and WMMW-A/MERIDEN, and Alternative W272DO (MOD 102.3)/NEW HAVEN, which is fed by CONNOISSEUR's WPLR-HD2/NEW HAVEN. BERGER AND CO.'s MICHAEL J. BERGNER served as exclusive broker in the transaction.  The deal has yet to be filed with the FCC; With the deal, MOD 102.3 has moved to online-and-HD2-only status. W272DO is now being fed by RED WOLF's Tropical WMRQ-HD2/HARTFORD "BOMBA FM" format, simulcast over W246CC/BOLTON, W258AL/CLINTON,  and W283BS/BRIDGEPORT.

As of today mod will not be broadcasting on 102.3FM in New Haven. The signal was sold to another company. You can still listen on the HD-2 channel of 99.1, at https://t.co/R6r8TAGdS2 & on our mobile app. We'll still tweet. Thanks for listening/following https://t.co/iYj2gBG2dF

— Mod 102.3 (@Mod1023FM) January 15, 2018

Meanwhile, in a radio deal that isn't technically a radio deal, ISLAND BROADCASTING LLC is selling low power TV station WNYZ-LP/NEW YORK to YOUNG D. KWON's SOUND OF LONG ISLAND, INC. for $1.75 million.  The station is a "Franken-FM" using the audio portion of its analog signal on VHF Channel 6 as an FM signal on 87.76 FM.  KWON is a shareholder in NY METRO RADIO KOREA, INC., which has operated the station under a Time Brokerage Agreement since 2016 with a Korean format.

The Commission has also granted HUBBARD BROADCASTING's application to move K235BP/BEMIDJI, MN into MINNEAPOLIS on 94.1 FM to rebroadcast Sports KSTP-A (1500 ESPN)/ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, rejecting the informal objections of THOMAS-DALE DISTRICT 7 PLANNING COUNCIL, licensee of co-channel low power WFNU-LP/ST. PAUL, and JEFF SIBERT, who has consulted and provided engineering services for WFNU.  The application was initially dismissed because the translator, relocated to the top of MINNEAPOLIS' IDS CENTER and beaming a highly directional signal to the west, would nonetheless interfere at the locations of three WFNU listeners.  HUBBARD subsequently reduced the translator's power from 10 to 2 watts.  The Commission ruled that the objectors have not identified any disallowed predicted interference after HUBBARD amended the application.

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