NJR TV Buys Small SF, Boston Stations

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Ted Bartley's NJR TV has worked out a deal to acquire KCNS San Francisco and WMFP Lawrence (Mass.) from Lee Shubert's MTB outfit. Both are independent stations.

Terms of the deal were not announced.

The stations are former Multicultural affiliates. KCNS posted around $2.6 million in 2009 revenue, according to BIA/Kelsey, while WMFP was at around $2 million.

Kalil & Co. brokered the deal.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.