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Seeking FM Translator Sales Information

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triadradionewsman

Need to know where to find the actual prices that AM stations are paying to purchase FM translators. I've checked out the FCC site and can find engineering info and technical specs. Also find general info on ownership transfers but don't see the actual prices being paid. Back in the days of yesteryear you could find this type of info in Broadcasting Magazine.
 
You can look for what they've paid, but it will be all over the map. Supply and demand...
 
triadradionewsman said:
Also find general info on ownership transfers but don't see the actual prices being paid.
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When you look at APPLICATIONS on the FCC Web Site, and you look and the "general info on ownership transfers" you will find a link near the bottom of the page that will bring you a .pdf of the contract. And some contracts are very verbose and finding the sales price is like looking for the needle in the haystack. You wouldn't want it to be easy, would you? There is no fun in that.
 
I have noticed, here in the southeast US, some have gone for about $15k up to $50k. There are a lot in Ga. that are listed in the mid $30k area. And this doesn't include what it cost to have it moved to your location if it's not already in your COL.
 
Ditto what Bill said. There's been several translator sales in my market recently. Prices have varied from $15,000 to $50,000 depending on frequency (NCE band worth less), power, and persons in the usable signal.
 
Translators for FM have been sold for a lot more money with some of the big broadcast groups buying them for AM or HD uses. This highest price I have seen is around $250,000, and in ARB ranked markets sell for more than $100,000 each. Many go up on a tower between 500 and 1100 feet above ground level and produce a signal almost as good at a Class A FM.
 
The scary thing about paying a lot for an FM translator is that you can be displaced at the drop of a hat. We did a minor change for one of our FMs and it displaced not one, not two, but three existing FM translators. Fortunately, in a small rural market, it was possible for them to find new frequencies.
 
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