Showing posts with label San Mateo Community College. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Mateo Community College. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

KCSM-TV Sale - Two Finalist



KCSM-TV has been up for sale for a while. No deal has been closed yet but, They are close. The two finalists for the station, owned by the San Mateo Community College are FM Media and San Mateo Community Television Corp., both groups from Colorado. There's more on this in this Patch.com article.


There's an inaccuracy in the article
"FM Media, one of the two finalists, is part of Public Media Center/Public Radio Capital. Historically it has been a license broker. They arrange the buying and selling of stations to conglomerates –– such as National Public Radio, for expansion." NPR is a program provider. NPR does not own any radio stations. NPR is not a conglomerate.

Friday, June 10, 2011

KCSM Up For Sale

San Mateo's Public TV station is up for sale according to an article in MercuryNews.com.  The San Mateo County Community College District board Wednesday night directed staff to prepare putting KCSM on the market. The station is currently running an $800,000 deficit. KCSM-FM, the Bay Area's 24 hour jazz station is not up for sale at this time.
The sale of the TV station was averted in 2010. But, state budget cuts for San Mateo Community College make the sale seem unavoidable this time.