An AM radio station with an FM translator and an FM serving a small area of New Mexico between Las Cruces and the Texas state line — possessing its own FM translator serving the El Paso metropolitan area — are heading to a new licensee.
It involves the changing of the board for a Christian noncommercial operation, and the transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars to make the transaction happen.
KELP Radio, comprised of Class B KELP-AM 1590 in El Paso, Tex., and FM translator K240ER at 95.9 MHz and KELP-FM 89.3 in Mesquite, N. Mex., plus FM translator K269GF at 101.7 MHz in El Paso, are being sold to On Earth Media by Sky High Broadcasting and Pamela McClatchey.
She serves as President and Director of Sky High while also serving as the owner of McClatchey Broadcasting. That entity is the licensee of the AM; Sky High…
