BendBroadband, Bend, Ore. Stations Sold For $261 Million

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Telecommunications outfit Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has agreed to acquire the broadband and cable operator BendBroadband and subsidiary Zolo Media, which includes KOHD-KBNZ Bend, for $261 million. David Wittwer is president/CEO of TDS.

Zolo picked up KOHD, an ABC affiliate, for $2.35 million last year.

KBNZ is the CBS affiliate in DMA No. 193.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.