Sinclair Acquires WGXA Macon for $33 Million

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Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to acquire WGXA Macon (Ga.) for $33 million. The seller is Frontier Radio Management, with Jason Wolff as president.

WGXA is the Fox affiliate in DMA No. 118, with ABC airing on its dot-two channel.

It is the No. 2 revenue station in Macon, according to BIA/Kelsey. 

Media Venture Partners brokered the transaction.

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.