A's want to buy KTRB, but...The latest

The A's want to purchase KTRB, but are they willing to overpay in case outside bidders, (like religious and/or ethnic-moneyed broadcasting companies like Family Radio, for example) are willing to overpay?

Probably not.

Then again, the A's need to make a move fast and getting a radio broadcast deal done would presumably be a high priority for an organization that has skipped all over the dial the past few years to a point where most of the fan base simply doesn't know where to find them.

The A's and KTRB agreed to a 10-year contract in November, 2009, well before the radio station's debtors, (from Pappas Broadcasting) shut down operations in September.

The current station is in a broadcast dire straits with only a handful of programs and intermittent dead air, (the station signs off at sundown)

The asking price of KTRB is believed to be in the area of $12 million, but that figure doesn't include a plethora of debt inheritance.