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RADIO DISNEY GROUP, LLC is selling WDYZ-A/ORLANDO to SALEM COMMUNICATIONS' PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC. for $1.3 million.

In other filings with the FCC, TLP COMMUNICATIONS, INC. is selling Oldies KFMJ/KETCHIKAN, AK to STEVEN RHYNER for $265,000.

JER LICENSES, LLC is selling Silent KZLL/LOG LANE VILLAGE, CO to NORTHEAST COLORADO BROADCASTING, LLC for $70,000.

DONALD D. MOORE is selling his 100% interest in NORTHEAST INDIANA BROADCASTING, INC., licensee of Classic Hits WAWK-A and W238BH (95.5 THE HAWK)/KENDALLVILLE, IN to RICHARD HARTS for $250,000.

ROBERT SPEARMAN is transferring K300BD/STEPHENVILLE, TX to TIFFANY B. SPEARMAN for $500.

THE HOLLER, INC. has requested a Silent STA for WYHM-A/ROCKWOOD, TN due to relocation of its maim studio and difficulties with AT&T T1 lines necessitating a switch to microwave for its STL.

THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P. has requested a Silent STA for W287AY/MOUNT POCONO, PA while it secures a new site.

REACH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. has filed for an extension of its Silent STA fr W262AN/TAMARAC, FL due to interference problems with ROBINSON ENTERTAINMENT's co-channel full-power Adult Standards WLML (LEGENDS 100.3)/LAKE PARK, FL.

In the wake of the approval of the JOURNAL-SCRIPPS merger, JOURNAL BROADCAST GROUP has closed on the sale of Classic Country KFTI-F (CLASSIC COUNTRY 92.3)/NEWTON-WICHITA, KS to ENVISION BROADCAST NETWORK, LLC for $1.55 million.  The station will take the calls KKGQ and has begun stunting in preparation for a new format.

ZOE COMMUNICATIONS INC. has closed on the sale of Country WIXK-A/NEW RICHMOND, WI to HMONG RADIO BROADCAST, LLC for $125,000.

BIG CHIEF BROADCASTING CO. OF BRISTOW, INC. has closed on the sale of Country KREK/BRISTOW, OK to FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH INC. for $250,000.

COLUMBUS RADIO, INC. has closed on the sale of Oldies WJCP-A/NORTH VERNON, IN to TOM TAYLOR AND DIANA TAYLOR for $70,000.  The deal, originally reached in 2011, was part of the settlement of a civil dispute over the sale of land by JOHN W. SCHULER and BARBARA W. SCHULER to MARTY PIERATT (PIERATT COMMUNICATIONS/COLUMBUS RADIO, INC.), in which the TAYLORS will pay $45,000 plus 6% per year for part of the land and $25,000 plus 4% per annum for 36 months for another portion.  The TAYLORS have operated the station under an LMA since 2011.

And PINE TO PRAIRIE BROADCASTING, INC. has closed on the sale of Talk-Oldies KKCQ-A (TALK'N OLDIES 1480)/FOSSTON, MN and Country KKCQ-F (Q COUNTRY 96.7)/BAGLEY, MN to R&J BROADCASTING, INC. for an amount redacted from the contract filed with the FCC.  The buyer has operated the stations under a time brokerage agreement since 2012.

Low power FM construction permits have been granted to EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE at MAYHEW, MS and TIPTON - ROSEMARK ACADEMY, INC. at ROSEMARK, TN.

The Commission also denied a petition for reconsideration filed by the COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY ACCESS opposing the license renewals for WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION noncommercial News-Talk WGBH-F and Classical WCRB/BOSTON.  The petition was filed late and treated as an informal objection, then rejected because the complaint was based on WGBH's format change to News-Talk and moving Classical programming to WCRB.

In CANADA, the CRTC has approved technical changes to two CBC FMs in SHERBROOKE, QC.  ICI RADIO-CANADA PREMIÈRE affiliate CBF-FM-10 (repeating CBF-F/MONTREAL) is decreasing power from 35 to 31.4 kw but increasing from 173 to 180.4 meters above average terrain, while ICI MUSIQUE affiliate CBFX-FM-2 (repeating CBFX/MONTREAL) will increase from 25 to 33.2 kw with the same increase in height.

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