Sinclair Exercises Option To Buy LMA'd KOMO-F/Oakville-Seattle

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SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP's CHESAPEAKE TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC has filed to officially buy News KOMO-F/OAKVILLE-SEATTLE, WA, translator K249DX/REDMOND, WA, and booster KOMO-FM1/TUKWILA, WA, from SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC under an option transferred from previous LMA holder FISHER BROADCASTING-SEATTLE RADIO LLC for $6.75 million.  FISHER, and then SINCLAIR, has operated the stations as a simulcast of News KOMO-A/SEATTLE since 2009 (with an amended and restated version in 2012).

In other filings with the FCC, THE SISTER SHERRY LYNN FOUNDATION is selling Religion KFXH/MARLOW, OK, KFXT/SULPHUR, OK, and KFXU/CHICKASHA, OK to HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, INC.for $250,000.

JHONSON NAPOLEON's WGAY, LLC is selling Silent WGAY/SUGARLOAF KEY, FL to MICHAEL STAPLEFORD's MAGNUM BROADCASTING, INC. for $150,000 ($75,000 cash, $75,000 in a 24-month, 4% promissory note).

SPOTLIGHT BROADCASTING OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC is selling K250BA/SLIDELL, LA to LATINOS BROADCASTING, INC. for $220,000.  The primary station is listed as iHEARTMEDIA Hot AC KVDU (VOODOO 104)/HOUMA-NEW ORLEANS.

WILLIAMSPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA, INC. has requested an STA to operate noncommercial Variety WXPI/JERSEY SHORE, PA with a temporary antenna with reduced coverage while a new facility is built at a new site.

NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION has closed on the sale of W296CL/READING, PA to OSIRIS FERNANDO GUZMAN for $75,000.  The translator will rebroadcast WLEV-HD3/ALLENTOWN.

And SHELBY BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, LLC has closed on the sale of W256CD/FULTONDALE, AL to RED MOUNTAIN VENTURES, LLC for $200,000.  The translator will rebroadcast Regional Mexican WZGX-A/BESSEMER-BIRMINGHAM, AL, which has been sold to BAR BROADCASTING, INC.; the buyer will take over programming under an LMA beginning JULY 1st.

Also, RADIO ONE (URBAN ONE) has closed on the purchase of Sports WWXT/PRINCE FREDERICK, MD (simulcast of WTEM-A (ESPN 980)/WASHINGTON) and Sports WXGI-A (ESPN 950)/RICHMOND, VA from RED ZEBRA BROADCASTING for $2 million.  WWXT is simulcasting URBAN ONE Urban AC WMMJ (MAJIC 102.3)/BETHESDA-WASHINGTON; in RICHMOND, WXGI is a simulcast with URBAN ONE WTPS-A and W274BX/PETERSBURG, VA.  GREG GUY of PATRICK COMMUNICATIONS served as exclusive broker for the deal.

The latest license cancellation for "Red Light" fee payment delinquency is that of METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE for WNPZ-A/KNOXVILLE, TN.

And the FCC Enforcement Bureau sent warnings to alleged unlicensed station operators ALFREDO AVENDANO (98.1 FM, BAY SHORE, QUEENS, NY) and EFRAIN LANCHI ORTEGA ("RADIO XPLOSION HITS," 95.9 FM, QUEENS, NY).

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