More Cochise Station Donations In Utah, Wyoming

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TUESDAY's FCC database listings brought more TED TUCKER divestitures under his Consent Decree with the FCC over keeping stations silent without proper permission, with TUCKER's COCHISE MEDIA LICENSES LLC donating KFMR/BALLARD, UT to HI-LINE RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.; COCHISE BROADCASTING LLC donating KTWY and KWWY/SHOSHONI, WY to the UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING; and COCHISE MEDIA LICENSES LLC donating KXWY/HUDSON, WY to the UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING.

In other filings with the FCC, SALEM is moving newly-acquired WSPZ-A/WASHINGTON from affiliate AM 570, LLC to SALEM MEDIA OF VIRGINIA, INC.  The station has flipped from Sports, its format under previous owner RED ZEBRA BROADCASTING, to a simulcast of News-Talk WWRC-A (AM 1260 THE ANSWER)/WASHINGTON, with a new format likely for WWRC.  The paperwork for the transfer values the station alone at $620,000; the station and real estate, with attached lease, were purchased from RED ZEBRA for $2.1 million.

The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM has applied for an extension of its Silent STA for KGGA/GALLUP, NM while it installs a new transmitter at the station, which it acquired from EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION.

Following up on the news that it is selling the station and has taken it silent, BADLANDS AIRTIME, LLC has filed the formal request for a Silent STA for KBAD-F/SIOUX FALLS, SD.

RESORT RADIO has closed on the sale of W299CB/MANISTEE, MI to SMILE FM for $18,000.  The translator will rebroadcast Contemporary Christian WSMZ (SMILE FM)/CRYSTAL VALLEY, MI.

MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.has closed on the sale of Classic Rock WXXZ/GRAND MARAIS, MN and KAOD/BABBITT, MN (simulcasts of KQDS-F/DULUTH) and W288AI/ELY, MN to AURORA BROADCASTING L.L.C. for $75,000.

TERESA BREWER has closed on the transfer of her 50% of THIRD DAY BROADCASTING, INC., licensee of KOKL-A/OKMULGEE, OK, to BROOKS BREWER under a divorce settlement.

MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC has closed on the sale of Ethnic-Brokered WGFS-A/COVINGTON, GA to LIGHT MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. for $50,000.

And TEJAS BROADCASTING, LTD, LLP has closed on the sale of Sports KTNZ-A and K233CB (ESPN 1010)/AMARILLO, TX to CATHOLIC RADIO OF THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS for $150,000. 

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