Another Deal In Delmarva: WBOC Buys Four

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MTS BROADCASTING, L.C. is selling Country WAAI/HURLOCK, MD; Adult Standards WCEM-A and Top 40 WCEM-F (106.3 THE HEAT)/CAMBRIDGE, MD; and Oldies WTDK (107.1 THE DUCK)/FEDERALSBURG, MD to WBOC, INC. for $700,000.  The buyer owns CBS affiliate WBOC-TV-FOX affiliate WBOC-DT2 (FOX 21)-ANTENNA TV affiliate WBOC-DT3/SALISBURY, MD and AC WBOC-F/PRINCESS ANNE, MD.

In other filings with the FCC, H.O.P.E. BROADCASTING CORPORATION is donating Silent noncommercial WHPA/MACOMB, IL to CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.

Requesting Silent STAs were TOWNSQUARE MEDIA ROCHESTER LICENSE, LLC (KFIL-A/PRESTON, MN, transmitter failure); PENFOLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (K241CH/SAN DIEGO, interference with KYDO/CAMPO, CA); and TURQUOISE BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC (K276FF/SEWARD, AK, interference issues).

Looking for an extension of its Silent STA was INTERMOUNTAIN PUBLIC RADIO (KZKC/KETTLEMAN CITY, CA, transmitter building burglarized and station looking to move to new tower site).

LEATHERSTOCKING MEDIA GROUP, INC. has closed on the sale of WMCR-A/ONEIDA, NY to TOWERCAST MEDIA, LLC for $40,000.

More TED TUCKER Consent Decree-ordered spinoffs have closed, with COCHISE COMMUNITY RADIO CORPORATION donating KDNM/RESERVE, NM to KUTE, INC.; COCHISE MEDIA LICENSES LLC donating KZNM/MILAN, NM, also to KUTE, INC; COCHISE BROADCASTING LLC donating KTWY and KWWY/SHOSHONI, WY to the UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING; and COCHISE MEDIA LICENSES LLC donating KXWY/HUDSON, WY, also to the UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING.. An FCC Consent Decree required TUCKER to divest several stations due to their being off the air for extended periods without proper permission.

W. BART BOLING's MORGAN COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. has closed on the sale of News-Talk WJIL-A and W275BM/JACKSONVILLE, IL and Country WJVO/SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, IL to SARAH SHELLHAMMER's MORGAN COUNTY MEDIA LLC for $250,000.  W275BM rebroadcasts Classic Hits WJVO-HD2 (JILL 102.9).

THE FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC. has closed on the sale of Adult Standards WJUB-A (1420 AM THE BREEZE)/PLYMOUTH, WI to GALAXIE BROADCASTING, LLC for $90,000.

And RED DESERT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC has closed on the transfer of Country KREO/JAMES TOWN, WY to PILOT BUTTE BROADCASTING LLC in a transaction in which JOHN and KELLI KING bought out partners ROBERT and DEBRA CORNMAN for $50,000 in 48 payments.

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