KHSE/Dallas Sold; KQV/Pittsburgh Files To Go Noncommercial

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HAMMOND BROADCASTING, LLC is selling South Asian KHSE-A (FUNASIA 700 AM)/WYLIE-DALLAS, TX and K281CS/LUCAS, TX to TEXAS FM RADIO, LLC (RAVI and SRI CHERUKURI's AMPEX BRANDS and TABBASSUM MUMTAZ' WORKFORCE MATTERS, INC.) for $2 million.  RAVI CHERUKURI has an attributable interest in AROHI MEDIA, LLC, licensee of South Asian WDUR-A-W234A/DURHAM, NC, and leases HD channels in DALLAS, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, and RALEIGH-DURHAM for South Asian programming.

in other filings with the FCC, BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. is assigning the license of the revived KQV-A/PITTSBURGH to a non-profit, BROADCAST EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., with the same owners (ROBERT and ASHLEY STEVENS), converting the license to noncommercial educational (NCE) status.

Filing for STAs were RICH BROADCASTING IDAHO LS, LLC (KSGT-A/JACKSON, WY, reduced power to minimize spurious emissions while tuning its diplexer/combiner network) and INSPIRATION TIME, INC. (WZTE-A/NORTH EAST, PA, emergency wire antenna with lower power to get station on the air before construction permit expires).

VICTORIA THEATRE PROJECT has requested an extension of its Silent STA for WVIC-LP/ST. PAUL, MN while it finalizes negotiations for a new site.

MEMPHIS FIRST VENTURES LP has closed on the sale of Classic Hits WGUE-A/TURRELL, AR and W257CY/MEMPHIS (GUESS FM) and FIRST VENTURES CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. has closed on the sale of K268DA/MEMPHIS to SERGIO BUTRON's BUTRON MEDIA CORPORATION for $799,000.

And following the FCC's approval of the transaction, which involved foreign ownership, TED MORGAN's RADIO LAKE PLACID, INC. has closed on the sale of WRGR/TUPPER LAKE, NY to RICKI LEE SHORTHOSE and HANNA MARIA KALETA's BORDER MEDIA LICENSES LLC for $8,000.

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