Kentucky FM Sold, EMF Swaps Misssissippi FM For Tennessee FM

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RANDY MICHAELS' RADIOACTIVE, LLC is selling Country WKFC (NASH ICON 101.9)/NORTH CORBIN, KY to F.T.G, BROADCASTING, INC. (KEY BROADCASTING, INC.) for $300,000. The buyer is acquiring the station under an option granted to LMA operator CHOICE RADIO CORPORATION and transferred to the buyer.

In other filings with the FCC, JOY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CHURCH is swapping Southern Gospel WKTH/TULLAHOMA, TN to EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION for Southern Gospel WLYJ/QUITMAN, MS.

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION is selling Religion KKNL/VALENTINE, NE to COMMUNITY PUBLIC MEDIA for $2,500.

JOHN LYKINS will be the sole owner of OL TIMEY BROADCASTING, LLC, licensee of News-Talk KRRD-A-K291CK/FAYETTEVILLE, AR, after would-be 50% partner STEVE BUTLER did not come up with the funds to buy 50% of the company as previously filed in 2017.  At the same time, LYKINS' BUTLER BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC is selling Alternative KXNA (104.9 THE X)/SPRINGDALE, AR, Sports KREB (ESPN RADIO 1190 THE FAN)/BENTONVILLE-BELLA, AR, Spanish Sports KFFK-A (1390 AM ESPN DEPORTES)/ROGERS, AR, K264DA/BENTONVILLE, AR, and K263CB/SPRINGDALE, AR to LYKINS and BUTLER's ROX RADIO GROUP, LLC (spelled REX on the application and ROX in the contract) for $18,718 and assumption of debt to the IRS.

CALVARY ALBUQUERQUE, INC. is transferring K203EZ/ALAMOGORDO, NM; K207CQ/GALLUP, NM; K211CW/HOBBS, NM; K212EH/SILVER CITY, NM; K214DE/ANTONITO, CO; K218AK/ARTESIA, NM; K220CE/RUIDOSO, NM; K250AB/ROSWELL, NM; and K293AO/ALAMOSA, CO to VCY AMERICA, INC. in exchange for a $70,000 donation in part to cover CALVARY's expenses in operating the stations.  The parties are also splitting legal fees up to $2,500.

Applying for STAs were CUMULUS LICENSING LLC (WAAV-A/LELAND, SC, reduced power nondirectional at night due to technical issues; KBBY-F/VENTURA, reduced power from auxiliary transmitter due to water damage to main site); FAMILY STATIONS, INC. (WBMD-A/BALTIMORE, temporary antenna at alternate site due to issues at licensed site caused by other uses of tower); TOWNSQUARE MEDIA DULUTH LICENSE, LLC (WEBC-A/DULUTH, reduced power daytime due to problems with tuning units); and RESULTS BROADCASTING OF IRON MOUNTAIN, INC. (WOBE/CRYSTAL FALLS, MI, temporary antenna due to burnout of transmission line).

Filing for Silent STAs were WORLD PEACE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION (KPEA-LP/SAN FRANCISCO, transmitter repair) and STONECOM COOKEVILLE, LLC (W265BC/COOKEVILLE, TN, refile due to delay in planned studio relocation).

And EDGEWATER BROADCASTING, INC. has closed on the sale of W271CW/PITTSBURGH to BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. for $33,626.  The translator will rebroadcast Variety WKHB-A/IRWIN, PA.

Also, COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE's license for WKDG-A/SUMITON, AL has been cancelled and its application for an STA to operate from a temporary site has been denied; the Commission said that the station's failure to resume broadcasting by AUGUST 27 2018 meant that its license automatically expired.

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