[BC] Mom & Pop Stations endangered?

[Keith Hammond]

Bailey, Scott wrote:

 >    There were bad business decisions made here. Mr. Rushing 
> has done all he can to try to cover mistakes he has made with 
> the deal between Jersey Boy Media and his group.  The EDB 
> should not be "lending funds" to new start up businesses.  As 
> I pointed out to Paul, the real property used for KRMN should 
> have sold off at auction to recoup the losses the EDB lost. 
> If I was the bank, that's what I would do. The license was 
> NOT in the inventory as a asset when the station was sold 
> from Turbo Radio Partners to Shamrock Broadcasting 
> a.k.a...Jersey Boy Media. Mr. Rushing, (and I told him this 
> in a conversation I had with him) can not claim the license. I
>     As Jim Turbo pointed out to you, as soon as the license 
> was granted to you, the station should have been taken dark 
> "right then", and move to Sare, OK.  I would have stayed out 
> of Wheeler County. Yes, we all make mistakes, and we learn 
> from those. 
>     There was nothing illegal on the license transfer, being 
> the license was still in Turbo Partnership, LTD, and the 
> commission still recognized Jim as the President of the 
> company, due to the last ownership report that was filed by 
> the commission. Rushing claimed that state records held up, 
> vs. the commissions ownership reports. I refered him to my 
> FCC Attorney to explain this to him.  He didn't do this and 
> followed advise from a local attorney that was ignorant in FCC law.
>     IMHO....I would shut down the station in Shamrock, file 
> to move it across the state line, and operate it in Sare, OK. 
>  I, Jim and you learned what happen with KBYP-AM in the 80's, 
> and the same thing doesn't need to happen to KBKH. I know it 
> will put a strain on you and your family, but this would be 
> in the best interest for you.


  Again, I agree 150% (and then some). But, they began the legal assault
while I was still operating under the STA and while the transfer was
pending. In fact, the civil case in which they claim that my "new"
station is preventing the operation of their "KRMN".

  Paul has had verbal discussions with David Rushing as well and (from
what I hear) has actually befriended him as has Powell! (I'm running for
cover, now!)

  Bottom line is that he (David Rushing) owns a radio station and no one
is EVER goung to convince him otherwise! Not even the federal
government.
 

Keith Hammond
KBKH-FM
Shamrock, Texas