[BC] Mom & Pop Stations endangered?

[Keith Hammond]

 Bailey, Scott wrote:

> > satisfied. Mr. Hammond didn't have the funds to do so.  The license 
> > transfer between Turbo Radio Partners and Mr. Hammond was legal.
> >   Once the license was transferred, Mr. Hammond should have 
> taken the 
> > station silent and moved it outside of Shamrock, to the 
> state line in 
> > OK. There should have been no arguments between Rushing and 
> Hammond. 

 
  Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

> It's cool. I pretty much agree with you anyways:)




  I, too, agree with BOTH of you. But, you must also recall that the
acts you describe were made impossible when Mr. Rushing and his group
filed the $250,000 civil suit in which they allege that our operating of
the licensed station (KBKH) is "preventing the operation of Mr.
Rushing's KRMN". That civil suit was then shortly followed up by the
criminal indictment in which the methamphetamine influenced DA (now in
the federal "motel" for the next five years) alleged that I have "stolen
from Mr. Rushing's radio station, known as KRMN".

  Criminal indictments, by necessity, make a move an impossibility...
Now, if I could only get them to realize that a DA who's confessed to
selling dope *through* his courthouse office can be influenced by other
crooks with an evil agenda, we might get somewhere.  Until then I fear
(as I did in the beginning) that remaining silent for as long as THIS
will require would exceed the maximum allowable 365 days by far...

  Scott, you of all people should know how "determined" Mr. Rushing can
be. Do you recall how long it took us all (working together) to get the
remaining 30 watt LPB AM transmitter returned when he was insisting that
it was "instrumental in the operation of KRMN"?

  But, I do agree that the loan should've been satisfied. That is why I
had offered to pay it out. I just did not know that he would empty the
station out of more than $40k (more than enough to cover the delinquent
amount left by the Jersey Boys) *and* demand the station - license
included - as collateral. He still cannot seem to comprehend that the
"boys" they loaned money to were not the licensees, let alone that a
broadcast license cannot be directly "collateralized". His logic is
that, they have taken a tower and a building and some equipment.
Therefore, they have a radio station that cannot be operated or sold
because the "new station" (KBKH) has "taken over by force" there "spot
on the dial".

Keith Hammond
KBKH-FM
Shamrock, Texas