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sofa1;Yuma's KBLU-TY and radio stations have been sold to separate partiesThe radio station will move to a new building, meaning there will be two separate staffs, and the TV station may become KYEL.Yuman Bob Crites, president of KBLU Broadcasting Co., announced the sale last night. Crites today declined to reveal the purchase price of either station.KBLU Broadcasting Co. currentlyowns both the radio and TV station and is headed by Crites and Yumans Paul Coleman. Richard Nix and Thadd BakerRadio station KBLU has been sold to a new organization also headed by Crites with associ. - Baker andHe said as far as he knows it will remain an NBC affiliate and will keep most of the same staff “It is our intention to bring in some new equipment and do what we can to improve service to the area We re very much looking forward to being part of the community, Reuben said.He added that he has visited Yuma and will be in town again next week He said some time soon Chapman will choose a general jilijgMA Reuben said the other owners of Chapman besides himself are W.S Smylie and S. A Rosenbaum of Meridian. Miss., and Mrs Rose Keith of Hattiesburg.As radio station KBLU will be moving out. the TV station will remain in the building at 3rd Avenue and 13th Street.Although mostly a formality, bothVictor A. Root of Scottsdale.Crites said his new organization hasnot yet been |named. S but j thestation will keep the call letters KBLU. sales must still be approved by theHa said the station's new building has Federal Communications Commission,not yet been selected. meaning the new owners will probablyChapman Television of Tuscaloosa not take over until earlv next year Inc KBLU TVcompany operates television stationsI'wWin Hattiesburg. Miss., and Tuscaloosa. AlaHattiesburg is a town of about 37.500 persons, and Tuscaloosa has a population of about 74,000. One is an NBC affiliate, the other is with CBS.Contacted by The Sun. Marvin Reuben, executive vice president of Chapman Television, said the TV station has applied for the new call letters KYEL. He said his reasoning is that the station serves the Yuma ElCentro area.
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Thu, Jul 21, 1977
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