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TV stations act to halt sale of KDOB in bankruptcy caseBy STEVE E. SWENSONCalifornian staff writerFour television stations broadcasting in Bakersfield have filed separate petitions with the Federal Communications C'onunission to block the sale of KDOB-TV Channel 45, owned by Dorothy Owens, to her brother, country singing star Buck Owens, owner of radio stations KUZZ AM and FM.The petitions allege that the brother and sister have secretly worked together from the beginning of KDOB (broadcasting began Dec. 18, 1988 in order forBuck Owens to realize a longstanding desire to control a television station.The petitions by KBAK-TV Channel 29, KGET-TV Channel 17 and KERO-TV Channel 23, all of Bakersfield, and KMPH-TV Channel 26 in Visalia, were filed with the FCC in Washington, D.C.KGET’s petition says the filing by KDOB in October of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition — which allows the station to continue operations while it is protected from its creditors — “appears to be a sham’ trumped up by DorothyPlease turn to KLtf^B f B2 ♦
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Jan 11, 1990
Page 17
Full Page
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Sammi B.
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