BY THE INSTANT APPLICATION AND APPLICATIONS BEING FILED CONCURRENTLY HEREWITH, RICHARD C. LERBLANCE, A PARTY TO THIS APPLICATION, IS ACQUIRING AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE LICENSES OF KESC(FM), WILBURTON, OK, AND KNED(AM), KMCO(FM), KTMC(AM), AND KTMC-FM, ALL LICENSED TO MCALESTER, OK. THE PRINCIPAL COMMUNITY SERVICE CONTOURS OF ALL OF THESE STATIONS OVERLAP. CURRENTLY, KESC(FM), KNED(AM), AND KMCO(FM) ARE LICENSED TO LITTLE DIXIE RADIO, INC. ('LITTLE DIXIE'), WHILE KTMC(AM) AND KTMC-FM ARE LICENSED TO BOTTOM LINE BROADCASTING, INC. ('BOTTOM LINE'). LITTLE DIXIE AND BOTTOM LINE ARE BOTH WHOLLY OWNED BY GENE STIPE. THIS COMMON OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL BY MR. STIPE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AND THE STATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 73.3555(A) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES. SINCE THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF THE COMMON OWNERSHIP OF THE STATIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO MODIFICATIONS OF ANY OF THE STATIONS' FACILITIES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN A CHANGE IN THE PRINCIPAL COMMUNITY CONTOUR OF ANY OF THE STATIONS. BY THE INSTANT APPLICATION AND OTHERS BEING FILED CONCURRENTLY, IT IS PROPOSED THAT, WITH RESPECT TO MR. LERBLANCE, THE STATIONS CONTINUE TO BE OWNED AND CONTROLLED IN COMMON. THE COMMISSION'S RULES PERMIT THE ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSES FOR RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS WHOSE PRINCIPAL COMMUNITY CONTOURS OVERLAP WHERE THE STATIONS WILL BE OWNED, OPERATED OR CONTROLLED IN COMMON 'IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT FROM AN EXISTING PARTY WITH SUCH INTERESTS.' 47 C.F.R. SECTION 73.3555(A)(1). ACCORDINGLY, THE ASSIGNMENT OF THESE OKLAHOMA STATIONS COMPLIES WITH THE COMMISSION'S MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP RULES.