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CHANGE IN THE WIND FOR KSCA-FM.


Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services

A December concert featuring John Mellencamp John Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is best known for being an American rock singer-songwriter. Early life
John Mellencamp was born in Seymour, Indiana.
 may be radio station KSCA-FM 101.9's swan song, as the Triple A (adult album alternative This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. ) radio station reportedly has been sold to a Spanish-language broadcaster.

Inside Radio trade magazine reported Tuesday that radio giant Heftel Inc. made a winning $110 million bid to buy the station from Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasting
For the old Golden West Broadcasters broadcasting company in the US, see KTLA.


Golden West Broadcasting is a Canadian radio broadcasting company based in Altona, Manitoba, Canada.
, with the deal due to be made final next week.

``It is a rumor still,'' emphasized Robert Lyles Robert Lyles (born March 21, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for eight seasons for the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons. , the station's director of advertising and promotions. The station hasn't announced the sale on the air but has already received calls from shocked listeners.

The Dec. 6 Mellencamp concert was just announced Wednesday, but the station could change formats within days of that show.

``It's based on who buys it. If it's a Spanish-language broadcaster, obviously, it's probably going to be Spanish,'' Lyles said. ``We're just waiting for the final announcement on who the new broadcaster is going to be, whether it's Heftel or somebody else. That should be within a week.''

It's a mess: Jerry Stiller, who plays George Costanza's father, Frank, on ``Seinfeld,'' is featured on tonight's episode (9 p.m. on NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
, Channel 4). In it, he will help organize a Jewish singles dance.

Frank is called upon to cater the party, and he has flashbacks to the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. , when he was the mess sergeant. ``Let's just put it this way, it's a mess,'' Stiller said. ``It's like `Winds of War' and `From Here to Eternity' only in `Seinfeld' fashion.''
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Title Annotation:L.A.LIFE
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Oct 31, 1996
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