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Mikkelsen. Obie, along with Leroy Tappe and David L. Sather purchased the station, changing its corporate name to KXLO Broadcast, Incorporated. Obie and Tappe sold their interests in 1960 to Sather, William Yaeger and Lewis G. Boucher. Seven years later, Sather and Boucher bought out Yaeger’s interest.
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