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Grand Rapids Press:

Craving a little of Keith Anderson's "XXL" or "Pickin' Wildflowers"? Wondering if Justin Moore will ever play Michigan again after a drunken fan stole one of his guitars at a recent concert in Royal Oak? Both country singers have been added to B-93's Birthday Bash lineup June 19-20 at the U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin. The free country-music concert is sponsored by WBCT-FM (93.7). Anderson will perform Saturday along with previously announced country superstar Blake Shelton. Moore will hit the stage Sunday, along with Darius Rucker, Jake Owen, Love & Theft and The Band Perry. Other acts are expected to be announced soon... Keith Anderson, Justin Moore part of B-93 Birthday Bash 2010 lineup (Thu, 3/18)

• WYGR LLC, owner of WYGR AM 1530 Wyoming/Grand Rapids is purchasing FM translator W236BK 95.1 Forest Hills (NE of Grand Rapids) for $25,000 from Horizon Christian Fellowship pending FCC approval and closing. Horizon has also filed for remain silent authority for the translator.

• No notable activity for March 16 - 17.

Detroit News:

A five-page lawsuit that could spell more trouble for former broadcaster Fanchon Stinger and her ex-boyfriend, Rayford Jackson, a Detroit businessman convicted in the Synagro Technologies sludge scandal. Motorcyclist David Sugg sued both last week for at least $25,000 over a May 2007 car crash. The lawsuit claims Jackson was driving a 2006 Ferrari that swerved in a "violent manner" and struck Sugg's 2002 Honda motorcycle on Interstate 696 near I-75. Sugg claims he lost control of the bike and flew to the ground at highway speed. Sugg is suing Stinger, a former WJBK-Fox 2 personality, because she was the registered owner of the sports car... Paper Chase: Ex-TV broadcaster sued by motorcyclist (Thu, 3/18)

Detroit Free Press:

Former Fox 2 broadcaster Fanchon Stinger had a fast Ferrari. And she let her ex-boyfriend and convicted felon Rayford Jackson tool around in it. So says a five-page personal injury lawsuit filed recently against Stinger and Jackson in Oakland County Circuit Court by a man who claims Jackson was driving the car registered to Stinger when he crashed into his 2002 Honda motorcycle on May 19, 2007... Stinger faces lawsuit after ex's 2007 crash in Ferrari (Thu, 3/18)

Radio-Info.com

Tom Taylor reports this morning that Rubber City Radio has agreed to sell its Lansing 4-station FM cluster (active rock WJXQ 106.1, modern rock WVIC 94.1, classic hits WQTX 92.1 and smooth jazz WJZL 92.9) to MIdwest Communications for an amount that's not yet been revealed. Operating as Mid-Michigan Radio Group, Rubber City first bought into Lansing in 2000.

For Midwest Communications, it's an expansion eastward of its Michigan group of stations - it already owns 9 plus an FM translator in Kalamazoo, Coldwater, and Holland.

• WSGW-FM 100.5 Carrollton was granted its license to cover to increase power from 3,000 to 6,000 watts and change to a directional pattern.

WWSJ AM St. Johns gets spot on FM dial

FM translator W262BD 100.3 is now airing gospel programming from WWSJ 1580 AM St. Johns.The translator is licensed to Dimondale, owned by Educational Media Foundation and operates with 22 watts from the Boji Tower about 300 feet above ground level. Operation began at 5 pm yesterday, March 14th.

The translator's signal can be heard more than 10 miles away from downtown Lansing on car radios and greatly increases WWSJ's reach into Lansing.

• WCWB FM 90.1 Coldwater has been sold by Michiana Christian Broadcasters to Bible Broadcasting Network for $300,000 pending FCC approval and closing. The station, which has aired BBN programming since it signed on in July 2008, has a construction permit to drastically increase its coverage area in south central Michigan.