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KDOC-TV Is Sold for $150 Million

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Independent TV station KDOC is being sold to an Atlanta company for $150 million, company officials confirmed Tuesday.

The station, home to “Kojak” and “Hawaii Five-O” reruns, as well as the former venue of “Hot Seat With Wally George” and televangelist Gene Scott, among others, will be sold to Ellis Communications Inc., which is headed by broadcast veteran Bert Ellis.

Its current operator is Golden Orange Broadcasting, partly owned by singer Pat Boone.

The sale is pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission.

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