The Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC, Friday afternoon approved the transfer of radio station licenses now held by the Miller Media Group.   This means the sale of the stations to Hart Media Group, LLC, of Rochester, can close.

Miller Media Group owner Randal J. Miller announced the pending sale of his stations in Taylorville and Clinton, on March First, then applied to the F-C-C for license transfer approval shortly thereafter.

Both entities expect to close on the sale in late July, with Hart taking possession on August First.

Included in the sale are Miller’s 6 Taylorville-based radio stations and their on-line daily newspaper taylorvilledailynews.com; and Miller’s 2 Clinton-based radio stations plus their on-line daily newspaper dewittdailynews.com.

The sale will culminate Miller’s 52 years in the radio business, 43 in ownership, almost 33 in Taylorville and almost 18 in Clinton.

Miller will stay on after the sale serving as a consultant to Hart for one year.