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Radio One, Inc.
5900 Princess Garden Parkway
7th Floor
Lanham, Maryland 20706
August 1, 2011
Via EDGAR Submission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Brandon Hill
Celeste Murphy
Larry Spirgel |
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Radio One, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-172123 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Registration Statement of Radio One, Inc. (the Issuer),
Bell Broadcasting Company, Blue Chip Broadcasting Licenses, Ltd., Blue Chip Broadcasting, Ltd.,
Charlotte Broadcasting, LLC, Community Connect Inc., Community Connect, LLC, Distribution One, LLC,
Hawes-Saunders Broadcast Properties, Inc., Interactive One, Inc., Interactive One, LLC, New
Mableton Broadcasting Corporation, Radio One Cable Holdings, Inc., Radio One Distribution Holdings,
LLC, Radio One Licenses, LLC, Radio One Media Holdings, LLC, Radio One of Atlanta, LLC, Radio One
of Boston Licenses, LLC, Radio One of Boston, Inc., Radio One of Charlotte, LLC, Radio One of
Detroit, LLC, Radio One of Indiana, L.P., Radio One of Indiana, LLC, Radio One of North Carolina,
LLC, Radio One of Texas II, LLC, ROA Licenses, LLC and Satellite One, L.L.C. (collectively with the
Issuer, the Registrants) on Form S-4 (File No. 333-172123), as amended (the
Registration Statement), registering the offer to exchange up to $299,185,432 aggregate
principal amount of 12.5%/15.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 (together with the guarantees
thereof, the Exchange Notes) for a like aggregate principal amount of 12.5%/15.0% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2016 (together with the guarantees thereof, the Outstanding Notes)
of the Issuer.
Please be advised that the Registrants are registering the exchange offer in reliance on the
position of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Staff) enunciated
in: Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988); Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
(available June 5, 1991); and Shearman & Sterling (available July 2, 1993). In addition, the
Registrants hereby represent that they have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with
any person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the exchange offer and, to the best
of the Registrants information and belief, each person participating in the exchange offer will be
acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and will not have any arrangement
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or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to
be received in the exchange offer. In this regard, the Registrants will make each person
participating in the exchange offer aware, by means of the exchange offer prospectus and the
related letter of transmittal, that if such person is participating in the exchange offer for the
purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes to be acquired in the exchange offer, such person (i)
can not rely on the Staff position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation or
interpretative letters to similar effect and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with a secondary
resale transaction. The Registrants acknowledge that such a secondary resale transaction by such
person participating in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes
should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling securityholder
information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Registrants represent that with respect to any broker-dealer that participates in the
exchange offer with respect to Outstanding Notes acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or trading activities each such broker-dealer must confirm that it has not
entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Registrants or an affiliate of the
registrants to distribute the Exchange Notes. The Registrants will make each person participating
in the exchange offer aware (through the exchange offer prospectus) that any broker-dealer who
holds Outstanding Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities, and who receives Exchange Notes in exchange for such Outstanding Notes
pursuant to the exchange offer, may be a statutory underwriter and, in connection with any resale
of such Exchange Notes, must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, which may be the prospectus for the exchange offer so long as it contains a plan
of distribution with respect to such resale transactions (such plan of distribution need not name
the broker-dealer or disclose the amount of Exchange Notes held by the broker-dealer). In addition,
the Registrants will include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by
an exchange offeree in order to participate in the exchange offer the following additional
provision, in substantially the form set forth below:
if the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer it: (1) represents that the Outstanding Notes to
be exchanged for Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making or other
trading activities, (2) confirms that it has not entered into any arrangement or
understanding with the Issuer or an affiliate of the Issuer to distribute the Exchange Notes
and (3) acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes.
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If you have any further questions or comments or desire further information in respect
of the Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact Dennis M. Myers, P.C. of Kirkland
& Ellis LLP, special counsel to the Registrants, at (312) 862-2000.
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Sincerely,
Radio One, Inc.
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/s/ Alfred C. Liggins, III
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Bell Broadcasting Company
Blue Chip Broadcasting Licenses, Ltd.
Blue Chip Broadcasting, Ltd.
Charlotte Broadcasting, LLC
Community Connect Inc.
Community Connect, LLC
Distribution One, LLC
Hawes-Saunders Broadcast Properties, Inc.
Interactive One, Inc.
Interactive One, LLC
New Mableton Broadcasting Corporation
Radio One Cable Holdings, Inc.
Radio One Distribution Holdings, LLC
Radio One Licenses, LLC
Radio One Media Holdings, LLC
Radio One of Atlanta, LLC
Radio One of Boston Licenses, LLC
Radio One of Boston, Inc.
Radio One of Charlotte, LLC
Radio One of Detroit, LLC
Radio One of Indiana, LLC
Radio One of North Carolina, LLC
Radio One of Texas II, LLC
ROA Licenses, LLC
Satellite One, L.L.C.
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/s/ Alfred C. Liggins, III
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Radio One of Indiana, L.P.
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Radio One, Inc., its general partner
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/s/ Alfred C. Liggins, III
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Alfred C. Liggins, III |
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Dennis M. Myers, P.C.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP |