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The sale of KTRU's tower, license and frequency to KUHF at the University of Houston has been approved, as announced by the Federal Communications Commission last Friday. The administration told KTRU students on Wednesday that their programming will be discontinued at 6 a.m. on April 28, and the sale will be closed on May 3. KUHF CEO and General Manager John Proffitt said their new, second station is estimated to go on air within the next month. He added that KUHF did not spend any public funds on the purchase because neither UH nor the State of Texas provided any money for it. According to Proffitt, the purchase of 91.7 FM was funded by individual gifts and memberships to KUHF and from program underwriting by businesses and other non-profits. Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby said Rice's administration is currently considering recommendations from the Asset Liquidation Funds Appropriation Committee and KTRU for how to allocate some of the sale's proceeds once they are available. He said they looked forward to completing the process and putting the proceeds to work in ways that benefit Rice students. "Some suggestions — like lighting one of the intramural playing fields — are likely to be to be implemented relatively quickly,"