UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):             October 2, 2002
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                             SMALL TOWN RADIO, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Nevada                     000-30805               84-1125214
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of       (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)       File Number)        Identification Number)

 1800 Century Boulevard, Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia                  30345
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       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:               404/327-4520
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                                       N/A
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)







Item 5.  Other Events.

         Effective  as of October  2, 2002,  Norton  Cooper,  a Director  of the
Company  since  January  1998,  tendered  his  resignation  as a Director of the
Company. By letter dated October 2, 2002, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, Mr. Cooper advised the Company that his
resignation  was not  occasioned  by any  disagreement  with the  Company on any
matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information, and Exhibits.

         (c)      Exhibits:

                  99.1     Letter  of  Resignation  dated  October  2, 2002 from
                           Norton Cooper to the Company.






                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                   SMALL TOWN RADIO, INC.


Dated:   October 7, 2002           By: /s/ Daniel W. Hollis
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                                       Daniel W. Hollis
                                       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                         Description
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99.1     Letter of  Resignation  dated October 2, 2002 from Norton Cooper to the
         Company.




Exhibit 99.1





October 2, 2002





Re: Small Town Radio, Inc.


To Whom It May Concern:


Please accept my  resignation  as a director of Small Town Radio Inc.  effective
immediately.

I have no disagreement  with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's
operations, policies or practices.


Very sincerely,

/s/ Norton Cooper
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Norton Cooper















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