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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/title/13139/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: A federal bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that Kalispell radio station owner John Stokes must convert to Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, a decision that will allow for the liquidation of most of his assets in order to pay his debts. The ruling, by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph Kirscher, could spell the end of Stokes’ long-running and controversial radio talk show on his AM station Z-600, broadcast from KGEZ just south of Kalispell. Kirscher overruled a motion by Stokes contesting the federal government’s change from a Chapter 11 filing to Chapter 7 filing, in a decision based largely upon Stokes’ failure to accurately disclose the value of his property during bankruptcy proceedings, despite swearing under penalty of perjury that his asset statements were accurate, as well as his failure to meet certain reporting requirements of the bankruptcy court or pay filing fees, according to court documents. Stokes has also failed to file state and federal income taxes for several years, Kirscher wrote in his decision.