Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Bordes Stephen M.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2016		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BEASLEY BROADCAST GROUP INC [BBGI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP, TWO WALL STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10005		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock 650,204.773
I (1) (2) (3)
By Gift Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Bordes Stephen M.
C/O CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP
TWO WALL STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10005		       See Remarks

Signatures

/s/ Stephen F. Lappert, Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of Stephen M. Bordes 11/10/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Stephen M. Bordes is a co-trustee and beneficiary of the Stephen Bordes 2009 Gift Trust.
(2) Includes 104,032.778 shares currently being held in escrow and subject to reduction in connection with the purchase price adjustment provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 19, 2016, by and among Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (the "Issuer"), Greater Media, Inc., Beasley Media Group 2, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, and Peter A. Bordes, Jr., as the stockholders' representative.
(3) Stephen M. Bordes disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that he is, for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, the beneficial owner of such securities.
 
Remarks:
As a result of certain agreements among a trust with respect to which the Reporting Person is a trustee and certain other shareholders of the Issuer, the Reporting Person may be deemed a member of a "group", within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the" Act"), with such other shareholders, that beneficially owns more than 10% of the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. These agreements are described in, and filed as exhibits to, the Reporting Person's report on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on November 14, 2016. This filing is being made as a precautionary matter and shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is a member of a group or subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Act.

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