content: FORM 8 - K
  
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                      Washington, DC  20549
  
  
  
                         CURRENT REPORT
  
  
  
                 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                             of the
                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):
  
                          June 15, 2000
  
                   CIRCUIT RESEARCH LABS, INC.
  
     (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
                             Arizona
  
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
                    0-11353        86-0344671
  
                    Commission            IRS
                       File            Employer
                      Number      Identification No.
  
                     2522 West Geneva Drive
                      Tempe, Arizona  85282
  
            (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
  
                         (602) 438-0888
  
                 (Registrants telephone number)
  
  Item 5. Other Events
  
  Tempe, AZ and San Leandro, CA-June 15, 2000-Circuit Research
  Labs, Inc. (CRL) ("OTC/BB":CRLI) announced today that it has
  finalized its acquisition of Orban from Harman International
  Industries, Inc.  CRL and Orban will continue to operate
  from their current facilities and keep their separate brand
  identities but will operate together as the publicly traded
  company, Circuit Research Labs, Inc.
  
  CRL, located in Tempe, Arizona, with 12 employees and OVER
  $1 million in annual sales, produces and markets high-
  quality electronic audio processing, transmission encoding,
  and noise reduction equipment for the radio, television and
  pro audio markets. The Company was founded in 1974 by Gary
  Clarkson and the late Ron Jones.  Clarkson sold his majority
  interest in CRL to Brentlinger in July 1999.
  
  Orban, located in San Leandro, California with 75 employees
  and sales of $15M is known worldwide for its standard-
  setting line of OPTIMOD digital audio processors and also
  manufactures the Audicy digital audio workstation. Orban was
  founded in 1970 and was privately held by Robert Orban and
  the late John Delantoni.  It was sold in 1989 to the U.S.
  division of AKG Acoustics, which was acquired by Harman
  International in 1994.
  
  The purchase price was $10.5 million, $2 million of which
  was paid in cash, the balance a combination of short term
  and long term seller financing. The purchase price was
  determined by arms length negotiations.
  
  The $2 million cash was comprised of $598,386 cash from
  Circuit Research Labs, $965,800 raised through a private
  placement of Circuit Research Labs, Inc. stock, $150,000 in
  stock options exercised by Charles Jayson Brentlinger, and
  $323,814 through a mortgage on Circuit Research Labs, Inc.
  Tempe, Arizona office building.
  
  The debt consists of a $3.5M short term note to Harman
  International Industries, Inc. and a $5M long term note to
  Harman International Industries, Inc.
  
  All required financial statements and exhibits shall be
  furnished in an amendment within 60 days in accordance with
  the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
  
  This Form 8K contains "forward-looking" statements within
  the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
  of 1995. Management's anticipation of future events is based
  upon assumptions regarding levels of competition, research
  and development results, raw material markets, the markets
  in which the Company operates, and stability of the
  regulatory environment. Any of these assumptions could prove
  inaccurate, and therefore there can be no assurance that the
  forward-looking information will prove to be accurate.
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text: FORM 8 - K
  
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                      Washington, DC  20549
  
                         CURRENT REPORT
  
                 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                             of the
                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):
  
                          June 15, 2000
  
                   CIRCUIT RESEARCH LABS, INC.
  
     (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
                             Arizona
  
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
                    0-11353        86-0344671
  
                    Commission            IRS
                       File            Employer
                      Number      Identification No.
  
                     2522 West Geneva Drive
                      Tempe, Arizona  85282
  
            (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                         (602) 438-0888
  
                 (Registrants telephone number)
  
  Item 5. Other Events
  
  Tempe, AZ and San Leandro, CA-June 15, 2000-Circuit Research
  Labs, Inc. (CRL) ("OTC/BB":CRLI) announced today that it has
  finalized its acquisition of Orban from Harman International
  Industries, Inc.  CRL and Orban will continue to operate
  from their current facilities and keep their separate brand
  identities but will operate together as the publicly traded
  company, Circuit Research Labs, Inc.
  
  CRL, located in Tempe, Arizona, with 12 employees and OVER
  $1 million in annual sales, produces and markets high-
  quality electronic audio processing, transmission encoding,
  and noise reduction equipment for the radio, television and
  pro audio markets. The Company was founded in 1974 by Gary
  Clarkson and the late Ron Jones.  Clarkson sold his majority
  interest in CRL to Brentlinger in July 1999.
  
  Orban, located in San Leandro, California with 75 employees
  and sales of $15M is known worldwide for its standard-
  setting line of OPTIMOD digital audio processors and also
  manufactures the Audicy digital audio workstation. Orban was
  founded in 1970 and was privately held by Robert Orban and
  the late John Delantoni.  It was sold in 1989 to the U.S.
  division of AKG Acoustics, which was acquired by Harman
  International in 1994.
  
  The purchase price was $10.5 million, $2 million of which
  was paid in cash, the balance a combination of short term
  and long term seller financing. The purchase price was
  determined by arms length negotiations.
  
  The $2 million cash was comprised of $598,386 cash from
  Circuit Research Labs, $965,800 raised through a private
  placement of Circuit Research Labs, Inc. stock, $150,000 in
  stock options exercised by Charles Jayson Brentlinger, and
  $323,814 through a mortgage on Circuit Research Labs, Inc.
  Tempe, Arizona office building.
  
  The debt consists of a $3.5M short term note to Harman
  International Industries, Inc. and a $5M long term note to
  Harman International Industries, Inc.
  
  All required financial statements and exhibits shall be
  furnished in an amendment within 60 days in accordance with
  the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
  
  This Form 8K contains "forward-looking" statements within
  the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
  of 1995. Management's anticipation of future events is based
  upon assumptions regarding levels of competition, research
  and development results, raw material markets, the markets
  in which the Company operates, and stability of the
  regulatory environment. Any of these assumptions could prove
  inaccurate, and therefore there can be no assurance that the
  forward-looking information will prove to be accurate.