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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Coogan                   Susan                    C.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

4712 Charmian Road
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                                    (Street)

Richmond                 VA                  23226
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   (City)               (State)                 (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     Firstmark Corp. (FIRM)

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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

     April 1997
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [ * ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


       
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
   (Check Applicable Line)

   [   ]   Form filed by One Reporting Person

   [   ]   Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                         (Month/Day/Year)  Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S>                                   <C>            <C>      <C>    <C>         <C>    <C>      <C>            <C>       <C>

Common Stock                           *              *               *           *      *        *              I        trustee
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     $.20 par value
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly


*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 
 4(b)(v).

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          9.        10.    
                                                                                                          Number    Owner- 
                                                                                                          of        ship   
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    Form of    
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.    
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature 
                    of                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of     
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-    
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct 
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-  
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial 
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner- 
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship   
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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<S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>  <C>  <C>   <C>    <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>     <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>


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</TABLE>
Explanation of Responses:

*See Attachment.


/s/ Susan C. Coogan                                      5/12/97
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information  contained
in this form are not  required to respond  unless the form  displays a currently
valid OMB Number.

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                        Additional Information to Form 4


Name:             Susan C. Coogan

Address:          4712 Charmian Road
                  Richmond, Virginia  23226

Issuer & Ticker Symbol:    Firstmark Corp. (FIRM)

Statement for Month/Year:  April 1997


*        The H. William  Coogan  Irrevocable  Trust (the "Trust"),  of which Ms.
         Coogan is trustee, currently owns 14,400 shares of the  Issuer's Series
         B,  cumulative,  non-voting  preferred stock, par  value $.20 per share
         ("Series B Preferred  Stock").  In March  1997,  the Issuer's  Board of
         Directors  approved of and  directed the  conversion of each issued and
         outstanding  share of Series B  Preferred  Stock into shares of  Common
         Stock,  effective April 1997,  pursuant to the Statement  of Resolution
         Establishing  Series of Shares of the  Issuer,  dated  May 7, 1996 (the
         "Series  B  Resolution").  Pursuant  to  the  terms  of the  Series  B
         Resolution  relating to the  determination  of  the number of shares of
         Common  Stock  that  the  holders  of Series B  Preferred  Stock  shall
         receive upon  such  conversion,  each share of Series B Preferred Stock
         is convertible into  80.7571 shares of Common Stock. Accordingly,  upon
         the consummation of the  conversion,  the Trust will receive  1,162,903
         shares of Common Stock.

         The conversion and the actual issuance of shares of Common Stock to the
         Trust has not yet  occurred  and is pending the approval of the Federal
         Communications  Commission (the "FCC").  The Issuer  currently owns the
         voting stock of Champion Broadcasting  Corporation ("CBC"),  which owns
         and operates radio stations  subject to FCC regulation.  FCC counsel to
         CBC has advised the Issuer  that the actual  acquisition  by the Trust,
         and Ms.  Coogan as trustee,  of  beneficial  ownership  of Common Stock
         cannot occur until the Issuer receives the necessary  approval from the
         FCC or other  arrangements are made with respect to the voting stock of
         CBC that would obviate the need for such FCC approval.








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