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Small Media Companies

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With big conglomerates purchase small-midsize-large companies (Tegna, Gray, Nexstar, Sinclair, Hearst, EW Scripps, etc.) how many small tv companies are still exist in the tv industry today?

*Colwes Company (KHQ, KNDO, KNDU, KULR, KTMF, KFBB, KWYB)
*Sarkes-Tarzian (KTVN, WRCB)
*Morgan Murphy Media (KXLY, WISC,KOAM, KAPP, KVEW, WKBT, KVCT)
*McKinnon Broadcasting (KUSI)

Any others?
 
Bahakel broadcasting (WCCB, WOLO, WFXB, WBBJ, WAKA, WBMM, WNCF)
Forum communications (WDAY, WDAZ, KBMY, KMCY)
Southeastern Ohio broadcasting (WHIZ)
Circle city (WISH, WNDY, WIIH-CD)
Bonneville (KSL)
Stephen Marks (KXGN, WBKB, WBKP, WBUP)
Lilly broadcasting (WICU, WSEE, WZMQ, WENY)
Waypoint Media (WPBI, WPBY, WNBJ, WHPM, KJNB, KJNE, WMDN, WGBC)
Waterman broadcasting (WBBH, WZVN)
Sunbeam (WHDH, WLVI, WSVN)
Capital broadcasting (WRAL, WRAZ, WILM-LD, WARZ-CD)
 
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Bonneville owns KSL-TV, but has concentrated on radio for a while. They used to own KIRO back in the "7/7/7" days.
 
Mr Tony said:
Bahakel broadcasting (WCCB, WOLO, WFXB, WBBJ, WAKA, WBMM, WNCF)
Forum communications (WDAY, WDAZ, KBMY, KMCY)
Southeastern Ohio broadcasting (WHIZ)
Circle city (WISH, WNDY, WIIH-CD)
Bonneville (KSL)
Stephen Marks (KXGN, WBKB, WBKP, WBUP)
Lilly broadcasting (WICU, WSEE, WZMQ, WENY)
Waypoint Media (WPBI, WPBY, WNBJ, WHPM, KJNB, KJNE, WMDN, WGBC)
Waterman broadcasting (WBBH, WZVN)
Sunbeam (WHDH, WLVI, WSVN)
Capital broadcasting (WRAL, WRAZ, WILM-LD, WARZ-CD)
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If Disney was only owning local TV stations then it would be tied with waypoint media given that Disney owns 8 ABC affiliates (KABC, WABC, WLS, WPVI, KTRK, KGO, WTVD, KFSN)
Except that doesn't count for this thread though given Disney's ownership of ABC Network, two pay streaming operations Hulu and Disney+, Disney parks, ESPN, Star Networks (Former Fox International Networks outside the USA that were taken over by Disney) and their film production labels such as 20th Century productions, ABC Signature and Walt Disney Pictures.
 
e-dawg said:
With big conglomerates purchase small-midsize-large companies (Tegna, Gray, Nexstar, Sinclair, Hearst, EW Scripps, etc.) how many small tv companies are still exist in the tv industry today?

*Colwes Company (KHQ, KNDO, KNDU, KULR, KTMF, KFBB, KWYB)
*Sarkes-Tarzian (KTVN, WRCB)
*Morgan Murphy Media (KXLY, WISC,KOAM, KAPP, KVEW, WKBT, KVCT)
*McKinnon Broadcasting (KUSI)

Any others?
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Entravision. Secondary Univision affiliates for the most part.
News-Press Gazette. Palm Springs, Idaho Falls, Bend, Twin Falls, St. Joseph, etc.
 
Mr Tony said:
In most of their markets they own multiple stations due to being low powered. In Palm Springs they own 5 stations as example. In St Joe its 3
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Palm Springs is geographically small, and the cable systems carry them all. They have ABC, Fox and CBS as well as CW and Telemundo. All are very well done, including the local news coverage in both English and Spanish. All the signals cover the whole market over the air, and cable usage in the market is among the nation's highest.

They also do very well, with perhaps 50% of revenue coming from carry fees from cable, and lots of local direct accounts in a market that outranks its population in revenue.

It's a very well run operation, as evidenced by their news department "graduates" going on to huge markets like LA, San Diego and Phoenix.
 
Maranatha Broadcasting (WDPN, WFMZ-TV, WFMZ-AB, W24CS-D, K22JN-D)
PMCM TV, LLC (WJLP, WNWT-LD)
Berkshire Hathaway (WPLG)
Weigel Broadcasting (KAZA, WWME, WCIU, WMEU, KAZD, KYAZ, KAXT, KTLN, KVOS, KFFV, KEJR, KNLC, WHCT, KCSG, KCSG-LD, WJFB, WBME, WMLW, WDJT, WYTU, WCWW, WBND, WMYS, KMOH, WFBN, KREG)
 
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WFMZ-AB? What's an -AB suffix? Something unofficial for Allentown/Bethlehem?
 
  • Michael Hogan AKA Big Horn Television (KGWC)
  • Block Communications (WAND, WDRB, WBKI, WFND, WLIO)
  • California Oregon Broadcasting (KOBI)
  • Coastal Television (KFNB, KTBY & operates KTWO, KYUR, KATN, KJUD)
  • Fort Myers Broadcasting Company (WINK & operates WXCW, WUVF, WANA)
  • Heritage Broadcast Group (WWTV & operates WFQX)
  • Paxon Media Group (WPSD)
  • Jim Simpson AKA Rapid Broadcasting (KNBN & KWBH)
  • Red River Broadcasting (KQDS & KVRR)
  • Rockfleet Broadcasting (WJFW, WVII & WFVX)
  • Standard Media (KLKN & WLNE)
  • The Draper family (WBOC & WRDE)
  • The Manship family (KGRV & WBRZ)
  • The Wray family (KTBS & KPXJ)
Hubbard Broadcasting and Lockwood Broadcast Group are pretty small TV groups too, but not quite as small as most of the ones listed in this thread.
 
stationless listener said:
It's a translator station (real channel 24) that sends a signal over the Allentown area.
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The only eastern PA Channel 24 translator I see in the CDBS database is W24CS-D, which is owned by Maranatha, but is licensed to Reading.
 
 

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Class A’s

KCNZ-CD: San Francisco, CA

WMKE-CD: Milwaukee, WI

KGMM-CD: San Antonio, TX

KMMD-CD: Salinas, CA
LP’s

KQRM-LD San Francisco, CA


CNZ Communications their biggest station is KOFY-TV San Francisco.
 
In Oklahoma City we have ...

Griffin Communications - KWTV and KSBI (plus KOTV and KWBT in Tulsa)
Tyler Media - KTUZ, KUOK/KUOK-LD, KOCY-LP,) plus (KUTU-CD in Tulsa)
 
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