Piedmont Television
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Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Piedmont was founded in 1996 as Grapevine Communications, and was originally based in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] The company merged with GOCOM Communications in 1999[1]; it inherited GOCOM's Charlotte headquarters[1] and changed its name to GOCOM Holdings. In 2003, the name was again changed to Piedmont Television[2] (the GOCOM name is now used by another company that owns WRSP-TV/WCCU in Springfield/Urbana, Illinois; that company is partially connected to Piedmont[3]).
The company sold its stations to various owners in 2007.
Stations formerly owned by Grapevine/GOCOM/Piedmont
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Huntsville - Decatur, Alabama | WAAY-TV | 31 (32) | 1999-2007 | ABC affiliate owned by Calkins Media |
Anchorage, Alaska | KTBY | 4 (20) | 1997-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company |
El Dorado, Arkansas - Monroe, Louisiana | KTVE | 10 (27) | 1999-2008 | NBC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting (operated through a LMA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) |
Chico - Redding, California | KNVN | 24 (24) | 1999-2000 | NBC affiliate owned by K4 Media Holdings (operated through a LMA by GOCOM Media, LLC) |
Macon, Georgia | WGXA | 24 (16) | 1999-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Frontier Radio Management |
Savannah, Georgia | WJCL | 22 (22) | 1999-2007 | ABC affiliate owned by LIN Media |
Austin - Rochester, Minnesota - Mason City, Iowa | KAAL | 6 (36) | 1997-2001 | ABC affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
Joplin, Missouri - Pittsburg, Kansas | KODE-TV | 12 (43) | 1997-2002 | ABC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting (operated through a LMA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) |
Springfield, Missouri | KSPR | 33 (19) | 1999-2007 | ABC affiliate owned by Perkin Media (operated through a LMA by Schurz Communications) |
Morehead City - New Bern - Jacksonville, North Carolina | WFXI | 8 (8) | 1999-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Esteem Broadcasting (operated through a LMA by Bonten Media Group) |
Greenville, North Carolina | WYDO (satellite of WFXI) |
14 (47) | 1999-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Esteem Broadcasting (operated through a LMA by Bonten Media Group) |
Youngstown, Ohio | WKBN-TV | 27 (41) | 1999-2007 | CBS affiliate owned by LIN Media |
WYFX-LD | 19 (19) | 1999-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by LIN Media | |
Mercer, Pennsylvania | WFXI-CA (satellite of WYFX-LD) |
17 | 1999-2007 | defunct, went silent in 2009 |
Midland - Odessa, Texas | KMID | 2 (26) | 1999-2000 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
Casper, Wyoming | KTWO-TV | 2 (17) | 1998-2001 | ABC affiliate owned by Silverton Broadcasting Company |
Cheyenne, Wyoming | KKTU (satellite of KTWO) |
33 (11) | 1998-2001 | MundoFox affiliate, KQCK, owned by Casa Media Partners, LLC |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spanburg, Erik (1999-05-14). "Gocom sells for $185 million". Charlotte Business Journal (American City Business Journals). Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ↑ "Piedmont Television Holdings LLC". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ↑ "OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
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