Smith Media

Smith Media, LLC, successor to Smith Television, is a broadcasting group co-based in Los Angeles, California and St. Petersburg, Florida, that owns and operates one television station in Utica, New York, and formerly owned and operated several other television stations across the United States.

Smith Television became Smith Media, LLC in 2004 at the death of Bob Smith, head of the family run organization. The family decided to re-capitalize their stations and sold the stations to Boston Ventures, which created Smith Media. ^{[1] [2]}The similarities in names have created much confusion.

Station

On October 1, 2013, Smith Media reached a deal to sell its remaining station, WKTV Utica, to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather, pending FCC approval.^{[3] [4]}

Formerly-owned Stations

• With the exception of KATN, KEYT, KJUD, KYUR & WFFF, the current incarnation of Smith Media never owned these stations. Smith Media, LLC is successor to Smith Television, Inc. who owned the following.

Notes:

• ¹ Acquired along with KSBW but divested almost immediately due to Smith's ownership of KEYT.
• ² From 2000-2004, The Ackerley Group, and later Clear Channel Communications would operate this station through a local marketing agreement (LMA).
• ³ From 2001 to 2002, United Communications operated the station under a LMA.
• ⁴ Owned by Lambert Broadcasting, Smith operated WVNY through an LMA.

References

External links

• Smith Media via Boston Ventures site
• Smith Media (Email Placeholder)