Hoak Media
Hoak Media Corporation is a broadcast media company based in Dallas, Texas. Hoak owns eighteen television stations (including satellites), all in medium and small-markets, mostly in the Great Plains states and Colorado. Hoak Media was established in August 2003.
On November 20, 2013, Gray Television announced it was purchasing Hoak Media and Parker Broadcasting, excluding KREX (and its satellites), KFQX and WMBB (which cannot be sold to Gray as they already operate stations in the markets affected). Some of Hoak's stations will be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting and operated by Gray under local marketing agreements.[1] On December 19, it was announced that KREX & WMBB will be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group, while KFQX will be sold to Mission Broadcasting.[2]
The sale was completed on June 13, 2014. However, some stations were forced to go off the air and programming being move to a multicast stream on adjacent channels, due to some stations unable to receive regulatory approval, after FCC recent ruling on joint sales agreements. Those silent stations will then be sold off to minority interest, pending FCC approval.[3][4]
Stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
Current
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned Since | Network Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Falls, Texas | KAUZ-TV 1 | 6 (22) | 2003 | CBS The CW (DT2) |
Notes:
- 1 Owned by Hoak, KAUZ is operated through JSA and SSA by Drewry Communications, owner of KSWO-TV. Sale to KAUZ Media, Inc., pending FCC approval.
Former
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Junction, Colorado | KFQX 1 | 4 (15) | 2003-2014 | Fox affiliate owned by Parker Broadcasting (Operated through LMA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) |
| KREX-TV | 5 (2) | 2003-2014 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group | |
| KGJT-CD | 27 (27) | 2003-2014 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group | |
| Glenwood Springs, Colorado | KREG (Satellite of KREX) |
3 (23) | 2003-2014 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Montrose, Colorado | KREY (Satellite of KREX) |
10 (13) | 2003-2014 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Panama City, Florida | WMBB | 13 (13) | 2008-2014 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Alexandria, Louisiana | KALB-TV | 5 (35) | 2008-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Monroe, Louisiana | KNOE-TV | 8 (8) | 2007-2014 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| KAQY 1 | 11 (11) | 2008-2014 | Dark station, KMLU, owned by Legacy Broadcasting | |
| Hastings, Nebraska | KHAS-TV | 5 (5) | 2005-2014 | Dark station, KNHL, owned by Legacy Broadcasting |
| North Platte, Nebraska | KNOP-TV | 2 (2) | 2005-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| K11TW | 11 | 2005-2014 | Fox affiliate, KIIT-CA, owned by Gray Television | |
| Bismarck, North Dakota | KFYR-TV | 5 (31) | 2007-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Dickinson, North Dakota | KQCD-TV (Satellite of KFYR) |
7 (7) | 2007-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Minot, North Dakota | KMOT (Satellite of KFYR) |
10 (10) | 2007-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Williston, North Dakota | KUMV-TV (Satellite of KFYR) |
8 (8) | 2007-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Fargo, North Dakota | KXJB-TV 1 | 4 (38) | 2007-2014 | Independent station, KRDK-TV, to be owned by Major Market Broadcasting |
| KVLY-TV | 11 (44) | 2007-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television | |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | KSFY-TV | 13 (13) | 2007-2014 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Aberdeen, South Dakota | KABY-TV (Satellite of KSFY) |
9 (9) | 2007-2014 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Pierre, South Dakota | KPRY-TV (Satellite of KSFY) |
4 (19) | 2007-2014 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
Notes:
- 1 Owned by Parker Broadcasting, Hoak operated these stations under Local marketing agreements.
Carriage dispute with Dish Network
On June 5, 2012, all of Hoak's stations were pulled from Dish Network after they failed to renew a carriage agreement. The refusal to renew reportedly surrounds Dish Network's "Hopper" digital video recorder and its controversial commercial-skipping feature AutoHop—which has also led to complaints from the major U.S. television networks. Dish Network's senior vice president of programming scolded the company for its decision to pull its channels from the service, believing that their decision disrespects "customer control" over programming.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ↑ Gray Sell Grand Junction Duop To Nexstar, TVNewsCheck, 19 December 2013
- ↑ Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing., rbr.com, Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ Press Release from Gray Television, 13 June 2014
- ↑ "Because of dispute, DISH customers lose Hastings' KHAS-TV". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ↑ Jeffrey, Don (June 5, 2012). "Dish’s Ad-Skip Tool May Benefit From Cablevision DVR Case". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
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