Lilly Broadcasting
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| private Limited liability company | |
| Industry | TV broadcasting |
| Subsidiaries | SJL Broadcasting |
Lilly Broadcasting, L.L.C. is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the father-and-son team of George Lilly (father) and Brian Lilly (son).
Lilly Broadcasting is the last remaining vestige of the Montecito Broadcast Group, LLC, which was an American holding company that operated television stations with most of its operations centered largely west of the Mississippi River. The company was founded in 1984 as SJL Broadcast Management, renaming itself in 1996 as SJL Communications and in 2000 as SJL Broadcasting (coinciding with their purchase of Gateway Communications). The company was reincorporated in October 2005 when SJL partnered with investment firm Blackstone Group, the owner of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to purchase four stations from Emmis Communications. SJL is based in Montecito, California and is headed by George Lilly who was the head of the original consortium that formed the original SJL group. Lilly Broadcasting, founded in 2000 under the control of Brian Lilly, is listed as being headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.
History
WJRT-TV was sold to SJL Broadcast Management in 1989.[1] In 1991, a SJL affiliated partnership,[2] Media Communications Partners Limited Partnership in 1991 purchased WTVG.[3]
In 1995, SJL sold WJRT-TV and WTVG to ABC[4][4] due to the possibly of WXYZ-TV changing affiliation to CBS as part of a large swath of television network affiliation changes occurring at the time.[5]
On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its stations (KHON, KOIN, KSNW and KSNT) to New Vision Television, ending the partnership between SJL and The Blackstone Group.[6] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval of this sale in late-October of that year, and ownership was officially transferred on November 1.
On March 1, 2009, the last station formally owned by SJL, WICU, transferred its copyrights to Lilly Broadcasting when it merged its news operations with crosstown sister station WSEE-TV. Though SJL still technically exists (and still ostensibly owns WICU), its visible operations have now been subsumed by Lilly Broadcasting.
On November 3, 2010, Broadcasting & Cable magazine announced that SJL Broadcasting made an agreement with Disney to buy back WJRT-TV and WTVG, the two smallest stations in ABC's O&O portfolio.[4] The sale was completed on April 1, 2011 with both stations general manager exiting their positions at change of ownership.[4] Lilly announced on July 24, 2014, that it would sell both WJRT and WTVG to Gray Television in a $128 million transaction.[7]
Stations currently owned or operated by Lilly or SJL
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Network Affiliation | Owned Since | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira, New York | WENY | 36 (36) | ABC CBS (DT2) The CW (DT3) |
2000 | |
| Erie, Pennsylvania | WICU-TV | 12 (12) | NBC | 1996 | Licensed to "SJL of Pennsylvania, Inc." |
| WSEE | 35 (16) | CBS The CW (DT2) |
2002 | Operates under a shared services agreement with WICU | |
| Caribbean | One Caribbean Television | 2009 | Satellite channel, originates from Erie, PA | ||
Stations formerly owned by SJL/Montecito
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo, California | KSBY | 6 (15) | 1996–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | KHON-TV | 2 (8) | 2006–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Media General |
| Hilo, Hawaii | KHAW-TV (satellite of KHON-TV) |
11 (11) | 2006–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Media General |
| Maui | KAII-TV (satellite of KHON-TV) |
7 (7) | 2006–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Media General |
| Kauai | K55DZ (satellite of KHON-TV) |
55 | 2006–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Media General |
| Pittsburg, Kansas / Joplin, Missouri | KOAM-TV | 7 (7) | 1991–1995 | CBS affiliate owned by Saga Communications |
| Topeka, Kansas | KSNT | 27 (27) | 1988-1995 2006–2007 |
NBC affiliate owned by Media General |
| Wichita / Hutchinson, Kansas | KSNW | 3 (45) | 1988-1995 2006–2007 |
NBC affiliate owned by Media General |
| Great Bend / Hays / Salina, Kansas | KSNC (satellite of KSNW) |
2 (22) | 1988-1995 2006–2007 |
NBC affiliate owned by Media General |
| Garden City / Dodge City, Kansas | KSNG (satellite of KSNW) |
11 (11) | 1988-1995 2006–2007 |
NBC affiliate owned by Media General |
| McCook, Nebraska / Colby / Goodland, Kansas |
KSNK (satellite of KSNW) |
8 (12) | 2006–2007 | NBC affiliate owned by Media General |
| Flint, Michigan | WJRT-TV | 12 (12) | 1989-1995[5] 2011[4]-2014 |
ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Billings, Montana | KTVQ | 2 (10) | 1984–1994 | CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications |
| Butte, Montana | KXLF-TV | 4 (5) | 1984–1994 | CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications |
| Great Falls, Montana | KRTV | 3 (7) | 1984–1994 | CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications |
| Missoula, Montana | KPAX-TV | 8 (7) | 1984–1994 | CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications |
| Binghamton, New York | WBNG-TV | 12 (7) | 2000–2006 | CBS affiliate owned by Granite Broadcasting |
| Buffalo, New York | WGRZ-TV | 2 (33) | 1986–1988 | NBC affiliate owned by Gannett Company |
| Syracuse, New York | WSTM-TV | 3 (24) | 1986–1992 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Toledo, Ohio | WTVG | 13 (13) | 1991[2]-1995[5] 2011[4]-2014 |
ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Portland, Oregon | KOIN | 6 (40) | 2006–2007 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
| Altoona / State College / Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
WTAJ-TV | 10 (33) | 2000–2006 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Lebanon / Harrisburg / York / Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
WLYH-TV | 15 (23) | 2000–2006 | The CW affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group (Operated under LMA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| Huntington / Charleston, West Virginia | WOWK-TV | 13 (13) | 2000–2002 | CBS affiliate owned by West Virginia Media Holdings |
References
- ↑ "WJRT". Station Listings. Michiguide.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Report No. MM 95-60
- ↑ WTVG TV Channel 13 Toledo, OH. Michigan Television Dial Guide. Michiguide.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Grego, Melissa (November 3, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Disney to Sell Two Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lilly Broadcasting: Michigan Television. Michigan Radio and TV Ownership Guide. Michiguide.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
- ↑ New Vision Buys Montecito Stations Broadcasting & Cable July 24, 2007
- ↑ "Gray Buys Stations in Flint, Toledo for $128M," from TVNewsCheck, 7/24/2014
External links
- Lilly Broadcasting Washington Bureau
- Lilly Broadcasting at Lilly Broadcasting Washington Bureau