Smith Media

Smith Media, LLC, successor to Smith Television, was a broadcasting group co-based in Los Angeles, California and St. Petersburg, Florida, that formerly owned and operated several 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.

During the early 2010s, Smith Media sold off its stations; on October 1, 2013, Smith Media reached a deal to sell its last remaining station, WKTV in Utica, New York, to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather, pending FCC approval.^{[3] [4]} The sale was completed on March 20, 2014. ^[5]

Formerly-owned Stations

• With the exception of KATN, KEYT, KJUD, KYUR, WFFF, & WKTV, the second incarnation of Smith Media never owned these stations. Smith Media, LLC was 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 Operated on channel 8 under Smith's ownership.
• ³ From 2000-2004, The Ackerley Group, and later Clear Channel Communications would operate this station through a local marketing agreement (LMA).
• ⁴ Operated on channel 25 until 2001.
• ⁵ From 2001 to 2002, United Communications operated the station under a LMA.
• ⁶ Owned by Lambert Broadcasting, Smith operated WVNY through an LMA.

References

External links

• Smith Media via Boston Ventures site
• Smith Media