Northwest Broadcasting
| Private | |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Brian Brady |
| Headquarters | Okemos, MI |
Northwest Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Okemos, Michigan, a suburb of Lansing. The broadcasting group owns or operates twelve television stations in six markets, through subsidiaries such as Broadcasting Communications, Mountain Communications, Stainless Broadcasting, and Bristlecone Broadcasting.[1]
Northwest Broadcasting was founded in 1995 by Brian Brady to acquire the television stations of Salmon River Communications, including KAYU-TV in Spokane, Washington, K68EB in Yakima, Washington, KBWU-LP in the Tri-Cities (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, Washington), and KMVU in Medford, Oregon.[2] In 1997, Northwest purchased Stainless, Inc. for $17 million; while Stainless was primarily a manufacturer of broadcasting towers, the purchase also added WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York and KTVZ in Bend, Oregon to Northwest's station group.[3][4] Stainless had owned broadcast stations since purchasing WICZ (then known as WINR-TV) in 1971.[5] Though Northwest would sell the Stainless tower company to SpectraSite Holdings in 1999[6] and KTVZ to News-Press & Gazette Company in 2002,[7] it still owns WICZ-TV under the Stainless Broadcasting Company name.
Brian Brady expanded his broadcast holdings in 2002, when he teamed up with Alta Communications to acquire the K-Six Television stations under the name Eagle Creek Broadcasting;[8] Alta had also invested in Northwest Broadcasting in 1996.[9] Alta divested its interest in Northwest Broadcasting in 2007[10] and in Eagle Creek Broadcasting in 2013.[11] During the 2010s, Brady acquired additional stations through companies such as Blackhawk Broadcasting,[12] Bristlecone Broadcasting,[13] and Cedar Creek Broadcasting.[14] These companies have occasionally made joint filings with Northwest Broadcasting in Federal Communications Commission proceedings under the name "The TV Station Group."[15]
Stations owned by Northwest
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma, Arizona - El Centro, California | KYMA-DT 1 | 11 (11) | 2014 | NBC |
| KSWT 1 | 13 (13) | 2014 | CBS Estrella TV (DT3) | |
| Eureka, California | KVIQ | 17 (17) | 2016 | CBS |
| Pocatello - Idaho Falls, Idaho | KPVI-DT | 6 (23) | 2016 | NBC Decades (DT2) Movies! (DT3) |
| Twin Falls, Idaho | KXTF | 35 (34) | 2016 | Cozi TV |
| Greenville - Greenwood, Mississippi | WABG-TV | 6 (32) | 2016 | ABC Fox (DT2) |
| WFXW 2 | 15 (15) | 2016 | Silent | |
| WNBD-LD | 33 (33) | 2016 | NBC CBS (15.1) | |
| WXVT-LD | 17 (17) | 2017 | CBS | |
| Binghamton, New York | WICZ-TV | 40 (8) | 1997 | Fox |
| WBPN-LP | 10 (40.2) | 2000 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Syracuse, New York | WSYT | 68 (19) | 2013 | Fox Cozi TV (DT2) |
| WNYS-TV 3 | 43 (44) | 2013 | MyNetworkTV GetTV (DT2) | |
| Medford, Oregon | KMVU-DT | 26 (26) | 1995 | Fox MeTV (DT2) |
| KMCW-LD | 14 | 2013 | Sonlife | |
| KFBI-LD | 48 (48) | 2013 | MyNetworkTV Telemundo (DT2) | |
| Spokane, Washington | KAYU-TV | 28 (28) | 1995 | Fox Antenna TV (DT2) |
| Tri-Cities - Yakima, Washington | KFFX-TV | 11 (11) | 1999 4 | Fox Telemundo (DT2) |
| KCYU-LD (Semi-satellite of KFFX-TV) |
41 (41) | 1995 | Fox Telemundo (DT2) | |
Notes:
- 1 KYMA-DT and KSWT are owned by Blackhawk Broadcasting, which is commonly owned with Northwest Broadcasting. Both stations are operated by News-Press & Gazette Company under a shared services agreement.
- 2 WFXW is owned by John Wagner; Northwest Broadcasting operates the station under a local marketing agreement.
- 3 WNYS-TV is owned by Syracuse Broadcasting; Northwest Broadcasting operates the station under a local marketing agreement.
- 4 KFFX-TV was operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Communication Properties from its 1999 sign-on until Northwest bought the station outright in 2003.
Stations formerly owned by Northwest
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green, Kentucky | WKNT/WNKY | 40 (16) | 1997–2003 1 | NBC affiliate owned by Marquee Broadcasting |
| Bend, Oregon | KTVZ | 21 (21) | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by News-Press & Gazette Company |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | KZTV | 10 (10) | 2002–2010 2 | CBS affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting (Operated through a SSA by Cordillera Communications) |
| Laredo, Texas | KVTV | 13 (13) | 2002–2015 2 | defunct, went dark in 2015 (Intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Gray Television-owned license and renamed KYLX-LD.) |
| KNEX-LP | 14 (14) | 2012–2015 2 | CBS affiliate, KYLX-LD channel 13, owned by Gray Television | |
| Walla Walla, Washington | KBKI | 9 | 2001–2003 | defunct, went dark in 2008 (Station was known as KCWK when it ceased operations.) |
Notes:
- 1 WKNT was operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Southeastern Communications from 1997 until Northwest bought the station outright in 2000.
- 2 KZTV, KVTV, and KNEX-LP were owned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting, which was commonly owned with Northwest Broadcasting.
References
- ↑ "Organizational Chart for Northwest Broadcasting, Inc." (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Michigan investor buys KAYU TV". The Spokesman-Review. August 2, 1995. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Kanaley, Reid (May 18, 1997). "Digital TV: It's A High-Tower Act". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
…Stainless, which owns UHF stations in Binghamton, N.Y., and Bend, Ore., is being sold to a Detroit-based partnership, Northwest Broadcasting, said Stainless counsel James J. Heffernan of Plymouth Meeting. He said the deal is worth $17 million.
- ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. May 19, 1997. p. 38. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 8, 1971. p. 37. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. Form 8-K" (TXT). Securities and Exchange Commission. January 21, 2000. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ BIA Financial Networks (March 24, 2002). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ BIA Financial Networks (February 3, 2002). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. January 29, 1996. pp. 32–3. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Transactions: 08-29-07". Television Business Report. August 29, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Station Trading Roundup: 5 Deals, $23 Million". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Brady doubles down in Yuma". Television Business Report. July 24, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ Herbert, Geoff (November 19, 2013). "Ownership changes at Syracuse TV stations approved by FCC". The Post-Standard. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Cedar Creek Buying WRBU, WZRB For $6M". TVNewsCheck. February 3, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Informal Objection and Request to Hold Applications in Abeyance" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.