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Hearst Television, Inc.
Formerly
Hearst Broadcasting (1931-1997)
Hearst-Argyle Television (1997-2009)
Type
Subsidiary
Industry
Broadcast Television
Television Production
Predecessor Hearst Broadcasting
Argyle Television Holdings II
Founded 1997; 22 years ago (1997), by a merger of Hearst Broadcasting and Argyle Television Holdings II
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Area served

United States (Nationwide)
Key people
Jordan Wertlieb
(President)
Products Broadcast television
Revenue
IncreaseUS$ 785.4 million (2006)
Operating income

IncreaseUS$ 228.8 million (2006)
Net income

IncreaseUS$ 98.7 million (2006)
Number of employees
approx. 3000 (full-time)
Parent Hearst Communications
Subsidiaries Litton Entertainment
Website hearst.com/broadcasting

Hearst Television, Inc. (formerly Hearst-Argyle Television) is a broadcasting company in the United States owned by Hearst Communications. From 1998 to mid-2009, the company traded its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTV."


Hearst-Argyle was formed in 1997 with the merger of Hearst Corporation's broadcasting division and stations owned by Argyle Television Holdings II,[1] which is partially related to the company of the same name who (in 1994) sold its stations to New World Communications, stations that eventually became Fox-owned stations (Hearst itself, unusual for any American broadcast group, has never held a Fox affiliation on any of their stations). Hearst's involvement in broadcasting dates to the 1920s.


In terms of audience reach, Hearst is the third-largest group owner of ABC-affiliated stations, behind the E. W. Scripps Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group, and ahead of Tegna Inc., and the second-largest group owner of NBC affiliates, behind Tegna.


Hearst-owned ABC affiliates in National Football League markets simulcast Monday Night Football games from ESPN that involve these teams - ESPN is 20% owned by Hearst, the rest being owned by ABC's parent, The Walt Disney Company. Other Hearst-owned stations also carry ESPN-aired NFL games, even though they are affiliated with other networks (like WBAL-TV, Baltimore's NBC affiliate). Hearst also holds some joint ventures for syndicated programming with NBCUniversal Television Distribution.


On June 3, 2009, the Hearst Corporation announced that it would purchase substantially all of the stock not held by Hearst. Hearst-Argyle Television then dropped "Argyle" from its name and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Digital television


  • 2 Hearst-owned stations


    • 2.1 Television production


    • 2.2 Television stations


    • 2.3 Radio stations




  • 3 Stations formerly owned by Hearst and/or Argyle II


    • 3.1 Television stations


    • 3.2 Radio stations




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Digital television


In February 2009, Hearst-Argyle announced that its stations (except for KITV and its satellites in Hawaii, which had already completed their transition to digital, and WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York and WNNE in Hartford, Vermont, which followed the other Champlain Valley in transitioning on February 17, 2009) would comply with the new DTV transition date of June 12, 2009.



Hearst-owned stations




Hearst-Argyle Television logo, 2007-2009


Currently, Hearst owns a total of 34 overall television stations but considers two groups of four stations and an NBC station with an ABC digital subchannel joint operations, bringing their count down to 31 under that consideration: eleven NBC affiliates, fifteen ABC affiliates (one as a subchannel of an NBC affiliate, and one which acts as a two-station simulcast), two CBS affiliates, six CW affiliates (two traditional, two subchannel (which are part of a two-station simulcast), and two channel shares), two MyNetworkTV affiliates (one traditional, one subchannel), and one independent station. Most of the company's subchannel stations broadcast either Weigel Broadcasting's MeTV or NBC's Cozi TV through national affiliation deals, along with being charter carriers of Weigel's two newest concepts, Heroes & Icons and Movies!. Since December 1, 2014, Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI has used their third subchannel as an H&I affiliate carrying MyNetworkTV programming in primetime. Hearst also owns two radio stations in Baltimore, the last remaining from the company divesting most of their radio assets after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 went into effect. As already mentioned above, none of Hearst's stations have ever held a Fox affiliation, with the exception of two WMUR translators in the northern part of New Hampshire dis-affiliating with the network upon Hearst's assumption of ownership of WMUR.




Candy Altman at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Hearst-Argyle Television-Commitment 2008


Some Hearst-owned stations use the "Commitment (Year)" banner for all political news coverage leading up to the local, national, and statewide elections in lieu of a localized version of their associated network's political branding. This started in 2000. Hearst also maintains a Washington, D.C. bureau to assist their stations in coverage of national politics, including on-air reporters and facilities and equipment assistance for local stations. Many Hearst stations license the "Operation High School" branding for coverage of local high school sports. In 2007, Hearst-Argyle became one of the first television broadcasting groups to post their news stories on YouTube. WCVB, KCRA, WTAE, WBAL and WMUR were the first stations in Hearst-Argyle's station group to do this.


Until 2009, three of Hearst's television stations (KCWE, WMOR-TV, and WPBF) and its two radio stations (WBAL radio and WIYY) were owned by Hearst Broadcasting, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation through which Hearst ultimately controlled Hearst-Argyle Television, as opposed to Hearst-Argyle itself; Hearst-Argyle still operated these stations under a management services agreement. These stations were transferred to Hearst Television shortly after its privatization.[3][4] Hearst's television and radio cluster in Baltimore additionally serves as the flagship stations and operation bases for the Baltimore Ravens radio and television networks.


On August 20, 2014, it was announced that Hearst Television would acquire WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama and WJCL in Savannah, Georgia from Media General, which divested those stations under FCC advisement as part of their acquisition of LIN Media.[5][6]


On January 6, 2017, Hearst acquired majority control of Charleston, South Carolina-based syndicator Litton Entertainment, which has control of four of the five E/I-compliant Saturday morning blocks on the five major broadcast networks, along with being a syndicator of traditional programming. The deal closed on February 1.[7]



Television production


Hearst Television also produces the weekly public-affairs program Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, which in fall 2018 entered its fourth season. Outside of the Hearst stations and A&E, the show is distributed in national broadcast syndication by Sony Pictures Television.



Television stations


Stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license.


Note:



  • (**) – Indicates a station that was built and signed-on by Hearst.

  • (§§) – Indicates a station that was owned by Argyle Television Holdings II prior to the formation of Hearst-Argyle Television in 1997.

  • (~~) - Indicates a station that was affected by an ownership swap between Argyle II and Gannett in 1997.

  • (≈≈) – Indicates a station that was affected by an ownership swap between Hearst-Argyle and Sunrise Television in 1998.

  • (¤¤) – Indicates a station that was owned by Pulitzer prior to its acquisition by Hearst-Argyle in 1998.

  • (κ) – Indicates a station that was owned by Kelly Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Hearst-Argyle in 1999.

  • (^^) - Indicates a station that was acquired by Hearst from Media General in 2014.


















































































































































































































































City of license / Market
Station
Channel
TV (RF)
Owned Since
Network Affiliation

Birmingham - Tuscaloosa - Anniston, AL

WVTM-TV ^^
13 (13)
2014

NBC

Fort Smith - Fayetteville - Rogers, AR

KHBS §§
40 (21)
1996

ABC
The CW (DT2)

KHOG-TV §§
(satellite of KHBS)
29 (15)
1996
ABC
The CW (DT2)

Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto

KCRA-TV κ
3 (35)
1999
NBC

KQCA κ
58 (46)
2000

MyNetworkTV

Salinas - Monterey - Santa Cruz, CA

KSBW ≈≈
8 (8)
1998
NBC
ABC (DT2)

Daytona Beach - Orlando - Clermont, FL

WESH ¤¤
2 (11)
1999
NBC

WKCF
18 (17)
2006
The CW

Lakeland - Tampa - St. Petersburg, FL

WMOR-TV
32 (19)
1996

Independent

Tequesta - West Palm Beach, FL

WPBF
25 (16)
1997
ABC

Savannah, Georgia

WJCL ^^
22 (22)
2014
ABC

Des Moines, Iowa

KCCI ¤¤
8 (8)
1999

CBS
MyNetworkTV (DT3)

Louisville

WLKY ¤¤
32 (26)
1999
CBS

New Orleans

WDSU ¤¤
6 (43)
1999
NBC

Poland Spring - Portland, ME

WMTW
8 (8)
2004
ABC

WPXT
51 (43)
2018
The CW

Baltimore

WBAL-TV **
11 (11)
1948
NBC

Boston

WCVB-TV
5 (20)
1986
ABC

Jackson, Mississippi

WAPT §§
16 (21)
1995
ABC

Kansas City, Missouri

KMBC-TV
9 (29)
1982
ABC

KCWE
29 (31)
2006 1
The CW

Omaha, Nebraska

KETV ¤¤
7 (20)
1999
ABC

Manchester, New Hampshire

WMUR-TV
9 (9)
2001
ABC

Albuquerque - Santa Fe

KOAT-TV ¤¤
7 (7)
1999
ABC

Plattsburgh, N.Y. - Burlington, VT

WPTZ ≈≈
5 (14)
1998
NBC

WNNE ≈≈2
31 (14)
1998
The CW

Winston-Salem - Greensboro - High Point

WXII-TV ¤¤
12 (31)
1999
NBC

WCWG
20 (31)
2018 3
The CW

Cincinnati

WLWT §§~~
5 (35)
1997
NBC

Oklahoma City

KOCO-TV §§~~
5 (7)
1997
ABC

Lancaster - Harrisburg -
York - Lebanon

WGAL ¤¤
8 (8)
1999
NBC

Pittsburgh

WTAE-TV **
4 (51)
1958
ABC

Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville - Anderson

WYFF ¤¤
4 (36)
1999
NBC

Milwaukee

WISN-TV
12 (34)
1955
ABC

Other Notes:




  • 1 KCWE in Kansas City has been managed by Hearst since its sign-on in 1996.


  • 2 As a result of the incentive auction, WNNE channel shares with WPTZ after the sale of its former spectrum. WNNE previously served Hartford, Vermont and Hanover, New Hampshire as a semi-satellite of WPTZ.


  • 3 As a result of the incentive auction, WCWG channel shares with WXII after the sale of its former spectrum. Hearst purchased WCWG outright on February 12, 2018 from former owner Lockwood Broadcast Group, but operated the station under a secondary shared services arrangement after the channel share went into effect on July 31, 2017.



Radio stations






AM Station

FM Station




















City of License/Market

Station

Owned Since

Current Format

Baltimore

WBAL 1090
1935

News-Talk

WIYY 97.9
1960

Active rock/Alternative rock/Classic rock


Stations formerly owned by Hearst and/or Argyle II



Television stations










































































City of license / Market
Station
Channel
TV (RF)
Years owned
Current ownership status

Honolulu

KITV §§
4 (40)
1995–2015

ABC affiliate owned by SJL Broadcasting

Hilo, Hawaii

KHVO §§
(satellite of KITV)
4 (18)
1995–2015

ABC affiliate owned by SJL Broadcasting

Wailuku, Hawaii

KMAU §§
(satellite of KITV)
4 (29)
1995–2015

ABC affiliate owned by SJL Broadcasting

Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo -
Battle Creek, MI

WZZM §§~~
13 (13)
1995–1997

ABC affiliate owned by Tegna

Buffalo, New York

WGRZ §§~~
2 (33)
1995–1997

NBC affiliate owned by Tegna

Dayton, Ohio

WDTN ≈≈1
2 (50)
1981–1998

NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group

Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, MA

WNAC-TV §§ ≈≈2
64 (12)
1995–1998

Fox affiliate owned by Super Towers, Inc.
(operated under LMA by Nexstar Media Group)

Clarksburg - Weston, W.V.

WBOY-TV
12 (12)
2001

NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group

New England Region

NECN
various
1992–2009

Cable-only regional news channel owned by NBCUniversal



First Hearst-Argyle Television logo from 1997 to 2007.


Notes:




  • 1 WDTN was an ABC affiliate under Hearst during its ownership; LIN switched the station's affiliation back to NBC in 2004.


  • 2 WNAC-TV was owned by Argyle, but operated from 1996 to 2001 by Clear Channel Communications under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with WPRI-TV, which Clear Channel owned at the time.


In addition to the above, Hearst-Argyle never owned WZZM or WGRZ. Those two stations were divested by one of the company's predecessors, Argyle Television Holdings II, several months prior to the merger with Hearst Broadcasting. The "years owned" information reflects the years of ownership by Argyle Television Holdings II. And WDTN was the only formerly owned television station that was owned directly by Hearst prior to the merger.



Radio stations


(a partial listing)






AM Station

FM Station











































































































Market

Station

Years Owned

Current Ownership

Phoenix

KTAR 620
1999–2001
Owned by Bonneville International
KMVP 860
1999–2001

KNAI, owned by Farmworker Educational Radio Network
KKLT 98.7
1999–2001

KMVP-FM, owned by Bonneville International

Los Angeles
KEHE 780
1935–1939

KABC 790, owned by Cumulus Media

San Francisco
KYA 1260
1934–1942

KSFB, owned by Immaculate Heart Media

Louisville
WLKY 970
1999–2000

WGTK, owned by Salem Media Group

New York City

WGBS/WINS 1010
1931–1946
Owned by Entercom

Kernersville - Winston-Salem -
Greensboro - High Point
WXII 830
1999–2000

WTRU, owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation

Oklahoma City
KOMA 1480
1936–1939

KOKC 1520, owned by Tyler Media Group

Pittsburgh
WCAE/WRYT/WTAE 1250
1931–1997

WPGP, owned by Salem Media Group
WCAE-FM/WRYT-FM/WTAE-FM/WXKX/WHTX/WVTY 96.1 **
1960–1997

WKST-FM, owned by iHeartMedia

San Juan, PR

WAPA 680
1961–1991
Owned by Wifredo G. Blanco Pi

Austin
KNOW 1500
1936–1939

KTSN 1490, owned by REO Radio Group

San Antonio

KTSA 550
1936–1939
Owned by Alpha Media

Waco
WACO 1420
1936–1939

KCLE 1460, owned by M&M Broadcasters

Milwaukee

WISN 1130
1928–1997
Owned by iHeartMedia
WISN-FM/WLPX/WBTT/WLTQ 97.3 **
1961–1997

WRNW, owned by iHeartMedia


References





  1. ^ Rathbun, Elizabeth A. "Hearst stocks up on Argyles; merged TV group with 14 stations, 11.6% coverage is valued at $1.8 billion., Broadcasting & Cable. March 31, 1997. HighBeam Research. (February 17, 2011).


  2. ^ Hearst Moves On Merger, Broadcasting & Cable, June 3, 2009


  3. ^ "Explanation to FCC of Hearst-Argyle privatization" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 18, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "Explanation to FCC of Hearst reorganization" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 29, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2012.


  5. ^ "Media General, LIN Sell Stations In 5 Markets". TVNewsCheck. August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.


  6. ^ Malone, Michael (August 20, 2014). "Media General, LIN Divest Stations in Five Markets". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 20, 2014.


  7. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (6 January 2017). "Hearst Acquires Majority Stake in Independent Distributor Litton Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved 27 January 2017.




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