Vaughan Media
Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Port Charlotte, Florida, U.S. |
Key people | Thomas J. Vaughan |
| Revenue | $94,000 |
Number of employees | 1 |
Vaughan Media, LLC is a company which owns the broadcast licenses of several stations controlled by the Nexstar Media Group.
Contents
1 History
2 Stations
2.1 Current
2.2 Former Vaughan stations
3 References
History
The company was founded in 2011 when it made its first acquisition, WBDT, from LIN Media. LIN, the owner of WDTN, could not legally own both WDTN and WBDT. It sold off certain assets including the WBDT's broadcast license to Vaughan Media. The sale was consummated on May 20, 2011, at which point LIN took control of the station via shared services agreement with WDTN.
In 2012, the company acquired television stations owned by PBC Broadcasting which were operated by New Vision Television.[1]
In August 2014, it was announced that Sinclair Broadcast Group would take over the shared services agreement to operate WTGS as well as rights to acquire the station.[2] Sinclair exercised the option and acquired the station upon close of the sale of LIN Media to Media General.
The remaining Vaughan stations continued under operation by Media General after the LIN sale. On January 17, 2017, Nexstar Media Group closed its acquisition of Media General and took over operation of the Vaughan stations.
Stations
Current
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Owned since | Network affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Topeka, Kansas | KTKA-TV | 49 (49) | 2012 | ABC The CW (DT3) |
Dayton - Springfield, Ohio | WBDT | 26 (26) | 2011 | The CW |
Youngstown, Ohio | WYTV | 33 (36) | 2012 | ABC MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
Austin, Texas | KNVA | 54 (49) | 2012 | The CW |
Former Vaughan stations
City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hardeeville, South Carolina - Savannah, Georgia | WTGS | 28 (28) | 2012–2014 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
References
^ Vaughan Media LLC, FCC Form 603. Explanation of Transaction, May 2012
^ McAdams, Deborah (2014-08-20). "Nine U.S. TV Stations Swapped for $537 Million". TVTechnology. Retrieved 2019-03-03..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}
