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Hearst-Argyle Television
Hearst-Argyle Television
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
In terms of audience reach, Hearst-Argyle is the largest group owner of ABC-affiliated stations, and the second-largest group owner of NBC affiliates.
Digital Television
Type Founded Public (NYSE: HTV) 1997, by a merger of Hearst Broadcasting and Argyle Television Holdings II New York City United States (Nationwide) David J. Barrett, president/chief operating officer Broadcast Television Television Production Broadcast television ▲ $785.4 million USD (2006) ▲ $228.8 million USD (2006) ▲ $98.7 million USD (2006) approx. 3000 (full time) www.hearstargyle.com
Headquarters Area served Key people Industry Products Revenue Operating income Net income Employees Website
In February 2009 Hearst-Argyle announced that its stations (except for KITV and its satellites in Hawaii, which have already completed their transition to digital) will comply with the new DTV transition date of June 12, 2009. Hearst-Argyle stations’ analog transmitters will remain in use until then.
Hearst-Argyle-owned stations
The logo for Hearst-Argyle Television, used from 1997-2006. Currently, a total of 26 television stations, comprising of: ten NBC affiliates, twelve ABC stations, two CBS affiliates, one CW affiliate and one MyNetworkTV affiliate. The company also manages one ABC station, one CW affiliate and one independent station, and two radio stations — all owned by HearstArgyle’s majority owner Hearst Corporation through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Hearst Holdings, Inc. Notes: 1) ** indicates a station built and signedon by the Hearst Corporation; 2) ++ indicates a station owned directly by the Hearst Corporation, and managed by Hearst-Argyle Television via local marketing agreement (LMA).
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. (NYSE: HTV) is a broadcasting company in the United States. Hearst-Argyle is majorityowned by the New York City-based Hearst Corporation, holds joint ventures in television production with NBC Universal Television Distribution (although most of the stations it owns are affiliated with ABC), has an Internet partnership with Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc., and trades 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, 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.
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50. Louisville WLKYTV WDSUTV KCCITV KITV KHVO
(satellite of KITV)
Television stations
DMA# City of license/Market 7. Boston Station WCVBTV TV / DT 5/ 20
Owned Affiliation 53. New Orleans Since 1986 ABC 71. Des Moines 2001 ABC 72. Honolulu 1996 Independent Hilo, on (This TV Hawaii DT2)
32 / 26 6/ 43 8/ 31
1999 1999 1999
CB
NB
CB
Manchester, WMUR- 9 / New Hampshire TV 59 13. Lakeland Tampa - St. Petersburg, FL WMOR- 32 / TV ++ 19 2/ 11 18 / 17 3/ 35 58 / 46 4/ 51 11 / 59 9/7
None 1995 / 40 None 1995 / 13 None 1995 / 12 7/ 20 1999 2004 1995
AB
AB
19.
Daytona Beach - WESH Orlando Melbourne Clermont, Florida WKCF
1999
NBC Wailuku, Hawaii KMAU
(satellite of KITV)
AB
20.
Sacramento Stockton Modesto
KCRATV KQCA
2006 CW 76. (This TV on Omaha DT2) 77. NBC Poland Spring 1999 Portland, ME Jackson, 200090. MyNetworkTV Mississippi (This TV on 93. DT2) North Pole 1958 ABCPlattsburgh, N.Y. Burlington, VT 1948 NBC Hartford, VT Hanover, N.H. 1982 ABC
KETV
AB
WMTW- 8 / TV 46 WAPTTV WPTZ 16 / 21
AB
AB
23. 26. 31.
Pittsburgh Baltimore Kansas City, Missouri
WTAETV ** WBALTV ** KMBCTV KCWE ++
None 1998 / 14
NB
WNNE
(semisatellite of WPTZ)
None 1998 / 25
NB
34. 35. 36.
Cincinnati Milwaukee Greenville Spartanburg Asheville
WLWT WISNTV WYFF
None 2006 CW This TV 100. Fort Smith / 31 Fayetteville 1997 5/ NBC Rogers, AR 35 12 / 34 4/ 59 25 / 16 8/ 58 1955 ABC
KHBS KHOGTV
(satellite of KHBS)
40 / 21 29 / 15
1996 1996
AB (CW
AB (CW
38. 41.
Tequesta - West WPBF Palm Beach, FL ++ Lancaster - Har- WGAL risburg York - Lebanon, PA Albuquerque Santa Fe Oklahoma City KOATTV KOCOTV
1999124.NBC Salinas Monterey Santa Cruz, CA 1997 ABC
KSBW
8/ 10
1998
NB
Radio Stations
1999AM NBC Station FM Station (This TV on DMA# Market Station DT2) 199921. ABCBaltimore WIYY-97.9 ++ 1997 1999 ABC NBC This TV Owned Since Current Format
44. 45. 46.
7/ 21 5/7 12 / 31
Mid-1960s Active rock
WBAL-1090 1925 ++
News-Talk
Winston-Salem - WXII Greensboro High Point, N.C.
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Holdings II. And WDTN was the only formerly owned television station that was owned directly by Hearst prior to the merger.
Stations formerly owned by Hearst and/or Argyle II
Television stations
DMA# City of license/Market 39. Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Battle Creek, MI Buffalo, New York Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, MA Station TV / DT WZZM- 13 / TV 39
Radio stations
(a partial listing) AM Stations FM Stations Years DMA# Current affiliMarket Station Owned ation/owner 1995-1997 ABC affiliate KKLT-98.7 owned 17. Phoenix by Gannett (now Company KPKX) Current Ownership owned by Bonneville International owned by Bonneville International owned by Bonneville International owned by Clear Channel Communications owned by Disney/ABC owned by Clear Channel Communications
51.
52.
64.
Dayton, Ohio
KTAR-620 1995-1997 NBC affiliate owned by Gannett Company KMVP-860 WNAC- None 1995-1998 Dual Fox-MyNetworkTV TV 1 / 12 affiliate owned by 22. Pittsburgh WTAEWNAC, LLC FM-96.1 (operated under LMA (now by LIN Television) WKST-FM) 1981-1998 NBC affiliate WTAE-1250 WDTN 2 / owned by LIN 50 (now Television WEAE) WGRZ- 2 / TV 33 WBOY- None 200133. TV / 12 NBC affiliate WISN-FM/ Milwaukee owned by West VirWLTQ-97.3 ginia Media (now Holdings WQBW)
168.
Clarksburg Weston, W.V.
Notes: 1 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. Also, from 1998 to 2000, Hearst-Argyle controlled WFFF-TV, a dual Fox-CW affiliate for the Burlington-Plattsburgh market, in an arrangement acquired when Argyle obtained WPTZ. In addition to the above, the current incarnation of 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
WISN-1130 owned by Clear Channel Communications
References External links
• Hearst-Argyle Corporate Website
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