Communications Corporation of America
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| Type | Private (subsidiary of Silver Point Capital) |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder(s) | Thomas R. Galloway D. Wayne Elmore |
| Headquarters | Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Key people | Thomas R. Galloway, CEO |
| Services | Television stations |
| Owner(s) | Thomas R. Galloway D. Wayne Elmore |
| Employees | 345 |
| Website | http://www.comcorpusa.com/ |
Communications Corporation of America (also known as ComCorp) is a broadcasting company in the United States that owns television stations in smaller markets. The company is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.[1] It owns and/or operates 20 stations (counting satellite stations and those controlled via local marketing agreements).
At one point, ComCorp was also an owner of radio stations in its home market of Lafayette; it subsequently sold those stations to Regent Communications.[2]
In June 2006, ComCorp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company emerged from bankruptcy in October 2007 under the control of Silver Point Capital, who also controls Granite Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
Local news on ComCorp's owned or managed stations are structured variably, with most stations not producing news in-house. As of May 2011, the only ComCorp owned-and-operated stations with in-house local newscasts are KTSM-TV and KETK-TV; two ComCorp managed stations, WVLA-TV and KDBC-TV also produce their own newscasts. Most of the remainder of the company's stations have their newscasts outsourced to other stations in the company portfolio: most of ComCorp's Fox stations in Louisiana and Texas have local newscasts produced by KETK (with the exception of WGMB in Baton Rouge, whose newscasts are produced out of area sister station WVLA); the newscasts for NBC affiliate KVEO-TV in Brownsville, Texas, though are produced by El Paso CBS affiliate KDBC-TV); the remainder of ComCorp's owned and managed stations, including CBS affiliate WEVV-TV (the only Big Three station in the group without any local news), do not carry news at all.
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[edit] ComCorp-owned stations
| City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Owned Since | Affiliation |
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| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WGMB-TV | 44 (45) | 1991 | Fox |
| WBRL-CD | 21 / 44.2 | 2002 | The CW | |
| WVLA-TV 1 | 33 (34) | NBC This TV (on DT2) |
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| KZUP-CD 1 | 19 (20) | RTV | ||
| Brownsville - Harlingen - McAllen, Texas | KVEO-TV | 23 (24) | 1990 | NBC Estrella TV (on DT2) |
| Bryan - College Station, Texas | KYLE-TV (satellite of KWKT-TV) |
28 | 1996 | Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| El Paso, Texas | KTSM-TV | 9 / 16 | 1997 | NBC Estrella TV (on DT2) |
| KDBC-TV 5 | 4 (18) | CBS | ||
| Evansville, Indiana | WEVV-TV | 44 (45) | 1999 | CBS Fox/MyNetworkTV (on DT2) |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview, Texas | KETK-TV | 56 (22) | 2004 | NBC Estrella TV (on DT2) |
| KFXK-TV 1 | 51 (31) | Fox | ||
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KADN-TV | 15 (16) | 1997 3 | Fox |
| KLAF-LP | 46 / 15.2 | 1997 3 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Lufkin - Nacogdoches, Texas | KETK-LP 2 (satellite of KETK-TV) |
Cable Only | NBC | |
| KFXL-LP 1 (satellite of KFXK-TV) |
30 | Fox | ||
| Natchez, Mississippi - Alexandria, Louisiana | WNTZ-TV | 48 (49) | 1997 4 | Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| Odessa - Midland, Texas | KPEJ-TV | 24 (23) | 1990 | Fox |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | KMSS-TV | 33 (34) | 1994 | Fox |
| KSHV-TV 1 | 45 (44) | MyNetworkTV | ||
| Waco - Temple, Texas | KWKT-TV | 44 | 1990 | Fox/MyNetworkTV |
Footnotes:
- 1 These stations are owned by White Knight Broadcasting and controlled by ComCorp.
- 2 This station is owned by KM Communications and controlled by ComCorp.
- 3 ComCorp took over KADN under a local marketing agreement in 1997, but the station remained under the ownership of Charles Chatelain until ComCorp purchased it outright in 2004.
- 4 WNTZ had been acquired by White Knight Broadcasting in 1997, with ComCorp controlling the station; it was not transferred to ComCorp directly until 2007.
- 5 This station is owned by Titan TV Broadcast Group, but is operated by ComCorp under a shared services agreement.
[edit] Former ComCorp-owned stations
[edit] Television stations
| City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Years Owned | Current affiliation/owner |
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| Evansville, Indiana | WTSN-LD | 36 | 1999-2009 1 | Me-TV affiliate owned by Evansville Low Power Partnership |
| Killeen - Waco - Temple - Austin, Texas | KAKW-DT | 62 (13) | 1996-2002 2 | Univision owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| Memphis, Tennessee | WHBQ-TV | 13 | 1994–1995 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Footnote:
- 1 This station was owned by Evansville Low Power Partnership and controlled by ComCorp. At the time, ComCorp held a 49 percent stake in Evansville Low Power Partnership.
- 2 This station was owned by White Knight Broadcasting and controlled by ComCorp. ComCorp did not actually own the station.
[edit] Radio stations
| AM Stations | FM Stations |
| Market | Station | Years owned | Current ownership |
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| El Paso, Texas | KTSM-1380 (now KHEY) |
1997–1998 | owned by Clear Channel Communications |
| KTSM-FM-99.9 | 1997–1998 | owned by Clear Channel Communications | |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KROF-960 | 1999–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media |
| KPEL-1420 | 1989–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media | |
| KFTE-96.5 (now KPEL-FM) |
1996–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media | |
| KMDL-97.3 | 1996–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media | |
| KTDY-99.9 | 1989–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media | |
| KPEL-FM/KRXZ-107.7 | 1997–1998 | changed frequencies | |
| KRXZ/KRKA-107.9 (now KHXT) |
1998–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "ComCorp Ready For Its Next Chapter". TVnewsday. 2007-11-06. http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/11/06/daily.7/. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ "Regent to Buy 7 Radio Stations From ComCorp". Los Angeles Times: p. C-5. 2001-08-30. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/30/business/fi-39979. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
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