Deerfield Media is a broadcasting company owned by Stephen P. Mumblow, established in 2012 by the acquisition of several television stations connected to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. All of its stations are located in markets where Sinclair also owns a station, and are operated under local marketing agreements by Sinclair.
As a part of its acquisition of multiple stations from Newport Television, Sinclair sold WSTR-TV and KMYS (MyNetworkTV and The CW affiliates respectively) to Deerfield, and also gave them an option to purchase WJTC and WPMI at a later date.[1][2] Deerfield Media also acquired KBTV-TV, a Fox affiliate in Beaumont, Texas, from Nexstar Broadcasting Group, whose operations were assumed by Sinclair's KFDM.[3] Through an option exercised by Sinclair, Deerfield also acquired WUTB, a MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations. This purchase created a triopoly between Sinclair's Fox affiliate, WBFF, and CW affiliate, WNUV (owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, and also operated under an LMA by Sinclair).[4] Deerfield also reached a deal to acquired the license assets of WHAM-TV, an ABC affiliate in Rochester, New York, also from Newport Television.[5] Deerfield also reached a deal to acquire KAME-TV, the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Reno, Nevada, from Ellis Communications in February 2013 as part of Sinclair's purchase of KRXI-TV from Cox Media Group.[6]
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- 1Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock.
- 2Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
- 3Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair.
- 4Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair by an outscoring agreement.
- 5Owned by Second Generation Ltd. and managed by Sinclair.
- 6Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company. and operated by Sinclair.
- 7Operated by Nexstar under an LMA.
- 8Operated by Sinclair, owned by Nexstar.
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