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Hearst Television, Inc.
Type subsidiary
Founded 1997, by a merger of Hearst Broadcasting and Argyle Television Holdings II
Headquarters New York City
Area served Flag of the United States.svg United States (Nationwide)
Key people David J. Barrett, president/chief operating officer
Industry Broadcast Television
Television Production
Products Broadcast television
Revenue ▲ $785.4 million USD (2006)
Operating income ▲ $228.8 million USD (2006)
Net income ▲ $98.7 million USD (2006)
Employees approx. 3000 (full time)
Website www.hearsttelevision.com

Hearst Television, Inc. (formerly Hearst-Argyle Television) is a broadcasting company in the United States, owned by the New York City-based Hearst Corporation. It holds joint ventures in television production with NBC Universal Television Distribution (although most of the stations it owns are affiliated with ABC). 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, 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.

In terms of audience reach, Hearst is the largest group owner of ABC-affiliated stations, and the second-largest group owner of NBC affiliates.

In June 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.[1]

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[edit] 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) would comply with the new DTV transition date of June 12, 2009.

[edit] Hearst-owned stations

Hearst-Argyle Television logo, 2007-2009

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 (all of which are owned by a separate, indirect subsidiary of Hearst), and two radio stations (both owned directly by Hearst).

Notes:

1) ** indicates a station built and signed-on by the Hearst Corporation;
2) ++ indicates a station owned by either a separate, indirect subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation (KCWE, WMOR-TV and WPBF) or directly by the Hearst Corporation (WBAL radio and WIYY), and managed by Hearst Television via local marketing agreement (LMA).

[edit] Television stations

City of license/Market Station TV / DT Owned Since Affiliation
7. Boston WCVB-TV 5 / 20 1986 ABC
Manchester, New Hampshire WMUR-TV 9 / 9 2001 ABC
14. Lakeland - Tampa - St. Petersburg, FL WMOR-TV ++ 32 / 19 1996 Independent
(This TV on DT2)
19. Daytona Beach - Orlando - Melbourne WESH 2 / 11 1999 NBC
Clermont, Florida WKCF 18 / 17 2006 CW
(This TV on DT2)
(Estrella TV on DT3)
20. Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto KCRA-TV 3 / 35 1999 NBC
KQCA 58 / 46 2000 MyNetworkTV
(This TV on DT2)
23. Pittsburgh WTAE-TV ** 4 / 51 1958 ABC This TV
27. Baltimore WBAL-TV ** 11 / 11 1948 NBC
32. Kansas City, Missouri KMBC-TV 9 / 29 1982 ABC
KCWE ++ 29 / 31 2006 CW This TV
33. Cincinnati WLWT 5 / 35 1997 NBC
35. Milwaukee WISN-TV 12 / 34 1955 ABC
36. Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville WYFF 4 / 36 1999 NBC
38. Tequesta - West Palm Beach, FL WPBF ++ 25 / 16 1997 ABC
39. Lancaster - Harrisburg -
York - Lebanon, PA		 WGAL 8 / 8 1999 NBC
(This TV on DT2)
44. Albuquerque - Santa Fe KOAT-TV 7 / 7 1999 ABC
45. Oklahoma City KOCO-TV 5 / 7 1997 ABC
46. Winston-Salem - Greensboro -
High Point, N.C.		 WXII 12 / 31 1999 NBC
This TV
49. Louisville WLKY-TV 32 / 26 1999 CBS
51. New Orleans WDSU-TV 6 / 43 1999 NBC
71. Honolulu KITV 4 / 40 1995 ABC
Hilo, Hawaii KHVO
(satellite of KITV)		 13 / 18 1995 ABC
Wailuku, Hawaii KMAU
(satellite of KITV)		 12 / 29 1995 ABC
72. Des Moines KCCI-TV 8 / 8 1999 CBS
76. Omaha KETV 7 / 20 1999 ABC
77. Poland Spring - Portland, ME WMTW-TV 8 / 8 2004 ABC
90. Jackson, Mississippi WAPT-TV 16 / 21 1995 ABC
94. North Pole - Plattsburgh, N.Y. -
Burlington, VT		 WPTZ 5 / 14 1998 NBC This TV
Hartford, VT - Hanover, N.H. WNNE
(semi-satellite of WPTZ)		 31 / 25 1998 NBC
100. Fort Smith - Fayetteville - Rogers, AR KHBS 40 / 21 1996 ABC
(CW on DT2)
KHOG-TV
(satellite of KHBS)		 29 / 15 1996 ABC
(CW on DT2)
124. Salinas - Monterey - Santa Cruz, CA KSBW 8 / 8 1998 NBC

[edit] Radio stations

AM Station FM Station
DMA# Market Station Owned Since Current Format
21. Baltimore WIYY-97.9 ++ Mid-1960s Active rock/Alternative/Classic rock
WBAL-1090 ++ 1935 News-Talk

[edit] Stations formerly owned by Hearst and/or Argyle II

[edit] Television stations

DMA# City of license/Market Station TV / DT Years Owned Current affiliation/owner
41. Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo -
Battle Creek, MI		 WZZM 13 / 13 1995-1997 ABC affiliate owned by Gannett Company
52. Buffalo, New York WGRZ 2 / 33 1995-1997 NBC affiliate owned by Gannett Company
53. Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, MA WNAC-TV 1 64 / 12 1995-1998 Dual Fox-MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by WNAC, LLC
(operated under LMA by LIN Television)
65. Dayton, Ohio WDTN 2 / 50 1981-1998 NBC affiliate owned by LIN Television
168. Clarksburg - Weston, W.V. WBOY-TV 12 / 12 2001 NBC affiliate owned by West Virginia Media Holdings
First Hearst-Argyle Television logo from 1997-2007.

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, 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.

[edit] Radio stations

(a partial listing)

AM Stations FM Stations
DMA# Market Station Current Ownership
17. Phoenix KKLT-98.7
(now KPKX)		 owned by Bonneville International
KTAR-620 owned by Bonneville International
KMVP-860 owned by Bonneville International
22. Pittsburgh WTAE-FM-96.1
(now WKST-FM)		 owned by Clear Channel Communications
WTAE-1250
(now WEAE)		 owned by Disney/ABC
33. Milwaukee WISN-FM/WLTQ-97.3
(now WQBW)		 owned by Clear Channel Communications
WISN-1130 owned by Clear Channel Communications

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

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