Smith Media

Logo before takeover by Boston Ventures

Smith Media, LLC, successor to Smith Television, is a broadcasting group co-based in Los Angeles, California and St. Petersburg, Florida, that owns and operates seven television stations across the United States.

Smith Television became Smith Media, LLC in 2005 at the death of Bob Smith, head of the family run organization. The family decided to re capitalize their stations and sold the stations to Boston Ventures, which created Smith Media. The similarities in names have created much confusion.

Stations

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Channel (RF)	Current Affiliation	Acquired	Notes
90.	Burlington, Vermont	WFFF-TV	44 (43)	Fox	1997	Formerly operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group
			44.2 (43.2)	The CW		Launched 2007
		WVNY-TV	22 (13)	ABC	2004	Operated under an LMA
121.	Santa Barbara, California	KEYT	3 (27)	ABC	1987
			3.2 (27.2)	MyNetworkTV/RTV		Launched 2007
169.	Utica, New York	WKTV-TV	2 (29)	NBC	1993
			2.2 (29.2)	The CW		Launched 1998, added to WKTV subchannel 2006

Formerly-owned Stations

• With the exception of KIMO, KATN, & KJUD, The current incarnation of Smith Media never owned these stations. Smith Media, LLC is successor to Smith Television, Inc. who owned the following.

Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Years Owned	Sold To	Current Ownership	Notes
Anchorage, Alaska	KIMO	13	ABC The CW	1995-2010	Vision Alaska, LLC	Vision Alaska, LLC	Became KYUR in 2011
Binghamton, New York	WBGH-CA	20	NBC	1995-2000	The Ackerley Group	Newport Television	Controlled by sister station WIVT
Buffalo, New York	WGRZ-TV	2	NBC	1986-1988	Tak Communications	Gannett	Part of an ownership group including SJL Broadcasting, TA Associates and Sandy DiPasquale
Elmira, New York	WETM-TV	18	NBC	1986-2004	Clear Channel Communications	Newport Television	Operated by The Ackerley Group, and later Clear Channel Communications, via a local marketing agreement during the last four years of Smith Television ownership (2000-2004)
Fairbanks, Alaska	KATN-TV	2	ABC The CW	2001-2010	Vision Alaska, LLC	Vision Alaska, LLC
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	WHTM-TV	27	ABC	1986-1994	Price Communications	Allbritton Communications
Juneau, Alaska	KJUD-TV	8	ABC The CW	2001-2010	Vision Alaska, LLC	Vision Alaska, LLC
Reno, Nevada	KOLO-TV	8	ABC		Gray Television	Gray Television
Rochester, New York	WROC-TV	8	CBS	1996-1999	Nexstar Broadcasting Group	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Salinas-Monterrey-Santa Cruz, California	KSBW-TV	8	NBC	1995-1998	Hearst Television	Hearst Television	Divested along with WPTZ and WNNE (which were acquired from Sinclair Broadcast Group)
San Luis Obispo, California	KSBY	6	NBC	1995-1996	SJL Broadcasting	Evening Post Publishing Company	Acquired along with KSBW but divested almost immediately due to Smith Television's ownership of KEYT
Watertown, New York	WWTI-TV	50	ABC	N/A	The Ackerley Group	Newport Television
	W28BF	28	Fox	2001-2002	United Communications Corporation	United Communications Corporation	Owned jointly with UCC; was W28BF from 2001-2002, then WNYF-LP until 2003; now known as WNYF-CA

External links

• Smith Media (Email Placeholder)