River City Broadcasting
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River City Broadcasting L.P. was a major television and radio station operator in mid-sized markets in the United States, based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Overview
The firm was formed in 1989 as a partnership between Barry Baker and Larry Marcus, both former executives of Koplar Communications in St. Louis. Through a series of acquisitions between 1989 and 1994, River City amassed eight television stations and 29 radio stations in a total of 15 medium-sized markets.
In May 1996, River City sold its stations to the Sinclair Broadcast Group for $1.2 billion.[1][2]
The TV stations owned by River City are listed in the table below. The Radio stations owned by River City are as follows:
Television Stations formerly owned
Television stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto | KOVR | 13 (25) | 1993–1997 | CBS owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| Bloomington - Indianapolis | WTTV | 4 (48) | 1991–1997 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Kokomo, Indiana | WTTK (satellite of WTTV) |
29 (29) | 1991–1997 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Des Moines - Ames | KDSM-TV | 17 (16) | 1991–1997 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| St. Louis | KDNL-TV | 30 (31) | 1989–1997 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Columbus, Ohio | WSYX | 6 (48) | 1993–1997 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Asheville - Greenville - Spartanburg | WLOS | 13 (13) | 1993–1997 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| WAXA ** | 40 (14) | 1993–1997 | MyNetworkTV affiliate, WMYA-TV, owned by Cunningham Broadcasting (Operated through a LMA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) | |
| San Antonio | KABB | 29 (30) | 1989–1997 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
- 1 WAXA was a full-time satellite of WLOS under River City ownership.
See also
References
- ^ Jacobson, Gianna (1996-04-12). "Sinclair Buys Radio and TV Stations for $1.2 Billion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ^ ""River City Broadcasting Is Sold Baltimore Company Pays More Than $1 Billion for Barry Baker's Start-Up" by Denise Smith Amos Of The Post-Dispatch Jerry Berger Of The Post-Dispatch Contributed Information To This Story. - St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), April 12, 1996 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
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