Raycom Media
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| Company type | employee-owned[1] |
|---|---|
| Industry | Broadcast Television Television Production |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Area served | United States (Nationwide) |
Key people | Paul McTear (President & CEO) |
Number of employees | 4,200 |
| Divisions | Raycom Sports Broadview Media |
| Website | raycommedia raycomsports |
Raycom Media, Inc. is an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. It is owned by its employees.[1]
History
Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications, which eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations.
In 1994, Ellis bought Raycom Sports, a 15-year-old sports marketing firm. Two years later, Ellis sold Raycom to a media group funded by Retirement Systems of Alabama, who had bought Aflac's broadcast division and Federal Broadcasting's TV Group a few months earlier.[2] The three groups merged to form Raycom Media. In 1998, Raycom merged with Malrite Communications, owner of five stations in the South and Midwest.
In August 2005 it acquired The Liberty Corporation and in the process sold a dozen of its stations to Barrington Broadcasting.[3] The merger closed at the start of 2006.
On November 12, 2007, Raycom announced its intention to acquire the television broadcasting properties of Lincoln National Corporation's Lincoln Financial Media—three television stations (see table below), plus Lincoln Financial Sports—for $583 million. As of January 1, 2008, Lincoln Financial Sports was officially merged into Raycom Sports.
On November 20, 2013, Raycom and WVUE announced that a Shared Services Agreement would take effect, allowing Raycom to manage the operations of the New Orleans Fox network affiliate, which is owned by Tom Benson's Louisiana Media Company.[4]
On August 10, 2015, Raycom announced that it would purchase stations owned by Drewry Communications for $160 million.[5] The sale was completed on December 1.[6]
Operations
Raycom currently owns and/or operates nearly 60 television stations, Raycom Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sacramento, California and Mobile, Alabama, Broadview Media, Raycom Post Production in Los Angeles, California and CableVantage in Columbia, South Carolina.
Raycom owns a 20% stake in Frankly, a San Francisco-based social media company that owns Raycom's digital provider WorldNow.[7]
Raycom Sports
Stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
Notes:
- (**) – built and signed-on by Raycom Media.
- (§§) – owned by Aflac and Ellis Communications prior to the formation of Raycom Media in 1996.
- (≈≈) – owned by Federal Communications prior to its acquisition by Raycom Media in 1997.
- (¤¤) – owned by Malrite Communications prior to its acquisition by Raycom Media in 1998.
- (##) – owned by Waitt Media prior to its acquisition by Raycom Media in 2003.
- (++) – owned by The Liberty Corporation prior to its acquisition by Raycom Media in 2006.
- (~~) – owned by Lincoln Financial Media prior to its acquisition by Raycom Media in 2008.
- (∆) - owned by Drewry Communications Group prior to its acquisition by Raycom Media in 2015.
Current operated television stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned Since | Network Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham - Tuscaloosa - Anniston, AL | WBRC | 6 (50) | 2009[8] | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Dothan - Ozark | WDFX-TV ## | 34 (33) | 2003 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Huntsville - Decatur | WAFF §§ | 48 (48) | 1996 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Montgomery - Selma | WSFA ++ | 12 (12) | 2006 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Jonesboro | KAIT ++ | 8 (8) | 2006 | ABC NBC (DT2) |
| Tucson - Douglas - Sierra Vista | KOLD-TV §§ | 13 (32) | 1996 | CBS MeTV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| KMSB | 11 (25) | 1 | Fox This TV (DT2) | |
| KTTU | 18 (19) | 2 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Panama City | WPGX ## | 28 (9) | 2003 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce | WFLX ¤¤ 3 | 29 (28) | 1998 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Albany | WALB ++ | 10 (10) | 2006 | NBC ABC (DT2) |
| Augusta | WFXG | 54 (51) | 2003 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Columbus | WTVM §§ | 9 (11) | 1996 | ABC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| WXTX 4 | 54 (49) | 2003 | Fox Movies! (DT2) Escape (DT3) | |
| Savannah | WTOC-TV §§ | 11 (11) | 1996 | CBS Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Honolulu - Hilo - Wailuku - Maui - Lihue - Kauai |
KGMB | 5 (23) | 2000 | CBS This TV (DT2) Escape (DT3) |
| KHNL | 13 (35) | 1999 | NBC Antenna TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) | |
| KHBC-TV (Satellite of KHNL) |
2 (22) | 1999 | NBC CBS (DT2) | |
| KOGG (Satellite of KHNL) |
15 (16) | 1999 | NBC CBS (DT2) | |
| KFVE 5 | 9 (22) | 2009 | MyNetworkTV | |
| KGMD-TV 5 (Satellite of KFVE) |
9 (9) | 2009 | MyNetworkTV | |
| KGMV 5 (Satellite of KFVE) |
3 (24) | 2009 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Caldwell - Boise | KNIN-TV 3 | 9 (10) | 2015[9] | Fox Heroes & Icons (DT2) |
| Evansville | WFIE ++ | 14 (46) | 2006 | NBC MeTV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Louisville | WAVE ++ | 3 (47) | 2006 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit TV (DT3) |
| Baton Rouge | WAFB §§ | 9 (9) | 1996 | CBS Bounce TV (DT2) MyNetworkTV (DT4) |
| WBXH-CD | 39 (39) | MyNetworkTV Grit (DT2) Escape (DT3) | ||
| Lake Charles | KPLC ++ | 7 (7) | 2006 | NBC Grit (DT2) Bounce TV (DT3) |
| New Orleans | WVUE-DT 6 | 8 (29) | 2013 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Shreveport - Texarkana | KSLA §§ | 12 (17) | 1996 | CBS Grit (DT2) Bounce TV (DT3) |
| Biloxi - Gulfport - Pascagoula | WLOX ++ | 13 (39) | 2006 | ABC CBS (DT2) Bounce TV (DT3) |
| Jackson | WLBT ++ | 3 (30) | 2006 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Escape (DT3) |
| WLOO | 35 (41) | 7 | MyNetworkTV This TV (DT3) | |
| WDBD 4 | 40 (40) | 2012 | Fox COZI TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) | |
| Laurel - Hattiesburg | WDAM-TV ≈≈ | 7 (7) | 1997 | NBC ABC (DT2) Bounce TV (DT3) |
| Cape Girardeau - Paducah - Harrisburg | KFVS-TV §§ | 12 (12) | 1996 | CBS The CW/MeTV (DT2) |
| WQTV-LP | 24 | The CW/MeTV | ||
| WQWQ-LP | 9 | The CW/MeTV | ||
| Charlotte | WBTV ~~ | 3 (23) | 2008 | CBS Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Wilmington | WECT §§ | 6 (44) | 1996 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Escape (DT3) |
| WSFX-TV 4 | 26 (30) | 2003 | Fox This TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) | |
| Cincinnati, OH - Newport, KY | WXIX-TV ¤¤ | 19 (29) | 1998 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Cleveland - Shaker Heights - Lorain, OH | WOIO ¤¤ | 19 (10) | 1998 | CBS MeTV (DT2) |
| WUAB | 43 (28) | 2000 | MyNetworkTV Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) | |
| Toledo | WTOL ++ | 11 (11) | 2006 | CBS MeTV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| WUPW §§ 4 | 36 (46) | 2012 (previously owned from 1996-1999) |
Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Escape (DT3) | |
| Lawton, OK – Wichita Falls, TX | KSWO-TV ∆ | 7 (11) | 2015 | ABC Telemundo (DT2) This TV (DT3) |
| KAUZ-TV 4 | 6 (26) | 2015 | CBS The CW (DT2) | |
| Charleston | WCSC-TV ~~ | 5 (47) | 2008 | CBS Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Columbia | WIS ++ | 10 (10) | 2006 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Myrtle Beach - Florence | WMBF-TV ** | 32 (32) | 2008 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Knoxville | WTNZ §§ | 43 (34) | 1996 | Fox Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Memphis | WMC-TV §§ | 5 (5) | 1996 | NBC Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Amarillo, TX – Clovis, NM | KFDA-TV ∆ | 10 (10) | 2015 | CBS Independent (DT2) Weather (DT4) |
| KZBZ-CD ∆ | 26 (26) | 2015 | Independent | |
| KEYU ∆ | 31 (31) | 2015 | Telemundo LATV (DT2) | |
| Lubbock | KCBD ++ | 11 (11) | 2006 | NBC This TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
| Midland – Odessa | KWES-TV ∆ | 9 (9) | 2015 | NBC The CW (DT2) |
| KWAB-TV ∆ (Satellite of KWES) |
9 (33) | 2015 | NBC The CW (DT2) | |
| KTLE-LP ∆ | 20 (20) | 2015 | Telemundo | |
| Tyler - Longview - Jacksonville - Lufkin - Nacogdoches |
KLTV ++ | 7 (7) | 2006 | ABC Bounce TV (DT2) Telemundo (DT3) |
| KTRE ++ (Semi-satellite of KLTV) |
9 (9) | 2006 | ABC Telemundo (DT2) | |
| Waco – Temple – Bryan | KXXV ∆ | 25 (26) | 2015 | ABC Weather (DT3) |
| KRHD-CD ∆ (Semi-satellite of KXXV) |
40 (40) | 2015 | ABC | |
| KSCM-LP ∆ | 18 (32) | 2015 | Telemundo | |
| Richmond - Petersburg - Ashland, VA | WWBT ~~ | 12 (12) | 2008 | NBC MeTV (DT2) Escape (DT3) |
| WUPV 4 | 65 (47) | 2006 | The CW Bounce TV (DT2) Grit (DT3) |
Other Notes:
- 1 Owned by Sander Media, LLC. Raycom operates by KMSB through a shared service agreement.
- 2 Owned by Tucker Operating Co., LLC. Raycom operates by KTTU through a shared service agreement.
- 3 While KNIN-TV and WFLX are owned by Raycom, it are operated through a shared services agreement by the E.W. Scripps Company.
- 4 Owned by American Spirit Media, Raycom operates the stations through a Local Marketing Agreement.
- 5 Owned by MCG Capital Corporation, Raycom operates KFVE and its satellites through a shared services agreement.
- 6 Owned by Louisiana Media Company, Raycom operates WVUE through a shared services agreement.
- 7 Owned by Tougaloo College, Raycom operates WLOO through a shared services agreement.
Current owned radio stations
Radio stations
| City of License/Market | Station | Owned since | Current format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo, Texas | KEYU-FM 102.9 FM∆ | 2015 | Spanish adult hits |
| Lamesa – Midland, Texas | KTXC 104.7 FM ∆ | 2015 | Regional Mexican |
Former owned stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs - Pueblo | KXRM-TV | 21 (22) | 2000–2006 | Fox affiliate owned by Media General |
| KXTU-LD | 57 (20) | 1999–2006 | The CW affiliate owned by Media General | |
| Albany | WFXL ## | 31 (12) | 2004–2006 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Savannah | WSAV-TV §§ | 3 (39) | 1996–1997 | NBC affiliate owned by Media General |
| Cedar Rapids - Waterloo - Iowa City - Dubuque |
KWWL §§ | 7 (7) | 1996–2006 | NBC affiliate owned by Quincy Media |
| Marquette - Escanaba | WLUC-TV | 6 (35) | 1997–2006 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Traverse City - Cheboygan - Cadillac - Sault Ste. Marie |
WPBN-TV | 7 (47) | 1997–2006 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| WTOM-TV (Satellite of WPBN) |
4 (35) | 1997–2006 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| Jackson | WJTV §§ | 12 (12) | 1996–1997 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
| Hattiesburg - Laurel | WHLT §§ (Semi-satellite of WJTV) |
22 (22) | 1996–1997 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
| Kirksville - Ottumwa | KTVO | 3 (33) | 1997–2006 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| KYOU-TV | 15 (15) | 1 | Fox affiliate owned by American Spirit Media | |
| Reno, Nevada | KAME-TV §§ | 21 (20) | 1996–1997 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Deerfield Media (Operated through a LMA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| Albuquerque - Santa Fe | KASA-TV | 2 (27) | 1999–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Media General |
| Syracuse | WSTM-TV ≈≈ | 3 (24) | 1997–2006 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| WSTQ-LP | 14 | 2003–2006 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| Washington - Greenville - New Bern | WITN-TV §§ | 7 (32) | 1997 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Wilmington | WWAY ++ | 3 (46) | 2006 | ABC affiliate owned by Morris Multimedia |
| Toledo - Findlay | WNWO-TV ¤¤ | 24 (49) | 1998–2006 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Columbia | WACH §§ | 57 (48) | 1996–2006 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Sioux Falls - Mitchell - Aberdeen - Pierre |
KSFY-TV §§ | 13 (13) | 1997–2004 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| KABY-TV §§ (Satellite of KSFY) |
9 (9) | 1997–2004 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television | |
| KPRY-TV §§ (Satellite of KSFY) |
4 (19) | 1997–2004 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television | |
| Harlingen - Weslaco - Brownsville - McAllen - Pharr - Reynosa - Matamoros |
KGBT-TV ++ | 4 (31) | 2006 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Richmond - Petersburg | WTVR-TV | 6 (25) | 1997–2009 | CBS affiliate owned by Tribune Broadcasting |
| Yakima - Pasco - Richland - Kennewick |
KNDO ≈≈ | 23 (16) | 1997–1999 | NBC affiliate owned by Cowles Publishing Company |
| KNDU ≈≈ (Satellite of KNDO) |
26 (25) | 1997–1999 | NBC affiliate owned by Cowles Publishing Company | |
| Caguas - San Juan - Ponce | WLII-DT 2 | 11 (11) | 1996–2005 | Univision owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| WSUR-DT 2 (Satellite of WLII) |
9 (9) | 1996–2005 | Univision owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Raycom also owned two radio stations in Memphis, WMC-AM–FM, from 1996 to 2000.
Other Notes:
- 1 The company does not own the station but operates it under a Local Marketing Agreement for Ottumwa Media Holdings.
- 2 The company continuously owned the two stations after Univision began operating them under a Local Marketing Agreement in 2002. Univision later bought the stations outright. Also, WORA-TV in Mayagüez which repeats 95% of WLII/WSUR's programming but operates under a separate owner. WLII & WSUR also operate locally owned WSTE under an LMA. Like all Univision owned and operated stations, WLII and WSUR-TV opted to add/change the "-DT" suffix to their callsigns after the digital transition and eliminate the "-TV" suffix.
See also
References
- ^ a b "About" on the Raycom Media website
- ^ "Terms of AFLAC-Raycom TV station deal announced". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. 16 August 1996. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Barrington and Raycom Announce Completion of Transaction for Twelve Television Stations" (press release) on the Raycom Media website
- ^ WDSU TV. Nov 20, 2013 http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/media-group-agrees-to-shared-services-deal-for-operations-of-wvue-tv/-/9853400/23069272/-/vrwcepz/-/index.html.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Jessell, Harry A. (August 10, 2015). "Raycom Buying Drewry For $160 Million". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ Raycom Media Completes $160 Million Acquisition of Drewry Communications Broadcasting & Cable, Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Worldnow Being Sold In $45 Million Deal". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Local TV Closes on WTVR
- ^ Raycom closes On KNIN Boise Purchase - TVNewsCheck
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