Conglomerate Behind Bay Area Cable TV
The Conglomerate Bay Area Cable Corporate Other Media Franchisers Systems Background Holdings SF (21,000 subscribers), Sausalito. Tiburon, Mill 3nd largest franchiser nationwide, 255,000 sub- Former CBS subsidiary ; largest cable owner in Viacom International Valley, Corte Madera, Ross, San Anselmo, San scribers ; major syndicator, CBS programming northern California Rafael . Fairfax, Larkspur, Woodacre, Homestead Valley, Marinwood, Santa Venetia, Terra Linda Petaluma, Crockett, Pinole, West Pittsburg. Pitts- burg . Antioch, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton SF (never developed), South SF, unincorporated SF Chronicle; 19th largest franchiser nationwide ; Chronicle owners involved with Pacific Lighting Corp ., Chronicle Publishing areas of San Mateo County, San Mateo, Belmont, KRON-TV ; cable systems in Chico and Monterey Allied Properties, Crocker Bank, PG&E, PT&T and Company San Carlos, Redwood City, Concord, Clayton, 60,000 acres of California land Contra Costa County (with Newhall Land and Farming Co .) Gulf and Western Berkeley, Richmond, Contra Costa County 21 cable systems in California and Florida Paramount Pictures, Desilu Productions (Athena Communications) Oakland, Piedmont . Milpitas, Newark, Los Gatos Largest franchiser nationwide, 640 .000 subscribers ; Ownership battle between Jack Kent Coolie with Teleprompter pan-owner Howard Hughes runs microwave trans- 16.5%, Howard Hughes with 5% mission, communications satellite corps ., video programming network Morgan Murphy Trust Daly City, Brisbane, Burlingame, Pacifica, Half TV/radio in Spokane, Wash .; TV in Madison, Wis., Newspaper-baud media conglomerate incorporated Moon Bay, El Granada, Miramar, Fremont Yakima and Kennewick, Wash. ; able systems in Wisconsin (The Evening Telegram) (The Evening Telegram) in Wisconsin San Pablo, Albany, Kensington, Benicia, TV/radio in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Division of RKO General, a wholly-owned subsidiary Cablecom-General Woodside, Portola Valley, Santa Rosa Detroit and Memphis; TV in Hartford, Conn .
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