Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WACX-TV 40 Associated Christian Television Orlando-Daytona 19 Leesburg WIYE-TV 55 221kw Leesburg Orange Sharp Communications (H. 3/6/1982 Associated Christian Television 81kw 1982; WACX-TV 1988 System Beach-Melbourne James Sharp pres/GM) System acq 6/8/1983 5000kw 1986
WALA-TV 10 Meredith Corporation Mobile AL-Pensacola Mobile, AL WALA-TV 10 Mobile, AL W.O. Pape 1/14/1953 Record incomplete since licensed in Alabama; Meredith Corporation acq 12/17/14 WAMI-TV 69 Unimas Miami Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Hollywood WYHS-TV 69 4786kw Hollywood Broward Channel 69 of Hollywood 8/10/1988 HSN Broadcasting of Hollywood 5000kw WAMI-TV 1998 (HSN Silverking Florida aka SKFL Broadcasting 1990 Broadcasting Company, Partnership (HSN Eddie L. Whitehead Communications aka Silver King pres/GM) Communications, Jeff McGrath pres, Eddie L. Whitehead VP/GM) acq 12/21/1988; Univision Partnership of Hollywood, Florida aka TeleFutura Miami aka Unimas Miami (Univision Communications, Jim Miller chmn/pres, Chuck Budt VP/GM) acq 6/6/2001
WAWD-TV 58 Beach TV Properties Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Fort Walton Beach WAWD-TV 58 490kw Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa Rainbow 58 Broadcasting 7/1/1991 Rainbow 58 Broadcasting aka Dark 1998, (Wendell M. Rowans Beach TV Properties (N.P. Sharp resumed Ministries, Clement S. Ross VP, Jud Colly GM) acq 9/17/1999 ops owner, Wendell M. Rowan 8/1/1998 pres/GM) with 490kw WBBH-TV 20 Waterman Broadcasting of Florida Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Fort Myers WBBH-TV 20 524kw Fort Myers Lee Broadcasting-Telecasting 12/18/1968 Waterman Broadcasting of Texas 5000kw Services (Thomas E. aka Waterman Broadcasting of 1990 Mitchell, Jackson Burgess Florida (Waterman Broadcasting, primary owners; Joseph Bernard E. Waterman owner, Buerry Jr. pres/GM) Howard Hoffman pres/GM) acq 7/9/1979
WBEC-TV* 63 School Board of Broward County West Palm Beach-Ft. 16 Boca Raton WPPB-TV 63 646kw Boca Raton Palm Beach School Board of Broward 5/19/2000 646kw WBEC-TV 2008 Pierce County (Ognian Dimov GM) 2000; 5000kw 2009
1 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WBFS-TV 33 Miami Television Station WBFS Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WBFS-TV 33 5000kw Miami Miami-Dade Channel 33 (Grant 12/9/1984 Combined Broadcasting of Miami Broadcasting System, Milt (Robert O'Connor COO, Jerry Grant pres, Douglas Knight Carr GM) acq 1989; Viacom of stn mgr) Miami (Viacom Stations Group, Albert Krivin chmn, Robert O'Connor pres, Sharon Halloway CFO, Bill Ballard VP/GM) acq 1994; Viacom Broadcasting of Miami aka Paramount Stations Group aka Paramount Stations Group of Miami aka Viacom Stations Group of Miami aka Miami Television Station WBFS (Paramount Stations Group aka Viacom Television Stations Group, Anthony Cassara chmn/pres, Susan French CFO, Bill Ballard VP/GM) acq 1998
WBIF-TV 51 Word of God Fellowship Panama City 156 Marianna WBIF-TV 51 1970kw Marianna Jackson Marianna Broadcasting 9/10/2001 EBC Panama City (Equity (Equity Broadcasting, Doug Broadcasting) acq 3/23/2004; Cryle GM) Word of God Fellowship (Equity Broadcasting, Marcus D. Lamb pres) acq 7/31/2009 WBQP-TV 12 Vernon Watson Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Pensacola WBQP-TV 12 Pensacola Escambia Vernon Watson 6/1/1992
WCJB-TV 20 Diversified Broadcasting Gainesville 160 Gainesville WCJB-TV 20 427kw Gainesville Alachua Minshall Broadcasting aka 4/7/1971 Gainesville TV aka Diversified 2818kw Gainesville TV (William E. Broadcasting (Diversified 1983 Minshall owner/pres/GM) Communications, Walter Dickson pres, John S. Lotz GM) 12/1/1976
WCLF-TV 22 Christian Television Corporation Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Clearwater WCLF-TV 22 110kw Clearwater Pinellas Christian Television 10/24/1979 Christian Television Corporation 5000kw (Sarasota) Corporation (Robert (David Gibbs III, Robert R. 1988 D'Andrea pres, Paul Garber D'Andrea, Wayne Wetzel and GM) John Roger Breland) acq 6/20/1997
WCTV-TV 6 Gray Television Licensee Tallahassee- 105 Thomasville, GA WCTV-TV 6 100kw Thomasville, GA Leon John H.H. Phipps, aka John 9/15/1955 Gray Communications Systems 98kw 1996 Thomasville GA H. Phipps Broadcasting aka WCTV Licensee aka Gray Stations aka John H. Phipps Television Licenses (Gray Television, Jere Pigue GM) acq 1996
2 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WCWJ-TV 17 Nexstar Broadcasting Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WJKS-TV 17 1020kw Jacksonville Duval Rust Craft Broadcasting 2/19/1966 Ziff-Davis Broadcasting (Ralph E. 775kw WJWB-TV (Jack N. Berman pres, Fred Becker pres, Gary Adler VP/GM) 1969; 1997; WCWJ- Weber Exec VP, Fred P. acq 1980; Tampa Television 2450kw TV 2006 Shawn VP/GM) (Media General Broadcasting, 1972; John Radeck VP/GM) acq 1982; 4570kw Jacksonville Television aka Media 1981; General Broadcasting (Media 4680kw General Broadcast Group, John 1993 Radeck VP/GM) acq 12/23/1987; Nexstar Broadcasting acq 3/16/2009
WDSC- 15 Daytona Beach Community College Orlando-Daytona 19 New Smyrna Beach WCEU-TV 15 708kw New Smyrna Beach Brevard Coastal Educational 2/1/1988 Daytona Beach Community WDSC-TV 2008 TV* Beach-Melbourne Broadcasters (Don A. College (Sandra Session- Thigpen GM) Robertson GM) acq 6/30/2002 WEAR-TV 3 WEAR Licensee (Sinclair Broadcast Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Pensacola WEAR-TV 3 55kw Pensacola Escambia Gulfport Broadcasting (Mel 1/13/1954 Rollins Telecasting (O. Wayne 100kw 1963 Group) Wheeler pres, Charles W. Rollins pres, Milt de Reyna Jr. Smith, A. Clifton Johnson, F. GM) acq 5/6/1959; Heritage M. Turner Jr.) Media aka WEAT-TV acq 8/1987; WEAR Licensee (Sinclair Broadcast Group, Carl Leahy pres/GM) acq 10/8/1997 WEDU- 3 Florida West Coast Public Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Tampa WEDU-TV 3 5kw Tampa Hillsborough Florida West Coast 10/27/1958 56kw by TV* Broadcasting (Sarasota) Educational Television 1963; 96kw (Robert Guthrie Chairman, 1966; C.W. Mason GM) aka 100kw 1968 Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting
WEFS-TV* 68 Eastern Florida State College Orlando-Daytona 19 Cocoa WBCC-TV 68 28kw Cocoa Brevard Brevard Community College 1/12/1988 5000kw WEFS-TV 2013 Beach-Melbourne aka Eastern Florida State 1993; College (Dr. Maxwell King 6000kw pres, Dr. Bert Purga VP, 1998 Harvey Jackson GM)
WEIQ-TV* 42 Alabama Educational Television Mobile AL-Pensacola 62 Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL Record incomplete since 11/6/1964 licensed to Alabama
3 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WESH-TV 2 Orlando Hearst-Argyle Television Orlando-Daytona 19 Daytona Beach WESH-TV 2 100kw Daytona Beach Volusia Telerad (acq station while 6/10/1956 Cowles Communications aka 100kw Beach-Melbourne under construction April Cowles Florida Broadcasting 1967; 50kw 1956) - John H. Perry Jr. (Robert R. Tincher pres, Thomas 1981; pres (radio and newspaper S. Gilchrist VP) acq 1965; WESH- 100kw 1982 owner), Thomas S. Gilchrist TV Broadcasting (merger of Jr. VP/GM Cowles into H&C Communications (privately-held company owned by Houston's Hobby and Catto families), Tom Reiff exec VP/GM) 10/1984; WESH-TV Broadcasting (Pulitzer Broadcasting, Jeffrey H. Lee VP/GM) acq 1993; WESH-TV Broadcasting aka Orlando Hearst Television (Hearst-Argyle Television., William P. Bauman VP/GM) acq 1999
WFBD-TV 48 George S. Flinn Jr. Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Destin WFBD-TV 48 Destin Okaloosa George S. Flinn Jr. 9/9/2002
WFGC-TV 61 Christian Television of Palm Beach West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 Palm Beach WFGC-TV 61 5000kw Palm Beach Palm Beach Christian TV of Palm Beach 5/21/1993 County Pierce County (Robert R. D'Andrea CEO/chmn, Neville Chankersingh CFO, Don Price GM)
WFGX-TV 35 WFGX Licensee Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Fort Walton Beach WFGX-TV 35 635kw Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa Family Group Ltd. II (Family 4/7/1987 Bowers Network (Henry A. Ask Group Broadcasting, Frank pres, Patrick J. McNamara GM) Datillo pres, Robert E. acq 1/27/1992; Bowers Network French GM) aka Television Fit-for-Live (Carl Scarlata pres, Robert McHale GM) acq 3/1994; WFGX Licensee (Sinclair Broadcast Group, David D. Smith pres, Carl Leahy GM) acq 3/31/2004 WFLA-TV 8 Media General Communications Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Tampa WFLA-TV 8 316kw Tampa Hillsborough Tribune Company (Tampa 2/14/1955 WFLA (Media General, George 302kw WXFL-TV 1983; (Sarasota) Tribune, owned primarily by W. Harvey chairman, William B. 1966; WFLA-TV 1989 members of the David Faber pres/GM) acq 1971; Tampa 316kw Tennant Bryan family, J.C. Television aka Media General 1971; Council pres, George W. Broadcasting aka Media General 302kw Harvey VP/GM) Communications (Media General 1974; aka Media General Broadcast 316kw Group, Robert Sutton pres, Harry 1982; C. Smith GM) 1984 302kw 1986 WFLX-TV 29 WFLX License Subsidiary West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 West Palm Beach WFLX-TV 29 2500kw West Palm Beach Palm Beach Malrite of Florida (Malrite 8/14/1982 Raycom National (Raycom 5000kw Pierce Communications Group, Media, John Spinola VP/GM) acq 1987 Milton Maltz owner, Carl 1998; WFLX License Subsidiary Hirsch pres, Murray Green (Racom National, John Spinola VP/GM) VP/GM) acq 2/9/2006
WFNA-TV 55 LIN of Alabama Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Gulf Shores, AL Gulf Shores, AL Record incomplete since 9/1/2001 WGMP-TV licensed in Alabama 2000; WPBG- TV 2001; WFNA- TV 2009
4 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WFOR-TV 4 CBS Television Stations Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WCIX-TV 6 100kw Miami Miami-Dade Coral Television (C. 9/20/1967 Coral Television (General 4 in 1995 78kw 1975; WFOR-TV 1995 Terrence Clyne principal Cinema, Alexander M. Tanger 79kw 1983; owner and chairman, Joseph pres, Edward Q. Adams GM) acq 100kw 1988 M. Higgins EVP/GM) 1973; Taft Broadcasting (Ro D. Grignon EVP, Harvey Cohen GM) acq 2/24/1983; TVX of Miami (TVX Broadcast Group, Dirk M. Brinkerhoff VP/GM) acq 4/1/1987; CBS aka Station Partners/Channel 4 aka CBS Broadcasting aka CBS Television Stations (CBS Broadcast Group aka CBS Station Group aka Viacom Television Stations Group, Allen Shaklan VP/GM) acq 4/1/1987
WFOX-TV 30 Cox Television Jacksonville Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WAWS-TV 30 2789kw Jacksonville Duval Malrite of Jacksonville (Carl 2/15/1981 Clear Channel Communications 1988kw WFOX-TV 2014 E. Hirsch pres, William H. (David Godbout VP/GM) acq 1982; Luchtman GM) 9/1/1989; Clear Channel 2789kw Television Licenses aka Clear 1986 Channel Radio Licenses (Josh McGraw VP/GM) acq 8/5/1992; Newport Television License (Newport Television) acq 3/14/2008; Cox Radio aka Cox Television Jacksonville (Cox Media Group) acq 10/24/2012 WFSG-TV*56 Board of Regents of Florida Panama City 156 Panama City WFSG-TV 22 1147kw Panama City Bay Board of Regents of Florida 7/11/1988 56 in 1992 1147kw (Florida State University, Madison Hodges GM) WFSU-TV* 11 Florida Board of Regents & Florida Tallahassee- 105 Tallahassee WFSU-TV 11 96kw Tallahassee Leon Board of Control of State of 9/19/1960 316kw 1973 State University Thomasville GA Florida and Florida Educational Television Commission on behalf of Florida State University (Roy Flynn director), aka Florida Board of Regents and Florida State University WFTS-TV 28 Tampa Bay Television Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Tampa WFTS-TV 28 2950kw Tampa Hillsborough Family TV (co-owners Ian N. 12/14/1981 Tampa Bay Television (Capital 2820kw (Sarasota) Wheeler (pres/GM), John Cities Broadcasting, Lew Freifeld 1988; 3kw Grant Jr., Russel GM) acq 7/23/1984; Tampa Bay 1991 Peavyhouse, Wyllys Taylor, Television (Scripps-Howard Huey Johnson, Dr. Glen Broadcasting, James F. Major Hooper, Louis de la Parte, GM) acq 1/2/1986; Scripps Henry Ash) Howard Broadcasting acq 12/1/2009 WFTT-TV 50 TeleFutura Tampa Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Tampa WBHS-TV 50 5000kw Tampa Hillsborough Silver King Broadcasting of 2/1/1988 USA Station Group Partnership of 4200kw WFTT-TV 2001 (Sarasota) Tampa aka HSN Tampa (USA Broadcasting, 1992 Broadcasting of Tampa Cheryl Barron opns mgr) acq (Home Shopping Network 1996; Univision Partnership of aka HSN Communications, Tampa aka TeleFutura Tampa Al Evans GM/CE) aka SKTA (Univision Communications, Broadcasting Partnership Cheryl Barron opns mgr) acq (group owner Silver King 5/21/2001 Communications)
5 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WFTV-TV 9 WFTV-TV Holdings aka WFTV Orlando-Daytona 19 Orlando WLOF-TV 9 316kw Orlando Orange Mid-Florida Television 2/1/1958 Effective 4/1/1969 interim WFTV-TV 1963 Beach-Melbourne (Ownership: Class A: H.N. operation Channel 9 of Orlando Roth 3.57%, Dr. A. H. (owned by Mid-Florida Television, Spivack 3.33%, Dr. Alvin H. Central 9, TV-9, Comint, Florida Savage 3.33%, Donn R. Heartland TV equally; Walter M. Colee Sr. 2.67%, Harry Windsor GM); SFN Braverman 2.38% and Communications of Florida others. Class B: John W. (Clinton L. Conley pres/GM) acq Kluge 18%, Joseph L. 7/16/1984; WFTV aka WFTV Brechner 17.33%, Vasil Holdings (Cox Communications Polyzois 14.76%, Harris H. aka Cox Broadcasting, Clifton L. Thomson 10%, Mrs. J.W. Conley pres/GM) acq 8/29/1985 Kluge 6.67%.); Donn R. Colee Sr. VP/GM) WFTX-TV 36 Journal Broadcast Corp. Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Cape Coral WFTX-TV 36 5000kw Cape Coral Lee Family TV Associates 10/14/1985 Wabash Valley Broadcasting 4550kw (Chris Duffy pres, Chris Andrews 1989 GM) acq 12/30/1986; Hulman & Co. aka Wabash Valley Broadcasting (Chris Duffy pres, Chris Andrews VP/GM) acq 7/13/1992; Emmis Broadcasting aka Emmis Television License (Emmis Communications, Chris Duffy pres, Chris Andrews VP/GM) acq 1998; Journal Broadcast (Judy Kenney VP/GM) acq 12/5/2005
WFXU-TV 57 Budd Broadcsting Tallahassee- 105 Live Oak WFXU-TV 57 2500kw Live Oak Suwannee L.O. Telecast (Gary Shipley 7/1/1998 K.B. Prime Media (Sue Ellen Thomasville GA stn mgr) Clyatt GM) acq 6/1999; WFXU aka WFXU License (Pegasus Commnications, Mark Pagon CEO, Jack Paris SVP, Sue Ellen Clyatt GM) acq 3/29/2002; Budd Broadcasting acq 1/19/2007 WGCU- 30 Board of Trustees, Florida Gulf Coast Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Fort Myers WSFP-TV 30 1321kw Fort Myers Lee University of South Florida at 8/15/1983 Florida Gulf Coast University (Kirk WGCU-TV 1996 TV* University Fort Myers (Dr. William G. Lehtoman stn mgr) acq 1997; Mitchell GM, David B. Board of Trustees, Florida Gulf Rochelle stn mgr) Coast University (Jude Andrews stn mgr) acq 11/16/2001
WGEN-TV 8 Sonia Licensed Subsidiary Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Key West WWFD-TV 8 316kw Key West Monroe Hispanic Keys Broadcasting 1/1/1995 Sonia Broadcasting aka Sonia 3kw 2009 WWTU-TV (Charles P. Curry Jr. pres, C. Licensed Subsidiary (De La Pena 2000; WVIB-TV Michael Curry VP) Family Trust of 11/26/2001 aka 2002; WGEN- Community Property Trust under TV 2004 the De La Pena Family Trust of 11/26/2001, John C. Baille GM) acq 3/10/2004; Sonia Licensed Subsidiary (Community Property Trust under the De La Pena Family Trust of 11/26/2001 and Husband's Separate Trust under the De La Pena Family Trust of 11/26/2001) acq 11/26/2001; Sonia Licensed Subsidiary acq 4/16/2004
6 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WGFL-TV 53 New Age Media of Gainesville Gainesville 160 High Springs WGFL-TV 53 5000kw High Springs Alachua Budd Broadcasting (Harvey 9/20/1997 WGFL License (Todd Senter GM) License Budd and Ilene S. Budd acq 11/25/2003; Pegasus owners, Susan Edwards Satellite Communications, debtor- opns mgr) in-possession (Todd Senter GM) acq 9/20/1997; WGFL License (Pegasus Satellite Communications debtor-in- possession, Todd Senter GM) acq 1/12/2004; New Age Media of Gainesville License (CP Media, Todd Senter GM) acq 3/31/2007
WHBR-TV 33 Christian Television of Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Pensacola WHBR-TV 33 1380kw Pensacola Escambia Harbour Broadcasting 1/26/1986 Christian Television Network of 5000kw Pensacola/Mobile (owners Cooper Yates, Pensacola/Mobile (Robert R. 1987 Jacob Horton, Frank A. Baird D'Andrea pres/GM) acq 1987; Jr, Miriam Johnson) Christian Television of Pensacola/Mobile (David C. Gibbs III owner, Wayne Wetzel president, David L. Mayo Jr. GM) acq 12/16/1997 WHDT-TV 59 Gunter Marksteiner West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 Stuart WHDT-DT59 Stuart Martin Gunter Marksteiner 6/1/2001 Pierce
WHFT-TV* 45 Trinity Broadcasting of Florida Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WFCB-TV 45 447kw Miami Miami-Dade Florida Christian 2/1/1975 Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Assn. 2400kw WHFT-TV 1977 Broadcasting (T.I. Monroe (T.I. Monroe pres) acq 6/22/1976; 1978 pres) Trinity Broadcasting Network aka Trinity Broadcasting of Florida (Paul F. Crouch pres, Bernard B. Ridings GM) acq 5/15/1980
WHLV-TV 52 Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana Orlando-Daytona 19 Cocoa WTGL-TV 52 562kw Cocoa Brevard Good Life Broadcasting 8/16/1982 Good Life Broadcasting (Gene 5000kw WHLV-TV 2007 Beach-Melbourne (Robert D'Andrea pres) Polino chmn, Ken Mikesell 1983; pres/GM) acq 11/19/2001; Trinity 4720kw Christian Center of Santa Ana 1985; (Ken Mikesell GM) acq 8/1/2006 5000kw 1989; 4680kw 1994 WINK-TV 11 Fort Myers Broadcasting Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Fort Myers WINK-TV 11 12kw Fort Myers Lee Fort Myers Broadcasting 3/18/1954 65kw by (Arthur B. McBride Jr., 1963; Edward J. McBride owners; 316kw 1968 A.J. Bauer GM)
7 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WJAX-TV 47 Bayshore Television Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WXAO-TV 47 1200kw Jacksonville Duval American Standard Leasing 8/1/1980 WXAO-TV (George Ivey GM) acq 5000kw WNFT-TV 1983; (George Ivey GM) 1982; Krypton Broadcasting of 1992 WTEV-TV 1996; Jacksonville (Krypton WJAX-TV 2014 Broadcasting, Elvin Feltner owner/pres, Raymond E. Firment GM) acq 6/19/1992; RDS Broadcasting (Elvin Feltner pres, Raymond Firment GM) acq 11/15/1994; MGA Broadcasting (Josh McGraw GM) acq 5/13/1997; Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses (Clear Channel Communications, Susan Adams Loyd GM) acq 2/13/2001; Newport Television License (Newport Television, Mark Hefner GSM) acq 3/14/2008; High Plains Broadcasting acq 9/12/2008; Bayshore Television acq 10/23/2012
WJCT-TV* 7 WJCT Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WJCT-TV 7 15kw Jacksonville Duval Educational Television (Dr. 9/10/1958 Community Television aka WJCT 42kw 1968; Haywood A. Dowling pres, (Ira M. Koger pres, Gregory 302kw Dr. William K. Cumming GM) Heimer GM) acq 1961 1971; 316kw 1988 WJEB-TV* 59 Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WJEB-TV 59 5000kw Jacksonville Duval Jacksonville Educators 5/29/1991 3311kw Broadcasting (H.J. Clarey 1993 stn mgr 1996) WJHG-TV 7 Gray Teleivision License Panama City 156 Panama City WJDM-TV 7 9kw Panama City Bay J.D. Manley 12/15/1953 WJDM TV (Mel Wheler 98%, 166kw by WJHG-TV 1960 Vinny R. Wheeler 2%) acq 1963; 7/1957; Herald Publishing aka 316kw 1965 WJHG-TV aka WJHG-TV License aka WEAU Licensee aka Gray Television License (Albany (GA) Herald aka Gray Communications Systems aka Gray Television, James H. Gray pres, Raymond E. Carow GM) acq 6/29/1960
WJTC-TV 44 Deerfield Media (Mobile) Licensee Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Pensacola WJTC-TV 44 3289kw Pensacola Escambia Carnex TV (owners Joseph 12/24/1984 Channel 44 (Henry Vara Jr. 59%, E. Carney Jr. pres, Dr. Robert Williamson 19%, Thomas F. Carney, Martin J. Gulfstream Broadcasting 15%, O'Meara Jr., Ralph Renick, Cara Ebert Cameron 4%, TV 44 and others; Tom Eaton 3%; William Varecha pres/GM) pres/GM) acq 11/1/1989; Mercury Broadcasting (Cathy Gretencord GM) acq 3/30/1992; Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses (Clear Channel Communications (Sharon Moloney GM) acq 3/21/2001; Newport Television acq 11/29/2007; Deerfield Media (Mobile) Licensee acq 11/19/2012
8 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WJXT-TV 4 Post-Newsweek Stations Florida Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WMBR-TV 4 15kw Jacksonville Duval Florida Broadcasting (Frank 9/14/1949 Washington Post Company aka 100kw by WJXT-TV 1953 King, pres/GM, Glenn Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida 1963 Marshall Jr. sec/trea) (Glenn Marshall Jr. pres/GM) acq 2/25/1953 WJXX-TV 25 Gannett River States Publishing Jacksonville 49 Orange Park WYDP-TV 25 5000kw Orange Park Clay Clay Television 2/9/1997 WJXX Licensee (Allbritton WJXX-TV 1997 Communications, Leonard L. Firestone pres/GM) acq 9/5/1997; Gannett River States Publishing (Gannett Broadcasting, F. Lewis Robertson pres/VP) acq 3/15/2000
WKCF-TV 18 Orlando Hearst Television Orlando-Daytona 19 Clermont WKCF-TV 68 2639kw Clermont Lake Press Broadcasting aka 12/8/1988 Emmis Television License of 18 in 1994 5000kw Beach-Melbourne P&LFT LLC (Asbury Park Orlando aka Emmis Television 2009 Press, Channel 68, Robert E. License (Emmis Communications, McAllen pres, Carlo Anneke Robert E. McAllan pres, Mark dir of TV, Skip Painton GM) Lass VP/GM) acq 9/27/1999; Orlando Hearst-Argyle Television aka Orlando Hearst Television (Emmis Communications aka Hearst-Argyle Television, John Soapes GM) acq 7/7/2006
WKMG-TV 6 Post-Newsweek Stations Orlando Orlando-Daytona 19 Orlando WDBO-TV 6 100kw Orlando Orange Orlando Broadcasting 7/1/1954 Cherry Broadcasting (William S. 100kw WCPX-TV 1982; Beach-Melbourne (George C. Johnston Cherry, William Goodman, Arnold 1966; 85kw WKMG-TV 1998 pres/GM, Harold P. Danforth F. "Doc" Schoen Jr. exec VP and 1971; 74kw VP/SM) EVP/GM) acq 5/17/1957; Outlet 1976 (pwr Company (Joseph S. "Dody" reduction Sinclair pres/GM) acq 7/17/1963; after tower Outlet Company (Rockefeller collapse); Center, Bruce G. Sundlun pres, 100kw 1981 David E. Henderson (pres Outlet Broadcasting Division), Michael J. Schweitzer VP/GM) acq 11/23/1983; First Media Television aka First Media (Richard E. Marriott (Marriott Hotels) owner, Glenn Potter pres, Michael J. Schweitzer VP/GM) acq 12/15/1986; First Media Televsion (First Media Television, Brooke Spectorsky pres/GM) acq 3/6/1995; Meredith (Meredith Broadcasting Group, Brooke Spectorsky pres/GM) acq 6/27/1997; Post-Newsweek Stations aka Post-Newsweek Stations Orlando (Post- Newsweek Stations, Kathleen Keefe VP/GM) acq 8/27/1997
WKRG-TV 5 Media General Communications Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Mobile, AL Record incomplete since 9/5/1955 Holdings licensed to Alabama
9 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WLRN-TV* 17 School Board of Miami-Dade County Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WSEC-TV 17 17kw Miami Miami-Dade Board of Public Instruction of 6/26/1962 2860kw WLRN-TV 1978 Dade County aka School 1979 Board of Miami-Dade County
WLTV-TV 23 WLTV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WFTL-TV 23 100kw Fort Lauderdale Broward Gore Publishing (Ft. 4/1/1953 Tri-County Broadcasting (J.W. Dark WGBS-TV Lauderdale News, J.W. Dickey pres, R.L. Bowles GM) 4/13/1957, 1954; WAJA-TV Dickey pres, R.L. Bowles acq 1953; Storer Broadcasting resumed 1967; WLTV-TV GM) acq 12/24/1954; Coastal ops 1972 Broadcasting Systems (Lapin 11/14/1967 Stations, Al Lapin Jr. pres, Clark with 389kw; W. Davis GM) acq 11/14/1967; 447kw Spanish International 1973; Communications (Frank L. Fouce 468kw chairman, Reynold V. Anselmo 1974; pres, Humberto Estevez GM) acq 661kw 1/6/1971; Univision Station Group 1978; (Hallmark, Jose Cancela GM) acq 4470kw 8/7/1988; listed as WLTV 1998 (Perenchio Television, Judith Whittaker VP, Tony Oquendo GM) acq 8/7/1988 in 1993 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook; listed as WLTV (Univision Communications, Judith Whittaker VP, Tomas Johansen GM) acq 8/7/1988 in 1997 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook
WMBB-TV 13 Hoak Media of Panama City License Panama City 156 Panama City WDTB-TV 13 316kw Panama City Bay Panhandle Broadcasting 10/4/1973 Octagon Broadcasting (Anthony WMBB-TV 1978 (Eugenia Brannen owner, C. Kupris owner/pres, Doulas M. Luther Edwin Thomas Grimm GM) acq 4/10/1977; owner/pres, Ralph J. Bennett Buford Television of Panama City sec/treas/owner, F.E. Busby (Anthony C. Kupris pres, Rob Doll GM) GM) acq 12/11/1986; Spartan Broadcasting (Spartan Radiocasting aka Spartan Communications, Nick Evans pres, Hugh V. Roche GM) acq 4/10/1990; Media General Broadcasting of South Carolina Holdings aka Media General Communications (Media General Broadcast Group, Stewart Bryan pres, Hugh V. Roche VP/GM) acq 3/27/2000; Hoak Media of Panama City License (Hoak Media Corporation, Bill Byrd GM) acq 7/15/2008
10 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WMOR-TV 32 Hearst Properties Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Lakeland WTMV-TV 32 3039kw Lakeland Polk Lakeland Public Interest 4/24/1986 Public Interest (Lakeland 3020kw WWWB-TV (Sarasota) Telecasters (Dan & Jo Telecasters, Betty Jo Johnson 1996; 1996; WMOR- Johnson, Robert G. Keelean, pres, Dan L. Johnson GM) acq 5000kw TV 1999 Richard E. Adams, Fred 12/24/1987; WWWB-TV aka 1999 Button, Marilyn Button, WMOR-TV aka Hearst Properties Carrie Oldham) (Hearst Corp. aka Hearst-Argyle Television, Michael Schuch VP/GM) acq 1996
WMPV-TV 21 Trinity Broadcasting Network Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Mobile, AL Record incomplete since 12/19/1985 licensed to Alabama WNBW-TV 9 MPS Media of Gainesville License Gaineville 160 Gainesville WNBW-TV 9 5kw Gainesville Alachua MPS Media of Gainesville 6/4/2009 License WOFL-TV 35 Fox Television Stations Orlando-Daytona 19 Orlando WSWB-TV35 2565kw Orlando Orange Sun World Broadcasting 3/31/1974 Martin Broadcasting of Florida 646kw WOFL-TV 1979 Beach-Melbourne (Earl L. Boyles (Donald G. Martin, John R. 1976; dark chairman/pres) Hughes, William G. Evans, 9/29/1978, Johnny Mack Bramlett) acq resumed 1/1/1976; Court-appointed ops receiver, Edward F. Starr Jr., acq 10/15/1979; dark license 1978; Omega 2570kw Communications (Meredith 1984 Corporation, Lawrence H. "Bud" Rogers II pres/GM) acq 1979; Meredith (Norris Reichel VP/GM) acq 100% ownership 6/1/1983; WOLF/WOGX Trust (Glen O. Robinson trustee, Norrie Reichel VP/GM) acq 8/7/1997; Fox Television Stations (Seth Winter VP, Stan Knott GM) acq 5/14/2002 WOGX-TV 51 Fox Television Stations Gainesville 160 Ocala WBSP-TV 51 2931kw Ocala Marion Big Sun TV (Randolph 11/1/1983 Wabash Valley Broadcasting 2750kw WOGX-TV 1987 Tucker, Robert Ware pres) (Robert Ware pres, Mary 1993 Meadows stn mgr) 8/12/1986; Hulman & Co. (Mel Grossman VP/GM) acq 7/13/1992; Meredith Corp. (Meredith Broadcasting Group, Robert Salat VP/GM) acq 1/1/1995; WOFL/WOGX Trust (Glen O. Robinson trustee) acq 8/7/1997; Fox Television Station (Sandy Wagner GM) acq 5/14/2002 WOPX-TV 56 Paxson Orlando License Orlando-Daytona 19 Melbourne WAYK-TV 56 2070kw Melbourne Brevard TV 56 (William Varecha 5/19/1986 George E. Mills Jr. Trustee 2040kw WIRB-TV 1992; Beach-Melbourne owner) (Robert J. Rich pres) 1992; 1996; WOPX-TV 1998 Treasure Coast Communications 5000kw (Robert J. Rick pres, Jim 2009 Richards GM) acq 4/6/1992; Channel 56 of Orlando (Christian Network, Frank Tenore VP/GM) acq 8/1995; Paxson Communications aka Paxson Orlando License aka ION Media Networks (Frank Tenore GM) acq 12/12/1997
11 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WOTF-TV 43 Univision of Melbourne Orlando-Daytona 19 Melbourne WMOD-TV43 4088kw Melbourne Brevard Southern Broadcasting (BMS 7/5/1982 Sewall Operating (Press 1050kw WBSF-TV 1988; Beach-Melbourne Broadcasting, Louis Frey Broadcasting, E. Donald Lass 1985; WFUO-TV partner/pres, Nellie Ayres pres, Jules L. Plangere Jr., J. 4170kw 2001; WOFT-TV partner, Michael Starr GM) Boyce owners; Carlos Anneke 1986 2002 GM) acq 10/2/1985; Blackstar Communications (John Oxendine pres, Ed Parker VP/GM) acq 4/20/1988; Blackstar of Melbourne aka USA Station Group of Melbourne (USA Broadcasting, Sylvia Willis VP/GM) acq 5/14/1998; Univision of Melbourne (Univision Communications, Sylvia Willis VP/GM) acq 5/21/2001; Telefutura Orlando acq 4/2/2007
WPAN-TV 53 Franklin Media Mobile AL-Pensasola 61 Fort Walton Beach WPAN-TV 53 4360kw Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa Fort Walton Beach 2/14/1984 John Franklin Ministries aka 3088kw Broadcasting (Elbert R. Franklin Media (John L. Franklin, 1968 Davis pres, Robert L.F. Delores A. Franklin, Joseph C. Sikes, Carolyn Niebauer, Dr. Denison, Robert Gatlin, Glyn Wayne Campbell, W. Sam Lowery owners) acq 5/23/1988; Taylor, Samuel Allen, Dr. B&C Communications (Caroline Joseph Wilson, Thomas K. Powley and William Smith Barrow, H. Gene Smith; principals) acq 4/30/2001; Hank Taylor stn mgr) Franklin Media (John L. Franklin, Delores A. Franklin, Joseph C. Denison, Robert Gatlin, Glyn Lowery owners) reacquired in 2003 using 5/23/1988 acq date
WPBF-TV 25 Hearst Properties West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 Tequesta WPBF-TV 25 5000kw Tequesta Martin Phipps-Potamkin Television 1/1/1989 Paxson West Palm Beach Pierce Partners (John H. Phipps, License (Paxson Potamkin of Manhattan Communications, Douglas C. owners, Dennis Boyle pres, Barker GM) acq 7/1/1994; WPBF- Robert E. Ware GM) TV aka Hearst Properties (Hearst Corp. aka Hearst-Argyle Television, Douglas C. Barker VP/GM) acq 8/1/1997 WPBT-TV* 2 Community TV Foundation of South Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WTHS-TV 2 10kw Miami Miami-Dade Board of Public Instruction of 8/12/1955 5/1/1970 shared license 44kw 1960; WTHS-TV 3am- Florida Dade County. Vernon agreement: Board of Public 81kw 1972; 5pm; WPBT-TV Bronson GM. George Dooley Education of Dade County and 100kw 1978 5pm-3am; became general manager in Community Television Foundation WPBT-TV 1983 1964. of South Florida (George Dooley pres/GM); in January 1983 school board vacated it's portion of the license, moving to its own channel 17, leaving Community Televsion Foundation of South Florida sole licensee of channel 2
WPCT-TV 46 Beach TV Properties Panama City 156 Panama City Beach WPCT-TV 46 2400kw Panama City Beach Bay Beach TV Properties (Jud 3/20/1995 126kw 2008 Colley pres)
12 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WPEC-TV 12 WPEC Licensee West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 West Palm Beach WEAT-TV 12 63kw West Palm Beach Palm Beach WEAT-TV (James R. 1/1/1955 General Teleradio aka RKO 100kw by WPEC-TV 1973 Pierce Meachem pres/GM, June M. Teleradio Pictures (Thomas F. 1963; Meachem) O'Neil pres, Gordon R. Kerr GM) 288kw acq 1956; WEAT-TV (Thomas F. 1964; O'Neil pres, Bertram Lebhar Jr. 316kw 1982 GM) acq 7/1/1957; WEAT-TV (Palm Beach Television (80% owned by Rand Broadcasting, 20% by Bertram Lebhar Jr.), Rex Rand pres, Bertram Lebhar Jr. GM) 1958; Gardens Broadcasting (51% owned by Royal American Industries (Bankers Life & Casualty (John D. MacArthur), 49% owned by Bertram Lebhar Jr.) acq 4/1/1964; Gardens Broadcasting acq 100% by Royal American Industries (68% owned by Bankers Life & Casualty, John D. MacArthur pres/GM) in 1967; PEC Communications (Photo Electronics Corp., Alex W. Dreyfoos pres/GM) acq 10/26/1973; Sailfish Marina (Alex W. Dreyfoos Jr. pres, Robert C. Weigand exec VP/GM) acq 12/22/1986; (licensee name back to Photo Electronics Corp. in 1988, reverted to original acq date of 11/12/1973); Freedom Communications Inc. aka WPGX-TV 28 WPGX License Subsidiary Panama City 156 Panama City WPGX-TV 28 4404kw Panama City Bay WMJA-TV (Family Group 5/21/1988 Ashling Broadcast Group (Edward 1260kw WFXD-TV 1990; Broadcasting, Kenneth W. Gibbons co-owner, Elizabeth 1993 WPGX-TV 1991 Darby pres) Wilde Mooney co-owner/pres, Mike Harding VP/GM) acq 4/30/1990; WBG License (Wicks Broadcast Group, Patrick Quirk GM) acq 1/15/1997; Waitt License of Florida (Norm Waitt Jr. principal, Al Parsons GM) acq 10/28/1998; Raycom Media aka Raycom National aka WPGX License Subsidiary (Tim Cabrey GM) acq 12/15/2003
WPLG-TV 10 Post-Newsweek Stations Florida Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WPST-TV 10 316kw Miami Miami-Dade Public Service Television 8/2/1957 L.B. Wilson and Co. (L.B. Wilson WLBW-TV (100% owned by National principal owner, C.H. Topmiller 1961; WPLG-TV Airlines, George T. Baker owner/pres, Thomas A. Welstead 1969 pres, Walter Koessier GM)) owner/vp/gm, Jeanette Heinze Per Broadcasting Yearbook and others) Wilson is also 1960: "FCC revoked grant eff licensee of WCKY-TV Cincinnati) 9/30/1960 and issued new acq 11/20/1961; Washington Post permit to L.B. Wilson Inc. aka Post-Newsweek Stations (WLBW TV), appeal has Florida, (Post-Newsweek been filed in court and a stay Stations) acq 9/27/1969 requested of the FCC"
13 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WPMI-TV 15 Deerfield Media (Mobile) Licensee Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Mobile, AL Record incomplete since 3/12/1982 Deerfield Media (Mobile) licensed to Alabama Licensee acq 11/19/2012 WPTV-TV 5 Scripps-Howard Broadcasting West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 West Palm Beach WJNO-TV 5 100kw West Palm Beach Palm Beach William Cook, Theodore 8/22/1954 John H. Phipps Broadcasting WPTV-TV 1956 Pierce Granick, George H. Buck Stations (John H. Phipps pres, Chet Pike GM) 10/3/1956; Scripps-Howard Broadcasting (Jack R. Howard pres, Mort C. Waters exec VP broadcasting division, Chester E. Pike Jr. GM) acq 12/27/1961 WPXC-TV 21 ION Media Brunswick License Jacksonville 40 Brunswick GA 4/2/1990 Record incomplete since licensed in Georgia. ION Media Networks aka ION Media Brunswick License acq 12/6/2000
WPXM-TV 35 ION Media License Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WMLB-TV 35 5000kw Miami Miami-Dade Miami Latino Broadcasting 10/15/1992 Christian Television Network (Les 3240kw WDLP-TV 1993; (William C. de la Pena pres, Haber GM) acq 12/7/1992; 1999 WCTD-TV Richard A. Vanhook GM) Paxson Communications License 1993; WPXM- aka ION Media (Paxson TV 1999 Communications aka ION Media Networks aka Ion Media Holdings License, Carolyn Navarra GM) acq 12/12/1997 WPXP-TV 67 ION Media West Palm Beach West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 Lake Worth WPXP-TV 67 1000kw Lake Worth Palm Beach Hispanic Broadcasting aka 8/30/1999 License Pierce ION Media West Palm Beach License (Paxson Communications aka ION Media Networks 90%, Betti Lidsky 10%, Ken Beedle GM) WRBW-TV 65 Fox Television Stations Orlando-Daytona 19 Orlando WRBW-TV65 5000kw Orlando Orange Rainbow Broadcasting 6/6/1994 United Television of Orlando Beach-Melbourne (Joseph Rey owner, (United Television, Seth Winter pres/GM) VP/GM) acq 1998; Fox Television Stations (Seth Winter VP, Stan Knott GM) acq 7/31/2001
WRDQ-TV27 WFTV Inc. Orlando-Daytona 19 Orlando WZWY-TV27 5000kw Orlando Orange Reece Associates (Rudy and 4/23/2000 WFTV-TV Holdings aka WFTV WRDQ-TV 1998 Beach-Melbourne Marsha Reece) Inc. (Cox Communications, Bill Hoffman GM) acq 12/5/2000 WRXY-TV 49 West Coast Christian Television Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Tice WRXY-TV 49 5000kw Tice Lee West Coast Christian 9/1/1994 West Coast Christian Television Television (Christian Network (David C. Gibbs III, Television Network, Robert Wayne Wetzel and Bill Anderson R. d'Andrea CEO/GM) owners) acq 12/16/1997
14 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WSBS-TV 22 WDLP Licensing Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Key West WEYS-TV 22 11kw Key West Monroe Penny Drucker owner 6/1/1993 WEYS Television (Penny Drucker WGEN-TV (Dennis Peach GM) pres, Walter Segaloff CFO, David 2003; WDLP-TV Drucker EVP, Oscar Ibarra GM) 2003; WSBS-TV acq 10/5/1994; WDLP 2004; WDLP-TV Broadcasting (De La Pena Family 2004; WSBS-TV Trust dated 11/26/2001, Penny 2006 Drucker pres, David Drucker EVP, Alberto Monge GM) acq 1/14/2003; WDLP Licensing (Spanish Broadcasting System aka Mega Media holdings aka aka WSBS Licensing) acq 2/28/2006
WSCV-TV 51 NBC Telemundo License Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Fort Lauderdale WSMS-TV 51 692kw Fort Lauderdale Broward Gold Coast Telecasting 10/12/1968 Channel 51 (Recreation Corp., Suspended WSCV-TV (Paris G. Singer Stations, Miami Missions, William Johns ops 1972; WKID-TV Paris G. Singer pres, pres/GM) acq 1/12/1972; Johns- 2/5/1970, 1973; WSCV- Bernard Kobres GM) Koenig Associates acq 7/14/1976; resumed TV 1984 Channel 51 Debtor in Possession 2/14/1972; (William Johns pres/GM) acq 355kw 1976; CB TV (Wiliam Johns 1973; pres/GM) acq 1977; OAK TV of 2138kw Ft. Lauderdale (OAK Industries, 1982; William Johns pres, Robert D. 5000kw Johnson VP/GM) acq 2/29/1980; 1993 Blair Sp TV of Florida (John Blair & Co., Julio Rumbaut pres/GM) acq 12/7/1984; Reliance Group 9/18/1986; Telemundo Group (John Blair Stations, Julio Rumbaut pres, Roberto Rodriguez stn mgr) acq 12/24/1987; Telemundo of Florida License aka NBC Telemundo License (Telemundo Group Inc aka Telemundo Television Stations., Jim McNamara CEO, Vince Sandusky CFO, Michael Rodriguez GM) acq 4/12/2002
WSFL-TV 39 Channel 39 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WDZL-TV 39 5000kw Miami Miami-Dade 39 Broadcasting (Susan 10/16/1982 39 Broadcasting (Odyssey 3980kw WBZL-TV 1999; Jaramillo owner/GM) Partners, Harvey Cohen exec 1985; WSFL-TV 2006 VP/GM) acq 6/4/1984; Channel 5000kw 39 aka Channel 39 Licensee 2009 (Renaissance Communications, Harvey E. Cohen pres/GM) acq 3/1/1989; Channel 39 (Tribune Broadcasting, Harvey E. Cohen pres/GM) acq 7/15/1997; Channel 39 Debtor-in-Possession (Tribune Broadcasting, Ed Wilson pres, Cam Trinh CFO, Howard Greenberg GM) acq 12/20/2007
15 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WSRE-TV* 23 District Board of Trustees, Pensacola Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 Pensacola WSRE-TV 23 38kw Pensacola Escambia Escambia County Board of 9/11/1967 District Board of Trustees of 3020kw Junior College Public Education (Mrs. Pensacola Junior College (Eric C. 1989 Oneida P. Carpenter dir of Smith Jr. sta mgr) acq 8/31/1971 broadcasting) WSVN-TV 7 Sunbeam Television Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WCKT-TV 7 316kw Miami Miami-Dade Biscayne Television (Knight 7/29/1956 Sunbeam TV (Sidney D. Ansin WSVN-TV 1983 interests (Miami Herald) pres, Edmund N. Ansin 42.5%, Cox interests (Miami EVP/treas, Bernard Koteen, News) 42.5%; Niles Charles L. Kelly VP/GM) acq Trammell (former NBC 12/19/1962; Sunbeam TV president) 15% (Edmund N. Ansin owner/pres) acq 10/4/1967
WSWG-TV 44 Gray Television Licenses Tallahassee- 105 Valdosta, GA Valdosta, GA Record incomplete since 1/1/1995 Record incomplete since licensed Thomasville GA licensed in Georgia. in Georgia. WTCE-TV* 21 Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 Fort Pierce WTCE-TV 21 2286kw Fort Pierce St. Lucie Palmetto Broadcasters 5/9/1990 Jacksonville Educators Pierce Associated for Communities, Broadcasting (Bob Constantino (Dr. R. William Henkel pres, GM) acq 7/6/1990 in 1989 Dr. Claude H. Rhea Jr. pres/CEO)
WTGL-TV 45 Good Life Broadcasting Orlando-Daytona 19 Leesburg WLCB-TV 45 1200kw Leesburg Lake Central Florida Educational 12/12/2000 Good Life Broadcasting (Gene WTGL-TV 2007 Beach-Melbourne Television (Brian Brightly Polino chmn, Ken Mikesell GM) pres/GM) acq 11/19/2001 WTLF-TV 24 MPS Media of Tallahassee License Tallahassee- 105 Tallahassee WTLF-TV 24 24kw Midway Leon KB Prime Media (Guyon W. 3/4/2004 Mystic Television of Tallahassee Thomasville GA Turner pres, Jim Shaw GM) License acq 12/28/2006; MPS Media of Tallahassee License acq 3/31/2007 WTLH-TV 49 New Age Media of Tallahassee Tallahassee- 105 Bainbridge, GA WTLH-TV 49 1620kw Bainbridge, GA Decatur WTLH (Paul Lansat CEO, 5/31/1989 WTLH (Pegasus Broadcast 5000kw License Thomasville GA Frank Watson pres/GM) Television, Paul Lansat CEO, 2009 Frank Watson pres/GM) acq 1996; WTLH License debtor-in- possession (Pegasus Broadcast Television, Mark Pagon CEO, Jack Paris EVP/SVP, David Hinterschied GM) acq 2006; New Age Media of Tallahassee License (CP Media, Jon Parente CEO, Mike Yanuzzi EVP/SVP, David Hinterschied GM) acq 3/31/2007
16 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WTLV-TV 12 Multimedia Cablevision Jacksonville 49 Jacksonville WFGA-TV 12 316kw Jacksonville Duval Florida-Georgia Television 9/1/1957 Effective 4/1/1969 "Interim WTLV-TV 1974 Company (George H. Licensee" Channel 12 of Hodges and Alexander Brest Jacksonville (equally owned by pres (26% each), Harold S. Florida-Georgia TV, Community Cohn 19%, Wometco First Corp., New Horizons Television and Theatre Co. Telecasting, Florida Gateway TV; 10%, Mitchell Wolfson and Jesse H. Cripe GM); Channel 12 Sidney Meyer 5% each. of Jacksonville (same owners, Jesse H. Cripe VP/GM 1963 Gert H.W. Schmidt pres, Jesse H. Cripe GM) acquiring permanent license 6/23/1971; TV 12 (sometimes listed as Television 12) of Jacksonville (Harte-Hanks Communications (100%), Gert H.W. Schmidt pres/GM) acq 5/12/1975; Television 12 of Jacksonville aka Multimedia Cablevision (Gannett Broadcasting, division of Gannett Co., Ken Tonning pres/GM) acq 1988 WTOG-TV 44 CBS Operations Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 St. Petersburg WTOG-TV 44 828kw St. Petersburg Pinellas Hubbard Broadcasting aka 11/4/1968 Viacom International aka 1410kw (Sarasota) WTOG-TV (Gold Seal Paramount Stations Group of 1983; Stations aka Hubbard Tampa aka CBS Operations 5000kw Broadcasting, Stanley S. (Paramount Stations Group aka 1991 Hubbard pres, Howard Viacom Television Stations Group Trickey GM) aka CBS Television Stations Group, Tony Cassara pres, Mike Conway GM) acq 9/19/1996
WTSP-TV 10 Pacific and Southern Company Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 St. Petersburg WLCY-TV 10 316kw Largo Hillsborough WLCY-TV (Rahall 7/18/1965 Rahall Communications merged WTSP-TV 1978 (Sarasota) Communications, Sam. G. with Gulf United (Gulf Broadcast Rahall pres/GM, Marshall Group to create licensee WTSP- Cleaves SM and ND) TV 9/12/1978; Taft Television & Radio (Lawrence M. Clamage VP/GM) acq 7/31/1985; Great American Television & Radio (Great American Broadcasting, Lawrence M. Clamage VP/GM) acq 10/7/1987; Citicasters (Steve Mauldin pres/GM) acq 8/1/1994; Pacific and Southern (Gannett Broadcasting, Steve Mauldin pres/GM) acq 12/31/1996
WTTA-TV 38 Bay Television Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 St. Petersburg WTTA-TV 38 5000kw St. Petersburg Pinellas Bay Television (Sinclair 6/21/1991 (Sarasota) Broadcast Group, David Smith pres, Tom Watson GM)
17 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WTVJ-TV 6 NBC Telemundo License Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 Miami WTVJ-TV 4 2kw Miami Miami-Dade Southern Radio & Telephone 3/21/1949 Wometco Theatres aka Wometco 6 in 1995 5kw 1950; Equipment (Mitchell Wolfson Enterprises (Mitchell Wolfson 17kw 1953; pres, Lee Ruwitch GM) pres, Lee Ruwitch VP/GM) acq 100kw 1951; Wometco acq by Kohlberg 1963; 14kw Kravis Roberts & Co. aka KKR 1971; Associates 4/11/1984; NBC 100kw 1973 Broadcasting Corp-WTVJ (General Electric, Anthony Cassara pres, Alan Perris VP/GM) aka NBC Subsidiary (WTVJ) (NBC TV Stations Division, Richard M. Lobo pres/GM) acq 9/17/1987; National Broadcasting Co./Channel 6 aka NBC Telemundo License Co. (NBC TV Stations Division aka NBC Universal Television Stations, Donald V. Browne pres/GM) acq 1995
WTVT-TV 13 TVT License Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Tampa WTVT-TV 13 316kw Tampa Hillsborough Tampa Television Company 4/1/1955 WKY Television System (WKY (Sarasota) (Walter F. Tison, Doyle E. Radiophone Company, E.K. Carlton) Gaylord pres, Eugene B. Dodson VP/GM) acq 9/1/1955; Gaylord Broadcasting, (Oklahoma Publishing, Edward L. Gaylord chairman, Eugene B. Dodson pres/GM) acq 7/19/1956; WTVT Holdings (Clarence V. McKee co- owner, chairman/pres/CEO, George N. Gillett Jr. co-owner, Harry M. Apel VP/GM) acq 6/19/1987; WTVT Licensee (GHTV, C. David Whitaker pres/GM) acq 7/27/1992; TVT License aka New World Communications of Tampa (SCI Television aka New World Television aka New World Communications Group, C. David Whitaker pres/GM) acq 4/13/1993; New World Communications of Tampa aka TVT License (Fox Television Stations, David Boylan VP/GM) acq 11/1996
18 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WTVX-TV 34 WTVX Licensee West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 Fort Pierce WTVX-TV 34 6kw Fort Pierce St. Lucie Indian River TV (William E. 4/5/1966 Indian River TV (Ruhl W. 317kw Pierce Minshall owner/pres/GM, Koblegard, Alto Adams Jr., 1980; Virginia Zehring co-owner) Christine Haynes) acq 1978; 5000kw WTWV (Frank K. Spain 1981 owner/pres/GM; Margaret H. Spain, Letha M. Spain owners) acq 2/1/1979; Krypton Broadcasting (Elvin Feltner owner, Jay Oliver GM) acq 2/1/1991; Whitehead Media (Eddie Whitehead GM) acq 12/8/1994; C-34 FCC Licensee Subsidiary (Ed Karlik pres, Bill Ballard GM) acq 6/13/1997; C-34 FCC Licensee Subsidiary aka Channel 34 Television Station (CBS Corp. aka Viacom Television Stations Group, Ed Karlik pres, Dan Tarsi GM) acq 11/13/2001; WPB TV Licensee (Four Points Media Group) acq 11/21/2007; WTVX Licensee (Sinclair Broadcast Group) acq 12/21/2011 WTWC-TV 40 WTWC Licensee Tallahassee- 105 Tallahassee WTWC-TV 40 3390kw Tallahassee Leon Holt-Robinson Television 4/21/1983 Holt-Robinson Television (Holt 3160kw Thomasville GA (Holt Broadcasting, Stan Broadcasting Service, Thomas M. 1988 Lightsey pres, Bill Fouch Duddy CEO, John F. Friedlein GM) GM) acq 4/13/1993; Soundview Media Investments (Thomas M. Duddy CEO, John G. Friedlein GM) acq 10/24/1994; Guy Gannett Communications aka WTWC Licensee (Bill Anderson CEO, pres/GM) acq 1996; WTWC Licensee (Sinclair Broadcast Group, Maria Moore GM) acq 1999
WTXL-TV 27 WTXL-TV License Tallahassee- 105 Tallahassee WECA-TV 27 566kw Tallahassee Leon Allen Communications (E.C. 9/16/1976 Tallahassee-27 Ltd Partnership 1040kw WTXL-TV 1984 Thomasville GA Allen owner/pres, Donald (US Communications Group, E.C. 1978; Myers VP/GM) Allen pres, James J. Matthews 1184kw VP/GM) acq 1/27/1984; E.T. 1988; Broadcasting (F. Tracy Lavery 1170kw and Elio Betty owners, Carl Bruce 2000; GM) acq 8/23/1991; Tallahassee 3000kw Channel 27; Media Venture 2001 Management (F. Tracy Lavery and Elio Betty owners, Dan Akens GM) acq 5/26/1993; Southern Broadcast Corp. of Sarasota (Gary Shorts CEO, Mike Plummer stn mgr) acq 11/30/2005; WTXL- TV License acq 1/25/2007
19 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WUCF-TV* 24 University of Central Florida Orlando-Daytona 19 Orlando WMFE-TV 24 255kw Orlando Orange Florida Central East Coast 3/15/1965 Community Communications 1202kw WUCF-TV 2012 Beach-Melbourne Educational TV (Dr. R. Earl (Stephen McKenney Steck 1976; Kipp pres, A.F. Edmunds pres/GM) acq 1981; University of 1350kw GM) Central Florida acq 8/15/2012 2009 WUFT-TV* 5 Board of Trustees, University of Gainesville 160 Gainesville WUFT-TV 5 14kw Gainesville Alachua University of Florida 11/10/1958 14kw 1967; Florida (Kenneth A. Christiansen dir 28kw 1972; of TV) aka Board of 100kw 1974 Trustees, University of Florida WUSF-TV* 16 University of South Florida Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Tampa WUSF-TV 16 603kw Tampa Hillsborough University of South Florida 9/12/1966 589kw (Sarasota) (Dr. G. C. Eichholz GM) 1979; 1166kw 1981; 1050kw 1983; 1620kw 1993 WVEA-TV 62 Entravision Holdings Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Venice WBSV-TV 62 5000kw Venice Sarasota DeSoto Broadcasting (Jack 5/3/1991 Entravision Holdings (Danford L. WVEA-TV 2000 (Sarasota) Moffitt GM) Sawyer, Lucien Levy, Robert A. Morris, Estate of Dale Ehrhart owners; Lilly Gonzalez GM) acq 5/10/1989; Entravision Holdings (Entravision Communications, Lilly Gonzalez GM) acq 1999 WVEN-TV 26 Entravision Holdings Orlando-Daytona 19 Daytona Beach WAYQ-TV 26 5kw Daytona Beach Volusia Beach Television Partners 10/1/1988 Note conflict between Dark 1991- WLSY-TV 1987; Beach-Melbourne (William Varecha Broadcasting Yearbook 1996; WAYQ-TV owner/CEO/GM) contemporaneous listings and 2786kw 1987; WNTO- FCC database accessed 2010. 1996; TV 1996; Per Broadcasting Yearbook 2750kw WVEN-TV 2000 listings: Original 1983 CP for New 1998 TV ch. 26 to Daytona Beach TV Associates. Not listed 1984. In 1985 New TV ch. 26 listed in Orlando with new permitee, Life Style Broadcasting (M. Lee Cook pres). 1988 listed in Orlando as WAYQ-TV ch. 26 CP, permitee Lifestyle Broadcasting (M. Lee Cook pres). 1989 listed on air 10/1988 with licensee Beach Television Partners (acq 3/31/1988), William Varecha, J. Kermit Coble, Edgar Dunn Family, Elizabeth Daniels owners. 1992 licensee George E. Mills Jr. Trustee (William Varecha, J. Kermit Coble, Edgar Dunn Family, Elizabeth Daniels owners). Station dark 1995, licensee George E. Mills Jr. trustee. 1997 new calls WNTO- TV, still dark, Florida Media Broadcasters acq 9/26/1996. 1998 on air, Florida Media Broadcasters licensee (Jim
20 Florida Broadcasters DB 1922-2015 TELEVISION STATIONS 8/11/2018
Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call WWSB-TV 40 Southern Broadcast Corp. of Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Sarasota WXLT-TV 40 1405kw Sarasota Sarasota Sarasota-Bradenton TV 9/10/1971 Southern Broadcast of Sarasota 2871kw WWSB-TV Sarasota (Sarasota) (Robert R. Nelson (Calkins Newspapers, R.R. 1981 1986 owner/pres/GM) Nelson, Southern Broadcast Group owners, Douglas C. Barker pres, Linda Des Marais stn mgr) acq 5/29/1986; WWSB License acq 1/25/2007 WXCW-TV46 Sun Broadcasting Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Naples WNPL-TV 46 5000kw Naples Collier Southwest Florida 10/22/1990 Second Generation of Florida 3160kw WTVK-TV 1995; Telecommunications (Jon Pinch GM) acq 1995; Acme 2001 WXCW-TV (William T. Darling Television Licenses of Florida 2007 owner/pres/GM) (Jon Pinch GM) acq 5/15/1998; Sun Broadcasting (Joseph C. Schwartzel owner, Bill Scaffide GM) acq 2/16/2007 WXEL-TV* 42 WXEL Public Broadcasting West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 West Palm Beach WWPF-TV 42 2150kw Boynton Beach Palm Beach South Florida Public 1/8/1982 Barry Telecommunications (John WHRS-TV Pierce Telecommunications (J.H. LaBonia EVP) acq 4/16/1997; 1982; WXEL-TV Berger pres, John Burger WXEL Public Broadcasting acq 1985 GM) 5/22/2012
WXGA-TV* 8 Georgia Public Telecommunications Jacksonville 49 Millwood GA 12/4/1961 Record incomplete since licensed Commission in Georgia. WXPX-TV 66 Paxson Communications License Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 Bradenton WFCT-TV 66 5000kw Bradenton Manatee Bradenton Broadcast 8/1/1994 Channel 66 of Tampa (Christian WXPX-TV 1998 (Sarasota) Television (MFR Limited Network, Jim West chmn, Anita Partner, Anita Rogers Rogers GM) acq 9/30/1996; partner/GM) Paxson Communications License Co. (Paxson Communications aka ION Media Networks, Shawn Portman GM) acq 12/15/1997 WZVN-TV 26 Montclair Communications Ft. Myers-Naples 65 Naples WEVU-TV 26 1000kw Naples Lee Gulfshore Television (G. 8/21/1974 Caloosa Television (Home News 982kw WZVN-TV 1995 Vernon Lundquist Jr. pres) Publishing, William Boyd pres, 1979; Joseph Buerry Jr. GM) acq 2750kw 8/24/1978; FCVS 1980; Communications (Jeanne 5000kw Findlater VP/GM) acq 8/25/1992; 1991 Elcom of South Carolina (Ellis Communications, Robert White VP/GM) acq 10/7/1993; Montclair Communications (Lara Kunkler pres/GM) acq 10/10/1996 z-dark Jacksonville 49 WJHP-TV 36 Jacksonville Duval Jacksonville Journal (John 12/12/1953 H. Perry Jr. pres) z-dark Jacksonville 49 WAJM-TV 63 500kw Palatka Putnam Palatka Television (Abe 5/1/1990 Alexander pres) z-dark Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 WEIB-TV 18 619kw Islamorada Monroe Islamorada Educators 1/1/1987 Keyes Educators Broadcasting WKEB-TV 1991 Broadcasting (Dr. Claude H. (Claude H. Rhea Jr. pres) acq Rhea Jr. pres) 1991
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Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call z-dark Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 WITV-TV 17 43kw Fort Lauderdale Broward Gerico Investment (L. 11/26/1953 Suspended Coleman Judd pres, E.J. operations Richardson, George W. 1958, did English Jr., Mortimer Loewi; not return 1954 executives R.W. Standart GM, Charles Gravett commercial mgr, George Taylor PD, Bill Latham CE; Russell E. Lowell GM. (Per 1954 Telecasting Yearbook: Principals Mortimer W. Loewi pres, L.C. Judd VP, E.J. Richardson VP, George English sec, Don McCullough, James Kirkwood Jr.; executives Blayne Butcher GM, Wm W. Van Der Busch comm mgr, Jack Nelson asst mgr/film buyer, William Latham CE, Clarence Riggs comp) z-dark Mobile AL-Pensacola 61 WPFA-TV 15 20kw Pensacola Escambia Per 1954 Broadcasting 6/1/1953 Dark 1963 Yearbook, Charles W. Lamar Jr. sole owner but T.E. Gibbens will receive 25% of profits. Lamar is partner in Lamar Advertising, Baton Rouge, with stations in Lousianna. Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62 lists permitee as Lousiana National Bank of Baton Rouge, executor of estate of Charles W. Lamar Jr. z-dark Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 WSUN-TV 38 205kw St. Petersburg Pinellas City of St. Petersburg (Maj. 5/31/1953 WSUN (owned by WCAR, H.Y. 200kw (Sarasota) George D. Robinson GM) Levinson, Celia D. Levinson) acq 1966; dark 1967 2/23/1970 z-dark West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 WTVI-TV 19 Fort Pierce St. Lucie Atlantic Broadcasting (Jesse 9/10/1961 Dark 1963 Pierce D. Fine, Oscar K. Fine, Isadore Fine, Theodore M. Nelson, Eugene P. Fine, Marvin Cohen, owners of radio/TV in Missouri)
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Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call z-dark West Palm Beach-Ft. 38 WIRK-TV 21 22kw West Palm Beach Palm Beach Ken-Sell Inc. (owned equally 9/13/1953 Pierce by Joseph S. Field Jr. pres/GM, Warren H. Brewster and Arthur M. Shandloff. Field and Shandloff own WIRK-AM, Brewster raises cattle) z-never Gainesville 160 WGBZ-TV61 CP Gainesville Alachua 1987 CP Gator Broadcasting made air 3444kw (Gail Armstead, Louis Frey, Mitchel S. Cutler, Joseph D. Tydings owners) z-never Gainesville 160 WYIM-TV 29 CP 869kwOcala Marion 1989 CP Gospel Horizons made air (Garth R. Thompson) z-never Jacksonville 49 WPDQ-TV 6 19kw Jacksonville Duval CP 1948 Jacksonville made air Broadcasting (James R. Stockton pres, Robert R. Feagin GM) z-never Jacksonville 49 WJHP-TV 8 25kw Jacksonville Duval CP 1948 John H. Perry made air z-never Jacksonville 49 WOBS-TV NA Jacksonville Duval CP 1953 Southern Radio & made air Equipment z-never Jacksonville 49 WQIK-TV NA Jacksonville Duval CP 1956 Telerad (Carmen made air Macri owner) z-never Jacksonville 49 36 Jacksonville Duval New permittee Rust Craft made air Broadcasting (Rust Craft Greeting Cards, Jack N. Lewis, Allen H. Berkman, John J. Laux principal owners) z-never Jacksonville 49 WJAX-TV 1949 15kw Jacksonville Duval 1949 CP City of Jacksonville made air CP 2 (John T. Hopkins GM)
z-never Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 WETV-TV 13 CP 2kw Key West Monroe 1987 CP Palmetto made air Broadcasters Associated for Community (Dr. Claude H. Rhea Jr. pres/CEO) z-never Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 WTKW-TV16 603kw Key West Monroe CP 1981 Key West made air Television z-never Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 16 WKEB-TV 9 186kw Marathon Monroe CP 1987 Marathon made air Educators Broadcasting (Dr. Claude H. Rhea pres) z-never Orlando-Daytona 19 WMFJ-TV Daytona Beach Volusia CP 1954 W. Wright Esch made air Beach-Melbourne (owner/GM) z-never Orlando-Daytona 19 WDRU-TV58 CP Bunnell Flagler 1989 CP Bunnell made air Beach-Melbourne 4624kw Communications (Arthur T. Lowery) z-never Orlando-Daytona 19 WPCT-TV 31 CP 20kw Melbourne Brevard 1967 CP to Custom made air Beach-Melbourne Electronics (Stuart M. Campbell 71.4%, James A. Thomas 28.6%; Eric T. Esbensen stn mgr)
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Date of Original License or 2015 call 2015 visual On Air Subsequent (*noncomm Virtual Designated Market DMA 2015 city of Original Original power Original City of Original (1/1/xx is Subsequent Visual Pwr ercial) ch 2015 licensee Area (DMA) Rank license call channel (rounded) License county Original licensee default) Subseqent Licensees Channel (rounded) Subsequent Call z-never Orlando-Daytona 19 WEAL-TV 18 Winter Park Orange CP granted 9/21/1955 to made air Beach-Melbourne Orange County Broadcasters (Ray H. Gunckel Jr. pres/GM, James L. Sawyer CM) z-never Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 WSEE-TV 7 26kw Tampa-St. Petersburg Pinellas 1948 CP Sunshine Tele. made air (Sarasota) Corp. (Robert R. Guthrie and B. Earl Puckett chief owners) z-never Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 WFTV-TV 32 Clearwater Pinellas 1960 CP West Coast made air (Sarasota) Telecasting (Bruce Taylor, Chalres C. Sterno, George E. Reynolds Jr., Marc J. Robinson Jr.) z-never Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 WGOX-TV64 CP Inverness Citrus 1992 CP West Florida made air (Sarasota) 3470kw Television (Peggy R. Pendergrass, James E. & Roberta Johnson) z-never Tampa-St. Petersburg 14 WONN-TV16 85kw Lakeland Polk 1952 CP WONN-TV (Robert made air (Sarasota) S. Taylor pres, E.D. Covington Jr. vp, Duane F. McConnell sec 5.8% each, and "local physicians and dentists")
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Notes 1971 CP for WLIC-TV to Heard Broadcasting (Robert E. Warfield Jr. owner/pres (principal of WLBE-AM Leesburg))
1984 CP calls WDEM-TV, permittee Whitco Broadcasters (Eddie L. Whitehead VP), modified in 1988 to Channel 69 of Hollywood (Whiteco Broadcasters, Eddie Whitehead pres/GM; 51%, Silver King of Hollywood Florida Inc. 49%)
Original 1985 CP Channel 63 of Palm Beach; 1992 CP to Palmetto Broadcasters Associated for Communities; School Board of Broward County acq CP 3/31/2000.
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Notes Original 1958 CP calls WMFL-TV to Miami Biscayne TV (Irving Kipnis, Nathaniel J. Klein, Rex Rand and Edward Mercer). 1965-66 CP to Contintental Gateway TV (Vincent B. Welch pres). 1969 CP calls WGCT- TV to Gold Coast TV (owners Budd Mayer pres, Herbert K. Cummings, Robert Haverfield, Burton S. Kahn). 1983 CP to Miami STV Inc.
Original 1986 CP for WJOE-TV ch 51, 5000kw, to Marianna Television (Joseph E. Davis owner/pres, Geraldine S. Davis owner)
Originally licensed as W12CN 10/25/1991, WBQP-LP 9/8/1995, WBQP-CA 12/4/2001, WBQP-CD 8/17/2012. From 1992-94 station operated out of the Watson's home, moved to current location in 1994. 3/1995 became a WB affiliate, gaining cable carriage and newspaper TV listings. Sometimes referred to as "WBOP," but never licensed with those calls. Not listed Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009
1966 CP for WHJR-TV to Bay Broadcasting (Walter Weaver, E.H. Holcomb Jr. owners); 1967 CP for WHJR-TV to Acorn TV (Robert M. Robbins, Harold Thurman, David Landau owners) Licensed to Thomasville but with studio in Tallahassee
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Notes
Licensed to Pensacola but listed in Mobile AL
Original 1986 CP calls WRES-TV
Record incomplete since licensed to Alabama
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Notes W. Wright Esch, who was the first licensee of WMFJ-AM in Daytona Beach, won the construction permit, but sold it to Perry before the station went on the air. The calls WESH were for Esch.
Affiliate of WLAB-TV. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 lists not on air, target date unknown Original CP 7/14/1980 to Christian Television of Palm Beach County. May have been on air briefly in 1981, licensee shown as Wilshire Corp. (John B. Steson pres, Stanley Franks, B.J. Harris) with 830kw. Broadcasting Yearbook lists sign-on 5/21/1993. Original 1983 CP for WQAC-TV to Beacon Broadcasting
Record incomplete since licensed in Alabama
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Notes Originally licensed to Islamorado in the Florida Keys. Feb. 1967 won "move-in" approval from FCC to operate in Miami. Built tower in Homestead, furthest south in the Miami market, to protect signals of WPTV-TV, ch. 5 in WPB, and WDBO-TV, ch. 6, in Orlando. Swapped channels w/WTVJ-TV to Ch 4, chgd call to WFOR-TV Jul 1995. Subsequent Broadcasting & Cable Yearbooks use the WTVJ sign- on date of 3/21/1949 in association with channel 4, however for continuity sake author associated sign-on date with WCIX-TV ch. 6.
1966 CP to WDUV-TV Duval TV (Scott I. Peek, Alvin Leitman, Henry Kramer, David A. Watts, H. George Carrison, Norman P. Freeman, Gilbert C. Palmer owners). 1967 CP to Canasta Broadcastiing (Lapin stations, Jerome and Irving Lapin and others); 1980 CP to Crown Broadcasting
1967 CP for WTSS-TV to Hillsborough Broadcasting (Paris Singer Stations)
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Notes Channel 9 began broadcast operations under "program test authority" issued 1/31/1958-not a formal license. It was under this temporary authority that the station operated until 1981.
Original 1988 CP calls WFRR-TV, 1858 kw, Frank A. Baker permitee; 1989 CP calls WFXL-TV then WTLL- TV; 1990 CP calls WFXU-TV
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Notes Original 1987 CP for WHSF-TV to Christian Channel/Ro-Mar Communications (William W. Mays Sr, Robert K. Coyne owners). Harvey and Ilene S. Budd acq CP 8/28/1990.
CP 4/25/2000. On the air with Special Temporary Authority (STA) from FCC. Nation's first stand-alone digital television station, won "must- carry" cable rights from FCC 1/19/2001
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Notes 1980 CP to Christian Television of Jacksonville
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Notes Test pattern 9/14/1949, regular programming began 10/16/1949
Original 1985 CP to Glorious Church of God in Christ (Dr. Charles L. Kennedy pastor) for calls WRES-TV. 1988 CP to Channel 68 for WCLU- TV in Clermont.
Began broadcasting with test pattern 6/3/1954, licensed with regular programming 7/1/1954.
Record incomplete since licensed to Alabama
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Notes Ch. 17 began as WITV-TV in 1953, licensed to Gerico Investment. Went dark in 1958 due to financial issues. WLRN.org history says signed on in 1955, but that is inaccurate. 1955 is the sign-on date for WTHS-TV, channel 2, originally operated by the Dade County school board. Later WTHS-TV split time with WPBT-TV on channel 2. The school board moved its programming to its own license on channel 17 in January 1983. Suspended operations 4/13/1957, resumed operation 11/14/1967. Storer retained license during dark periods. Use original s/o date for history.
1963 CP WBVI-TV to Bay Video (J.S. Thompson pres)
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Notes Original 1984 CP calls WIUD-TV
Record incomplete since licensed to Alabama
Original 1968 CP to Omicron TV (Mercury station group) for WORU- TV
Original 1968 CP for WOTG-TV to Hubbard Broadcasting (Gold Seal Stations, satellite of ch. 44 St. Pete). 1975 CP calls WOCA-TV, Marion Communications (Thomas P. Hicks pres). 1979 CP to Gator Broadcasting (R. Douglas Bishop, Chas. R. Perry, Emil R. Schiavone, George Antoniak and James D. Ivey owners; Doug Bishop pres)
Original 1984 CP calls WSCT-TV, permittee Broadcast Productions & Management (Don S. Sundquist pres)
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Notes Original 1981 CP calls WKNA-TV. Telefutura transfer not listed in Broadcasting & Cable 2009 Yearbook - data is from FCC database.
Original 1989 CP Tequesta Television Phipps-Potamkin Television Partners, Alan Potamkin.
Also see WLRN-TV ch. 17. Dade County school board moved its programming to that station in 1983.
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Notes
Original 1983 CP to Kenneth B. Darby partnership, calls WMJA-TV; then WDGH-TV
On-air date 8/2/1957 is original WPST-TV license. Since revocation the sign-on date was listed as 11/20/1961 when L.B. Wilson took over. For historical purposes use earliest date.
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Notes Record incomplete since licensed to Alabama
Record incomplete since licensed in Georgia.
Original 1987 CP to Betti D. Kidsky (aka Cocola Media of Florida) for calls WHBI-TV
Original 1986 CP to Tice Television aka Tice/Qualivision Joint Venture aka Tice Television & Qualivision of Lee County, calls WTBH-TV. 6/15/1987 CP to Golden Media (R.A. Groter pres, Ron Davis GM) for calls WRTS-TV
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Notes Original 1985 CP to Rappaport Commnications (owners Richard Warren Rappaport, John T. Wilner, Harold H. Cutler and Lawrence Behr) for calls WQHJ-TV. CP calls changed to WYDH-TV, then WEYE- TV, in 1989.
1966 CP to Broward Broadcasting (John C. Monahan, Ray C. Qualmann, Howard I. Scott, Richard B. Wiggins, Paris G. Singer, Diran M. Seropian and others owners). Suspended ops 8/10/1970; resumed ops as WSCV-TV 2/14/1972
1967 CP WTML-TV to Tele- Americas Corp. of Florida (owners Maurice A. Ferre, Juan E. Serralles).
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Notes
12/5/1962 FCC ordered Biscayne Television cease operation of WCKT not later than 1/4/1963 and approved sale of WCKT plant and film licensing agreements to Sunbeam Television which was licensed as a new station. Retain original s/o date for history. Record incomplete since licensed in Georgia. Original 1986 CP calls WFET-TV
Original 1990 CP Central Florida Educational TV (Dr. Claude H. Rhea Jr. pres) Original CP issued 4/25/2000 to KB Communications. On 10/23/2001 "consent to transfer" to W.W. Keen Butcher, but likely internal transfer. Original 1985 CP to WTLH License. 1987 CP to Bainbridge Communications. 1988 CP to WTLH.
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Notes
Original CP for WLGO-TV licensed to Largo, permitee WTSP-TV (Rahall Stations). License moved to St. Petersburg about 1970.
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Notes Florida's first television station. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook use the WCIX sign-on date of 9/20/1967 in association with channel 6, however for continuity sake author retained original WTVJ ch. 4 sign-on date. Per Miami Herald article 3/21/1999 by Terry Jackson, CP was first issued to Bob Venn, but he lacked finances to put station on the air. Wolfson had resources to become Venn's partner, and quickly bought out his interest in channel 4.
In 1994 New World Television signed a blanket affiliation agreement with FOX to switch most of its stations, including WTVT, to the fledgling network. In 1996 FOX acquired New World, cementing the deal.
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Notes
1968 CP calls WNFA-TV to Leon County Communications (owned by Walker-Britton stations, Weyman H.D. Walker pres/GM)
1975 CP for WSCT-TV to Southern Capital Television (William D. Evans Jr., Donall Myers owners)
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Notes
Original 1988 CP to Venice Broadcasting
Per FCC: Original CP for WVEN-TV granted 6/27/1986 to Florida Media Broadcasters. WVEN-TV licensed to Entravision Holdings 3/5/1991. WVEN-TV license renewed by Florida Media Broadcasters 11/28/1995. WVEN-TV license transferred from 35 Club to Florida Media Broadcasters 9/26/1996. License for WVEN-TV assigned from Entravision Holdings to Entravision Holdings 9/15/2000. It appears Florida Media Broadcasters is aka Entravision.
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Notes
1987 CP to Maycom (Audrey Meyers owner, Felix Meyers owner/GM, Robert E. Leach pres)
Original 1973 CP to School Board of Palm Beach County (Lloyd F. Early superintendent) calls WHRS-TV licensed to Boynton Beach. 1980 CP licensee Public Broadcasting Foundation of Palm Beach County (Samuel A. Marantz pres, John Burger GM). License moved to West Palm Beach in 1981.
Record incomplete since licensed in Georgia. Original 1992 CP call WTBG-TV
Suspended operations 10/25/1957
Listed as "deleted" 1/14/1993
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Notes
1955 CP to Gene T. Dyer of RFD 4, Riviera Beach. Dyer was former owner of WGES-AM Chicago, which he sold to his brother. Broadcasting Yearbook 1955 noted that "Mr. Dyer's wife, Evelyn, owns 10% of WGES Chicago." Executives included Les Combs, stn mgr, who later went on to found WSTU-AM, Stuart. This was originally listed as being CBS affiliate.
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Notes Dark Feb. 29, 1956
Per Billboard magazine 2/11/1950 City of Jacksonville was denied extension of CP by FCC due to "alleged lack of diligence in completing the stations."
See WMFJ-AM
No longer listed 1996
Not listed after 1969
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Notes Not listed after 1959
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