Television Stations 8/11/2018
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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.