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Vaughan Media, LLCis a company which owns the broadcast licenses of several stations operated byNexstar Media Group.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Broadcasting |
Founded | 2011 |
Headquarters | Port Charlotte, Florida,U.S. |
Key people | Thomas J. Vaughan |
Revenue | $94,000 |
History
editThe company was founded in 2011 when it made its first acquisition,WBDT,fromACME Communications.LIN Media,the owner ofWDTN,could not legally own both WDTN and WBDT. It sold off certain assets, including WBDT's broadcast license, to Vaughan Media. The sale was consummated on May 20, 2011, at which point LIN took control of the station via ashared services agreementwith WDTN.
In 2012, the company acquired television stations owned by PBC Broadcasting which were operated byNew Vision Television.[1]
In August 2014, it was announced thatSinclair Broadcast Groupwould take over theshared services agreementto operateWTGSas well as rights to acquire the station.[2]Sinclair exercised the option and acquired the station upon close of the sale of LIN Media toMedia General.
The remaining Vaughan stations continued under operation by Media General after the LIN sale. On January 17, 2017,Nexstar Media Groupclosed its acquisition of Media General and took over operation of the Vaughan stations.
Stations
editCurrent
editCity of license/Market | Station | Channel TV(RF) |
Owned since | Network affiliation |
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Topeka, Kansas | KTKA-TV | 49 (16) | 2012 | ABC The CW Plus(DT3) |
Dayton-Springfield,Ohio | WBDT | 26 (31) | 2011 | The CW |
Youngstown, Ohio | WYTV | 33 (31) | 2012 | ABC MyNetworkTV(DT2) |
Austin, Texas | KNVA | 54 (23) | 2012 | The CW |
Former Vaughan stations
editCity of License/Market | Station | Channel TV(RF) |
Years owned | Current status |
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Hardeeville, South Carolina-Savannah, Georgia | WTGS | 28 (28) | 2012–2014 | Foxaffiliate owned bySinclair Broadcast Group |
References
edit- ^Vaughan Media LLC, FCC Form 603. Explanation of Transaction, May 2012
- ^McAdams, Deborah (2014-08-20)."Nine U.S. TV Stations Swapped for $537 Million".TVTechnology.Retrieved2019-03-03.