Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Broadcast Television Television Production |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | Salisbury, Maryland, USA |
Area served | United States (Nationwide) |
Key people | Brian and Patricia Lane, owners |
Products | Broadcast television |
Website | marqueemedia |
Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. is a small broadcasting company which owns several television stations in the United States.
History
Marquee began in 2013 when its owners, Brian and Patricia Lane, announced its intent to acquire WMDT and its repeater, WEVD-LP for $9 million.[1]
The company's next acquisition came in 2015 when it closed its acquisition of WUGA-TV from the University of Georgia for $2.5 million. Following the acquisition, the station's primary affiliation changed to Heroes & Icons and changed its callsign to WGTA.[2]
In May 2016, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced its sale of KREG-TV to Marquee Broadcasting.[3]
On April 5, 2017, Max Media announced that it entered an agreement to sell NBC affiliate WNKY in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Marquee.[4][5]
On June 18, 2018, Marquee agreed to purchase WSST-TV in Cordele, Georgia from Sunbelt-South Communications, Ltd. The sale is expected to be approved by the FCC and close by the end of Fall 2018.[6] On August 16, 2018, Gray Television announced that it would sell WSWG, the CBS affiliate for Albany, Georgia, to Marquee; Marquee intends to combine WSST and WSWG's operations.[7]
On April 20, 2022, it was announced that Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting Corporation will sell their TV station WHIZ-TV, along with radio stations WHIZ, WHIZ-FM, and WZVL to Marquee Broadcasting for an undisclosed amount.[8] The sale was completed on July 15.[9]
Stations
Current
Television
City of license / market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Network affiliation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albany, Georgia | WSST-TV | 55 (34) | 2018 | MyNetworkTV |
WSWG | 44 (31) | 2019 | CBS | |
Toccoa, Georgia | WGTA | 32 (24) | 2015 | MeTV Heroes & Icons (DT2) Decades (DT3) Movies! (DT4) |
Caldwell/Boise, Idaho | KNIN-TV[a] | 9 (10) | 2023 | Fox MeTV (DT2) |
Bowling Green, Kentucky | WNKY | 40 (24) | 2017 | NBC CBS (DT2) MeTV (DT3) |
Salisbury, Maryland | WMDT | 47 (29) | 2013 | ABC The CW (DT2) MeTV (DT3) |
WGDV-LD | 32 (32) | 2016 | MeTV | |
Zanesville, Ohio | WHIZ-TV | 18 (30) | 2022 | NBC Fox (DT2) |
Nashville, Tennessee | WNSH-LD | 9 (9) | 2021 | Religious independent |
Radio
AM Station | FM Station |
City of license/Market | Station | Owned since | Current format |
---|---|---|---|
Zanesville, Ohio | WHIZ 1240 | 2022 | Full-service radio |
WHIZ-FM 92.7 | 2022 | Contemporary hit radio | |
WZVL 103.7 | 2022 | Country music |
Former
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glenwood Springs, Colorado | KREG-TV | 3 (23) | 2017–2020 | MeTV owned-and-operated station (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
Dover, Delaware | WEVD-LD | 47 (3), former satellite of WMDT | 2013–2020 | WRZH-LD, virtual channel 27.13, Red Lion, Pennsylvania, translator for WHTM-TV, owned by Sonshine Family Television, operated by Zebra Media, LLC |
Macon, Georgia | WPGA-TV | 58 (23) | 2019–2023 | MeTV affiliate owned by Gray Television |
WPGA-LD | 50 (18) | 2019–2023 | Scripps News affiliate owned by Gray Television |
References
- ^ "WMDT Sold to First Time Local Buyers for $9 Million". Kevin Eck, TVSpy. August 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^ "U. Of Georgia Sells Noncom TV For $2.5M". TVNewsCheck. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ^ "Nexstar Broadcasting Enters Into Definitive Agreements To Divest Five Stations In Four Markets". Nexstar Broadcasting Group. May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^ "Max Media Selling WNKY Bowling Green". TVNewsCheck. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 7 April 2017
- ^ "Marquee Broadcasting acquires WSST". Cordele Dispatch. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ Miller, Mark K. (August 16, 2018). "Gray Selling WSWG Albany, Ga., To Marquee". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ "WHIZ in Zanesville has sold its tv and radio stations". April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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