Northwest Broadcasting, Inc. was a television broadcasting company based in Okemos, Michigan, United States, a suburb of Lansing. The broadcasting group owned or operated twelve television stations in six markets, through subsidiaries such as Broadcasting Communications, Mountain Communications, Stainless Broadcasting, and Bristlecone Broadcasting.[1]
Brian Brady expanded his broadcast holdings in 2002, when he teamed up with Alta Communications to acquire the K-Six Television stations under the name Eagle Creek Broadcasting;[8] Alta had also invested in Northwest Broadcasting in 1996.[9] Alta divested its interest in Northwest Broadcasting in 2007[10] and in Eagle Creek Broadcasting in 2013.[11] During the 2010s, Brady acquired additional stations through companies such as Blackhawk Broadcasting,[12] Bristlecone Broadcasting,[13] and Cedar Creek Broadcasting.[14] These companies have occasionally made joint filings with Northwest Broadcasting in Federal Communications Commission proceedings under the name "The TV Station Group."[15]
In February 2019, Reuters reported that Apollo Global Management had agreed to acquire the entirety of Brian Brady's television portfolio, which it intends to merge with Cox Media Group (which Apollo is acquiring at the same time) and stations spun off from Nexstar Media Group's purchase of Tribune Broadcasting, once the purchases are approved by the FCC.[16] In March 2019 filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Apollo confirmed that its newly-formed broadcasting group, Terrier Media, would acquire Northwest Broadcasting, with Brian Brady holding an unspecified minority interest in Terrier.[17] In June 2019, it was announced that Terrier Media would instead operate as Cox Media Group, as Apollo had reached a deal to also acquire Cox's radio and advertising businesses.[18] The transaction was completed on December 17.[19]
Former stationsedit
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
^Callsign changed to KJRW prior to the shutdown; intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Northwest Broadcasting-owned license and renamed KVIQ-LD.[23]
^Operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Southeastern Communications from 1997 until Northwest bought the station outright in 2000.
^An unused channel owned by John Wagner; Northwest Broadcasting operated the station under a local marketing agreement.
^Operated by Northwest Broadcasting operates the station under a local marketing agreement with RKM Media & Syracuse Broadcasting, from 2013 until Northwest bought the station outright in 2018.
^Intellectual unit and MyNetworkTV programming moved to a subchannel of WSYT.
^ abcOwned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting, which was commonly owned with Northwest Broadcasting.
^Intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Gray Television-owned license and renamed KYLX-LD.
^Operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Communication Properties from its 1999 sign-on until Northwest bought the station outright in 2003.
Referencesedit
^"Organizational Chart for Northwest Broadcasting, Inc" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
^"Michigan investor buys KAYU TV". The Spokesman-Review. August 2, 1995. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
^Kanaley, Reid (May 18, 1997). "Digital TV: It's A High-Tower Act". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 4, 2015. …Stainless, which owns UHF stations in Binghamton, N.Y., and Bend, Ore., is being sold to a Detroit-based partnership, Northwest Broadcasting, said Stainless counsel James J. Heffernan of Plymouth Meeting. He said the deal is worth $17 million.
^"Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. May 19, 1997. p. 38. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 8, 1971. p. 37. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. January 29, 1996. pp. 32–3. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Transactions: 08-29-07". Television Business Report. August 29, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Station Trading Roundup: 5 Deals, $23 Million". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Brady doubles down in Yuma". Television Business Report. July 24, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^Herbert, Geoff (November 19, 2013). "Ownership changes at Syracuse TV stations approved by FCC". The Post-Standard. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Cedar Creek Buying WRBU, WZRB For $6M". TVNewsCheck. February 3, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Informal Objection and Request to Hold Applications in Abeyance" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"EXCLUSIVE-Apollo nears $3 billion deal to buy Cox TV stations -sources" from CNBC (February 10, 2019)
^Jessell, Harry A. (March 6, 2019). "Cox TV Valued At $3.1 Billion In Apollo Acquisition". TV News Check. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^Jacobson, Adam (June 26, 2019). "It's Official: Cox Radio, Gamut, CoxReps Going To Apollo". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
^"Cox Enterprises Announces Close of Cox Media Group Sale to Affiliates of Apollo Global Management", prnewswire.com, December 17, 2019, Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^Suspension of Operations and Silent Authority of a DTV Station Application. Licensing and Management System, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved September 23, 2018
^Kreisman, Barbara A. "Re: Request for Reinstatement and Extension of License Under Section 312(g)" (PDF). Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
^Redwood Television Closes On KIEM Buy, TVNewsCheck.com, December 4, 2017, Retrieved September 16, 2018
April 12, 2024
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Northwest Broadcasting Inc was a television broadcasting company based in Okemos Michigan United States a suburb of Lansing The broadcasting group owned or operated twelve television stations in six markets through subsidiaries such as Broadcasting Communications Mountain Communications Stainless Broadcasting and Bristlecone Broadcasting 1 Northwest Broadcasting Inc Company typePrivateFounded1995 29 years ago 1995 DefunctDecember 17 2019 4 years ago 2019 12 17 FateAcquired by Cox Media GroupSuccessorCox Media GroupHeadquartersOkemos Michigan U S Key peopleBrian Brady President amp CEO Contents 1 History 2 Former stations 3 Notes 4 ReferencesHistory editNorthwest Broadcasting was formed in 1995 by Brian Brady to acquire the television stations of Salmon River Communications including KAYU TV in Spokane Washington K68EB in Yakima Washington KBWU LP in the Tri Cities Richland Kennewick Pasco Washington and KMVU in Medford Oregon 2 In 1997 Northwest purchased Stainless Inc for 17 million while Stainless was primarily a manufacturer of broadcasting towers the purchase also added WICZ TV in Binghamton New York and KTVZ in Bend Oregon to Northwest s station group 3 4 Stainless had owned broadcast stations since purchasing WICZ then known as WINR TV in 1971 5 Though Northwest would sell the Stainless tower company to SpectraSite Holdings in 1999 6 and KTVZ to News Press amp Gazette Company in 2002 7 it still owns WICZ TV under the Stainless Broadcasting Company name Brian Brady expanded his broadcast holdings in 2002 when he teamed up with Alta Communications to acquire the K Six Television stations under the name Eagle Creek Broadcasting 8 Alta had also invested in Northwest Broadcasting in 1996 9 Alta divested its interest in Northwest Broadcasting in 2007 10 and in Eagle Creek Broadcasting in 2013 11 During the 2010s Brady acquired additional stations through companies such as Blackhawk Broadcasting 12 Bristlecone Broadcasting 13 and Cedar Creek Broadcasting 14 These companies have occasionally made joint filings with Northwest Broadcasting in Federal Communications Commission proceedings under the name The TV Station Group 15 In February 2019 Reuters reported that Apollo Global Management had agreed to acquire the entirety of Brian Brady s television portfolio which it intends to merge with Cox Media Group which Apollo is acquiring at the same time and stations spun off from Nexstar Media Group s purchase of Tribune Broadcasting once the purchases are approved by the FCC 16 In March 2019 filings with the Federal Communications Commission FCC Apollo confirmed that its newly formed broadcasting group Terrier Media would acquire Northwest Broadcasting with Brian Brady holding an unspecified minority interest in Terrier 17 In June 2019 it was announced that Terrier Media would instead operate as Cox Media Group as Apollo had reached a deal to also acquire Cox s radio and advertising businesses 18 The transaction was completed on December 17 19 Former stations editStations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license City of license Market Station Channel Years owned Current statusYuma AZ El Centro CA KYMA DT 11 2014 2019 a Defunct license surrendered in 2020 b KSWT 13 2014 2019 a CBS NBC affiliate KYMA DT owned by Imagicomm Communications c Eureka CA KIEM TV 3 2017 2019 NBC affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsKVIQ 17 2016 2017 Defunct went dark in 2018 20 21 license cancelled in 2020 22 d KVIQ LD 14 2016 2019 CBS affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsPocatello Idaho Falls ID KPVI DT 6 2016 2019 NBC affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsTwin Falls ID KXTF 35 2016 2017 Tri State Christian Television owned and operated O amp O Bowling Green KY WKNT WNKY 40 1997 2003 e NBC affiliate owned by Marquee BroadcastingAlexandria LA KLAX TV 31 2018 2019 ABC affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsKWCE LP 27 2018 2019 Defunct license surrendered in 2021Greenville Greenwood MS WABG TV 6 2016 2019 ABC affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsWFXW 15 2016 2019 f Tri State Christian Television owned and operated O amp O WNBD LD 33 2016 2019 NBC affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsWXVT LD 17 2017 2019 CBS affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsBinghamton NY WICZ TV 40 1997 2019 Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsWBPN LP 10 2000 2019 Defunct license surrendered in 2021Syracuse NY WSYT 68 2013 2019 Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsWNYS TV 43 2013 2019 g Defunct license surrendered in 2020 h Bend OR KTVZ 21 1997 2002 NBC affiliate owned by News Press amp Gazette CompanyMedford OR KMVU DT 26 1995 2019 Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsKMCW LP 14 2013 2016 Defunct license cancelled in 2016KFBI LD 48 2013 2019 MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsCorpus Christi TX KZTV 10 2002 2010 i CBS affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting j Laredo TX KVTV 13 2002 2015 i Defunct went dark in 2015 k KNEX LP 14 2012 2015 i CBS affiliate KYLX LD channel 13 owned by Gray TelevisionSpokane WA KAYU TV 28 1996 2019 Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsTri Cities Yakima WA KFFX TV 11 1999 2019 l Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsKCYU LD A 41 1996 2019 Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm CommunicationsWalla Walla WA KBKI 9 2001 2002 Defunct went dark in 2008 as KCWKNotes edit Semi satellite of KFFX TV a b Owned by Blackhawk Broadcasting which was commonly owned with Northwest Broadcasting Throughout Northwest s ownership both stations were operated by News Press amp Gazette Company owner of KECY TV under a shared services agreement Intellectual unit and NBC programming moved to a subchannel of Cox Media Group owned license and renamed KYMA DT Operated through an SSA by News Press amp Gazette Company Callsign changed to KJRW prior to the shutdown intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Northwest Broadcasting owned license and renamed KVIQ LD 23 Operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Southeastern Communications from 1997 until Northwest bought the station outright in 2000 An unused channel owned by John Wagner Northwest Broadcasting operated the station under a local marketing agreement Operated by Northwest Broadcasting operates the station under a local marketing agreement with RKM Media amp Syracuse Broadcasting from 2013 until Northwest bought the station outright in 2018 Intellectual unit and MyNetworkTV programming moved to a subchannel of WSYT a b c Owned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting which was commonly owned with Northwest Broadcasting Operated through an SSA by the E W Scripps Company Intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Gray Television owned license and renamed KYLX LD Operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Communication Properties from its 1999 sign on until Northwest bought the station outright in 2003 References edit Organizational Chart for Northwest Broadcasting Inc PDF CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission November 25 2015 Retrieved December 20 2015 Michigan investor buys KAYU TV The Spokesman Review August 2 1995 Retrieved December 3 2015 Kanaley Reid May 18 1997 Digital TV It s A High Tower Act Philadelphia Inquirer Retrieved December 4 2015 Stainless which owns UHF stations in Binghamton N Y and Bend Ore is being sold to a Detroit based partnership Northwest Broadcasting said Stainless counsel James J Heffernan of Plymouth Meeting He said the deal is worth 17 million Changing Hands PDF Broadcasting amp Cable May 19 1997 p 38 Retrieved December 4 2015 Changing Hands PDF Broadcasting March 8 1971 p 37 Retrieved December 4 2015 SpectraSite Holdings Inc Form 8 K TXT Securities and Exchange Commission January 21 2000 Retrieved December 4 2015 BIA Financial Networks March 24 2002 Changing Hands Broadcasting amp Cable Retrieved December 4 2015 BIA Financial Networks February 3 2002 Changing Hands Broadcasting amp Cable Retrieved December 4 2015 Changing Hands PDF Broadcasting amp Cable January 29 1996 pp 32 3 Retrieved December 4 2015 Transactions 08 29 07 Television Business Report August 29 2007 Retrieved December 4 2015 Station Trading Roundup 5 Deals 23 Million TVNewsCheck November 5 2013 Retrieved December 4 2015 Brady doubles down in Yuma Television Business Report July 24 2013 Retrieved December 4 2015 Herbert Geoff November 19 2013 Ownership changes at Syracuse TV stations approved by FCC The Post Standard Retrieved December 4 2015 Cedar Creek Buying WRBU WZRB For 6M TVNewsCheck February 3 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 Informal Objection and Request to Hold Applications in Abeyance PDF Federal Communications Commission June 12 2015 Retrieved December 4 2015 EXCLUSIVE Apollo nears 3 billion deal to buy Cox TV stations sources from CNBC February 10 2019 Jessell Harry A March 6 2019 Cox TV Valued At 3 1 Billion In Apollo Acquisition TV News Check Retrieved March 6 2019 Jacobson Adam June 26 2019 It s Official Cox Radio Gamut CoxReps Going To Apollo Radio amp Television Business Report Retrieved June 26 2019 Cox Enterprises Announces Close of Cox Media Group Sale to Affiliates of Apollo Global Management prnewswire com December 17 2019 Retrieved December 17 2019 Suspension of Operations and Silent Authority of a DTV Station Application Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Retrieved September 23 2018 Station Search Details KJRW CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Retrieved September 16 2018 Kreisman Barbara A Re Request for Reinstatement and Extension of License Under Section 312 g PDF Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Retrieved July 28 2020 Redwood Television Closes On KIEM Buy TVNewsCheck com December 4 2017 Retrieved September 16 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northwest Broadcasting amp oldid 1215353408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
