Northwest Broadcasting
Private | |
Founded | 1995 |
Founder | Brian Brady |
Headquarters | Okemos, MI |
Northwest Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Okemos, Michigan, a suburb of Lansing. The broadcasting group owns or operates twelve television stations in six markets, through subsidiaries such as Broadcasting Communications, Mountain Communications, Stainless Broadcasting, and Bristlecone Broadcasting.[1]
Northwest Broadcasting was founded 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 & 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]
Stations owned by Northwest
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned Since | Affiliation |
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Yuma, Arizona | KYMA-DT 1 | 11 (11) | 2014 | NBC This TV (DT2) |
KSWT 1 | 13 (13) | 2014 | CBS Tuff TV (DT2) Estrella TV (DT3) |
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Binghamton, New York | WICZ-TV | 40 (8) | 1997 | Fox |
WBPN-LP | 10 (40.2) | 2000 | MyNetworkTV | |
Syracuse, New York | WSYT | 68 (19) | 2013 | Fox ZUUS Country (DT2) |
WNYS-TV | 43 (44) | 2013 2 | MyNetworkTV GetTV (DT2) |
|
Medford, Oregon | KMVU-DT | 26 (26) | 1995 | Fox Me-TV (DT2) |
KMCW-LP | 14 | 2013 | MundoMax | |
KFBI-LD | 48 (48) | 2013 | MyNetworkTV Telemundo (DT2) |
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Spokane, Washington | KAYU-TV | 28 (28) | 1995 | Fox Antenna TV (DT2) |
Tri-Cities-Yakima, Washington | KFFX-TV | 11 (11) | 1999 3 | Fox This TV (DT2) |
KCYU-LD (Semi-satellite of KFFX-TV) |
41 (41) | 1995 |
Notes:
- 1 KYMA-DT and KSWT are owned by Blackhawk Broadcasting, which is commonly-owned with Northwest Broadcasting. Both stations are operated by News-Press & Gazette Company under a shared services agreement.
- 2 WNYS-TV is owned by Syracuse Broadcasting; Northwest Broadcasting operates the station under a local marketing agreement.
- 3 KFFX-TV was 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.
Stations formerly owned by Northwest
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bowling Green, Kentucky | WKNT/WNKY | 40 (16) | 1997-2003 1 | NBC affiliate owned by Max Media |
Bend, Oregon | KTVZ | 21 (21) | 1997-2002 | NBC affiliate owned by News-Press & Gazette Company |
Corpus Christi, Texas | KZTV | 10 (10) | 2002-2010 2 | CBS affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting (Operated through a SSA by Cordillera Communications) |
Laredo, Texas | KVTV | 13 (13) | 2002-2015 2 | defunct, went dark in 2015 (Intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Gray Television-owned license and renamed KYLX-LD.) |
KNEX-LP | 14 (14) | 2012-2015 2 | CBS affiliate, KYLX-LD channel 13, owned by Gray Television | |
Walla Walla, Washington | KBKI | 9 | 2001-2003 | defunct, went dark in 2008 (Station was known as KCWK when it ceased operations.) |
Notes:
- 1 WKNT was operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement with Southeastern Communications from 1997 until Northwest bought the station outright in 2000.
- 2 KZTV, KVTV, and KNEX-LP were owned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting, which was commonly-owned with Northwest Broadcasting.
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