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buying the stations on April 6, 2006 (the sale was finalized on June 26, 2006). This virtually undid the NBC-Outlet merger of a decade earlier.
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on channel 11; the station moved to channel 10 in 1953.
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552:Taunton, Massachusetts
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18:Outlet Communications
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383:, owned by
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348:KIQQ 100.3
344:Los Angeles
214:Connecticut
191:New England
1167:Categories
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372:WTOP 1500
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304:incomplete
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163:The Outlet
155:Providence
1151:April 22,
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806:Goldsboro
679:Melbourne
494:owned by
434:Cox Radio
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46:Industry
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878:WJAR-TV
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988:LIN TV
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40:Public
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