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544:. However, in Charleston and Birmingham, the company proposed to shut down stations entirely so it could maintain legal duopolies; surrendering the licenses for WCIV and the full-powered repeaters of WBMA-LD (WJSU and WCFT), and moving their ABC programming to Sinclair's existing stations WMMP and WABM respectively—which would planned shift their existing
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grandfathering existing combinations. However, due to the way
Allbritton's takeover of the Star was structured, the FCC considered it an ownership change and stripped the WMAL stations of their grandfathered protection. Allbritton opted to sell the Star Company's non-television assets. Both WMAL-TV and WLVA-TV changed their call letters to
552:, these station would since move ABC affiliation to digital subchannel. After nearly a year of delays, Sinclair's deal to acquire Allbritton was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014. Sinclair completed the acquisition on August 1; WHTM would be operated under a "hold separate agreement" until the sale of that station was completed to
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affiliates in
Birmingham), as well as foregoing any operational or financial agreements with the buyers of the stations being sold to other parties. However, in May 2014, Sinclair disclosed in an FCC filling that it was unable to find buyers for the three affected stations, requiring changes to its
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In May 2013, reports surfaced that
Allbritton was planning to sell its television stations; the move came as a result of the increasing success of Politico, which "continues to carry no debt, funds all investment with operating income and will still turn a profit, again, in 2013." On July 29, 2013,
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Allbritton was the last remaining TV station group to have all of its stations be affiliated with ABC (other than its O&Os) and the last remaining TV station group to have all its stations have an exclusive affiliation deal with one network, rather than having affiliates aligned with any of the
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required him to sell off either the newspaper or the broadcast properties in
Washington as a condition of the purchase. By this time, the FCC had tightened its rules on cross-media ownership, and had all but banned one person from owning newspapers and broadcast properties in the same market while
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status of certain local marketing agreements and thus cause the transactions to violate our local TV ownership rules." It was asserted that the deal might be legal only if the affected stations were operated under shared services agreements.
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directly in July 1995, but Fox was forced to run WBRC as an ABC affiliate for over a year after the sale, as WBRC's affiliation contract with ABC did not expire until August 1996. Before WBRC became a Fox
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Allbritton's stations for $ 985 million. In particular, Sinclair eyed the potential use of WJLA's NewsChannel 8 as a base to launch a national cable news channel.
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422:, for a reported offer totaling more than $ 1 billion; the latter two stations had been involved in an affiliation deal between Allbritton and ABC that was reached in response to the May 1994
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in 2010. The site merged the web pages of the company's television stations, WJLA-TV (Channel 7) and its cable sibling, NewsChannel 8. Jim Brady, a former
1159:"The FCC last week approved New World's plans to transfer WGHP-TV Greensboro, N.C., and WBRC-TV Birmingham, Ala., into a trust for eventual sale to Fox"
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in the fall of 1994, as the FCC prohibited a company from owning more than twelve television stations at the time. Both stations were sold to
185:, Allbritton was the leading subsidiary of Perpetual Corporation, a private holding company owned by the family of company founder and former
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442:. Negotiations between Disney and Allbritton broke down when the former dropped out of discussions to buy the stations the following month.
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1126:Geoffrey Foisie; Julie A. Zier (August 22, 1994).
30:"Allbritton" redirects here. For the surname, see
1004:"Corporate Art Lovers Who Hate That Big Tax Bill"
511:) and terminate an SSA with the Cunningham-owned
1071:"Sinclair Buying Allbritton Stations For $ 985M"
1054:FCC approves $ 1B Allbritton TV sale to Sinclair
947:ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
872:ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
794:ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
772:ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
527:, while also creating a new duopoly between the
1932:Sorted by primary channel network affiliations
1667:"Sinclair Giving Up 3 Stations To Appease FCC"
1573:"FCC Targets Sinclair Sidecar Deals In 3 Mkts"
1459:Stelter, Brian; Kaufman, Leslie (2013-07-29).
1442:"Politico Owner Considers Sale Of TV Stations"
1165:. Cahners Business Information. Archived from
1134:. Cahners Business Information. Archived from
446:Acquisition of television stations by Sinclair
334:with eleven other stations which would become
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1766:Heath, Thomas; Wilgoren, Debbi (2013-07-29).
1415:Heath, Thomas; Wilgoren, Debbi (2013-07-29).
406:involving fellow ABC affiliates WJSU-TV (now
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3262:Mass media companies disestablished in 2014
1800:"The Inside Story of the Politico Break-Up"
606:Former Allbritton-owned Television stations
228:Allbritton was previously a major owner of
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1642:(Press release). Baltimore. March 20, 2014
1256:Jerry Knight; Paul Farhi (June 17, 1998).
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3257:American companies disestablished in 2014
1756:, 1 August 2014, Retrieved 4 August 2014.
1384:Farhi, Paul; Heath, Thomas (2013-05-02).
395:'s ABC affiliate upon its 1997 sign-on).
367:, and made them full power satellites of
1360:"Allbritton exploring sale of TV assets"
1060:, 24 July 2014, Retrieved 1 August 2014.
1031:. Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from
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181:was an American media company. Based in
1693:"Media General Buying WHTM For $ 83.4M"
1486:"Sinclair Buying NewsChannel 8 in D.C."
1101:"FCC Approves Sinclair/Allbritton Deal"
994:
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515:in Charleston to acquire Allbritton's
2528:KECI-TV / KCFW-TV / KTVM-TV / KDBZ-CD
1750:Sinclair's Deal For Allbritton Closes
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252:; they were ultimately sold to the
225:all four major broadcast networks.
1665:Jessell, Harry A. (May 29, 2014).
1571:Halonen, Doug (December 6, 2013).
1291:"ABC dealing for Allbritton's TVs"
1224:Charlie Patton (August 21, 1997).
1002:O'Brien, Timothy L. (2004-05-09).
25:
1539:Hagey, Keach (December 6, 2013).
1511:Malone, Michael (July 30, 2013).
1440:Calderone, Michael (2013-05-01).
304:Federal Communications Commission
179:Allbritton Communications Company
38:Allbritton Communications Company
3086:Full Measure w/ Sharyl Attkisson
2938:
1484:Eggerton, John (July 29, 2013).
1316:– via World Radio History.
1201:. April 22, 1996. Archived from
1718:Eggerton, John (May 29, 2014).
1699:. NewsCheckMedia. June 23, 2014
1329:"Disney Ends Talks to Buy WJLA"
1099:Eggerton, John (24 July 2014).
922:owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
751:owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
572:2007 State of the Union Address
483:in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to
3212:Operated by Sinclair under an
3009:Bally Sports Regional Networks
1:
3267:2014 mergers and acquisitions
1598:Eck, Kevin (March 21, 2014).
1226:"Jags fans in lather over TV"
1157:Kim McAvoy (April 10, 1995).
747:Heroes & Icons affiliate
338:affiliates. WBRC, along with
1842:Kurtz, Howard (2009-10-29).
1327:Paul Farhi (July 25, 1998).
1301:. p. 12. Archived from
1299:Cahners Business Information
1289:Sara Brown (June 22, 1998).
1199:Cahners Business Information
375:sister station WBSG-TV (now
3247:Companies based in Virginia
2737:KUNW-CD / KVVK-CD / KORX-CA
479:in Birmingham, Alabama and
68:; 49 years ago
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3184:Guy Gannett Communications
902:Charleston, South Carolina
465:local marketing agreements
404:local marketing agreements
357:owned-and-operated station
300:Charleston, South Carolina
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3146:Allbritton Communications
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3272:Sinclair Broadcast Group
2405:KSAS-TV / KAAS-TV / KOCW
2165:KVAL-TV / KCBY-TV / KPIC
1912:Sinclair Broadcast Group
1754:Broadcasting & Cable
1725:Broadcasting & Cable
1518:Broadcasting & Cable
1295:Broadcasting & Cable
1194:Broadcasting & Cable
1163:Broadcasting & Cable
1132:Broadcasting & Cable
1105:Broadcasting & Cable
878:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
698:Sinclair Broadcast Group
457:Sinclair Broadcast Group
428:New World Communications
328:New World Communications
254:Sinclair Broadcast Group
205:, the parent company of
125:Sinclair Broadcast Group
3199:River City Broadcasting
3169:Four Points Media Group
3151:Barrington Broadcasting
3124:Ring of Honor Wrestling
2989:American Sports Network
1652:The Wall Street Journal
1551:Dow Jones & Company
1546:The Wall Street Journal
1231:The Florida Times-Union
893:ABC affiliate owned by
815:ABC affiliate owned by
598:from 1975 to 1978 when
595:Washington Evening Star
400:The Walt Disney Company
359:, Allbritton purchased
197:, was the Chairman and
3179:Freedom Communications
3058:Stadium College Sports
3021:Marquee Sports Network
469:joint sales agreements
97:; 10 years ago
27:American media company
3164:Fisher Communications
1236:Morris Communications
800:Jacksonville, Florida
757:Little Rock, Arkansas
727:Howard Stirk Holdings
592:Allbritton owned the
574:. It was spun out to
420:Jacksonville, Florida
332:affiliation agreement
3141:Act III Broadcasting
1270:on November 14, 2012
576:Capitol News Company
564:Allbritton launched
230:broadcast television
203:Capitol News Company
195:Robert L. Allbritton
155:Robert L. Allbritton
32:Allbritton (surname)
3174:Fox Sports Networks
1866:www.bizjournals.com
1848:The Washington Post
1421:The Washington Post
1364:The Washington Post
1333:The Washington Post
1263:The Washington Post
1169:on October 16, 2015
1035:on November 6, 2013
895:Nexstar Media Group
734:Tuscaloosa, Alabama
696:affiliate owned by
678:Birmingham, Alabama
550:digital subchannels
440:Birmingham, Alabama
346:, were placed in a
292:Lynchburg, Virginia
282:-TV in Washington;
271:The Washington Star
183:Arlington, Virginia
136:Arlington, Virginia
95:August 1, 2014
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3194:Newport Television
3156:Bonten Media Group
2533:KMTR / KMCB / KTCW
1465:The New York Times
1308:on August 11, 2017
1205:on January 9, 2016
1138:on January 9, 2016
1008:The New York Times
969:Satellite of WBMA.
850:Ion Media Networks
824:Brunswick, Georgia
719:Heroes & Icons
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489:Armstrong Williams
330:, which signed an
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3031:Tennis (magazine)
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2631:KRVU-LD / KZVU-LD
2583:WPBN-TV / WTOM-TV
1998:KVII-TV / KVIH-TV
1993:KTXS-TV / KTXE-LD
1968:KHGI-TV / KWNB-TV
1490:Multichannel News
1339:on August 8, 2014
951:
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932:Roanoke, Virginia
705:Anniston, Alabama
412:Anniston, Alabama
387:, which replaced
191:Joe L. Allbritton
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