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88-611: WHP-TV (channel 21) is a television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , United States, serving the Susquehanna Valley region as an affiliate of CBS , MyNetworkTV , and The CW . Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group , the station has studios on North 6th Street in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, with the building bisected by the city line for Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township . Through

176-541: A barter in some cases. IHeartMedia iHeartMedia, Inc. , or CC Media Holdings, Inc. , is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio , Texas . It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. , formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc. , a company founded by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in

264-540: A channel sharing agreement with Lancaster -licensed Univision affiliate WXBU (channel 15, owned by Sinclair partner company Howard Stirk Holdings ), the two stations transmit using WHP-TV's spectrum from an antenna on a ridge north of Linglestown Road in Middle Paxton Township (it is co-located with WITF-TV and is distinguishable as the unlit red and white tower; WITF's tower is unpainted and flashes strobes at all times). WHP-TV first signed on

352-645: A leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of the 2008 buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc. iHeartMedia, Inc. specializes in radio broadcasting , podcasting , digital and live events through division iHeartMedia (sans "Inc." suffix; formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Radio, et al.) and subsidiary iHeartMedia and Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.);

440-538: A 51% stake in Clear Media Ltd. in China. R. Steven Hicks and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst began Capstar Broadcasting in 1996, and a year later had become the largest owner of radio stations in the country, with 243 stations in total. In August 1997, Capstar and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst announced plans to acquire SFX Broadcasting , with the resulting company owning 314 stations in 79 markets and ranking as

528-548: A LMA with Clear Channel's KLRT-TV . Clear Channel also entered into a deal with Providence Journal Company , who owns Fox affiliate KMSB in Tucson to operate KTTU through a local marketing agreement. Memphis also jumped onto the board when WLMT entered into a LMA with Clear Channel's WPTY . Also in 1993, Clear Channel entered into a local marketing agreement with RDS Communications to operate KTFO-TV in Tulsa, which most of

616-971: A LMA with Clear Channel's WPRI . As part of the radio-TV strategy, Clear Channel acquired Jacor Communications , which incorporated WKRC-TV in Cincinnati into the Clear Channel Television branch. Once FCC relaxed its duopoly rules, Clear Channel acquired stations that were originally LMA markets outright, including WLMT in Memphis , KTFO in Tulsa , WTEV in Jacksonville , KASN in Little Rock and WJTC in Mobile . Also in 2000, Clear Channel sold WPRI to Sunrise Television for $ 50 million. Later on in 2001, William Moll become

704-510: A MyNetworkTV affiliate. WLYH, meanwhile, joined another new network, The CW , when it debuted on September 18. On February 1, 2016, the simulcast of "The CW Central PA" moved to WHP 21.3. WHP-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 4 to UHF channel 21 for post-transition operations. As

792-451: A billboard media company led by Karl Eller . In 1998, it made its first move outside of the US when it acquired the leading UK outdoor advertising company More Group plc, which was led by Roger Parry ; Clear Channel went on to buy many other outdoor advertising, radio broadcasting, and live events companies around the world, which were then re-branded Clear Channel International. These included

880-945: A bureau in York. Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone , the station did not air a midday newscast on weekdays until September 2019 when it debuted a noon newscast before The Young and the Restless . It is also the only station in the market that does not have a 4:30 a.m. newscast. The morning newscast instead starts at 5 am. The station also provides weather forecasts for local radio stations WSOX (96.1), WLAN-FM (96.9), WQLV (98.9 FM), and WLAN (1390 AM). WHP has long been one of CBS's weakest affiliates. It has remained in third place for many years and sometimes even slid to fourth. The staff has earned numerous awards, including an Emmy Award in 2010 among other recognitions for its news team. WLYH's news department

968-437: A channel (frequency) on which only one station transmits. In the U.S., clear-channel stations have exclusive rights to their frequencies throughout most of the continent at night, when AM signals travel far due to skywave . CEO Bob Pittman said that the company had been "doing progressive stuff", yet were still "named after AM radio stations". Beginning in 2008, iHeartMedia struggled to pay down more than $ 20 billion in debt

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1056-400: A deal where the company might file for bankruptcy. On March 15, 2018, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and claimed that it reached an agreement to restructure $ 10 billion of its over $ 20 billion in debt. In September 2018, iHeartMedia acquired HowStuffWorks ' podcast network Stuff Media for $ 55 million. On November 19, 2018, iHeartMedia announced its intent to acquire Jelli ,

1144-452: A direct listing on the Nasdaq . On January 14, 2020, iHeartMedia announced a major restructuring, as part of an effort to "modernize our company to take advantage of the significant investments we have made in new technology and aligning our operating structure to match the technology-powered businesses we are now in." This included the restructuring of its Markets Group into three divisions:

1232-535: A few cases, following purchase of a competitor, Clear Channel was forced to divest some of its stations, as it was above the legal thresholds in some cities. In 2005, the courts ruled that Clear Channel must also divest itself of some " border blaster " radio stations in international border cities, such as the alternative rock radio station XETRA-FM ("91X") in Tijuana / San Diego . In 1997, Clear Channel expanded and diversified its business, purchasing Eller Media,

1320-425: A hundred stations were assigned to Aloha Station Trust, LLC upon the consummation of the merger. The television stations were sold to Newport Television , a broadcaster owned by Providence Equity Partners , on April 23, 2007. Due to the credit market crunch of 2007, Clear Channel encountered difficulty selling some of its radio stations. Clear Channel's attempt to sell off over 100 stations to GoodRadio.TV, LLC

1408-472: A legal duopoly. In addition, WHTM and WHP are respectively the second and third highest-rated stations in the market. On December 6, 2013, the FCC informed Sinclair that applications related to the deal need to be "amended or withdrawn", as the time brokerage agreement between WHP-TV and WLYH-TV would remain with Sinclair; this would, in effect, create a new time brokerage agreement between WHTM and WLYH, even though

1496-484: A marketing partnership with Robert F. X. Sillerman 's SFX Entertainment (a second incarnation of a live events company that had been sold to Clear Channel, which spun off to form Live Nation), to collaborate on electronic dance music content for its digital and terrestrial radio outlets, including a Beatport top 20 countdown show. The partnership expanded upon the company's existing EDM-oriented outlets, including Evolution . Staff, including John Sykes , believed that

1584-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

1672-501: A number of its homegrown talk and music shows without the aid of Premiere. While Premiere actively sells its shows to stations, the non-Premiere syndicated shows are often used as a cost-cutting measure and do not have a large sales staff. Those shows also do not carry network-wide advertising (unless distributed by a third party), and allow the affiliates to keep all local spots, which increases their appeal. These networks carry many program hosts of various political ideologies and distribute

1760-461: A part of the repacking process following the 2016–2017 FCC incentive auction , WHP-TV relocated to channel 32 on August 1, 2019, using virtual channel 21. WHP was carried on cable television in northern Bucks County in the 1970s and 1980s. Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in

1848-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

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1936-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

2024-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

2112-486: Is due to FCC duopoly regulations that not only disallow common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market, but also require a market to be left with eight unique owners after a duopoly is formed. In this case, the Harrisburg–Lancaster–York market, despite being the 43rd-largest market at the time the purchase was announced, has only six full-power stations, which are too few to permit

2200-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

2288-399: Is played. Big Machine Label Group was announced as the first partner in this scheme. Pittman stated that the arrangement would let "labels and artists participate in the revenue of broadcast radio immediately and in digital radio as it builds". iHeartMedia has purchased stations from or acquired the following radio companies: Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is an advertising company that

2376-688: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) collapsed south central Pennsylvania, previously split between the Harrisburg– York and Lancaster markets, into a single market. Soon afterward, WHP-TV began to share CBS programming with WLYH-TV (channel 15, now WXBU ) in Lebanon and WSBA-TV (channel 43) in York as part of the Keystone Network. This arrangement was necessary in the days before cable television, since

2464-470: The Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of a group deal to sell 22 of its 27 stations to Sinclair, Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Cox Media Group . The LMA with WLYH-TV was included in the Newport–Sinclair deal despite Nexstar owning the license to the latter station. The group deal with Sinclair was completed on December 3, 2012. WHP-TV thus became the first Sinclair-owned station, and one of a handful in

2552-557: The U.S. Congress relaxed radio ownership rules slightly, allowing the company to acquire more than two stations per market. By 1995, Clear Channel owned 43 radio stations and 16 television stations. When the Telecommunications Act of 1996 became law, the act deregulated media ownership, allowing a company to own more stations than previously allowed. Clear Channel went on a subsequent buying spree, purchasing more than 70 other media companies and individual stations. In

2640-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

2728-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

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2816-610: The CBS schedule, compared to separately programmed and owned WHP. All three stations preempted moderate amounts of CBS programming, but any shows preempted by WLYH and WSBA-TV ran on WHP while shows preempted by WHP would run on WLYH and WSBA-TV. This allowed the market to view the entire CBS schedule in one form or another. In 1975, the station relocated from its original studio facility on Locust Street to its current location on North 6th Street. In 1983, Susquehanna Radio Corporation sold WSBA to Mohawk Broadcasting, who broke channel 43 off from

2904-483: The FCC had ruled in 1999 that such agreements made after November 5, 1996, covering more than 15% of the broadcast day would count toward the ownership limits for the brokering station's owner. On March 20, 2014, as part of a restructuring of the Sinclair-Allbritton deal to address the noted ownership conflicts, Sinclair announced that it would terminate the sale of WHP-TV to Deerfield Media and instead sell

2992-466: The FCC that it had not yet found a buyer for WHP and that it would also consider reselling WHTM to the third-party buyer, while keeping WHP and the LMA for WLYH; on June 23, the company announced that WHTM would be sold to Media General for $ 83.4 million. On May 8, 2017, Sinclair entered into an agreement to acquire Chicago-based Tribune Media —which has owned WPMT since 1996—for $ 3.9 billion, plus

3080-549: The Keystone Network and relaunched it as independent station WPMT (now a Fox affiliate). WHP-TV and WLYH continued as CBS affiliates, now with approximately 75 percent signal overlap. Both stations maintained their longstanding arrangement in which one station ran whatever CBS shows the other declined to air, though they continued to duplicate most network shows, and continued to have separate newscasts and syndicated programs. The unusual situation of one market having two separately-owned and programmed CBS affiliates airing most of

3168-602: The Regions division for its largest markets, the Metropolitan division for other major cities, and the Communities division for smaller markets and added a multi-market partnerships unit, and announced the development of centers of excellence that would use technology investments to "provide a better experience for listeners and business partners and a more efficient process for all of its employees". The restructuring

3256-684: The Sinclair deal, intending to seek other M&A opportunities. Tribune also filed a breach of contract lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court , alleging that Sinclair engaged in protracted negotiations with the FCC and the DOJ over regulatory issues, refused to sell stations in markets where it already had properties, and proposed divestitures to parties with ties to Sinclair executive chair David D. Smith that were rejected or highly subject to rejection to maintain control over stations it

3344-1105: The Tribune acquisition through which it proposed the sale of certain stations to both independent and affiliated third-party companies to curry the DOJ's approval, Sinclair announced that it would sell WPMT and eight other stations—Sinclair-operated KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City , WRLH-TV in Richmond , WOLF-TV (along with LMA partners WSWB and WQMY ) in Scranton – Wilkes-Barre , KDSM-TV in Des Moines and WXLV-TV in Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point , and Tribune-owned WXMI in Grand Rapids —to Standard Media Group (an independent broadcast holding company formed by private equity firm Standard General to assume ownership of and absolve ownership conflicts involving

3432-559: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

3520-468: The United States, to use a historic three-letter call sign. On July 29, 2013, Allbritton Communications announced that it would sell its seven television stations, including WHTM-TV , to Sinclair. As part of the deal, Sinclair was planning to sell the license assets of WHP-TV to Deerfield Media , but would continue to operate the station through shared services and joint sales agreements . This

3608-545: The Vertical Real Estate division and hired Scott Quitadamo to promote its tower portfolio. iHeartMedia owns and operates approximately 1,500 broadcast transmission towers across the U.S., many of which are available for co-location by third parties such as cellular and PCS companies, wireless internet, fixed wireless , and other broadcasters. iHeartMedia operates the country's largest syndication service, Premiere Networks . In addition, iHeartMedia syndicates

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3696-487: The aforementioned stations) for $ 441.1 million. The transaction includes a transitional services agreement, through which Sinclair would have continued operating WRLH for six months after the sale's completion. Three weeks after the FCC's July 18 vote to have the deal reviewed by an administrative law judge amid "serious concerns" about Sinclair's forthrightness in its applications to sell certain conflict properties, on August 9, 2018, Tribune announced it would terminate

3784-599: The air on July 4 , 1953. It was owned by Commonwealth Communications, alongside WHP radio ( 580 AM and 97.3 FM, now WRVV ). The station originally operated from studios located on Locust Street in Harrisburg. It has always been a primary CBS affiliate, though it also carried programming from the DuMont Television Network . The station lost DuMont when that network folded in 1956. WHP-TV moved from channel 55 to UHF channel 21 on July 1, 1961. In 1963,

3872-564: The assumption of $ 2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune. Sinclair was precluded from acquiring WPMT directly, as both it and WHP rank among the four highest-rated stations in the Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York market in total day viewership, and there are too few independently owned full-power stations in the Susquehanna Valley area to permit legal duopolies in any event. On April 24, 2018, in an amendment to

3960-471: The board of iHeartCommunications and was replaced by Laura A. Grattan, a director at Thomas H. Lee . Grattan was named to the board of managers of iHeartMedia Capital I, LLC, the direct parent of iHeartCommunications, as well as the board of directors of iHeartMedia, Inc., the indirect parent of iHeartCommunications. On November 30, 2017, it was reported that a group of creditors had rejected iHeartMedia's latest debt restructuring proposal, instead bringing out

4048-477: The board. Later that year, MTV co-founder Robert W. "Bob" Pittman joined the company and would eventually become CEO of CC Media Holdings. In August 2013, Clear Channel sold its minority stake in Sirius XM for $ 135.5 million. This also resulted in the removal of most Clear Channel-programmed stations on the service, besides simulcasts of WHTZ and KIIS-FM . On January 6, 2014, Clear Channel announced

4136-467: The company also filed a proposed initial public offering . iHeartMedia emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2019, with a new board of directors and the spin-out of Clear Channel Outdoor, but maintaining its existing leadership of CEO Bob Pittman and President Rich Bressler. Rather than pursue its IPO (which was estimated to potentially be valued at $ 1.1 billion), iHeartMedia instead received approval for

4224-519: The company assumed from its leveraged buyout. Various media outlets, including Bloomberg News , Reuters , Radio Ink , and iHeartMedia's hometown newspaper the San Antonio Express-News , claimed that either bankruptcy or a major restructuring was likely. On April 20, 2017, the company warned investors that it might not survive over the following 10 months. In 2016, one of the company's directors, Julia B. Donnelly, left

4312-551: The company bought out KITN-TV in Minneapolis / St. Paul from Nationwide Communications , followed in 1994 by the purchase of WXXA-TV in Albany from Heritage Communications, for $ 25.5 million. In 1991, Clear Channel Television jumped into the foray of local marketing agreements , starting in 1991 with WJTC , which Clear Channel operated through a LMA with WPMI , and subsequently later on in 1992, when KASN entered into

4400-467: The company owns more than 860 full-power AM and FM radio stations in the U.S., making it the country's largest owner of radio stations. The company has also been involved in internet radio and podcasting via the digital platform iHeartRadio (from which the company derives its current name). In the past, the company was also involved in live events and out-of-home advertising . The company spun off these businesses in 2005 and 2019 respectively, as

4488-424: The deal would help provide a higher level of national exposure to current and up and coming EDM artists. In September 2014, it was announced that the company would be renamed from Clear Channel Communications to iHeartMedia, alluding to its iHeartRadio platform to reflect the company's growing emphasis on digital media and internet radio . The previous name "Clear Channel" came from AM broadcasting, referring to

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4576-532: The death of Robert Smith, the founder of Smith Broadcasting . In 2005, Clear Channel acquired another Salt Lake City television station KUWB from Acme Communications for $ 18.5 million in cash. In 2006, Don Perry was then named president and CEO of Clear Channel Television. Ever that, in the 2000s, Clear Channel began the trend of using legacy callsigns for former radio sisters as new call designated signs for existing Clear Channel TV properties, since it already owned radio stations, although WKRC-TV already used

4664-649: The fall of 1995, Commonwealth sold channel 21 to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia ), which subsequently entered into a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Gateway. WLYH and WHP-TV merged their operations under this agreement, with WHP-TV as the senior partner. On December 16, 1995, WHP-TV became the sole CBS affiliate for South Central Pennsylvania with WLYH converting into a UPN affiliate. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television station group to Providence Equity Partners ' Newport Television . On July 19, 2012, Newport Television sold WHP-TV and five other stations to

4752-480: The fourth (and last) television station in the Central Pennsylvania market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition and the third to broadcast both in-studio segments and field reports in the format. With the conversion, the station debuted a new HD news set, digital microwave and editing equipment, and HD weather graphics system. On February 22, 2006, News Corporation announced

4840-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

4928-627: The inventory will be supplied by KOKI. Later on, in 1994, in Jacksonville, WTEV-TV entered into a local marketing agreement with WAWS , the Clear Channel television station. In 1994, Fox shockingly announced its intentions to purchase WHBQ-TV , which displaced Clear Channel's WPTY-TV as its Fox Memphis affiliate. Also that year, as part of a group deal involving stations acquired by SF Broadcasting, Clear Channel's WPMI-TV in Mobile

5016-418: The launch of a new network called MyNetworkTV . On July 12, WHP announced that it would launch a new second digital subchannel to serve as the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate when that network launched on September 5. The subchannel became available on Comcast's digital tier while Philadelphia 's WPHL-TV (which had been serving as the area's de facto WB affiliate) remained on the basic tier after becoming

5104-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

5192-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

5280-637: The moniker when it was under Clear Channel ownership. In 2002, San Antonio's Clear Channel station KMOL-TV was rebranded to WOAI-TV , the original call letters that station is using from 1948 to 1974, matching up with radio sister WOAI-AM . In 2005, WOKR, the Rochester Clear Channel affiliate was rebranded to WHAM-TV , the original call letters for an unrelated Rochester station WROC-TV from 1948 to 1956, matching up for radio sister WHAM-AM . Also that year, sister station in Syracuse, WIXT

5368-477: The most spins played on radio stations in the United States and Canada . A majority of stations that report to Mediabase are iHeartMedia outlets but other companies also report to the Mediabase charts. In addition, countdown shows produced by Premiere will utilize Mediabase charts for the basis of their programs. Operates urban bicycle sharing systems in several European cities: In 2003, Clear Channel created

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5456-812: The new satellite radio service XM Satellite Radio , giving it the rights to program a selection of stations on the service (which would be drawn from some of its stations and syndicated output). In 2000, Clear Channel acquired Robert F. X. Sillerman 's SFX Entertainment, a concert promoter that had focused on consolidation of regional promoters under a national operation. In 2005, Clear Channel spun off its entertainment and live events business as Live Nation . On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced plans to go private, being bought out by two private-equity firms, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners for $ 26.7 billion, which included their assumption of $ 8 billion in Clear Channel debt. This

5544-549: The newly created market was not only one of the largest east of the Mississippi, but was very mountainous. UHF signals have never traveled very far across large areas or in rugged terrain. Between them, the three stations had about 55 percent signal overlap. WHP-TV began airing separate local programming during off-network hours, while WLYH and WSBA-TV simulcast for virtually the entire broadcast day (though they aired separate newscasts). WLYH and WSBA-TV ran about three-quarters of

5632-403: The number-two group owner, Audacy . In June 2012, the company announced that it would become the first U.S. radio group to partner with record labels to pay performance royalties directly to labels and musicians (in addition to songwriters and producers). The royalties are paid via revenue sharing for advertising across platforms (including digital), rather than a flat payment each time a song

5720-401: The other six were flipped to other buyers by Newport. In 2012 to mid-2013, Newport sold off all of its holdings to several other television groups, including Cox Media Group , Nexstar Media Group , and Sinclair Broadcast Group . Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license . iHeartMedia owns Mediabase , which provide music charts based on songs and tracks receiving

5808-682: The present-day Live Nation Entertainment and Clear Channel Outdoor . Clear Channel Communications purchased its first FM station in San Antonio, Texas in 1972. The company purchased the second "clear channel" AM station WOAI in 1975. In 1976, the company purchased its first stations outside of San Antonio. KXXO (now KAKC ) and KMOD-FM in Tulsa were acquired under the name "San Antonio Broadcasting" (same as KEEZ). Stations were also added in Port Arthur, Texas (KPAC-AM-FM, now KDEI and KTJM , from Port Arthur College ), and El Paso, Texas (KELP, now KQBU ) from John Walton Jr. In 1992,

5896-756: The president of Clear Channel Television, replacing Rioridan. In 2001, after acquiring the stations of Chris-Craft Industries , Fox Television Stations traded WFTC to Clear Channel Television for Fox's own TV stations KMOL-TV in San Antonio and KTVX in Salt Lake City . In 2002, Clear Channel acquired Ackerley Group , which incorporated its television holdings into the Clear Channel Television portfolio. Also that year, Clear Channel sold KTTU in Tucson to Belo outright. In 2003, Clear Channel announced that they would sell WUTR to Mission Broadcasting . In 2004, Clear Channel bought WETM outright after

5984-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

6072-510: The provider of a programmatic advertising platform for radio stations. In January 2019, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved a creditor-supported plan for iHeartMedia to exit bankruptcy, which would reduce the company's debt from $ 16.1 billion to $ 5.75 billion. The plan included the spin-out of iHeartMedia's 89.1% stake in its out-of-home advertising division Clear Channel Outdoor . In April 2019,

6160-417: The same network programming existed because South Central Pennsylvania was just barely large enough to support what would have essentially been two independent stations (WPMT, like most early Fox stations, was still mostly programmed as an independent). WLYH's owner, Gateway Communications, feared for WLYH's viability as an independent, and was reluctant to spend money on an additional 18 hours of programming. In

6248-455: The station to another third-party buyer, with whom Sinclair would not to enter into any operational or financial agreements and would assume the rights to the LMA with WLYH. Sinclair would also seek FCC consent for an asset swap with the buyer of WHP in which the station and WHTM would trade licenses, programming (including their respective network affiliations), virtual channel numbers and transmitter facilities. On May 29, 2014, Sinclair informed

6336-423: The stock. Chancellor Media later became AMFM Inc., which was acquired by Clear Channel in a deal announced October 3, 1999, and valued at $ 17.4 billion. The resulting company would own 830 radio stations, 19 television stations, and over 425,000 outdoor displays in 32 countries. In 1999, the company acquired Jacor Communications , a radio corporation based in Cincinnati . The company also made an investment in

6424-640: The termination date of the buyout from December 12, 2007, to June 12, 2008. On July 24, 2008, Clear Channel held a special shareholder meeting, during which the majority of shareholders accepted a revised $ 36-per-share offer from Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners , revaluing the deal at $ 17.9 billion plus debt. Shareholders received either $ 36 in cash, or one share of CC Media Class A common stock for each share of Clear Channel common stock held. The company announced that it would move to more centralized programming and lay off 1,500 employees, or approximately 7% of its workforce, on January 20, 2009. The reasoning

6512-530: The third-largest radio group by income. A year later, Chancellor Media Corporation and Capstar Broadcasting Corporation announced a merger that would result in Chancellor Media owning 463 stations in 105 markets when the deal was completed in second quarter 1999. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst owned 59 percent of Capstar, with 355 stations in 83 markets, and was the largest single owner of Chancellor (which had 108 stations in 22 markets), with 15 percent of

6600-634: The world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

6688-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

6776-659: Was accompanied by a major round of layoffs and displacements, with a large number of staff members and on-air personalities impacted. iHeartMedia has purchased interest in, or outright acquired, companies in a number of media or advertising related industries. This is not an exhaustive list. With 855 stations, iHeartMedia is the largest radio station group owner in the United States, both by number of stations and by revenue. The 855 stations reach more than 110 million listeners every week, and 276 million every month. According to BIA Financial Network, iHeartMedia recorded more than $ 3.5 billion in revenues as of 2021 , $ 1 billion more than

6864-425: Was bleak economic conditions and debt from its transition to a private company. By the completion of the restructuring in May 2009, a total of 2,440 positions were eliminated. In early 2010, it was announced that the company was facing the possibility of bankruptcy due to its "crippling debt". After 21 years, Mark Mays stepped down as president and CEO of Clear Channel on June 23, 2010. Mays remained as chairman of

6952-687: Was followed on July 3 of that year with the purchase of Fox affiliate WAWS-TV in Jacksonville, Florida , from Malrite Communications Group , for $ 8.1 million. Eventually over time, Clear Channel Television became the second-largest independent television group, behind Sinclair Broadcast Group . In 1990, Clear Channel bought out its fifth television station, KSAS-TV in Wichita, Kansas , for $ 7.9 million. In 1991, Clear Channel bought out KLRT-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas for $ 6.6 million. In 1992, Clear Channel bought out WPTY-TV in Memphis from Chase Communications for $ 21 million. Later on in 1993,

7040-492: Was initially headed by J. Daniel Sullivan, who set up as president of Clear Channel's television division. The group made its beginnings when the first television station iHeartMedia purchased as Clear Channel was WPMI in Mobile , Alabama in 1988. Later that year, Clear Channel Communications bought out KDTU-TV in Tucson, Arizona , which became Clear Channel's second television station. On March 13, 1989, Clear Channel Television bought out KOKI-TV for $ 6.5 million. This

7128-430: Was just under a 10 percent premium above its closing price of $ 35.36 a share on November 16: the deal valued Clear Channel at $ 37.60 per share. In a separate transaction also announced on November 16, 2006, Clear Channel said it would seek buyers for all of its television stations and 539 of its smaller radio stations, because the private-equity buyers were not interested in owning television or small-market radio. Over

7216-475: Was previously owned by iHeartMedia. In May 2019, it was spun out from iHeartMedia as part of its exit from bankruptcy. Clear Channel Television is a defunct television broadcaster and a former subsidiary of the group that was in operation, for nearly 20 years, from 1988 to 2008. It owned more than 40 stations, most of them were from the Big Six networks, a few of which are independent (non-network affiliates). It

7304-533: Was rebranded to WSYR-TV , the original call letters for WSTM-TV from 1950 to 1980, matching up for radio sister WSYR-AM . In 2007, the company entered into an agreement to sell all its television stations to Providence Equity Partners for $ 1.2 billion, a deal that eventually closed in March 2008. Earlier that year, Don Perry left as president and CEO of Clear Channel Television. All former Clear Channel television stations were owned by Newport Television , while

7392-454: Was rejected by the equity firm backing the deal. The deal then shifted to Frequency License LLC, but took longer to resolve itself as the two parties were engaged in lawsuits. On top of that, the sale of Clear Channel's television portfolio to Newport Television had also turned uncertain, as Providence considered other options, although this transaction was ultimately completed. On December 4, 2007, Clear Channel announced that they had extended

7480-582: Was required to sell. The termination of the Sinclair sale agreement places uncertainty for the future of Standard Media's purchases of WPMT and the other six Tribune- and Sinclair-operated stations included in that deal, which were predicated on the closure of the Sinclair–Tribune merger. WHP presently broadcasts 24 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). In addition to its main studios, WHP operates

7568-563: Was set to be displaced as Mobile's Fox affiliate by WALA-TV as part of a three-station deal with the other Burnham stations. These moves didn't sit well for Clear Channel Television, whose president Dan Sullivan thought they wanted to affiliate it with the ousted networks, including NBC in Mobile, and ABC in Memphis. In 1995, Clear Channel purchased its first Big Three network affiliate, WHP-TV in Harrisburg , for $ 30 million. It

7656-529: Was shut down after being taken over by WHP, which began producing a prime time newscast at 10 p.m. for WLYH in September 1996; it was canceled in September 2003 due to low ratings . WHP revived that newscast in January 2009, which competes with WPMT's longer-established 10 p.m. newscast. News broadcasts on WHP remained mainly in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition until April 14, 2012, when WHP-TV became

7744-740: Was subsequently followed it up when Gateway Communications, owners of WLYH-TV entered into a LMA with Clear Channel's WHP-TV . Later on that year, J. Dan Sullivan left Clear Channel Television to start out Sullivan Broadcasting to acquire the Act III Broadcasting stations. He was then succeeded by Rip Rioridan as president. In 1996, it bought out WPRI-TV in Providence from CBS , which CBS did not keep due to slight signal overlap with WBZ-TV in Boston . Also that year, Argyle Television Holdings II , who owned WNAC-TV entered into

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