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39-614: The newspaper plant occupied the first six stories. The floors above were offices. The Cincinnati Times-Star was an outgrowth of several newspapers and was owned by Cincinnati's Taft family . Charles Phelps Taft was editor. Before moving into the Times-Star Building on Broadway on January 1, 1933, the newspaper's offices were on Sixth and Walnut streets. When the Times-Star folded in 1958, its assets were purchased by its rival, The Cincinnati Post , who moved into

78-543: A condition of the merger, Jacor sold WKRQ and the original WDAF-FM (by then KYYS, now KCKC) to American Radio Systems , which would become acquired by Infinity Broadcasting (later renamed CBS Radio ) in 1998. Also in 1997, Jacor sold WDAF (AM) (now KCSP) to Entercom . In 1997, the Worldvision properties that had previously been under Taft and Great American (with the exception of the Hanna-Barbera and most of

117-478: A counter offer. The offer was accepted by the trust, and the attempted acquisition was unsuccessful. On August 3, 1958, the Times-Star was sold to Scripps-Howard Newspapers , owners of The Cincinnati Post , which by then had also purchased the Enquirer . Hulbert Taft Sr. was reportedly the only family member who opposed the sale. Radio Cincinnati was reorganized as Taft Broadcasting . The Post moved into

156-438: A hostile takeover and renamed the company Great American Broadcasting (also known as Great American Communications ) following a major restructuring of its operations. The new name came from Linder's insurance company, Great American Insurance . The FCC considered this restructuring to be an ownership change, and told Lindner he could not keep both WTVN-TV and WKRC-TV. As a result, Great American spun off WTVN-TV to Anchor Media,

195-500: A long reorganization period starting in 1987 with its acquisition by Carl Lindner, Jr. and renamed Great American Broadcasting . Shortly after filing for bankruptcy in 1993, it became Citicasters and was, in 1999, acquired by Clear Channel Communications, which was renamed iHeartMedia in 2014. Taft — as Citicasters — remained incorporated as a holding company within iHeartMedia until 2020. The Taft family's involvement in broadcasting began in 1939 as Radio Cincinnati, Inc. , when

234-767: A new firm composed of former Taft Broadcasting board members led by Robert Bass. (The two stations have since been reunited under the Sinclair Broadcast Group , with cross-ownership rules having since been relaxed.) Another new company, led by former Taft Broadcasting president Dudley S. Taft Sr., took the Taft Broadcasting name. This new company retained WGHP and later purchases another Philadelphia station, WPHL-TV . In 1988, Great American Broadcasting sold Worldvision to Aaron Spelling Productions . Included with Worldvision were outright ownership of all of Great American's programming assets (including

273-426: A partnership with Keith Barish to start out a joint venture, with a worldwide distribution alliance at 20th Century Fox to distribute the films. During that year, Taft decided to rename the former QM Productions unit as Taft Entertainment Television, with The Lucie Arnaz Show being the first show to be produced under that name. On August 20, 1986, Taft/Barish Productions, the feature film joint venture between

312-635: A property in Hamilton County, Ohio on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cincinnati Times-Star The Cincinnati Times-Star was an afternoon daily newspaper in Cincinnati , Ohio, United States, from 1880 to 1958. The Northern Kentucky edition was known as The Kentucky Times-Star , and a Sunday edition was known as The Sunday Times-Star . The Times-Star

351-607: A result, Taft sold several radio stations to CBS to comply with FCC rules. KESQ-TV was spun off to former Gulf Broadcasting executive E. Grant Fitts. In October 1986, WTAF-TV in Philadelphia and WCIX in Miami became charter affiliates of the Fox Broadcasting Company . One month later, Taft announced the sale of both of those stations along with its three independent stations (WDCA-TV, KTXA, and KTXH) to

390-465: A second theme park based on Kings Island, Kings Dominion , opened outside of Richmond . Rhodes Productions was renamed to Taft, H-B Program Sales while Taft, H-B International was established as the new overseas television distribution arm for the company. Rhodes was eventually revived two weeks later under Filmways . Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina was acquired by the company in 1975 from

429-581: A teletext service operated as a joint venture between Taft, Zenith , and Turner Broadcasting's WTBS (now WPCH-TV ) in Atlanta . In 1994, Citicasters sold most of its TV stations, including WDAF-TV and KSAZ-TV to New World Communications , and WBRC and WGHP to the News Corporation 's Fox Television Stations unit, which would later acquire the New World chain. Around the same time, when two of

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468-877: Is renamed WTVN . In August 1956 WBIR-TV in Knoxville began broadcasting, under the same ownership structure as the WBIR radio stations. In 1957, Radio Cincinnati purchased WBRC- AM - FM - TV in Birmingham, Alabama , from Storer Broadcasting . In 1958, the Cincinnati Times-Star was merged into the Cincinnati Post , published by the E.W. Scripps Company . Radio Cincinnati also purchased WKXP-TV in Lexington, Kentucky , from local interests and changed its call letters to WKYT-TV . In 1959,

507-725: The Cincinnati Times-Star purchased WKRC radio from CBS . In April 1949, Taft's first TV station, WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, began broadcasting. In 1951, in its first expansion outside Ohio, Radio Cincinnati acquired a 20 percent interest in WBIR- AM - FM in Knoxville, Tennessee from father-and-son owners J. Lindsay and Gilmore Nunn. A year-and-a-half later, the Taft family increased its stake to 30 percent when

546-521: The Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio from its founders, Joseph Barbera , William Hanna and George Sidney . Several months later in April 1967, the firm sold WKYT-TV to a subsidiary of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company. On November 10, 1967, Taft Broadcasting president and chairman Hulbert Taft Jr. died in liquid propane gas-related explosion in a bomb shelter he had built on his property in

585-579: The TVX Broadcast Group ; the sale was completed in April 1987. Taft also sold WGR radio and WRLT-FM (the former WGR-FM) in Buffalo to Rich Communications, a subsidiary of Buffalo-based Rich Products . In 1987, Taft, wanting to purchase more network-affiliated television stations, is looking to sell Taft Entertainment Group, the entertainment subsidiary of the Taft Broadcasting company to a different buyer, with estimates cost $ 300 million, and

624-511: The Times-Star purchased WKRC radio from CBS and subsequently became an affiliate and shareholder of the Mutual Broadcasting System through subsidiary Radio Cincinnati. In 1952, Hulbert Taft, Sr. , owner and publisher of the Times-Star , attempted to acquire The Cincinnati Enquirer from its owner, a Washington D.C.–based trust. A bidding war ensued when Enquirer employees pooled their assets in order to make

663-510: The Times-Star ran an editorial proposing a contest to choose a flag for the City of Cincinnati , offering a $ 50 prize. On January 24, 1896, the commission awarded the $ 50 to influential illustrator Emil Rothengatter for the design that is in use today. The newspaper's offices were originally located on Sixth and Walnut streets. On January 1, 1933, the Times-Star moved into the 16-story Cincinnati Times-Star Building on Broadway. In 1939,

702-477: The 27th President of the United States . In 1879, William Howard's brother, Charles Phelps Taft , purchased two afternoon newspapers in Cincinnati, The Times and The Cincinnati Daily Star , merging them into the Cincinnati Times-Star in 1880. It was during the tenure of the merged paper's second publisher, Hulbert Taft Sr. , son of Charles and William Howard's half-brother, Peter Rawson Taft II, that

741-717: The Carowinds Corporation. In 1979, Taft purchased WDCA-TV in Washington, D.C. from the Superior Tube Company. Around this same period, Taft also acquired independent distributor Worldvision Enterprises (formerly a division of ABC) and production company QM Productions . In 1980, Taft acquired Sunn Classic Pictures and two additional Schick divisions. Sunn Classic was reincorporated as Taft International Pictures . In 1981, two Taft executives launched Jensen Farley Pictures to purchase

780-476: The Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill. Days after his death, his son Dudley S. Taft replaced him on the firm's board of directors, and he eventually became head of the company. In 1969, Taft purchased WIBF-TV in Philadelphia and changed its call letters to WTAF-TV . The FCC initially granted Taft a waiver to keep both WTAF-TV and WNEP-TV, but later reversed itself in 1973 (four years later), and Taft sold

819-624: The Nunns sold additional shares in that station to Martha and Robert Ashe, John P. Hart, and Radio Cincinnati. In 1953, Radio Cincinnati purchased WTVN-TV (now WSYX ) in Columbus, Ohio , from Picture-Waves, Inc., controlled by Toledo attorney and broadcaster Edward Lamb . In 1954, the company bought WHKC radio in Columbus from United Broadcasting, then-owners of WHK in Cleveland ; WHKC

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858-1068: The Scranton outlet to the station's management, who formed NEP Communications. Also that year, the broadcasting group formed The Sy Fischer Company to produce television programming. In 1970, Taft formed Rhodes Productions , a television syndication arm for various independent TV programs, including those of Hanna-Barbera. In 1972, Taft opened its first theme park, Kings Island , outside of Cincinnati. Taft owned five other theme parks through its KECO Entertainment division. WBRC radio and WBRC-FM in Birmingham are sold to Mooney Broadcasting. Taft's Rhodes Productions subsidiary has hired John Pearson International as international backer of its programming. In 1973, Taft sold WNEP-TV in Scranton to its management, called NEP Communications. In 1974, Taft acquired Top 40 station KQV and rock outlet WDVE , both in Pittsburgh , from ABC Radio . In 1975,

897-479: The Times ) and The Cincinnati Daily Star (founded in 1872 as The Evening Star ). Charles Phelps Taft had purchased both papers the previous year, and named his brother, Peter Rawson Taft II, publisher. The Times-Star strongly supported political boss George B. Cox , to the embarrassment of Charles Phelps Taft's half-brother, progressive reformer and future President William Howard Taft . On November 23, 1895,

936-416: The Times-Star Building and published under the name The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star until December 31, 1974, when it reverted to The Cincinnati Post . Taft Broadcasting Taft Broadcasting Company (also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated ) was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati , Ohio . The company was rooted in the family of William Howard Taft ,

975-824: The broadcasting group and Keith Barish Productions had inked a ten-picture distribution deal with Tri-Star Pictures for $ 200 million, to handle domestic distribution of the films at a rate of four to six films per year. In 1985, Taft purchased Gulf Broadcasting, which included KTXA in Fort Worth ; KTXH in Houston ; WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida ; KTSP-TV (now KSAZ-TV ) in Phoenix ; KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, California ; and WGHP in High Point, North Carolina . As

1014-433: The building and occupied it until 1984. Hamilton County bought the building in the late 1980s and renamed it the 800 Broadway Building. It is used for county offices and by the juvenile court. The building is ornamented with bronze and nickel silver grilles, over the windows, front entrance, and lobby interior. [REDACTED] Media related to Cincinnati Times-Star Building at Wikimedia Commons This article about

1053-493: The company acquired the remaining 70 percent of WBIR-AM-FM-TV in Knoxville. Also in 1959, the Taft family merged its broadcasting subsidiaries into one, using the Taft Broadcasting Company name. Subsidiaries WBRC, Inc. (WBRC-AM-FM-TV), WTVN, Inc. (WTVN-TV), Radio Cincinnati, Inc. (WKRC-AM-FM-TV and WKYT-TV), and Radio Columbus, Inc. (WTVN-AM-FM) were merged on June 23, 1959 and WBIR, Inc. (WBIR-AM-FM-TV)

1092-448: The company's distribution assets, while in 1982, the company name was reverted back to Sunn Classic Pictures. In 1981, Taft acquired Ruby-Spears Productions from Filmways . Around this time, in the early 1980s, Taft split its operation into two "subdivisions": the " Taft Entertainment Company " (which included Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, Worldvision, the theme parks, Taft International Pictures, and Taft Entertainment Television), which

1131-472: The group had a record production year in 1986 out of 334 animated half hours and 63 live-action half hour programs, to the three networks, to the cable networks, to first-run syndication. Taft Broadcasting Company was purchased by TFBA Limited Partnership, which included Robert M. Bass as a partner, in April 1987 for $ 1.43 billion, taking the company private. Later in 1987, Cincinnati-based businessman Carl Lindner, Jr. became Taft's majority stockholder in

1170-412: The libraries were passed to Turner Program Services (via Turner Entertainment Co. ) prior to Time Warner's purchase of Turner. Eventually, TPS was folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution . The Ruby-Spears studio was spun off and bought back by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, and operated as an independent operation from then forward. In 1992, KECO Entertainment, Great American's theme park division,

1209-537: The markets switched to ABC via Scripps, Citicasters agreed to a two-station deal with CBS to affiliate with WTSP and WKRC . In 1996, Citicasters, by then the owner of two television stations, five AM radio stations and 14 FM radio stations, merged with Jacor, which became a subsidiary of Citicasters. Three months after the merger was completed, Jacor exchanged WTSP to Gannett in return for Gannett's radio stations in Los Angeles , San Diego and Tampa. In 1997, as

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1248-611: The network. This came after that network's founder Leonard Goldenson persuaded Taft president Hulbert Taft Jr., a longtime friend, to switch several of the company's stations to ABC. In 1963, Taft purchased several stations from Transcontinent Television Corporation: WDAF-AM - FM - TV in Kansas City, Missouri , WGR-AM - FM - TV in Buffalo, New York , and WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania . In October 1966, Taft purchased

1287-442: The newspaper also became involved in broadcasting. The company was the owner of such major media and entertainment properties as Hanna-Barbera Productions , Hanna-Barbera Pty, Ltd. /Taft-Hardie Group Pty. Ltd., Worldvision Enterprises , Ruby-Spears Productions , KECO Entertainment and many television and radio stations . It also owned 50% of CIC Video 's Australian operations, CIC-Taft Home Video. The company went through

1326-515: The remnants of Taft International Pictures and Taft Entertainment Television), except for the Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears libraries, which remained owned by Great American for the time being. However, Worldvision continued to hold syndication rights until the two animation studios found new owners. In 1991, Hanna-Barbera, along with much of the original Ruby-Spears library, was acquired by Turner Broadcasting System , which became part of Time Warner in 1996. As part of this deal, syndication rights to

1365-550: Was headed by Sy Fischer. The other was the " Taft Television & Radio Co, Inc. ". Also in 1981, Taft, in partnership with The Great-West Life Assurance Company of Winnipeg , opened Canada's Wonderland , a theme park near Toronto . Taft also bought television producer Titus Productions, run by Herbert Brodkin later that year as part of the Taft Entertainment Company. In 1982, KQV in Pittsburgh

1404-429: Was merged on February 1, 1960. In 1960, Taft launched WTVN-FM in Columbus (it is now WLVQ ). A year later the company sold the WBIR stations in Knoxville to Multimedia Inc. of Greenville, South Carolina . In 1961, Taft signed a group affiliation deal with ABC , converting all of the stations Taft had owned at that time, to the network. With WTVN-TV already an ABC affiliate, WBRC-TV, WKYT, and WKRC-TV switched to

1443-464: Was owned by the Taft family and originally edited by Charles Phelps Taft , then, by his nephew, Hulbert Taft, Sr. The Taft family's investments in news media would later grow into Taft Broadcasting , a conglomerate that owned radio, television, and entertainment properties nationwide. The Times-Star first published on June 15, 1880, after the merger of The Times (founded April 25, 1840, as Spirit of

1482-490: Was sold to Paramount Communications (the parent of Paramount Pictures ; the parent company was formerly known as Gulf+Western ) and became Paramount Parks , later to be acquired by Viacom . (These parks were sold to Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. by CBS in 2006.) Great American also reacquired WGHP from Dudley Taft. In 1993, Great American filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and renamed to Citicasters Communications . It also sold WKRC radio to Jacor and shut down Electra ,

1521-513: Was sold to its general manager Robert W. Dickey and newspaper publisher Richard Mellon Scaife , under the "Calvary, Inc." banner. In 1983, Taft exchanged WGR-TV in Buffalo to General Cinema Corporation's Coral Television subsidiary in return for WCIX in Miami . In 1984, the Taft Entertainment Company was reorganized, in order to set up various theatrical projects that was made by the studio, such as On Wings with Eagles . Also that year, it formed

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