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WAOW (channel 9) is a television station in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios are located on Grand Avenue/US 51 in Wausau, and its transmitter is located on Rib Mountain. WAOW relays its signal on satellite station WMOW (channel 4) in Crandon, extending its range in the northeastern reaches of the market. History WAOW signed on the air on June 12, 1965. It was owned by Mid - Continent Broadcasting. It served as a satellite station of Madison's WKOW as part of the Wisconsin Television Network which would later include WXOW in La Crosse and WQOW in Eau Claire. Midcontinent Broadcasting sold the stations to Horizon Communications in 1970. Liberty Television bought the stations in 1978. This station gradually increased its local programming and content, finally severing the electronic umbilical cord with WKOW in the 1980s. In 1985, Liberty Television sold the Wisconsin stations to Tak Communications ...
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WAOW (channel 9) is a television station in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and owned by Entertainment Studios, Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios are located on Grand Avenue/U.S. Route 51 in Wisconsin, US 51 in Wausau, and its transmitter is located on Rib Mountain. WAOW relays its signal on broadcast relay station#Satellite stations, satellite station WMOW (channel 4) in Crandon, Wisconsin, Crandon, extending its range in the northeastern reaches of the media market, market. History WAOW signed on the air on June 12, 1965. It was owned by Mid - Continent Broadcasting. It served as a broadcast relay station#Satellite stations, satellite station of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison's WKOW as part of the Wisconsin Television Network which would later include WXOW in La Crosse, Wisconsin, La Crosse and WQOW in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Midcontinent Broadcasting sold the stations to Horizon Communications in 1970. ...
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WFXS-DT
WFXS-DT (channel 55) was a television station licensed to Wittenberg, Wisconsin, United States, which served north-central Wisconsin, including Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau and Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Rhinelander. Owned by Davis Television, Limited liability company, LLC, it was most recently affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. WFXS-DT's studios were located on North 3rd Street in Wausau, and its transmitter was located northeast of Nutterville, Wisconsin, Nutterville in unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated Marathon County, Wisconsin, Marathon County. History The station signed on 1999 in television, December 1, 1999, as WFXS and aired an analog television, analog signal on UHF channel 55. It was an affiliate of Fox from its start; before WFXS went on-the-air, most programming from the network was seen in north-central Wisconsin on some Charter Spectrum, Charter systems from the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay station that carried Fox (WGBA-TV, WGB ...
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WMOW
WMOW (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Crandon, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is a full-time broadcast relay station#Satellite stations, satellite of Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau-licensed WAOW (channel 9) which is owned by Entertainment Studios, Allen Media Broadcasting. WMOW's transmitter is located just east of downtown Crandon; its parent station maintains studios on Grand Avenue/U.S. Route 51 in Wisconsin, US 51 in Wausau. Besides the transmitter, WMOW does not maintain any physical presence locally in Crandon. History Founded 1998 in television, December 4, 1998, the station first signed-on February 9, 2001, as WBIJ. It was a FamilyNet affiliate owned by Dennis Selenka. The station aired an analog signal on VHF channel 4. Since WBIJ was granted its construction permit after the finalization of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) digital television allotment plan on April 21, 1997, it did not receive a co ...
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WKOW
WKOW (channel 27) is a television station in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios are located on Tokay Boulevard on Madison's west side, and its transmitter is located in the Middleton Junction section of the town of Middleton. History WKOW-TV (the suffix was dropped from the call sign in 2009) was launched on June 30, 1953, as Madison's first television station. The station was originally aligned with CBS and owned by the Monona Broadcasting Company, led by a group of local area businessmen along with WKOW radio (AM 1070, now WTSO). The WKOW call sign was an acknowledgment to Wisconsin's dairy industry, and featured a smiling bovine Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. The evolutionary relationship betwee ... (or cow) alongsi ...
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Entertainment Studios
Entertainment Studios, Inc., also known as Allen Media Group, is an American media and entertainment company based in Los Angeles. Owned and founded in 1993 by businessman Byron Allen, the company was initially involved in the production and distribution of first-run television series for U.S. television syndication. Under the Entertainment Studios Networks division, it also operates a group of digital cable and satellite channels, which broadcast a mix of original programs and the company's syndicated content. In the late 2010s, the company made several major expansions to its operations, including: entering the film distribution market; acquiring The Weather Channel from NBCUniversal and Bain Capital; partnering with Sinclair Broadcast Group to operate the regional sports network chain Bally Sports via Diamond Sports Group; and its acquisition of television stations from another minority-owned media group, Bayou City Broadcasting. History Entertainment Studios was founded ...
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Decades (TV Network)
Decades is an American digital broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. The network, which is mainly carried on the digital subchannels of television stations, primarily airs classic television sitcoms from the 1950s through the early 1990s. Through its ownership by Weigel, Decades is a sister network to MeTV, which focuses on classic television series from the 1950s to the 1990s and carries some programming from former Decades corporate cousin CBS Media Ventures. As the network has access to theatrical films and television series remastered for high-definition television and widescreen presentation, the network is carried in 480i widescreen. Since fall 2019, Decades is carried on Fox-owned stations in 12 markets as part of a multi-year agreement with Fox Television Stations, after switching from CBS-owned stations. History On October 21, 2014, CBS Corporation and Weigel Broadcasting announced the launch of Decades, with plans to debut the network in 2015. Thr ...
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Wausau, Wisconsin
Wausau ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city into east and west. The city's suburbs include Schofield, Weston, Mosinee, Maine, Rib Mountain, Kronenwetter, and Rothschild. As of the 2020 census, Wausau had a population of 39,994. It is the core city of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes all of Marathon County and had a population of 134,063 at the 2010 census. History Founding This area has for millennia changed hands between various indigenous peoples. The historic Ojibwe (also known in the United States as the Chippewa) occupied it in the period of European encounter. They had a lucrative fur trade for decades with French colonists and French Canadians. After the French and Indian War this trade was dominated by British-American trappers from the eastern seaboard. The Wisconsin River first drew European-American settlers to the area during the mid-19th centur ...
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WQOW
WQOW (channel 18) is a television station in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Chippewa Valley as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Owned by Entertainment Studios, Allen Media Broadcasting, the station has studios on Friedeck Road in Eau Claire, and its transmitter is located in Altoona, Wisconsin. Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WQOW is considered a broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites, semi-satellite of WXOW (channel 19) in La Crosse, Wisconsin, La Crosse. As such, it simulcasts all network and broadcast syndication, syndicated programming as provided through its parent but airs separate commercial inserts, station identification, legal identifications, local newscasts and Sunday morning religious broadcasting, religious programs, and has its own website. WQOW serves the northern half of the La Crosse–Eau Claire media market, market while WXOW serves the southern portion. The two stations are counted as a single ...
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WXOW
WXOW (channel 19) is a television station in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios and transmitter are located on County Highway 25 in La Crescent, Minnesota. WQOW (channel 18) in Eau Claire operates as a semi-satellite of WXOW, extending the ABC signal into the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through WXOW but airs separate commercial inserts, legal identifications, local newscasts and Sunday morning religious programs, and has its own website. WXOW serves the southern half of the La Crosse–Eau Claire market while WQOW serves the northern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. Although WQOW maintains its own studios on Friedeck Road in Eau Claire, master control and some internal operations are based at WXOW's facilities. DirecTV and Dish Network offer both WXOW and WQOW as of Septemb ...
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Crandon, Wisconsin
Crandon is a Political subdivisions of Wisconsin#City, city in Forest County, Wisconsin, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States; it is in the northeastern part of the state, about north of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay. The population was 1,713 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Forest County and is the only Municipal corporation, incorporated community in the county. The city is located adjacent to the Crandon (town), Wisconsin, Town of Crandon. History Samuel Shaw, an entrepreneur and capitalist, bought property in the area of Forest County, Wisconsin, Forest County in the 1880s, formerly Oconto County, Wisconsin, Oconto County. With the aide of Major Frank P. Crandon, tax commissioner with the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, he successfully lobbied the Wisconsin Legislature for the creation of Forest County, which was established in 1887. Because of his help, Frank Crandon became the namesake for the county seat. Ra ...
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Court TV
Court TV is an American digital broadcast network and former cable television channel. It was originally launched in 1991 with a focus on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal analysis talk shows, and live news coverage of prominent criminal cases. In 2008, the original cable channel became TruTV. The channel relaunched on May 8, 2019 as a digital broadcast television network owned by Katz Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. Court TV is also available via streaming services such as YouTube TV and Pluto TV, and its audio feed is available on Sirius XM channel 793. History As a cable television channel Cable television channel Courtroom Television Network, known as Court TV, was launched on July 1, 1991, at 6:00 am Eastern Time by founder Steven Brill and was available to three million subscribers. Its original anchors were Jack Ford, Fred Graham, Cynthia McFadden, and Gregg Jarrett. The network was born out of two competing p ...
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Limited Liability Company
A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation. An LLC is not a corporation under state law; it is a legal form of a company that provides limited liability to its owners in many jurisdictions. LLCs are well known for the flexibility that they provide to business owners; depending on the situation, an LLC may elect to use corporate tax rules instead of being treated as a partnership, and, under certain circumstances, LLCs may be organized as not-for-profit. In certain U.S. states (for example, Texas), businesses that provide professional services requiring a state professional license, such as legal or medical services, may not be allowed to form an LLC but may be required to form a similar entity called a professional limited liability company (PLLC). An LLC is a hybrid le ...
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