Calkins Media, Inc. was a media company. Established in 1937, Calkins Media brands included daily newspapers and digital sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a weekly newspaper in South Dade, Fla., and broadcast stations located in Huntsville, Ala., Tallahassee and Sarasota, Fla. Corporate and digital headquarters were located in Bucks County, Pa. In 2016,

Raycom Media Raycom Media, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom, through its Communi ...

agreed to purchase Calkins Media's three television stations. A sale of

WAAY-TV WAAY-TV (channel 31) is a television station in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios and transmitter are located on Monte Sano Boulevard on top of Monte Sano Moun ...

to Raycom affiliate

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was blocked by the

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due to Raycom's ownership of WAFF. Raycom closed on the purchase of

WWSB WWSB (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Sarasota, Florida, United States, serving the Suncoast portion of the Tampa Bay market as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by Gray Television, WWSB maintains studios on 10th Street in the Rosema ...

and

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on May 1, 2017, while WAAY-TV was instead sold to

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. In 2017, GateHouse Media and Ogden Newspapers agreed to terms to purchase Calkins Media's newspaper assets.

Former Calkins Media assets

Newspapers

*''

The Beaver County Times ''The Beaver County Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, and serving the north-western Pittsburgh suburbs. The ''Times'' is a direct descendant of many of Beaver County's newspapers, starting with the ' ...

'' - (now owned by Gannett) *''

Bucks County Courier Times The ''Bucks County Courier Times'' is a daily newspaper located in Levittown, Pennsylvania Levittown is a census-designated place (CDP) and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part ...

'' - (PA)The ''Bucks County Courier Times'' is a sister paper of ''The Intelligencer'' and the ''

Burlington County Times The ''Burlington County Times'' is a daily newspaper located in Westampton, New Jersey, U.S. The paper, which is part of the Gannett chain of newspapers, covers municipal and county issues in Burlington County, New Jersey as well as local and pr ...

''. - (now owned by Gannett) *''

'' (NJ) - (now owned by Gannett) *'' Ellwood City Ledger'' - (now owned by Gannett) *'' Greene County Messenger'' - (now owned by Ogden Newspapers) *''(Uniontown, PA)

The Herald-Standard ''The Herald-Standard'' is a daily newspaper in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and it has a circulation of 30,000. The newspaper and the newspaper's website, Heraldstandard.com - Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., are owned by Ogden Newspapers. The ''Herald- ...

'' - (now owned by Ogden Newspapers) *'' South Dade News Leader'' - (now owned by South Dade News, Inc.) *''

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'' - (now owned by Gannett)

Television stations

Stations arranged alphabetically by

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and by

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. Note: *¹ The station is licensed to Sarasota, which is part of the Tampa market. However, WWSB does not serve all of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area as the ABC affiliate (

WFTS WFTS-TV (channel 28), branded as ABC Action News, is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company alongside Bradenton-licensed Ion Te ...

serves the Tampa metro area,

serves the southern portion of the market). The station also serves portions of the

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market.

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