Tyler Media Group, also known as Tyler Broadcasting Corporation or simply Tyler Media, is a family-owned Oklahoma business with Radio, TV and outdoor advertising assets in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Tyler Media owns five television stations (consisting of two

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network affiliates, one

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affiliate and two

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affiliates) and thirteen radio stations (nine English-language and four Spanish-language). The company also operates an outdoor

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company, Tyler Outdoor Advertising, and Tyler Media Digital, Tyler Media's newest marketing extension. The company is headquartered at 5101 South Shields Boulevard in Oklahoma City.

History

The company was founded in 1965 by Ralph Tyler, when it purchased

KEBC KEBC (1560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Del City, Oklahoma, and serving the Oklahoma City Metroplex. It is owned by the Tyler Media Group and airs a sports format. The station's studios are on East Britton Road in Northeas ...

radio in Oklahoma City; Tyler owned the station for 14 years until 1986. Tyler re-entered the radio business in 1994 with the purchase of a station in Ada. Tyler Media entered the television industry in 2004 after it purchased Oklahoma City television station KQOK (channel 30). After the sale, Tyler Media converted the station into a Telemundo affiliate and recalled the station to KTUZ-TV after its new radio sister. On April 16, 2009, Tyler purchased five affiliates of the Spanish-language network

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at an auction held by

Equity Media Holdings Equity Media Holdings Corporation was a broadcasting company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that owned and operated television stations across the United States. Prior to March 30, 2007, the company was known as Equity Broadcasting, a name later ...

, which was liquidating its assets that year due to bankruptcy. After the sale was approved by the

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, this created a duopoly with KTUZ-TV. Equity had owned both stations at some point, KTUZ-TV was owned by Equity from sign-on until 2004 when Equity traded channel 30 to Tyler Media in exchange for KUOK. On July 15, 2012, Tyler Media entered into an agreement with

Renda Broadcasting Renda Broadcasting (RBC) is a privately held Pittsburgh-based radio broadcasting company founded by chief executive, Tony Renda. Renda Broadcasting operates stations in Pennsylvania and Florida. Most stations are identified as “A hometown radio ...

to purchase that company's Oklahoma City radio cluster (

KMGL KMGL (104.1 FM broadcasting, FM, "Magic 104.1") is an adult contemporary music formatted radio station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Tyler Media Group, Tyler Media, a locally-based, family-owned company controlled by brothers T ...

, KOMA, KRXO and KOKC) for $40 million. In accordance to limits imposed by the

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on the number of radio stations a single broadcasting entity can own in a single market, Tyler sold KTLR-AM/FM and

KKNG KKNG-FM (97.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Blanchard, Oklahoma, serving the Oklahoma City Metroplex. It is owned by Stanton Nelson, through licensee WPA Radio LLC. KKNG-FM carries a religious talk and information radio format focusing on C ...

to WPA Radio for $1.6 million.In Oklahoma City, Tyler spins two so it can buy four from Renda (for $40M)
, ''RadioInfo'', July 16, 2012. In early 2017, Tyler Media launched its newest marketing extension called
Tyler Media Digital

Stations

Television

Current

Former

Radio

Translators

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyler Media Group Television broadcasting companies of the United States Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Oklahoma City