Edge Spectrum Inc (ESI), formerly known as ''Vertical Spectrum'', is a TV broadcasting company founded in 2016 and based in

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. ESI owns and operates

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stations and sees itself as well-positioned for the new

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broadcasting standards. In 2017, ESI purchased 60 operating low-power stations, and 10 low-power construction permits from religious broadcaster

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. ESI grew exponentially in 2017 when they agreed to purchase the religious broadcaster International Broadcast Network (IBN)'s low-power television network in a $72 million deal covering 196 stations and construction permits. The stations were purchased from various subsidiaries of EICB TV LLC and to Grace Worship Center Inc.

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*http://www.edgespectrum.com/ {{Edge Spectrum stations 2016 establishments in Washington (state) Television broadcasting companies of the United States