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. The group was a division of the Dispatch Printing Company, former owner of the ''

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'', and was owned by the Wolfe family since 1929 until its sale to

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in mid-2019. The Dispatch Broadcast Group included the WBNS television (

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-affiliate

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) and radio (

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and

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) stations in Columbus, the

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, and

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television in

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formerly (WLW-I) which was purchased in 1975. On April 24, 2013, former WBNS-TV news director John Cardenas was named president and general manager of the station and vice president of broadcast news for the Dispatch Broadcast Group. On December 7, 2018, Dispatch Broadcast Group president and

general manager Larry Delia commented to the ''

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'' that the company may consider buying divested

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stations as Nexstar readies to buy

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. On June 11, 2019, it was reported the Dispatch Broadcast Group had sold its television and radio assets to Tegna Inc. for the sale price of $535 million. The sale was completed on August 8."TEGNA Completes Acquisition of Dispatch Broadcast Group’s Leading, Top Ranked Stations in Indianapolis, IN and Columbus, OH"

, August 8, 2019, Retrieved August 8, 2019.

References

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