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Spartan Communications, Inc. was a company that was based in
Spartanburg, South Carolina Spartanburg is a city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city of Spartanburg has a municipal population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. For a time, the Off ...
that owned
WSPA-TV WSPA-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Asheville, North C ...
as Spartan's flagship station from 1956 to 2000 when Spartan merged with Media General of
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. In 1984, Spartan bought
WBTW WBTW (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Florence, South Carolina, United States, serving the Pee Dee and Grand Strand regions of South Carolina as an affiliate of CBS. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains ...
and KIMT-TV from the Shotts family.


Former Spartan-owned stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by
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WSPA-TV WSPA-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Asheville, North C ...
(former flagship station) *
Media General Media General was an American media company based in Richmond, Virginia. The company's origins can be traced back to 1887 when Richmond attorney Joseph Bryan acquired ''The Richmond Daily Times'', which later became ''The Richmond Times-Dispatch ...
, the first successor to Spartan Communications. * Nexstar Media Group, the second successor and current owner of most of the former Spartan stations. Spartanburg, South Carolina Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Spartanburg, South Carolina 2000 mergers and acquisitions Nexstar Media Group {{US-media-company-stub