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Marquee Broadcasting
Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. is an American broadcasting company that owns several television stations in the United States. History Marquee began in 2013 when its owners, Brian and Patricia Lane, announced its intent to acquire WMDT and its repeater, WEVD-LP for $9 million. The company's next acquisition came in 2015 when it closed its acquisition of WUGA-TV from the University of Georgia for $2.5 million. Following the acquisition, the station's primary affiliation changed to Heroes & Icons Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American digital multicast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Usually carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, the network airs classic television series ... and changed its callsign to WGTA. In May 2016, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced its sale of KREG-TV to Marquee Broadcasting. On April 5, 2017, Max Media announced that it entered an agreement to sell NBC affiliate WNKY in Bowling Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSST-TV
WSST-TV (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Cordele, Georgia, United States, serving as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Albany, Georgia, area. It is owned by Marquee Broadcasting alongside Valdosta-licensed CBS affiliate WSWG (channel 44); Marquee also operates Fox affiliate WFXL (channel 31) under joint sales and shared services agreements with Sinclair Broadcast Group. The three stations share offices on Slappey Boulevard in Albany; WSST-TV's transmitter is located in rural southwestern Crisp County. The station's digital signal extends only about from Cordele; however, the station is carried on many cable providers in the region, including in Albany and Perry. Since April 22, 2019, in order to increase its over-the-air reach, WSST-TV's primary channel has been simulcast on WSWG's third digital subchannel. History WSST-TV signed on May 22, 1989, as an independent station owned by Sunbelt-South Telecommunications Ltd. The station grew out of a cable-only s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KGWN-TV
KGWN-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Marquee Broadcasting, and maintains studios on East Lincoln Highway, Lincolnway/East 14th Street/Interstate 80 Business (Cheyenne, Wyoming), I-80 BUS/U.S. Route 30#Wyoming, US 30 in Cheyenne; its transmitter is located in Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated Laramie County, Wyoming, Laramie County (west of Cheyenne) between Interstate 80 in Wyoming, I-80/US 30 and Wyoming Highway 225, WYO 225. KGWN provides NBC programming on its second digital subchannel through a simulcast of sister station KNEP in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, while its third subchannel is the market's The CW, CW affiliate. KSTF (channel 10) in Scottsbluff operates as a semi-satellite of KGWN; this station maintains studios on 10th Street in Gering, Nebraska, Gering, while its transmitter is located along Nebraska Highway 71, N-71 at the Scotts Bluff County, Neb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is a city in and the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the List of municipalities in Wyoming, second-most populous city in the state after Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to the development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field. Casper is in east central Wyoming, on the North Platte River. History Casper was established east of the former site of Fort Caspar, in an area that attracted European settlers during the mid-19th century mass migration of land seekers along the Oregon Trail, Oregon, California Trail, California, and Mormon Trail, Mormon trails, where several nearby ferries offered passage across the North Platte River in the early 1840s. In 1859, Louis Guinard built a bridge and trading post near the original ferry locations, allowing overland travel to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KCWY-DT
KCWY-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Casper, Wyoming, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Marquee Broadcasting, the station has studios on Progress Circle in Mills, Wyoming, and its transmitter is located atop Casper Mountain. KCWY-DT serves as the NBC affiliate for most of Wyoming. The station is relayed on low-powered translator K28HL-D (channel 28) in Riverton, which is owned by the Riverton-Fremont TV Club, Inc. KCWY's programming was also simulcast on the second digital subchannel of KSGW-TV (channel 12) in Sheridan until January 1, 2019, and on KSWY-LP (channel 29) in Sheridan, KCHY-LP (channel 13) in Cheyenne and KWYM-LP (channel 14) in Laramie until July 13, 2021. History KCWY signed on the air in February 2001 as an affiliate of the Pax TV network. On September 1, 2003, KCWY became the new NBC affiliate in the Casper market after NBC severed its affiliation with longtime affiliate KTWO-TV (channel 2). KCWY launched its first ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZVL
WZVL is a country music radio station licensed to Philo, Ohio, broadcasting on 103.7 FM. WZVL serves the Zanesville area and is owned by Marquee Broadcasting. Studios on Downard Road, Zanesville, Ohio Originally owned by Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System, which often does business as the WHIZ Media Group, the station went on the air in August 2011; following a week of half-power operation, it formally launched on August 29. WZVL was included in Marquee Broadcasting Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. is an American broadcasting company that owns several television stations in the United States. History Marquee began in 2013 when its owners, Brian and Patricia Lane, announced its intent to acquire WMDT and its re ...'s 2022 purchase of the WHIZ Media Group stations from the Littick family; the deal was completed on July 15, 2022. References External links * * Country radio stations in the United States ZVL Radio stations established in 2011 2011 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHIZ-FM
WHIZ-FM (92.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to South Zanesville, Ohio, featuring a contemporary hit radio format known as "Z92". Owned by Marquee Broadcasting, WHIZ-FM's studios are located on Downard Road in Zanesville and its transmitter is located near Crooksville, Ohio. WHIZ-FM was previously broadcast on 102.5 FM. History The 92.7 facilities, originally located at 2477 East Pike, on the east side of Zanesville, signed on January 5, 1983. It originally operated as WCVZ, a religious station owned by Christian Voice of Central Ohio. The Christian Voice of Central Ohio had been serving Columbus and surrounding areas since 1972, with Christian programming on 104.9 WCVO-FM. Each station had an illuminated cross on the top of their broadcast tower. WCVZ-FM programming was very similar to WCVO-FM, and featured many national Christian teaching, preaching, talk programs. These included Focus on the Family, with James Dobson, Turning Point, with Rev. David Jeremiah, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHIZ (AM)
WHIZ (1240 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Zanesville, Ohio, featuring a Full-service radio, full service format known as "AM 1240 The Voice". Owned by Marquee Broadcasting, this station is the local affiliate for ABC News Radio, the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network, Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds Radio Network, Cincinnati Reds, Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network, Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State Sports Network, Ohio State Buckeyes radio networks, in addition to carrying ESPN Radio and Westwood One programming. WHIZ's studios are located in a combined facility with WHIZ-TV, WHIZ-FM and WZVL on Downard Road in Zanesville, while the transmitter is located to the northeast of the city's downtown. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WHIZ is relayed over low-power Zanesville Broadcast relay station, translator W272EE () and is available online. Established in 1924 as WEBE in Cambridge, Ohio, the station was origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHIZ-TV
WHIZ-TV (channel 18) is a television station in Zanesville, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC, Fox and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Marquee Broadcasting alongside the company's only radio properties— WHIZ (1240 AM), WHIZ-FM (92.7), and WZVL (103.7 FM). The stations share studios on Downard Road in Zanesville, where WHIZ-TV's transmitter is also located. Although this station is somewhat overshadowed by network affiliates in the nearby Columbus market such as fellow NBC affiliate WCMH-TV, WHIZ-TV provides local news to its limited local area. In addition, the station provides local sports programming, including local high school basketball games on Fridays. It is the only major commercial television station in Zanesville, with the only other local station being PBS member station WOUC-TV (Ohio University at Athens). History Southeastern Ohio Television System, owner of WHIZ radio (1240 AM), filed for a construction permit on June 26, 1952 and was granted on December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, Georgia
Albany ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in Southwest Georgia, it is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area, Albany metropolitan area. The city's population was 68,089 in 2020. It became prominent in the nineteenth century as a shipping and market center, first served by riverboats. Scheduled steamboats connected Albany with the busy port of Apalachicola, Florida. They were replaced by rail transport, railroads. Seven lines met in Albany, and it was a center of trade in the Southeast. Albany is part of the Black Belt (geological formation), Black Belt, a geological formation of soil conducive to cotton growth. An extensive area in the Southern geographical area of the United States. From the mid-20th century, it received military investment during World War II and after, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSWG (TV)
WSWG (channel 44) is a television station in Valdosta, Georgia, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Albany, Georgia, area. It is owned by Marquee Broadcasting alongside Cordele-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WSST-TV (channel 55); Marquee also operates Fox affiliate WFXL (channel 31) under joint sales and shared services agreements with Sinclair Broadcast Group. The three stations share offices on Slappey Boulevard in Albany; WSWG's transmitter is located in unincorporated Cook County, northeast of Adel. Although Valdosta is part of the Tallahassee, Florida, television market, which receives CBS programming from Thomasville, Georgia–licensed WCTV, WSWG is assigned by Nielsen to the Albany market. Channel 44 in Valdosta went on the air in 1980 as ABC affiliate WVGA. It operated as a small station with limited local programming from December 1980 to February 1992. During this time, it was off the air in late 1988 and early 1989 after a small airplane crashed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Television
Gray Media, Inc., doing business as Gray Television, is an American publicly traded television broadcasting company based in Atlanta. Founded in 1946 by James Harrison Gray as Gray Communications Systems, the company owns or operates 180 stations across the United States in 113 markets. Its station base consists of media markets ranging from as large as Atlanta to one of the smallest markets, North Platte, Nebraska. History James H. Gray started his communication business in Albany, Georgia with the purchase of The Herald Publishing Company (a company founded in 1897 to promote ''The Albany Herald'', a newspaper that started publication in 1891), in 1946 after he returned from World War II. The purchase included WALB radio. Gray launched WALB-TV in 1954. In 1960, Gray purchased WJHG-TV in Panama City, Florida, and followed it later in the decade with KTVE serving Monroe, Louisiana and southern Arkansas. In 1986 Gray died, leaving his 50.5% share of the stock in a trust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
