Withers Broadcasting
Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and the Bootheel of Missouri.[1]
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| Type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Southern Illinois (Mount Vernon) |
Key people | Dana Withers |
| Products | Radio |
| Website | www |
Former television stations
Stations arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Junction, Colorado | KJWA/KFQX | 4 (15) | 1 | Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting (Operated through LMA by Nexstar Media Group) |
| KREX-TV | 5 (2) | 1984–2003 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group | |
| K27CO/KGJT-LP | 27 (27) | 1998–2003 | MyNetworkTV affiliate, KGJT-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group | |
| Durango, Colorado | KREZ-TV (Satellite of KREX-TV) |
6 (15) | 1984–1995 2 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Glenwood Springs, Colorado | KREG-TV (Satellite of KREX-TV) |
3 (23) | 1984–2003 | MeTV owned-and-operated station (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Montrose, Colorado | KREY (Satellite of KREX-TV) |
10 (13) | 1984–2003 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Iron Mountain - Marquette, Michigan | WDHS | 8 (8) | 1996–2015 | defunct, License cancelled in 2015. |
| Victoria, Texas | KVCT | 19 (11) | 3 | Fox affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting (Operated through LMA by Morgan Murphy Media) |
| KAVU-TV | 25 (15) | 1990[2]–1999 | ABC affiliate owned by Morgan Murphy Media | |
| Weston - Clarksburg, West Virginia | WDTV | 5 (5) | 1973–2017 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| WVFX | 10 (10) 4 | 2007–2017 | Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television | |
Notes:
- 1 Owned by John Harvey Rees, Withers operated KJWA/KFQX through a local marketing agreement from 1994 until Withers sold operating station KREX-TV to Hoak Media in 2003.
- 2 KREZ-TV was operated as a satellite of KREX, until the station was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1995, becoming a satellite of Albuquerque station KRQE.
- 3 Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc., Withers operated KVCT through a local marketing agreement from 1995 until Withers sold operating station KAVU-TV to Saga Communications in 1999.
- 4 WVFX operated on analog channel 46, until the digital transition completed in 2009, when it decided to use its digital allotment (VHF channel 10) as its virtual channel.
References
- "Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away", from WDTV.com, 1/27/2014
- Application Search CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 22 May, 2017.
External links
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