Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Piedmont was founded in 1996 as Grapevine Communications, and was originally based in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] The company merged with GOCOM Communications in 1999; [1] it inherited GOCOM's Charlotte headquarters [1] and changed its name to GOCOM Holdings. In 2003, the name was again changed to Piedmont Television [2] (the GOCOM name is now used by another company that owns WRSP-TV/WCCU in Springfield/ Urbana, Illinois; that company is partially connected to Piedmont [3]).
The company sold its stations to various owners in 2007.
Stations formerly owned by Grapevine/GOCOM/Piedmont
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV ( RF) |
Years owned | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville - Decatur, Alabama | WAAY-TV | 31 (32) | 1999–2007 | ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |
| Anchorage, Alaska | KTBY | 4 (20) | 1997–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company |
| El Dorado, Arkansas - Monroe, Louisiana | KTVE | 10 (27) | 1996–2008 |
NBC affiliate owned by
Mission Broadcasting (operated through an SSA by Nexstar Media Group) |
| Chico - Redding, California | KNVN | 24 (24) | 1999–2000 | NBC affiliate owned by Maxair Media, LLC (operated through an SSA by Heartland Media) |
| Macon, Georgia | WGXA | 24 (16) | 1999–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Savannah, Georgia | WJCL | 22 (22) | 1999–2007 | ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
|
Austin -
Rochester, Minnesota - Mason City, Iowa |
KAAL | 6 (36) | 1997–2001 | ABC affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
| Joplin, Missouri - Pittsburg, Kansas | KODE-TV | 12 (43) | 1997–2002 | ABC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting (operated through an SSA by Nexstar Media Group) |
| Springfield, Missouri | KSPR | 33 (19) | 1999–2007 | defunct, License cancelled in 2017. (Station was known as KGHZ when it ceased operations.) |
|
Morehead City -
New Bern - Jacksonville, North Carolina |
WFXI | 8 (8) | 1999–2007 | defunct, station signed off in 2017. |
| Greenville, North Carolina |
WYDO (satellite of WFXI) |
14 (47) | 1999–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by
Cunningham Broadcasting (operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| Youngstown, Ohio | WKBN-TV | 27 (41) | 1999–2007 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| WYFX-LP | 62 (19) | 1999–2007 | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group | |
| Mercer, Pennsylvania | WFXI-CA (satellite of WYFX-LP) |
17 | 1999–2007 | defunct, went silent in 2009 |
| Midland - Odessa, Texas | KMID | 2 (26) | 1999–2000 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Casper, Wyoming | KTWO-TV | 2 (17) | 1998–2001 | ABC affiliate owned by Vision Alaska, LLC (operated through an SSA by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company) |
| Cheyenne, Wyoming | KKTU (satellite of KTWO) |
33 (11) | 1998–2001 | CTN affiliate, KQCK, owned by Casa Media Partners, LLC |
References
- ^ a b c Spanburg, Erik (1999-05-14). "Gocom sells for $185 million". Charlotte Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Piedmont Television Holdings LLC". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
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