Hearst-Argyle

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Hearst-Argyle Television, Incorporated, is a broadcasting company in the United States. Hearst-Argyle is owned by the New York City-based Hearst Corporation, and holds joint ventures in television production with NBC Universal Television Distribution, has an Internet partnership with Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc., and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTV."

Hearst-Argyle was formed in the late-1990s with the merger of Hearst Corporation's broadcasting division and the remaining stations owned by Argyle Television, which several years earlier sold off some of its stations to New World Communications, which eventually became Fox-owned stations.

Hearst-Argyle is the second-largest NBC affiliate owner and the largest ABC affiliate group in terms of audience reach.

1 Television stations owned/operated by Hearst-Argyle
2 Television stations formerly owned by Hearst and/or Argyle
- 2.1 Radio Stations
3 External links

[edit] Television stations owned/operated by Hearst-Argyle

Currently, a total of 26 stations, comprising of: ten NBC affiliates, twelve ABC stations, two CBS affiliates, one CW affiliate and one MyNetworkTV affiliate. The company also manages one ABC station, one CW affiliate and one independent station. The company also manages two radio stations.

Current DMA#	Market/City Of License	Station/Channel Number	Owned Since	Current Affiliation
7.	Boston	WCVB-TV 5	1986	ABC
7.	Manchester, New Hampshire	WMUR-TV 9	2001	ABC
12.	Lakeland - Tampa - St. Petersburg, FL	WMOR-TV 32	1996 (LMA)	Independent
19.	Daytona Beach - Orlando - Melbourne	WESH 2	1999	NBC
19.	Clermont, Florida	WKCF 18	2006	CW
20.	Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto	KCRA-TV 3	1999	NBC
20.	Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto	KQCA 58	2000	MyNetworkTV
22.	Pittsburgh	WTAE-TV 4	1958	ABC
24.	Baltimore	WBAL-TV 11	1948	NBC
31.	Kansas City, Missouri	KMBC-TV 9	1982	ABC
31.	Kansas City, Missouri	KCWE 29	2001 (LMA)	CW
33.	Cincinnati	WLWT 5	1997	NBC
34.	Milwaukee	WISN-TV 12	1955	ABC
36.	Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville	WYFF 4	1999	NBC
38.	Tequesta - West Palm Beach, FL	WPBF 25	1997 (LMA)	ABC
41.	Lancaster - Harrisburg - York - Lebanon, PA	WGAL 8	1999	NBC
45.	Albuquerque - Santa Fe	KOAT-TV 7	1999	ABC
45.	Oklahoma City	KOCO-TV 5	1997	ABC
47.	Winston-Salem - Greensboro - High Point, N.C.	WXII-TV 12	1999	NBC
48.	Louisville	WLKY-TV 32	1999	CBS
54.	New Orleans	WDSU 6	1999	NBC
72.	Honolulu	KITV 4	1995	ABC
73.	Des Moines	KCCI 8	1999	CBS
74.	Poland Spring - Portland, ME	WMTW-TV 8	2004	ABC
75.	Omaha	KETV 7	1999	ABC
87.	Jackson, Mississippi	WAPT 16	1995	ABC
90.	North Pole - Plattsburgh, N.Y. - Burlington, VT	WPTZ 5	1998	NBC
90.	Hartford, VT-Hanover, N.H.	WNNE 31	1998	NBC (semi-satellite of WPTZ)
102.	Fort Smith - Fayetteville, Arkansas	KHBS 40/ KHOG-TV 29	1996	ABC
124.	Salinas - Monterey - Santa Cruz, CA	KSBW 8	1998	NBC

NOTE: The Albuquerque-Santa Fe and Oklahoma City markets are tied at 45th with 662,380 TV households each.

[edit] Television stations formerly owned by Hearst and/or Argyle

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Years Owned	Current Affiliation/Owner
6.	Dallas - Fort Worth	KDFW-TV 4	1993-95	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
21.	St. Louis	KTVI 2	1993-95	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
39.	Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, MI	WZZM-TV 13	1995-97	ABC affiliate owned by Gannett Company
40.	Birmingham - Tuscaloosa, AL	WVTM-TV 13	1993-95	NBC affiliate owned by Media General
49.	Buffalo, New York	WGRZ-TV 2	1995-97	NBC affiliate owned by Gannett Company
51.	Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, MA	WNAC-TV 64	1995-98*	Dual Fox-MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by WNAC, LLC (operated under LMA by LIN Television-owned WPRI-TV)
52.	Austin, Texas	KTBC-TV 7	1993-95	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
58.	Dayton, Ohio	WDTN 2	1981-98	NBC affiliate owned by LIN Television
166.	Clarksburg, West Virginia	WBOY-TV 12	2001	NBC affiliate owned by West Virginia Media Holdings

* Owned by Argyle, but operated from 1996 to 2001 by Clear Channel Communications under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with WPRI-TV, which Clear Channel owned at the time.

Also, from 1998 to 2002, Hearst-Argyle controlled WFFF, a dual Fox-CW affiliate for the Burlington-Plattsburgh market (and, via cable, most of Quebec) in an arrangement acquired when Argyle obtained WPTZ.