Northwest Broadcasting

Northwest Broadcasting, Inc.
Private
Founded 1995
Founder Brian Brady
Headquarters Okemos, MI

Northwest Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Okemos, Michigan, a suburb of Lansing. The broadcasting group owns or operates twelve television stations in six markets, through subsidiaries such as Broadcasting Communications, Mountain Communications, Stainless Broadcasting, and Bristlecone Broadcasting.[1]

Northwest Broadcasting was founded in 1995 by Brian Brady to acquire the television stations of Salmon River Communications, including KAYU-TV in Spokane, Washington, K68EB in Yakima, Washington, KBWU-LP in the Tri-Cities (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, Washington), and KMVU in Medford, Oregon.[2] In 1997, Northwest purchased Stainless, Inc. for $17 million; while Stainless was primarily a manufacturer of broadcasting towers, the purchase also added WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York and KTVZ in Bend, Oregon to Northwest's station group.[3][4] Stainless had owned broadcast stations since purchasing WICZ (then known as WINR-TV) in 1971.[5] Though Northwest would sell the Stainless tower company to SpectraSite Holdings in 1999[6] and KTVZ to News-Press & Gazette Company in 2002,[7] it still owns WICZ-TV under the Stainless Broadcasting Company name.

Brian Brady expanded his broadcast holdings in 2002, when he teamed up with Alta Communications to acquire the K-Six Television stations under the name Eagle Creek Broadcasting;[8] Alta had also invested in Northwest Broadcasting in 1996.[9] Alta divested its interest in Northwest Broadcasting in 2007[10] and in Eagle Creek Broadcasting in 2013.[11] During the 2010s, Brady acquired additional stations through companies such as Blackhawk Broadcasting,[12] Bristlecone Broadcasting,[13] and Cedar Creek Broadcasting.[14] These companies have occasionally made joint filings with Northwest Broadcasting in Federal Communications Commission proceedings under the name "The TV Station Group."[15]

Stations owned by Northwest

City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)
Owned Since Affiliation
Yuma, Arizona KYMA-DT 1 11 (11) 2014 NBC
This TV (DT2)
KSWT 1 13 (13) 2014 CBS
Estrella TV (DT3)
Eureka, California KVIQ 17 (17) 2016 CBS
Pocatello-Idaho Falls, Idaho KPVI-DT 6 (23) 2016 NBC
Decades (DT2)
Movies! (DT3)
Twin Falls, Idaho KXTF 35 (34) 2016 Cozi TV
Binghamton, New York WICZ-TV 40 (8) 1997 Fox
WBPN-LP 10 (40.2) 2000 MyNetworkTV
Syracuse, New York WSYT 68 (19) 2013 Fox
ZUUS Country (DT2)
WNYS-TV 2 43 (44) 2013 MyNetworkTV
GetTV (DT2)
Medford, Oregon KMVU-DT 26 (26) 1995 Fox
MeTV (DT2)
KMCW-LP 14 2013 MundoMax
KFBI-LD 48 (48) 2013 MyNetworkTV
Telemundo (DT2)
Spokane, Washington KAYU-TV 28 (28) 1995 Fox
Antenna TV (DT2)
Tri-Cities-Yakima, Washington KFFX-TV 11 (11) 1999 3 Fox
This TV (DT2)
KCYU-LD
(Semi-satellite of KFFX-TV)
41 (41) 1995

Notes:

Stations formerly owned by Northwest

City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)
Years Owned Current Ownership Status
Bowling Green, Kentucky WKNT/WNKY 40 (16) 1997-2003 1 NBC affiliate owned by Max Media
Bend, Oregon KTVZ 21 (21) 1997-2002 NBC affiliate owned by News-Press & Gazette Company
Corpus Christi, Texas KZTV 10 (10) 2002-2010 2 CBS affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting
(Operated through a SSA by Cordillera Communications)
Laredo, Texas KVTV 13 (13) 2002-2015 2 defunct, went dark in 2015
(Intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Gray Television-owned license and renamed KYLX-LD.)
KNEX-LP 14 (14) 2012-2015 2 CBS affiliate, KYLX-LD channel 13, owned by Gray Television
Walla Walla, Washington KBKI 9 2001-2003 defunct, went dark in 2008
(Station was known as KCWK when it ceased operations.)

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References

  1. "Organizational Chart for Northwest Broadcasting, Inc." (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. "Michigan investor buys KAYU TV". The Spokesman-Review. August 2, 1995. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. Kanaley, Reid (May 18, 1997). "Digital TV: It's A High-Tower Act". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 4, 2015. …Stainless, which owns UHF stations in Binghamton, N.Y., and Bend, Ore., is being sold to a Detroit-based partnership, Northwest Broadcasting, said Stainless counsel James J. Heffernan of Plymouth Meeting. He said the deal is worth $17 million.
  4. "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. May 19, 1997. p. 38. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 8, 1971. p. 37. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  6. "SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. Form 8-K" (TXT). Securities and Exchange Commission. January 21, 2000. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  7. BIA Financial Networks (March 24, 2002). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  8. BIA Financial Networks (February 3, 2002). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  9. "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. January 29, 1996. pp. 32–3. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  10. "Transactions: 08-29-07". Television Business Report. August 29, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  11. "Station Trading Roundup: 5 Deals, $23 Million". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  12. "Brady doubles down in Yuma". Television Business Report. July 24, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  13. Herbert, Geoff (November 19, 2013). "Ownership changes at Syracuse TV stations approved by FCC". The Post-Standard. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  14. "Cedar Creek Buying WRBU, WZRB For $6M". TVNewsCheck. February 3, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  15. "Informal Objection and Request to Hold Applications in Abeyance" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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