Company type | Public |
---|---|
Broadcasting | |
Industry | Media |
Founded | 1975 |
Founder | Barry Ackerley |
Defunct | June 14, 2002 |
Fate | Merged with Clear Channel Communications |
Successor | Clear Channel Communications |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Products | Television |
The Ackerley Group was an American media company founded by businessman Barry Ackerley that owned and operated several radio stations in Seattle, Washington, as well as television stations across the United States (primarily in New York and California, as well as one in Fairbanks, Alaska). The company also owned the NBA Seattle SuperSonics and WNBA Seattle Storm professional basketball teams. The Ackerley Group was sold to Clear Channel Communications [1] (now iHeartMedia) in 2002.
Ackerley announced its sale to Clear Channel Communications on October 8, 2001; [2] the merger was completed on June 14, 2002. [3] At the time of the closure of the transaction, the sale price was reported to be 38 times cashflow (approximately $1.1B USD), the highest ever sale valuation for a North American publicly traded media company in the history of the NYSE. The record setting high price tag was attributed to the overwhelming market monopoly position of the Ackerley Group's Out of Home Media (billboards) marketplace in the Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts and South Florida media markets- all areas where Clear Channel was devoid of inventory. Barry Ackerley and his immediate family owned approximately 82% of the company stock at the time of the sale.
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years owned | Current status |
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Fairbanks, Alaska | KTVF | 11 (26) | 1999–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
Bakersfield, California | KGET-TV | 17 (25) | 1983–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Eureka, California | KVIQ | 6 (later 17 (17)) | 1998–2002 | defunct, Went dark in 2018, [4] [5] license cancelled in 2020. [6] (Callsign changed to KJRW prior to the shutdown; intellectual unit and CBS programming transferred to a Northwest Broadcasting-owned license and renamed KVIQ-LD. [7] ) |
Fresno, California | KJEO/KGPE | 47 (34) | 2000–2002 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Salinas - Monterey, California | KCBA | 35 (13) | 1986–2000 1 | The CW affiliate owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters, LLC (Operated through an SSA by Entravision Communications) |
KION | 46 (32) | 2000–2002 2 | CBS affiliate owned by News-Press & Gazette Company | |
Santa Maria - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo, California | KCOY-TV | 12 (19) | 1999–2002 | Telemundo affiliate owned by VistaWest Media, LLC (Operated through an SSA by News-Press & Gazette Company) |
Santa Rosa - San Francisco - Oakland, California | KFTY | 50 (32) | 1996–2002 | Azteca América owned-and-operated station (O&O), KEMO-TV , owned by HC2 Holdings |
Colorado Springs - Pueblo, Colorado | KKTV | 11 (49) | 1983–1999 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television |
Binghamton, New York | WIVT | 34 (34) | 1998–2002 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
WBGH-LP/CA | 20 | 2000–2002 | NBC affiliate, WBGH-CD , owned by Nexstar Media Group | |
Elmira, New York | WETM-TV | 18 (18) | 3 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Rochester, New York | WOKR | 13 (13) | 1999–2002 | ABC affiliate, WHAM-TV , owned by Deerfield Media (Operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
Syracuse, New York | WIXT-TV | 9 (17) | 1982–2002 | ABC affiliate, WSYR-TV , owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Utica, New York | WUTR | 20 (30) | 1997–2002 | ABC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting (Operated through an SSA by Nexstar Media Group) |
Watertown, New York | WWTI | 50 (21) | 2000–2002 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Eugene - Springfield, Oregon | KMTR | 16 (17) | 1999–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Roberts Media, LLC (Operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
Bellingham, Washington - Vancouver, British Columbia (Bellingham is nominally in the Seattle market) | KVOS-TV | 12 (35) | 1985–2002 | Univision affiliate owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
Notes:
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