Texaco, Inc. is an American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to the Shell Oil Company.
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company", and was renamed "Westinghouse Electric Corporation" in 1945. The company acquired the CBS television network in 1995, and was renamed as the first incarnation of "CBS Corporation", until being acquired by Viacom in 1999. That merger was completed on April 26, 2000.
Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
WGGB-TV, virtual channel 40, is an ABC/Fox/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, and serving the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, it is a sister station to low-power CBS affiliate WSHM-LD. Both stations share studios on Liberty Street in Springfield, while WGGB-TV's transmitter is located on Mount Tom in Holyoke.
Hearst Television, Inc. is a broadcasting company in the United States owned by Hearst Communications. From 1998 to mid-2009, the company traded its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTV."
WTNH, virtual channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, United States, and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. Owned by Irving, Texas–based Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WCTX, also licensed to New Haven. Both stations share studios on Elm Street in downtown New Haven and transmitter facilities in Hamden, Connecticut. However, master control and some internal operations are based at Springfield, Massachusetts–licensed Nexstar sister station and NBC affiliate WWLP's studios in Chicopee.
WTIC is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Connecticut. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a news/talk radio format. The station's studios and offices are located on Executive Drive in Farmington. The transmitter is located off Deercliff Road in Avon, Connecticut. WTIC is the primary entry point (PEP) for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in Connecticut.
WTIC-TV, virtual channel 61, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States and serving the Hartford–New Haven, Connecticut television market. Owned by McLean, Virginia-based Tegna Inc., it is part of a duopoly with Waterbury-licensed CW affiliate WCCT-TV. Both stations share studios on Broad Street in downtown Hartford, while WTIC-TV's transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut.
WCCT-TV, virtual channel 20, branded on-air as CW 20, is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, United States and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. Owned by McLean, Virginia-based Tegna Inc., it is part of a duopoly with Hartford-licensed Fox affiliate WTIC-TV. Both stations share studios on Broad Street in downtown Hartford, while WCCT-TV's transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut.
WVIT, virtual channel 30, branded on-air as NBC Connecticut or NBC CT, is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to New Britain, Connecticut, United States, and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. Owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is sister to Hartford-licensed Class A Telemundo owned-and-operated station WRDM-CD. Both stations share studios on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford and transmitter facilities on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut.
WCTX, virtual channel 59, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, United States, and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. Owned by Irving, Texas–based Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WTNH, also licensed to New Haven. Both stations share studios on Elm Street in downtown New Haven and transmitter facilities in Hamden, Connecticut. However, master control and some internal operations are based at Springfield, Massachusetts–licensed Nexstar sister station and NBC affiliate WWLP's studios in Chicopee.
WFSB, virtual channel 3, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television. WFSB's studios are located on Denise D'Ascenzo Way in Rocky Hill, and its transmitter is located on Talcott Mountain in Avon, Connecticut.
WTIC-FM is a commercial radio station in Hartford, Connecticut. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format. The station's studios and offices are located on Executive Drive in Farmington.
WZMX, better known as "Hot 93.7" is an urban-leaning Rhythmic Contemporary station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, in the United States. The Audacy, Inc.-owned outlet transmits on 93.7 megahertz. The station's current slogan is "Hartford's #1 for Hip-Hop and R&B". Its transmitter is located on West Peak in Meriden, Connecticut, and the station's studios and offices are located on Executive Drive in Farmington.
WRCH is a commercial FM radio station licensed to New Britain, Connecticut, and serving the Greater Hartford and New Haven areas. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an adult contemporary radio format. In the evenings, it carries the syndicated Delilah program from Premiere Networks. On Saturday mornings, Your Weekend with Jim Brickman is heard and on Sunday mornings, Smooth Jazz Brunch airs.
Paramount Stations Group was a company that controlled a group of American broadcast television stations. The company existed from 1991 until 2001.
In the United States, owned-and-operated television stations constitute only a portion of their parent television networks' station bodies, due to ownership limits imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Currently, the total number of television stations owned by any company can only reach a maximum of 39% of all U.S. households; in the past, the ownership limit was much lower, and was determined by a specific number of television stations rather than basing the limits on total market coverage.
WBZ-FM is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, WBZ-FM is the Boston affiliate for Fox Sports Radio; the flagship station for: the New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, and New England Revolution radio networks; and the radio home of Fred Toettcher, Rich Shertenlieb, Scott Zolak, Mike Felger, Tony Massarotti, and Adam Jones. The WBZ-FM studios are located at the Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Newton. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WBZ-FM broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online.
The original incarnation of Viacom Inc. was an American media conglomerate based in New York City. It began as CBS Television Film Sales, the broadcast syndication division of the CBS television network in 1952; it was renamed CBS Films in 1958, renamed CBS Enterprises in 1968, renamed Viacom in 1970, and spun off into its own company in 1971. Viacom was a distributor of CBS television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and also distributed syndicated television programs.
Steven Bruce "Steve" Dodge was an American telecommunications and media entrepreneur, environmentalist, and philanthropist. He co-founded and was the founder, chairman and CEO of five companies including American Tower, American Radio Systems, American Cablesystems, Windover Development, and Beverly Crossing. Dodge was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs at Babson College in 2002 and the Mobile Infrastructure Hall of Fame in November 2018. Throughout his career he served on numerous boards, including Sotheby’s, The Cabot, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Endicott College, and Montserrat College of Art.
