Family Group Broadcasting

Last updated

Family Group Broadcasting, L.P.
Industry Broadcast television
FateDefunct
Headquarters Tampa, Florida,
United States
Area served
Midwest, Southeast and South Central United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Key people
Ian N. Wheeler (President/General Partner)

Family Group Broadcasting, L.P. was a Delaware-incorporated, [1] [2] Florida-based television and radio broadcasting company. A small company, based in and around Tampa Bay, [3] the company operated from the early 1980s to about 1997. Throughout its history, it owned and/or operated several different radio and television stations – all of its television stations independents (initially), on the UHF dial east of the Mississippi River. Also, the company operated under other names and aliases such as Family Broadcasting Company, Inc., Family Group Entertainment [4] and Family Group Ltd. III.

Contents

Many of the stations shared the same type of branding with their channel number in chrome silver inside a red-violet diamond and the station's call letters in white text inside a blue parallelogram underneath, along with a common imaging theme with the name of the group in the lyrics, 'TV that's fun! We bring you...Family fun!'.

Former stations

Television stations

MarketStation
PSIP (RF)
Years ownedSold toCurrent status
Mobile, ALPensacola
Fort Walton Beach, FL
WFGX 35 (50)1987–19971 2 Sinclair Broadcast Group Still owned by Sinclair as a MyNetworkTV affiliate
Fort MyersNaples
Cape Coral, FL
WFTX-TV 36 (35)1985–1986Wabash Valley Broadcasting Fox affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company
Panama City, FL WFXD/ WPGX [5] 28 (9)1988–1990Ashling Broadcasting Group [6] Fox affiliate owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group
TampaSt. Petersburg, FL WFTS-TV 28 (17)1981–19841 Capital Cities Communications ABC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company
Rockford, IL WQRF-TV 39 (36)1986–1989Petracom Broadcasting Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
LexingtonFayette, KY WLKT-TV 621983–19893 [7] [8] Taken off the airDefunct in 1989, licensed cancelled and returned to the FCC
RoanokeLynchburg, VA WVFT 27 (36)1986–1991Roanoke–Lynchburg TV Acquisition Corporation Fox affiliate, WFXR , owned by Nexstar Media Group
Green BayAppleton, WI WGBA-TV 26 (14)1985–1991 [9] Aries Telecommunications NBC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company
La CrosseEau Claire, WI WLAX 25 (17)1986–19911 [9] Aries Telecommunications Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group

Radio stations

AM stations

MarketStationFrequencyCurrent Status
Key West, FL WKWF 16002 CBS Sports Radio and SB Nation Radio dual affiliate owned by Spottswood Partners II, LTD
TampaSt. Petersburg, FL WQBN 1300Spanish Variety owned by Crisbeto Enterprises Corp.
BiloxiGulfportPascagoula, MS WVMI570 Classic country as WTNI 1 on 1640 owned by Telesouth Communications
BeaumontPort Arthur, TX KAYC1450 CBS Sports Radio affiliate KIKR owned by Cumulus Media

FM stations

MarketStationFrequencyCurrent Status
Key West, FL WAIL 99.5 Classic rock owned by Florida Keys Media, LLC3
BiloxiGulfportPascagoula, MS WQID93.7 Adult Contemporary as WMJY owned by iHeartMedia
BeaumontPort Arthur, TX KAYD/KAYD-FM97.5 ESPN Radio affiliate KFNC owned by GOW Media, LLC
Charlotte Amalie, USVI WVGN105.3 Mainstream Urban, Reggae and Calypso as WVJZ owned by Ackley Media Group

References

  1. "Family Group Broadcasting L P SEC Registration". SEC.report. United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. "FAMILY GROUP BROADCASTING – Family Group Broadcasting, L.p. Trademark Registration". USPTO.report. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  3. "FAMILY GROUP BROADCASTING, INC. :: OpenCorporates". OpenCorporates. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  4. "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1980" (PDF). American Radio History. Broadcasting & Cable. 1980 [1980]. p. 501. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1990 [1990]. pp. 60, 593, 677, 681, 755. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  6. "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1991" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1991 [1991]. p. 677. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  7. Daykin, Tom (July 9, 1989). "WLKT's demise: The decline and fall of Channel 62". Lexington Herald-Leader. pp. E1, E5. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. "FCCdata.org – powered by REC – DWKLT". FCCdata. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Broadcasting & Cable Magazine" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable (published August 12, 1991). 1991. p. 63. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. Venta, Lance (March 30, 2020). "WKWF Moves Programming To WAVK As 97.7 The Zone – RadioInsight". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2020.