Piedmont Television

Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Piedmont was founded in 1996 as Grapevine Communications, and was originally based in Atlanta, Georgia. ^[1] The company merged with GOCOM Communications in 1999; ^[1] it inherited GOCOM's Charlotte headquarters ^[1] and changed its name to GOCOM Holdings. In 2003, the name was again changed to Piedmont Television ^[2] (the GOCOM name is now used by another company that owns WRSP-TV/WCCU in Springfield/Urbana, Illinois; that company is partially connected to Piedmont ^[3] ).

The company sold its stations to various owners in 2007.

Former stations

• Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.

Stations owned by Piedmont Television

Media market	State	Station	Purchased	Sold	Notes
Huntsville	Alabama	WAAY-TV	1999	2007
Anchorage	Alaska	KTBY	1997	2007
Chico–Redding	California	KNVN	1999	2000
Macon	Georgia	WGXA	1999	2007
Savannah		WJCL	1999	2007
Monroe	Louisiana	KTVE	1996	2008
Rochester	Minnesota	KAAL	1997	2001
Joplin	Missouri	KODE-TV	1997	2002
Springfield		KSPR	1999	2007
New Bern–Jacksonville	North Carolina	WFXI	1999	2007
Greenville		WYDO	1999	2007	[A]
Youngstown	Ohio	WKBN-TV	1999	2007
		WYFX-LP	1999	2007
Mercer	Pennsylvania	WFXI-CA	1999	2007	[B]
Midland–Odessa	Texas	KMID	1999	2000
Casper	Wyoming	KTWO-TV	1998	2001
Cheyenne		KKTU	1998	2001	[C]

1. Satellite of WFXI.
2. Satellite of WYFX-LP.
3. Satellite of KTWO.

References

1. Spanburg, Erik (1999-05-14). "Gocom sells for $185 million". Charlotte Business Journal. American City Business Journals . Retrieved 2008-07-01.
2. "Piedmont Television Holdings LLC". BusinessWeek . Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
3. "OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-01.