Withers Broadcasting

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Withers Broadcasting Companies
Company typePrivately held
HeadquartersSouthern Illinois (Mount Vernon)
Products Radio
Website www.mywithersradio.com

Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri. [1]

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Stations

Radio

Illinois

Centralia
Harrisburg
Marion
Metropolis
Nashville
Mount Vernon

Kentucky

Paducah

Missouri

Cape Girardeau
Jackson
Sikeston

Television

Stations arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

City of license / Market StationChannelYears ownedCurrent status
Grand Junction, CO KJWA/KFQX 4 [lower-alpha 1] Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting [lower-alpha 2]
KREX-TV 51984–2003 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
K27CO/KGJT-LP271998–2003 MyNetworkTV affiliate KGJT-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group
Durango, CO KREZ-TV [upper-alpha 1] 61984–1995CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group [upper-alpha 2]
Glenwood Springs, CO KREG-TV [upper-alpha 1] 31987–2003 MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O) by Weigel Broadcasting
Montrose, CO KREY [upper-alpha 1] 101984–2003CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Iron MountainMarquette, MI WDHS 81996–2015Defunct, license cancelled in 2015
Victoria, TX KVCT 19 [lower-alpha 3] Fox affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting [lower-alpha 4]
KAVU-TV 251990–1999 [2] ABC affiliate owned by Morgan Murphy Media
WestonClarksburg, WV WDTV 51973–2017CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
WVFX 10 [lower-alpha 5] 2007–2017Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television
  1. 1 2 3 Satellite of KREX-TV.
  2. Current satellite of KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  1. Owned by John Harvey Rees and operated by Withers from 1994 until 2003.
  2. Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
  3. Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc. and operated by Withers from 1995 until 1999.
  4. Operated through LMA by Morgan Murphy Media.
  5. Broadcast in analog prior to 2009 on UHF channel 46.

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