ZGS Communications, also referred to as the ZGS Group or ZGS Broadcasting, was a television and radio station operator in the United States, based in Arlington, Virginia. The company operated 11 stations: 10 television stations and one radio station. All of their television stations and one radio station broadcast in Spanish.
On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group announced its purchase of ZGS' 10 television stations. [1] The sale was completed in early 2018. [2] Two of the stations (WRIW-CD and WZGS-CD) were filed separately, as ZGS were negotiating channel sharing agreements at the time of the sale. Those sales were completed in July 2018. [3] [4]
Effective April 10, 2018, ZGS sold their sole radio station to Alejandro Carrasco's ACR Media, Inc.
City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years owned | Current ownership status |
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Fresno, California | KNSO | 51 (11) | 2009–2014 1 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Hartford - New Haven, Connecticut | WRDM-CD | 50 (50) | 2001–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Washington, DC | WZDC-CD | 25 (25) | 1994–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Fort Myers - Naples, Florida | WWDT-CD | 43 (43) | 2004–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Orlando, Florida | WTMO-CD | 31 (31) | 1995–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida | WRMD-CD | 49 (49) | 1991–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Boston, Massachusetts | WNEU | 60 (34) | 2003–2014 1 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
WTMU-LP | 46 (46) | 2002–2016 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O), WYCN-LD channel 8 - Providence, Rhode Island | |
Springfield, Massachusetts | WDMR-LD (satellite of WRDM-CD) | 50 (51) | 2001–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Atlantic City, New Jersey - Philadelphia | WWSI | 62 (42) | 2008–2013 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina | WZGS-CD | 54 (49) | 2004–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O), WRTD-CD |
Providence, Rhode Island | WRIW-CD | 51 (17) | 2003–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
El Paso, Texas - Las Cruces, New Mexico | KTDO | 48 (47) | 2004–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
San Antonio, Texas | KVDA | 60 (38) | 2009–2014 1 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Richmond, Virginia | WZTD-LD | 45 (45) | 2007–2018 | Telemundo owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Market | Station | Years owned | Current ownership status |
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Washington, DC | WILC 900 | 2004–2018 | WCLM , owned by ACR Media |
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida | WGES 680 | 1991–2016 | Owned by Vision Communications Network |
WAMA 1550 | 1998–2016 | Owned by Q Broadcasting Corporation |
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