Industry | Broadcast television |
---|---|
Fate | Defunct |
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.
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!'.
Market | Station PSIP (RF) |
Years owned | Sold to | Current status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mobile,
AL –
Pensacola – Fort Walton Beach, FL |
WFGX 35 (50) | 1987–19971 2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Still owned by Sinclair as a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
Fort Myers –
Naples – Cape Coral, FL |
WFTX-TV 36 (35) | 1985–1986 | Wabash Valley Broadcasting | Fox affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company |
Panama City, FL | WFXD/ WPGX [5] 28 (9) | 1988–1990 | Ashling Broadcasting Group [6] | Fox affiliate owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group |
Tampa – St. 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) | 1986–1989 | Petracom Broadcasting | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Lexington – Fayette, KY | WLKT-TV 62 | 1983–19893 [7] [8] | Taken off the air | Defunct in 1989, licensed cancelled and returned to the FCC |
Roanoke – Lynchburg, VA | WVFT 27 (36) | 1986–1991 | Roanoke–Lynchburg TV Acquisition Corporation | Fox affiliate, WFXR, owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Green Bay – Appleton, WI | WGBA-TV 26 (14) | 1985–1991 [9] | Aries Telecommunications | NBC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company |
La Crosse – Eau Claire, WI | WLAX 25 (17) | 1986–19911 [9] | Aries Telecommunications | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Market | Station | Frequency | Current Status |
---|---|---|---|
Key West, FL | WKWF | 16002 | CBS Sports Radio and SB Nation Radio dual affiliate owned by Spottswood Partners II, LTD |
Tampa – St. Petersburg, FL | WQBN | 1300 | Spanish Variety owned by Crisbeto Enterprises Corp. |
Biloxi – Gulfport – Pascagoula, MS | WVMI | 570 | Classic country as WTNI1 on 1640 owned by Telesouth Communications |
Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX | KAYC | 1450 | CBS Sports Radio affiliate KIKR owned by Cumulus Media |
Market | Station | Frequency | Current Status |
---|---|---|---|
Key West, FL | WAIL | 99.5 | Classic rock owned by Florida Keys Media, LLC3 |
Biloxi – Gulfport – Pascagoula, MS | WQID | 93.7 | Adult Contemporary as WMJY owned by iHeartMedia |
Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX | KAYD/KAYD-FM | 97.5 | ESPN Radio affiliate KFNC owned by GOW Media, LLC |
Charlotte Amalie, USVI | WVGN | 105.3 | Mainstream Urban, Reggae and Calypso as WVJZ owned by Ackley Media Group |
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Industry | Broadcast television |
---|---|
Fate | Defunct |
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.
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!'.
Market | Station PSIP (RF) |
Years owned | Sold to | Current status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mobile,
AL –
Pensacola – Fort Walton Beach, FL |
WFGX 35 (50) | 1987–19971 2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Still owned by Sinclair as a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
Fort Myers –
Naples – Cape Coral, FL |
WFTX-TV 36 (35) | 1985–1986 | Wabash Valley Broadcasting | Fox affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company |
Panama City, FL | WFXD/ WPGX [5] 28 (9) | 1988–1990 | Ashling Broadcasting Group [6] | Fox affiliate owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group |
Tampa – St. 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) | 1986–1989 | Petracom Broadcasting | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Lexington – Fayette, KY | WLKT-TV 62 | 1983–19893 [7] [8] | Taken off the air | Defunct in 1989, licensed cancelled and returned to the FCC |
Roanoke – Lynchburg, VA | WVFT 27 (36) | 1986–1991 | Roanoke–Lynchburg TV Acquisition Corporation | Fox affiliate, WFXR, owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Green Bay – Appleton, WI | WGBA-TV 26 (14) | 1985–1991 [9] | Aries Telecommunications | NBC affiliate owned by The E.W. Scripps Company |
La Crosse – Eau Claire, WI | WLAX 25 (17) | 1986–19911 [9] | Aries Telecommunications | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Market | Station | Frequency | Current Status |
---|---|---|---|
Key West, FL | WKWF | 16002 | CBS Sports Radio and SB Nation Radio dual affiliate owned by Spottswood Partners II, LTD |
Tampa – St. Petersburg, FL | WQBN | 1300 | Spanish Variety owned by Crisbeto Enterprises Corp. |
Biloxi – Gulfport – Pascagoula, MS | WVMI | 570 | Classic country as WTNI1 on 1640 owned by Telesouth Communications |
Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX | KAYC | 1450 | CBS Sports Radio affiliate KIKR owned by Cumulus Media |
Market | Station | Frequency | Current Status |
---|---|---|---|
Key West, FL | WAIL | 99.5 | Classic rock owned by Florida Keys Media, LLC3 |
Biloxi – Gulfport – Pascagoula, MS | WQID | 93.7 | Adult Contemporary as WMJY owned by iHeartMedia |
Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX | KAYD/KAYD-FM | 97.5 | ESPN Radio affiliate KFNC owned by GOW Media, LLC |
Charlotte Amalie, USVI | WVGN | 105.3 | Mainstream Urban, Reggae and Calypso as WVJZ owned by Ackley Media Group |
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