Bonten Media Group

American television broadcast company

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Bonten Media Group" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Bonten Media Group, LLC

Company type| Private
Limited liability company
Industry| Broadcast Television
Predecessor| 14 stations from Bluestone Television
Founded| November 2006 (2006-11)
Founders| Randall D. Bongarten
Diamond Castle Holdings
Defunct| September 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-01)
Fate| Acquired by Sinclair
Successor| Sinclair Broadcast Group
Headquarters| Empire State Building,

New York, New York

USA

Parent| Diamond Castle Holdings

Bonten Media Group was a New York City-based owner of television broadcast stations in the United States. It was formed by Randall D. Bongarten and Diamond Castle Holdings in November 2006. Its first acquisition was 14 stations from Bluestone Television, founded by Sandy DiPasquale and Providence Equity Partners (who would later form Newport Television) on May 31, 2007.[1][2] Bluestone had acquired the same stations from Lamco Communications in 2004.[3] On January 1, 2008, Bonten entered into an agreement with Esteem Broadcasting to provide services to the Fox affiliates (WFXI/WYDO) in the Greenville-New Bern market, in addition to WEMT in the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia, bringing the number of stations which Bonten Media Group owns or provides services up to 16 from 13.

On April 21, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its intent to purchase the Bonten stations for $240 million. The deal came immediately following the re-instatement of the "UHF discount", which reduces the calculated "reach" of a station for the purposes of national ownership limits if it broadcasts on a UHF channel.[4] The sale was approved on June 30,[5] and the sale was completed on September 1.[6][7][8][9]

## Former stations

[edit]

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

City of license / Market | Station  | Channel  | Years owned  | Current status

|
|
|
|

Redding–Chico–Paradise, CA | KRCR-TV | 7 | 2007–2017 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KXVU-LP | 17 | 2012–2017 | Antenna TV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KCVU | 20 | 2012–2017[a] | Fox affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[b]
KRVU-LD | 21 | 2012–2017 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KZVU-LD[A] | 22 | 2012–2017 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KUCO-LP | 27 | 2012–2017 | Univision affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KKTF-LD | 30 | 2012–2017 | UniMás affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Arcata–Eureka, CA | KAEF-TV[B] | 23 | 2007–2017 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KBVU[C] | 28 | 2012–2017[a] | Fox affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[b]
KECA-LD | 29 | 2012–2017 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KEUV-LP | 31 | 2012–2017 | Univision affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Missoula, MT | KECI-TV | 13 | 2007–2017 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Kalispell, MT | KCFW-TV[D] | 9 | 2007–2017 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Butte, MT | KTVM-TV[D] | 6 | 2007–2017 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Bozeman, MT | KDBZ-CD[E] | 42 | 2007–2017 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Greenville–New Bern–Morehead City, NC | WFXI  | 8 | 2007–2017[a] | Defunct, ceased operations in 2017
WYDO[F] | 14 | 2007–2017[a] | Fox affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[b]
WCTI-TV | 12 | 2007–2017 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Abilene, TX | KTXS-TV | 12 | 2007–2017 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KTES-LD | 40 | 2007–2017 | TBD affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
San Angelo, TX | KTXE-LD[G] | 38 | 2007–2017 | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Bristol, VA–Johnson City–Kingsport, TN | WCYB-TV | 5 | 2007–2017 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WEMT | 39 | 2007–2017[a] | Fox affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[b]

1. ^ Satellite of KRVU-LD.
2. ^ Semi-satellite of KRCR.
3. ^ Semi-satellite of KCVU.
4. ^ a b Semi-satellite of KECI.
5. ^ Satellite of KTVM.
6. ^ Satellite of WFXI.
7. ^ Satellite of KTXS.

1. ^ a b c d e Owned by Esteem Broadcasting, LLC, and operated by Bonten through an SSA.
2. ^ a b c d Operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

## See also

[edit]

* Sainte Partners II, L.P.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ DiPasquale moving Wichita business to Kansas City, Wichita Business Journal, August 3, 2007, Retrieved March 27, 2017.
2. ^ BlueStone Television to Acquire Lamco Communications, BusinessWire.com, January 14, 2014, Retrieved March 27, 2017.
3. ^ Former KWCH owner buys 12 stations, makes Wichita base, Wichita Business Journal, January 25, 2004, Retrieved March 27, 2017.
4. ^ "Sinclair Buying Bonten Stations For $240M". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
5. ^ FCC Approves Sinclair-Bonten Deal, Broadcasting & Cable, June 30, 2017, Retrieved June 30, 2017.
6. ^ Sinclair Closes On Acquisition Of Bonten Media Group Holdings, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, September 5, 2017, Retrieved September 6, 2017.
7. ^ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved September 6, 2017.
8. ^ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved September 6, 2017.
9. ^ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved September 6, 2017.

* v
* t
* e

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Broadcast
TV stations|

Sorted by primary channel network affiliations

ABC|

* KAEF-TV
* KATU
* KATV
* KDNL-TV
* KHGI-TV / KWNB-TV
* KOMO-TV
* KRCR-TV
* KTUL
* KTVO
* KTXS-TV / KTXE-LD
* KVII-TV / KVIH-TV
* WATM-TV
* WBMA-LD
* WCHS-TV
* WCTI-TV
* WEAR-TV
* WGTU / WGTQ 1
* WHAM-TV 1
* WICD
* WICS
* WKEF
* WJLA-TV
* WLOS
* WPDE-TV
* WSET-TV
* WSYX
* WTVC
* WXLV-TV

CBS|

* KBAK-TV
* KBOI-TV
* KDBC-TV
* KEYE-TV
* KFDM
* KGAN
* KHQA-TV
* KIMA-TV / KEPR-TV
* KLEW-TV
* KRCG
* KTVL
* KUTV
* KVAL-TV / KCBY-TV / KPIC
* WGFL 1
* WGME-TV
* WHP-TV
* WKRC-TV
* WPEC
* WRGB
* WSBT-TV
* WTVH 1
* WWMT

The CW|

* KECA-LD
* KFRE-TV
* KUNS-TV
* KVCW
* KYUU-LD
* WBSF 1
* WBUI 1
* WCWF
* WCWN
* WFLI-TV 1
* WLFL
* WNUV 1
* WPNT
* WSTM-DT2
* WSWB 1
* WTTO / WDBB
* WTVX
* WUCW
* WVTV
* WWHO 1

Fox|

* KABB
* KBFX-CD
* KBVU 1
* KCVU 1
* KDSM-TV
* KFOX-TV
* KFXL-TV
* KMPH-TV
* KOKH-TV
* KPTH
* KPTM
* KRXI-TV
* KSAS-TV / KAAS-TV / KOCW
* KSCC
* WACH
* WBFF
* WEMT 1
* WFXL
* WGXA
* WLUK-TV
* WMSN-TV
* WOLF-TV 1
* WPFO 1
* WPGH-TV
* WRLH-TV
* WRSP-TV / WCCU 1
* WSMH
* WTAT-TV 1
* WTGS
* WUHF
* WUTV
* WWCP-TV
* WYDO 1
* WZTV

NBC|

* KECI-TV / KCFW-TV / KTVM-TV / KDBZ-CD
* KMTR / KMCB / KTCW 1
* KRNV-DT 1
* KSNV
* WCYB-TV
* WEYI-TV 1
* WJAC-TV
* WJAR
* WNBW-DT 1
* WNWO-TV
* WOAI-TV
* WPBN-TV / WTOM-TV
* WPMI-TV 1
* WSTM-TV
* WTOV-TV
* WTWC-TV

MyNetworkTV|

* KMYU
* KNSN-TV 1
* KRVU-LD / KZVU-LD
* WABM
* WCIV
* WFGX
* WMYV
* WNYO-TV
* WQMY 1
* WRDC
* WSTR-TV 1
* WTCN-CD
* WTVZ-TV
* WUXP-TV
* WVTV-DT2 2

Spanish|

Azteca
WWHB-CD
Univision
KEUV-LD
KUCO-LD
KUNP
KUNW-CD / KVVK-CD / KORX-CA
UniMás
KKTF-LD

Other
stations|

Antenna TV
KXVU-LD
WYME-CD1
Comet
KTES-LD
Dabl
KBTV-TV 1
KFXA 1
KMEG 1
KMTW 1
KMYS 1
WMYA-TV 1
WNAB 1
WRGT-TV 1
WWMB 1
Catchy Comedy
WVAH-TV 1
TBD
KENV-DT 1
KXVO 1
WDCO-CD / WIAV-CD
WHOI
WTTE 1
WUTB 1
Ind.
KJZZ-TV
WJTC 1
KOCB

Defunct|

* KTOV-LP
* KXPX-LP
* WCGV-TV

Channels|

| Subchannel
networks|

* Charge!
* Comet
* TBD
* The Nest

Defunct
American Sports Network

|

Cable channels|

* Bally Sports Regional NetworksJV
* Bally Sports app
* Marquee Sports NetworkJV
* Tennis Channel
* Tennis (magazine)
* WJLA 24/7 News (DC metro)
* YES NetworkJV [20%]

Defunct
Stadium College SportsJV

Programming|

News
Full Measure w/ Sharyl Attkisson
The National Desk

Defunct
Circa News
KidsClick
News Central
Ring of Honor Wrestling

Acquisitions|

* Act III Broadcasting
* Allbritton Communications
* Barrington Broadcasting
* Bonten Media Group
* Dielectric Communications
* Fisher Communications
* Four Points Media Group
* Fox Sports Networks
* Freedom Communications
* Guy Gannett Communications
* Heritage Media
* Newport Television
* River City Broadcasting

* 1 Operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
* 2 Formerly separately licensed as WCGV-TV and merged with WVTV's spectrum, but remains on its former channel number as a separate station
* JV Joint Venture

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template