Venture Technologies Group

American television broadcast company

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Venture Technologies GroupFounded| 1996

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Subsidiaries| Four Seasons Broadcasting

Venture Technologies Group, LLC is an American television broadcasting company that was founded in 1996 and is based in Pasadena, California. The company currently owns 14 television stations.

## Stations owned[edit]

City of license / Market | Station  |

* Channel
* TV (RF)

* Owned
* since

| Network affiliation

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Bakersfield | KEBK-LD | 27 (27)  |  | Religious Independent
KDBK-LD[a] | 41 (28)  |  | Jewelry Television
Banning / Los Angeles | KRVD-LD | 33 (10)  | 2004  | Vietnamese independent, VIETV
San Jose–San Francisco | KSCZ-LD | 23  | 2002  | Vietnamese independent, VIETV
Los Angeles | KZNO-LD | 12 (6)  | 1996  | Jewelry Television
KMRZ-LD | 16 (26)  | 2007  | Spanish Religious Independent
| KEDD-LD | 45 (27)  | 2000  | HSN
San Jose–San Francisco | KBKF-LD | 6  |  | TBA[b]
Chicago | WRME-LD[c] | 33 (6)  |  | Jewelry Television[b]
Oakwood Hills/Chicago, Illinois | WCHU-LD | 59 (7)  |  | Infomercials
Peekskill | WEPT-CD | 15 (28)  |  | Jewelry Television
Pittsburgh | WBPA-LD | 12 (12)  |  | Rev'n

## Stations owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting[edit]

Four Seasons Broadcasting is a joint venture between Venture Technologies Group, LLC and Cleveland, Ohio-based Malibu Broadcasting.

City of license / Market | Station  | Channel
TV (RF)  | Owned since  | Network affiliation

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Oswego/Chicago, Illinois | WTVK | 59 (39)  |  | Infomercials

## Former Venture Technologies-owned stations[edit]

City of license / Market  | Station  |

* Channel
* TV (RF)

* Years
* owned

| Current status

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Phoenix, AZ | KPHX-LP  | 58  | 1992–2002  | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O), KDTP-LP
Tucson, AZ | KWTA-LP | 31  | 1997–2012  | Defunct
Bishop–Los Angeles, CA | KVME-TV | 20 (20)  | 2007–2021  | Jewelry Television affiliate owned by Weigel Broadcasting
Los Angeles, CA | KILA-LP | 8  | 2000–2011  | Station is now owned by Roy William Mayhugh
KNLA-CD | 20 (50)  | –2012  | HSN affiliate owned by NRJ TV, LLC
KNET-CD | 25 (25)  | –2012  | HSN affiliate owned by NRJ TV, LLC
KVHD-LD | 26 (26)  | –2017  | EVINE Live affiliate owned by New York Spectrum Holding Company, LLC
Redding–Chico, CA | KNNN-LP | 6  | 2003–2017  | Defunct, went off-air in 2021
San Jose, CA | KEXT-CD | 27 (20)  | 2014–2017  | Defunct, went off-air in 2017[d]
Hartford, CT | WHCT-LD | 38 (38)  | 20??–2020  | MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting
Davenport, IA | WBQD-LP | 26  | 2002–2013[e] | Defunct, went off-air in 2011
Pittsfield, MA–Albany, NY | WNYA | 51 (13)  | 2003–2013  | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting
Lansing, MI | WHTV | 18 (34)  | [f] | Defunct, went off-air in 2017
South Sioux City, NE–Sioux City, IA | KSXC-LD | 5 (26)  | 2006–2020  | Defunct; license cancelled December 2023
New York City, NY | WASA-LD | 24 (25)  | 2003–2009  | Estrella TV owned-and-operated (O&O)
Syracuse, NY | WAWA-LP  | 14  | 2000–2003[e] | Defunct, went off-air in 2021
Cleveland, OH | WLFM-LP  | 6 (20)  | 1989–2021  | Telemundo affiliate, WTCL-LD, owned by Gray Television
Toledo, OH | WBTL-LP | 38  | 1990–2009  | Defunct, went off-air in 2008
Pittsburgh, PA | WTWB-TV/WNPA  | 19 (11)  | 1995–1998  | Independent station, WPKD-TV, owned by CBS News and Stations
Lubbock, TX | KFIQ-LP | 4  | ????–2020  | Defunct
KFMP-LP | 6  | ????–2020  | Defunct
Bellingham–Seattle, WA | KBCB | 24 (19)  | 199?–2021  | Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated (O&O)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Satellite of KEBK-LD.
2. ^ a b An audio-only subcarrier transmitting on analog channel 6 operates as a de facto radio station at 87.7 FM.
3. ^ Operated by Weigel Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
4. ^ On April 13, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Venture Technologies' KEXT-CD was a successful bidder in the spectrum auction; the station would be surrendering its license in exchange for $55,351,366, 30% of which would be owed to the station's previous owner (Univision Communications) due to the terms of that transaction.[1] Venture Technologies surrendered KEXT-CD's license to the FCC for cancellation on July 31, 2017.
5. ^ a b Owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting.
6. ^ Operated by E. W. Scripps Company under a local marketing agreement.

## References[edit]

1. ^ FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction — Auction 1001 Winning Bids

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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