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Belo Corp. () is a Dallas-based media company that owns 20 commercial broadcasting television stations and two regional 24-hour cable news television channels. The company was previously known as A.H. Belo Corp. after one of the early owners of the company, Alfred Horatio Belo, now the name of the newspaper company spun off from Belo early in 2008. Belo has its headquarters in the Belo Building in Downtown Dallas, designed by Dallas architects Omniplan and constructed between 1983 and 1985.[1]
History
The company traces its roots back to 1842 with the introduction of The Daily News in Galveston, Texas. Its flagship, The Dallas Morning News, has been publishing since 1885. The name A.H. Belo Corporation was applied to the company in 1926. The name was shortened to Belo Corp. in 2002.
On October 1, 2007, Belo announced the separation of its newspaper and television businesses by spinning off its newspaper business to shareholders as the A. H. Belo Corporation, officially completed in February 2008. The television business retains the Belo Corp. name (without the "A. H." initials),[2] with the television business being the legal successor to the prior company.[3]
Television stations
- Unlike most other ABC network affiliates, the Belo-owned ABC affiliates broadcast in 1080i instead of 720p.
| Current DMA# |
Market |
Station |
RF
Channel |
Display
Channel |
Acquired |
Current Affiliation |
Notes |
| 5. |
Dallas |
WFAA |
8 |
8 |
1950 |
ABC
Live Well Network (8.3) |
Acquired as the company's flagship station from Lacy-Potter TV Broadcasting Company. |
| 10. |
Houston |
KHOU |
11 |
11 |
1984 |
CBS |
Founded by James Stewart and investors; acquired from Corinthian Broadcasting. |
| 12. |
Phoenix |
KTVK |
24 |
3 |
1999 |
Independent
This TV (3.2) |
Acquired from MAC America Communications. |
| KASW |
49 |
61 |
2000 |
The CW |
Part of a duopoly with KTVK. |
| 13. |
Seattle |
KING-TV |
48 |
5 |
1997 |
NBC |
Acquired from KING Broadcasting Group from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
| KONG |
31 |
16 |
2000 |
Independent |
Part of a duopoly with KING-TV. |
| 21. |
St. Louis |
KMOV |
24 |
4 |
1997 |
CBS
Live Well Network (4.2) |
Acquired from Viacom in three-way trade which sent KIRO-TV to Cox Enterprises. |
| 22. |
Portland |
KGW |
8 |
8 |
1997 |
NBC |
Acquired from part of the KING Broadcasting Group from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
| 24. |
Charlotte |
WCNC-TV |
22 |
36 |
1997 |
NBC
Live Well Network (36.2) |
Acquired from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
| 37. |
San Antonio |
KENS |
39 |
5 |
1997 |
CBS |
A swap with cable channel Food Network with Scripps Networks. |
| 43. |
Hampton Roads |
WVEC |
13 |
13 |
1984 |
ABC
Live Well Network (13.2) |
Acquired from Corinthian Broadcasting. |
| 44. |
Austin |
KVUE |
33 |
24 |
1999 |
ABC |
A swap with KXTV with Gannett. |
| 49. |
Louisville |
WHAS-TV |
11 |
11 |
1997 |
ABC |
Acquired from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
| 51. |
New Orleans |
WWL-TV |
36 |
4 |
1994 |
CBS
Live Well Network (4.2) |
Founded by Loyola University of New Orleans; acquired from Rampart Broadcasting, a local employee/investor group. |
| WUPL |
24 |
54 |
2007 |
MyNetworkTV |
Acquired from CBS Corporation. |
| 66. |
Tucson |
KMSB |
25 |
11 |
1997 |
Fox |
Acquired from The Providence Journal Company. |
| KTTU |
19 |
18 |
2002 |
MyNetworkTV |
Acquired from Clear Channel Communications. |
| 75. |
Spokane |
KREM |
20 |
2 |
1997 |
CBS |
Acquired from part of the KING Broadcasting Group from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
| KSKN |
36 |
22 |
2001 |
The CW |
Duopoly with KREM. |
| 112. |
Boise |
KTVB |
7 |
7 |
1997 |
NBC |
Acquired from part of the KING Broadcasting Group from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
= part of a duopoly
- In addition, Belo operates independent KFWD in Fort Worth, Texas (RF channel 9/PSIP channel 52) and The CW affiliate WBKI-TV in Campbellsville, Kentucky (RF channel 19/PSIP channel 34), both owned by third parties, through local marketing and/or joint sales agreements with WFAA and WHAS-TV, respectively.
Former Belo-owned television stations
| Current DMA# |
Market |
Station |
RF
Channel |
Display
Channel |
Years owned |
Currently |
Notes |
| 13. |
Seattle |
KIRO-TV |
39 |
7 |
1995 1997 |
CBS network affiliate owned by Cox Enterprises |
Divested after acquiring KING-TV from the Providence Journal Company merger. |
| 20. |
Sacramento |
KXTV |
10 |
10 |
1984 1999 |
ABC network affiliate owned by Gannett Company |
Swapped for Austin's KVUE. |
| 25. |
Indianapolis |
WISH-TV |
9 |
8 |
1984 |
CBS network affiliate owned by LIN Television |
Acquired from the Corinthian Broadcasting merger but divested
almost immediately to comply with FCC ownership limits of the time. |
| 44. |
Albuquerque |
KASA-TV |
27 |
2 |
1997 1999 |
Fox network affiliate owned by LIN Television |
| 61. |
Tulsa |
KOTV-DT |
45 |
6 |
1984 2000 |
CBS network affiliate owned by Griffin Communications |
KOTV is one of the few TV stations in the United States to continue to use the "-DT" suffix post-transition; most stations have since transferred the analog call sign (with or without a "-TV" suffix) to their digital signals |
| 71. |
Honolulu |
KHNL |
35 |
13 |
1997 1999 |
NBC network affiliate owned by Raycom Media |
| KFVE |
22 |
9 |
See note |
MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by MCG Capital Corporation
and operated by Raycom Media |
Belo never owned the station but did operate it through a local marketing
agreement with KHNL. The station's virtual channel is now 9 instead of its former analog 5. |
| 86. |
Chattanooga |
WTVC |
9 |
9 |
1980 1984 |
ABC network affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Divested to make room for the Corinthian Broadcasting merger. |
| 107. |
Fort Wayne |
WANE-TV |
31 |
15 |
1984 |
CBS network affiliate owned by LIN Television |
Acquired from the Corinthian Broadcasting merger but divested
almost immediately to comply with FCC ownership limits of the time. |
| 141. |
Beaumont, Texas |
KFDM |
21 |
6 |
1969 1984 |
CBS network affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Divested to comply with FCC adjacent market regulations from neighboring KHOU-TV. |
- In addition, from its launch in 2000 until April 24, 2010, Belo controlled UPN and The CW affiliate KBEJ/KCWX (RF channel 5/PSIP channel 2), licensed to Fredericksburg, Texas and serving the San Antonio and (until April 2007) Austin, Texas areas. It has since switched its affiliation to MyNetworkTV and controlled by the licensee (Corridor Television) outright.
Cable networks
| Availability |
Station, Channel Number |
Acquired/Introduced |
Notes |
| Seattle, Portland, Spokane |
NWCN (Northwest cable news), Channel Numbers Vary |
1997 |
Acquired from part of the KING Broadcasting Group from merger with The Providence Journal Company. |
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Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Texarkana, Port Arthur/Beaumont, Waco, El Paso, Wichita Falls, Rio Grande Valley |
TXCN (Texas Cable News), Channel Numbers Vary |
1999 |
Composed of news teams from: WFAA-TV, Dallas; KHOU-TV, Houston; KENS-TV, San Antonio; KVUE, Austin
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| Boise |
24/7 KTVB sub-channel: 7.2 / 26.2, 28, KZAK-LP: 49 |
2003 |
From KTVB. |
| Hampton Roads, Knotts Island |
LNC (LNC5), 5 |
1997 |
Available only on Cox Cable. |
| New Orleans metropolitan area, Baton Rouge, Acadiana Region |
NewsWatch 15 15 |
1988 |
Composed of the WWL-TV news team, jointly owned by Belo Corporation and Cox Communications. |
Online presence
In addition, Belo operates websites for each of its properties. The sites were formerly part of a separate company, known as Belo Interactive. In late 2004, the company began the process of reintegrating the sites in to sister media properties. One of its most infamous investments was in the failed CueCat and its parent company, Digital Convergence. Belo integrated its media properties to be able to use the device, but it never took off.
Belo is also one of the major investors in Classified Ventures, LLC.
In late 2009, Belo began transitioning the Web operations of its television stations from a largely in-house operation to the Broadcast Interactive Media platform. The first such relaunches were the Web sites of its Arizona station properties KTVK/KASW in Phoenix and KMSB/KTTU in Tucson which launched in September 2009. The transition (at least for the major Belo television properties) was completed on November 19, 2009 when WFAA in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex relaunched its Web site.
References
External links
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