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Coastal Television Broadcasting Group, LLC
Industry
Television stations

Radio stations

Television broadcasting

Radio broadcasting

Digital marketing
OwnerBill Fielder
Websitecoastaltvgroup.com

Coastal Television Broadcasting Group, LLC is an

television broadcasting, radio broadcasting and digital marketing company based in Cumming, Georgia. It was founded in 2007 by Bill Fielder. The company owns and/or operates television stations in 11 markets in 7 states; from as large as Tupelo, Mississippi, to as small as the fourth-smallest media market, Juneau, Alaska
. It also operates stations owned by Vision Alaska, LLC and Big Horn Television, LLC (both also based in Cumming, Georgia).

History

Beginnings and starting presence in Alaska (2007-2014)

Coastal Television was founded as Coastal Television Broadcasting Group, LLC in 2007 by Bill Fielder in Cumming, Georgia. On August 29, 2007, Coastal announced that it intended to acquire Fox affiliate KTBY channel 4 in Anchorage, Alaska for $3,242,500.[1] The sale was completed on May 7, 2008.[1] In 2013, however, Coastal was fined $4,200 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for failing to update ownership information about KTBY's antenna structure; which was eventually updated.

In 2010, Vision Alaska, LLC (a new company based in

joint-sales agreement,[4][5] and KATN and KJUD under time-brokerage agreements;[2] [3] Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine [4] Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine this made them sister stations
to KTBY.

Expansion to the Continental U.S. and growth (2014-present)

On October 7, 2015, Coastal announced its intent to acquire Tupelo, Mississippi Fox affiliate

Allen Media Broadcasting later acquired 11 Heartland stations, including WTVA, in 2020[8]
; and renewed the LMA with WLOV-TV.

On October 8, 2019, Coastal announced its intent to acquire Casper, Wyoming Fox affiliate KFNB channel 20 (as well as its satellites in Rawlins and Riverton) in addition to Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox affiliate KLWY channel 27 from Wyomedia Corporation. This was concurrent with the purchase of Casper ABC affiliate KTWO-TV channel 2 and Cheyenne ABC affiliate KKTQ-LD channel 16 by Vision Wyoming, LLC (a subsidiary of Vision Alaska) from Silverton Broadcasting; and the purchase of Casper CBS affiliate KGWC-TV (as well as its satellites in Lander and Rock Springs) by newly-founded Big Horn Television (led by Michael Hogan) from Mark III Media.[9] The sale was completed on June 1, 2020 for an undisclosed price.[10] Coastal soon began operating the stations owned by Vision Alaska and Big Horn under shared-services agreements.

Throughout 2020, Coastal began cutting local newscasts and staff from its Alaska and Wyoming stations and replacing them with anchors and content from NewsNet, based in Michigan.[11] Coastal later stated that this was due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] The Alaska stations received the change in April; it didn't come to Wyoming until July.

In July 2021, Coastal announced that it would acquire nine television stations from Waypoint Media for $36.9 million. This included

W222AS 92.3 FM, adult hits station WBPE 95.3 FM, and country music station WYCM 95.7 FM. The sales were completed on January 4, 2022; giving Coastal television stations in 11 markets in 7 states; and radio stations in 1 market in 1 state.[13]

In addition to the large amount of television and radio stations acquired from Waypoint, Coastal also acquired NewsHub (based in Little Rock, Arkansas) and the NuLogic digital marketing agency. Most of Coastal's new stations already used NewsHub for their local news due to them being owned by Waypoint. Sometime in 2022, NewsHub replaced NewsNet on Coastal's Alaska and Wyoming stations.[14][15][16]

In December of 2023, Coastal announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the stations owned by

KNRR in Pembina, North Dakota (channel 12), and KQDS-TV in Duluth, Minnesota (channel 21). The deal is pending FCC approval and no money amount has yet been released. [17]

Assets

Coastal Television owns and/or operates 18

newscast and motion graphics company and the NuLogic digital marketing
agency.

Television stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and city of license.

City of license / Market Station
  • Owned
  • since
 Affiliation
Anchorage, Alaska KTBY 4 (20) 2008[A] Fox
KYUR 13 (12) 2010[B][a]
Fairbanks, Alaska KATN 2 (18) 2010[B][a]
  • ABC
  • Fox (DT2)
  • The CW (DT3)
Juneau, Alaska KJUD 8 (11) 2010[B][a]
  • ABC
  • The CW (DT2)
  • Fox (DT3)
Jonesboro, Arkansas KJNB-LD 39 (16) 2022[C]
KJNE-LD[α] 42 (22) 2022[C]
  • Fox
  • CBS (LD2)
  • MeTV/MyNetworkTV (LD3)
Lafayette, Indiana WPBI-LD 16 (17) 2022[C]
WPBY-LD 35 (35) 2022[C]
  • ABC
  • MeTV/MyNetworkTV (LD2)
Meridian, Mississippi WGBC 30 (31) 2022[C]
  • Fox
  • NBC (DT2)
WMDN 24 (24) 2022[D][b]
  • CBS
  • MeTV (DT3)
Tupelo, Mississippi WLOV-TV 27 (16) 2015[E][c]
  • The CW
  • MeTV (DT2)
Elmira, New York WYDC 48 (30) 2022[C]
  • Fox
  • MyNetworkTV (DT2)
  • MeTV (DT3)
WJKP-LD 39 (14) 2022[C] MyNetworkTV
WECY-LD[β] 48 (19) 2022[C]
  • Fox
  • MyNetworkTV (LD2)
  • MeTV (LD3)
Jackson, Tennessee WNBJ-LD 39 (16) 2022[C]
Casper, Wyoming KFNB 20 (20) 2020[F]
  • Fox
  • MyNetworkTV/MeTV (DT2)
KWYF-LD[γ] 20 (27) 2020[F]
  • Fox
  • MyNetworkTV/MeTV (DT2)
KTWO-TV 2 (17) 2020[G][a] ABC
KGWC-TV 14 (14) 2020[H][b]
Cheyenne, Wyoming KLWY[δ] 27 (27) 2020[F]
KKTQ-LD[ε] 16 (16) 2020[G][a]
Lander, Wyoming (part of the Casper, Wyoming market) KGWL-TV[ζ] 5 (7) 2020[H][b]
Rawlins, Wyoming (part of the Denver, Colorado market) KFNR[η] 11 (9) 2020[F]
Riverton, Wyoming (part of the Casper, Wyoming market) KFNE[η] 10 (10) 2020[F]
Rock Springs, Wyoming (part of the Salt Lake City, Utah market) KGWR-TV[ζ] 13 (13) 2020[H][b]

Radio stations

AM Station FM Station
City of license / Market Station Owned since Current format
Lafayette, Indiana WSHY 1410[θ] 2022 [C] Talk radio
WBPE 95.3 2022 [C] Adult hits
WYCM 95.7 2022 [C] Country music
WAZY-FM 96.5[ι] 2022 [C] Contemporary hit radio

Other assets

NewsHub[C]

NuLogic[C]

Notes

License ownership/operational agreements

  1. ^ a b c d e Owned by Vision Alaska, LLC.
  2. ^ a b c d Owned by Big Horn Television, LLC.
  3. ^ Operated by Morris Multimedia.

Mergers and acquisitions

  1. ^ Acquired from Piedmont Television.
  2. ^ a b c Acquired from Smith Media.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Acquired from Waypoint Media.
  4. ^ Acquired from Wade Threadgill.
  5. ^ Acquired from Tupelo Broadcasting.
  6. ^ a b c d e Acquired from Wyomedia Corporation.
  7. ^ a b Acquired from Silverton Broadcasting.
  8. ^ a b c Acquired from Mark III Media.

Satellites, semi-satellites, and translators

  1. ^ Translator of KJNB-LD.
  2. ^ Translator of WYDC.
  3. ^ Translator of KFNB.
  4. ^ Semi-satellite of KFNB.
  5. ^ Semi-satellite of KTWO-TV.
  6. ^ a b Satellite of KGWC-TV.
  7. ^ a b Satellite of KFNB.
  8. ^ Utilizes an FM translator, W282CJ, on 104.3 MHz in Lafayette, Indiana.
  9. ^ Utilizes an FM translator, W222AS, on 92.3 MHz in West Lafayette, Indiana.

References

  1. ^ RBR.com (August 29, 2007). "Alaskan Fox affiliate sold | Radio & Television Business Report". Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  2. ^ RBR-TVBR (January 15, 2010). "Alaska TV group sold | Radio & Television Business Report". Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220352/https://stations.fcc.gov/collect/files/13815/Joint%20sales%20agreements/KYUR-KTBY%20JSA%20-%20Redacted%2000730412xB3D1E%20(14166035619032).pdf. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220726/https://stations.fcc.gov/collect/files/13815/Time%20brokerage%20agreements/Time%20Brokerage%20Agreement%20(13588920887730).pdf. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Malonepublished, Michael (October 9, 2014). "Coastal Television Broadcasting to Acquire WLOV Tupelo". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  8. ^ Miller, Mark (October 1, 2019). "Byron Allen Buying 11 Stations For $290M". TV News Check. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Learned, Nick LearnedNick (October 9, 2019). "21 Wyoming TV Stations to be Sold in 3 Transactions". K2 Radio. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  11. ^ Learned, Nick LearnedNick (June 23, 2020). "Casper's K2TV Fires Anchors, Scraps Some Local Newscasts". K2 Radio. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  12. ^ Learned, Nick LearnedNick (July 3, 2020). "Wyoming's K2 Television Ends 'Good Morning Wyoming,' New Show Starts Monday". K2 Radio. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  13. ^ Jacobson, Adam (January 4, 2022). "Coastal Completes Its Waypoint Radio/TV Purchase | Radio & Television Business Report". Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  14. ^ KYUR/KATN/KJUD Your Alaska Link at 10:00 (Full), 4/12/2022, retrieved July 19, 2023
  15. ^ KLWY Your Wyoming Link at 9:00 (Full), 4/13/2022, retrieved July 19, 2023
  16. ^ KFNB Your Wyoming Link at 9:00 (Full), 4/12/2022, retrieved July 19, 2023
  17. ^ Staff, KVRR (December 1, 2023). "Coastal Television reaches agreement to acquire Red River Broadcast". KVRR Local News. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
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