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DuMont Broadcasting Corporation Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation: Founded: 1931; 94 years ago () (as Allen B. DuMont Labs) Defunct: 1997; 28 years ago () (as a media company) Fate: Sold off, corporate name continues as owner of MetroMedia Technologies [1] Successor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (content library) Fox Television Stations (broadcast ...
Metropolitan Broadcasting began expanding its holdings across the United States, and changed its corporate name to Metromedia in 1961. [21] However, the Metropolitan Broadcasting name was retained for Metromedia's TV and radio station properties until 1967. [22] Final logo as WNEW-TV, used from 1984 to 1986.
WMMR's license was transferred to Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation on October 22, 1986. [ 10 ] On October 26, 1987, Metropolitan Broadcasting applied for a construction permit to change the transmitter location to "Building Rooftop 1650 Market St., Philadelphia, PA" (the address of One Liberty Place ) and increase the station's HAAT to 271 ...
Owns 29 local television stations. It is the third-largest group owner of ABC-affiliated stations and the second-largest group owner of NBC affiliates. Parent company Hearst Communications owns 50% of broadcasting firm A&E Networks, [8] and 20% of the sports broadcaster ESPN—the last two both co-owned with The Walt Disney Company.
Charles Dolan, a titan of the early cable industry who owned Cablevision, launched HBO and AMC Network and later branched out into iconic New York venues and sports teams, has died. He was 98.
The Metropolitan Television Alliance, LLC (MTVA) is a group organized in the wake of the loss of the transmission facilities atop the World Trade Center in 2001. Its mission is to identify, design and build a facility suitable for the long-term requirements of its member stations to meet their over-the-air digital broadcast requirements. [ 1 ]
Graham Media Group (formerly Post-Newsweek Stations) is the television broadcasting subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company. It is now headquartered in Detroit, [ 1 ] co-locating with its local NBC affiliate WDIV-TV , after spending 10 years in Chicago.
NYC Media is the official public radio, television, and online media network and broadcasting service of New York City, which has been called the media capital of the world. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The network oversees four public television channels, a public radio station, and an Internet video on demand service.