SagamoreHill Broadcasting LLC
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Company type
| Private
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Founded
| 2003
; 21 years ago
(
2003
)
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Headquarters
| ,
United States
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Key people
| Louis Wall (CEO)
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Owners
| - Duff Ackerman & Goodrich
- Louis Wall
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SagamoreHill Broadcasting LLC
is a privately held American
holding company
that owns 13 television stations based in the Great Lakes and southern
United States
regions. The company is a joint venture of the investment firm Duff Ackerman & Goodrich of
San Francisco, California
and former
Benedek Broadcasting
and
Spartan Communications
executive Louis Wall (who is also CEO of the group).
The company is headquartered in
Augusta, Georgia
.
History
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The company was founded in 2003.
In 2005, SagamoreHill Broadcasting acquired
KXLT-TV
in
Rochester, Minnesota
as a result of Quincy Newspapers' purchase of Shockley Communications (the former owner of KXLT-TV), and Quincy could not buy KXLT outright due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules governing duopolies.
In 2007, SagamoreHill Broadcasting acquired
WLTZ
in
Columbus, Georgia
from
J. Curtis Lewis
.
[1]
On July 23, 2008, SagamoreHill Broadcasting acquired the license of KZTV in
Corpus Christi, Texas
to comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules; it was originally sold by Eagle Creek Broadcasting (KZTV's former owner) to Cordillera Communications. However, the application to sell the station was opposed by McKinnon Broadcasting, then-owner of
KIII
.
[2]
This objection held up the deal until August 24, 2009, when Eagle Creek announced a shared services agreement with KRIS-TV. Cordillera acquired all station assets with Eagle Creek owning KZTV's broadcast license. SagamoreHill finally assumed ownership of the KZTV license on May 19, 2010.
In 2017, the company acquired the license assets of Surtsey Media/Saga Communications' television clusters in Joplin, Missouri, including
KOAM-TV
, and Victoria, Texas, including
KAVU-TV
. SagamoreHill became the owner of
KFJX
in Joplin, Missouri, and
KVCT
in Victoria, Texas; both stations are operated by
Morgan Murphy Media
.
Stations
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Current
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City of license
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Market
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Station
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Owned since
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Network affiliation
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Montgomery, AL
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WNCF
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32 (31)
|
2004
[a]
|
ABC
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Panama City, FL
|
W20DX-D
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20 (20)
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2022
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MeTV
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Columbus, GA
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WLTZ
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38 (35)
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2007
[b]
|
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Sioux City, IA
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KSXE-LD
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16 (16)
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2022
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Grit
|
Lawrence, KS
?
Kansas City, MO
|
KGKC-LD
|
39 (33)
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2018
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Telemundo
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Pittsburg, KS
?
Joplin, MO
|
KFJX
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14 (13)
|
2017
[c]
|
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Lake Charles, LA
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KSWL-LD
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17 (34)
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2019
|
CBS
|
KWWE-LD
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19 (19)
|
2019
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Rochester, MN
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KXLT-TV
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47 (26)
|
2005
[b]
|
Fox
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Columbia
-
Jefferson City, MO
|
KGKM-LD
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36 (36)
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2022
|
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Watertown, NY
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WVNC-LD
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45 (24)
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2016
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NBC
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Salem
,
OR
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KJWY-LD
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36 (21)
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2018
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Telemundo
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Jackson, TN
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WNBJ-LD
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39 (16)
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2014
[d]
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Corpus Christi, TX
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KZTV
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10 (10)
|
2010
[e]
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CBS
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Lubbock, TX
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KJTV-CD
|
32 (33)
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2020
[b]
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Independent
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KJTV-TV
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34 (35)
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2020
[b]
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Fox
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Victoria, TX
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KVCT
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19 (11)
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2017
[c]
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Former
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City of license
/
Market
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Station
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Channel
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Years owned
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Current status
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Montgomery, AL
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WBMM
|
22
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2006?2011
|
The CW
affiliate owned by
Bahakel Communications
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
KASW
|
61
|
2014?2015
[a]
|
Independent
station owned by the
E. W. Scripps Company
|
Rehoboth Beach, DE
?
Salisbury, MD
|
WRDE-LD
|
31
|
2016?2019
|
NBC
affiliate owned by
Draper Holdings Business Trust
|
Fort Wayne, IN
|
WISE-TV
|
33
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2015?2018
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The CW affiliate owned by
Gray Television
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Duluth, MN
|
KDLH
|
3
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2015?2018
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The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television
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Myrtle Beach, SC
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WWMB
|
21
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2005?2013
[b]
|
Dabl
affiliate owned by
Howard Stirk Holdings
[c]
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Laredo, TX
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KGNS-TV
|
8
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2005?2013
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NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
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Cheyenne, WY
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KGWN-TV
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5
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2004?2013
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CBS
affiliate owned by Gray Television
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Scottsbluff, NE
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KSTF
[A]
|
10
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2004?2013
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CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
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Ottumwa, IA
?
Kirksville, MO
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KGLU-LD
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17
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2017?2018
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Defunct, license cancelled in 2020.
[3]
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- ^
Semi-satellite of KGWN-TV.
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