Draper Holdings Business Trust
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founder | Thomas H. Draper |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Molly Draper Russell, CEO |
The Draper Holdings Business Trust is a business trust company, located in Milton, Delaware.[1] It is led by Molly Draper Russell, who inherited the company from her father, Thomas Draper, upon his death in 2018.[2]
The philanthropic division of the trust, Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc., includes WBOC's "Bless Our Children" program which raised and distributed $370,000 in funds in 2016.[3][4]
In 2007, Draper Holdings Business Trust donated a professional broadcast news set to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to aid in the production of student programming. The set was previously used by WBOC-TV.[5]
Companies owned by the trust[]
- Draper Digital Media[6]
- Loblolly, LLC – Real Estate Holding Company [7][8]
- WBOC-TV – CBS affiliate
- WBOC-DT2 – Fox affiliate
- WRDE-LD – NBC affiliate
- WBOC-LD – Telemundo affiliate
- WBOC-FM – Adult Contemporary radio station[9]
- WAAI – Classic country radio station[10]
- WCEM – CBS Sports Radio affiliate[10]
- WCEM-FM – Mainstream Country radio station[10]
- WSJZ-LD – low-powered television station (currently broadcasting simulcasts of WBOC-LD and WRDE-LD)
- WTDK – Oldies radio station[10]
References[]
- ^ "HWSC Assists Draper Holdings Business Trust in Generational Transition & Governance Structuring". www.hwsc.com. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ "Molly Draper Russell Named CEO of Draper Holdings Business Trust". Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Draper Holding Charitable Foundation Inc – GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ "Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc – IRS 990 – 2016" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ^ "WBOC TV and Fox21 Donate Broadcast News Set to UMES | University of Maryland Eastern Shore". www.umes.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ "Draper Holdings, Parent Company of WBOC/FOX21 Announces Promotions". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ WBOC-TV Celebrates 55th Anniversary. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- ^ Milton Chamber of Commerce Members Archived March 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "WBOC to Buy WOLC-FM". Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ a b c d "Draper Media to Acquire MTS Broadcasting Stations". Retrieved 2018-03-11.
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Categories:
- Foundations based in the United States
- Companies based in Sussex County, Delaware
- Radio broadcasting companies of the United States