Standard Media

Standard Media Group LLC
Type	Private
Industry	Broadcast Television; Television Production; Digital Media;
Founded	2018
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee
Area served	United States (Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast)
Key people	Deborah A. McDermott; (Chief Executive Officer); Stan Knott; (Chief Operating Officer); Andrew C. Carington; (Chief Legal Officer); Jim Carr; (Head of Digital Media);
Products	Broadcast television; Digital media; Over the Top Television;
Website	www.standardmedia.com

Standard Media Group is an American broadcast and digital media company based in Nashville, Tennessee. Standard Media was founded by Deborah A. McDermott, who serves as the Company's CEO. Previously, McDermott was the Chief operating officer of Media General and CEO-president of Young Broadcasting. Between 2012 and 2017, McDermott and her team led the acquisition of more than 90 television stations and helped grow Young/Media General from a $220 million regional TV group to a nearly $5 billion media company.^[1] In 2017, Media General was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group for $4.6 billion.^[2]

On May 16, 2019, Standard Media announced plans to purchase two ABC-affiliated television stations from Citadel Communications for $83 million.^[3] The stations, WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island and KLKN in Lincoln, Nebraska, have been operated by Citadel since 2011 and 1996 respectively.^[4] ^[5] The company announced the acquisition of Waypoint Media and its affiliated companies in November 2019.^[6] The Waypoint deal collapsed in January 2021.^[7]

In November of 2020, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that they would sell Fox affiliate KBSI and MyNetworkTV affiliate WDKA in Paducah, Kentucky to Community News Media (a subsidiary of Standard Media) for $28 million in a transaction that closed in 2021.^[8]

Stations[]

City of license/Market	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Acquired	Network affiliation
Paducah, Kentucky - Harrisburg, Illinois - Cape Girardeau, Missouri	KBSI	23 (36)	2021	Fox
	WDKA	49 (25)	2021	MyNetworkTV
New Bedford, Massachusetts - Providence, Rhode Island	WLNE-TV	6 (21)	2019	ABC
Lincoln, Nebraska	KLKN	8 (8)	2019	ABC

References[]

^ Staff Writer. "Nashville company to acquire two TV stations". NashvillePost.com. Nashville Post. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ Lieberman, David. "Nexstar Completes $4.6B Acquisition Of Media General". Dateline.com. Dateline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 Jan 2017.
^ Jessell, Harry. "McDermott In The Station Game With WLNE, KLKN". TVNewscheck.com. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ "Citadel Communications Named New Owner of ABC6 News". abc6.com. WLNE-TV. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
^ "Memorandum Opinion and Order". FCC.gov. FCC. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ Lafayette, Jon (November 25, 2019). "Standard Media Group Buys Waypoint, Vision Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ Notice of Non-Consummation, January 4, 2021
^ FCC oks Sinclair duos spin to Soo Kim

External links[]

[1] Staff Writer. "Nashville company to acquire two TV stations". NashvillePost.com. Nashville Post. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[2] Lieberman, David. "Nexstar Completes $4.6B Acquisition Of Media General". Dateline.com. Dateline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 Jan 2017.

[3] Jessell, Harry. "McDermott In The Station Game With WLNE, KLKN". TVNewscheck.com. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[4] "Citadel Communications Named New Owner of ABC6 News". abc6.com. WLNE-TV. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

[5] "Memorandum Opinion and Order". FCC.gov. FCC. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[6] Lafayette, Jon (November 25, 2019). "Standard Media Group Buys Waypoint, Vision Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[7] Notice of Non-Consummation, January 4, 2021

[8] FCC oks Sinclair duos spin to Soo Kim

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