Venture Technologies Group
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Founded | 1996 |
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Subsidiaries | Four Seasons Broadcasting |
Venture Technologies Group, LLC is an American television broadcasting company that was founded in 1996 and based in Los Angeles, California. The company currently owns 14 television stations.
Stations owned[]
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Network affiliation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bakersfield | 27 (27) | Religious Independent | ||
(satellite of KEBK-LD) |
41 (28) | Religious Independent | ||
Banning / Los Angeles | KRVD-LD | 6 (10) | unknown | |
Bishop - Los Angeles | KVME-TV | 20 (20) | 2007 | Jewelry Television |
San Jose - San Francisco | KSCZ-LD | 23 | 2002 | Vietnamese independent, VIETV |
Los Angeles | KHTV-CD | 6 (22) | Spanish independent | |
KSFV-CD | 27 (27) | Jewelry Television | ||
San Jose - San Francisco | KBKF-LDA | 6 | TBA on Channel 6.1 Air1 programming on 87.75 | |
Chicago | WRME-LD 1A | 33 (6) | Jewelry Television on Channel 6.1 Oldies radio audio on 87.75 | |
Rochelle - Chicago | WCHU-LD | 59 (7) | Infomercials | |
South Sioux City, NE - Sioux City, IA | KSXC-LD | 5 (26) | Daystar | |
Newburgh | WEPT-CD | 15 (22) | Jewelry Television | |
Pittsburgh | WBPA-LD | 12 (12) | Rev'n |
- A This station features a simulcast of its radio station or another program broadcasting on its television station, while it radio station continues to broadcast on 87.75 FM.
- 1 This station is operated by Weigel Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
Stations owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting[]
Four Seasons Broadcasting is a joint venture between Venture Technologies Group, LLC and Cleveland, Ohio-based .
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned Since | Network Affiliation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Peoria, Illinois | WAOE | 59 (39) | Infomercials |
Former Venture Technologies-owned stations[]
City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
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Phoenix | KPHX-LP | 58 | 1992–2002 | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O), KDTP-LP |
Tucson | 31 | 1997–2012 | defunct | |
Los Angeles | KILA-LP | 8 | 2000–2011 | Station is now owned by Roy William Mayhugh |
KNLA-CD | 20 (50) | ????–2012 | HSN affiliate owned by NRJ TV, LLC | |
KNET-CD | 25 (25) | ????–2012 | HSN affiliate owned by NRJ TV, LLC | |
KVHD-LD | 26 (26) | ????–2017 | EVINE Live affiliate owned by New York Spectrum Holding Company, LLC | |
Redding - Chico | KEFM-LP | 6 | 2003–2017 | Hella Radio sold to Hella Meada Group LLC of Redding, now owned by Walker Broacasting |
KNNN-LD | ||||
San Jose | KEXT-CD | 27 (20) | 2014–2017 1 | defunct, went off-air in 2017 |
Hartford | WHCT-LD | 38 (38) | 20??–2020 | MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
Davenport | WBQD-LP | 26 | 2002–2013 2 | defunct, went off-air in 2011 |
Pittsfield, MA - Albany, NY | WNYA | 51 (13) | 2003–2013 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
Lansing | WHTV | 18 (34) | 3 | defunct, went off-air in 2017 |
New York | WASA-LD | 24 (25) | 2003–2009 | Estrella TV owned-and-operated (O&O) owned by Estrella Media |
Syracuse | WAWA-LP | 14 | 2000–2003 2 | The CW affiliate, WSTQ-LP, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Toledo | WBTL-LP | 38 | 1990–2009 | defunct, went off-air in 2008 |
Lubbock | 4 | ????-2020 | defunct | |
Lubbock | KFMP-LP | 6 | ????-2020 | defunct |
Bellingham - Seattle | KBCB | 24 (19) | 199?-2021 | Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated (O&O) |
- 1 On April 13, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Venture Technologies' KEXT-CD was a successful bidder in the spectrum auction; the station would be surrendering its license in exchange for $55,351,366, 30% of which would be owed to the station's previous owner (Univision Communications) due to the terms of that transaction.[1] Venture Technologies surrendered KEXT-CD's license to the FCC for cancellation on July 31, 2017.
- 2 These stations were owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting.
- 3 This station was operated by E. W. Scripps Company under a local marketing agreement.
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