Venture Technologies Group

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Venture Technologies Group
Founded1996
SubsidiariesFour 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
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.

References[]

  1. ^ FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction — Auction 1001 Winning Bids

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