SagamoreHill Broadcasting LLC
TypePrivate
Founded2003 (2003)
Headquarters
Augusta, Georgia
,
United States
Owners
  • Duff Ackerman & Goodrich
  • Louis Wall (CEO)

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

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

Current

City of license / Market Station
Owned since Network affiliation
Montgomery, AL WNCF 32 (31) 2004[lower-alpha 1] ABC
Panama City, FL W20DX-D 20 (20) 2022 MeTV
Columbus, GA WLTZ 38 (35) 2007[lower-alpha 2]
Sioux City, IA KSXE-LD 16 (16) 2022 Grit
Lawrence, KS–Kansas City, MO KGKC-LD 39 (33) 2018 Telemundo
Pittsburg, KS–Joplin, MO KFJX 14 (13) 2017[lower-alpha 3]
  • Fox
  • The CW (DT2)
Lake Charles, LA KSWL-LD 17 (34) 2019 CBS
KWWE-LD 19 (19) 2019
Rochester, MN KXLT-TV 47 (26) 2005[lower-alpha 2] Fox
Columbia - Jefferson City, MO KGKM-LD 36 (36) 2022
Watertown, NY WVNC-LD 45 (24) 2016 NBC
Salem, OR KJWY-LD 36 (21) 2018 Telemundo
Jackson, TN WNBJ-LD 39 (16) 2014[lower-alpha 4]
  • NBC
  • The CW (LD2)
Corpus Christi, TX KZTV 10 (10) 2010[lower-alpha 5] CBS
Lubbock, TX KJTV-CD 32 (33) 2020[lower-alpha 2] Independent
KJTV-TV 34 (35) 2020[lower-alpha 2] Fox
Victoria, TX KVCT 19 (11) 2017[lower-alpha 3]
  • Fox
  • The CW (DT3)
  1. ↑ Operated by Bahakel Communications through an shared services agreement (SSA).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Operated by Gray Television through an SSA.
  3. 1 2 Operated by Morgan Murphy Media through an SSA.
  4. ↑ Operated by Waypoint Media through an SSA.
  5. ↑ Operated by the E. W. Scripps Company through an SSA.

Former

City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Montgomery, AL WBMM 22 2006–2011 The CW affiliate owned by Bahakel Communications
Phoenix, AZ KASW 61 2014–2015[lower-alpha 1] Independent affiliate 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 2015–2018 The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television
Duluth, MN KDLH 3 2015–2018 The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television
Myrtle Beach, SC WWMB 21 2005–2013[lower-alpha 2] Dabl affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings[lower-alpha 3]
Laredo, TX KGNS-TV 8 2005–2013 NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Cheyenne, WY KGWN-TV 5 2004–2013 CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
Scottsbluff, NE KSTF[upper-alpha 1] 10 2004–2013 CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
Ottumwa, IA–Kirksville, MO KGLU-LD 17 2017–2018 Defunct, license cancelled in 2020.[3]
  1. ↑ Semi-satellite of KGWN-TV.
  1. ↑ Under SagamoreHill ownership, it was operated by Meredith Corporation through an SSA.
  2. ↑ Under SagamoreHill ownership, it was operated by Barrington Broadcasting through an SSA.
  3. ↑ Operated through SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6437753.html?rssid=193
  2. ↑ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Station Search Results DKGLU-LD", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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