Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Marshall Field's department store chain. The company owned independent television stations in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station. Field Enterprises was a holding company (and later a conglomerate) formed by Marshall Field, Marshall Field Jr. ... Marshall Fields was an iconic Chicago, Illinois department store that grew to become a major chain before being acquired by Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores on August 30, 2005. ... An independent station is a television station that is not affiliated with any network. ... WFLD is an owned and operated station of the Fox Broadcasting Company network, based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders The 312 Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area...

History

The broadcasting arm of Field Enterprises began in January 1966 with the initial sign-on of WFLD. In 1972, Field sold a majority ownership (about 77.5 percent) of WFLD to Kaiser Broadcasting, owners of KBSC-TV in Corona, CA (serving Los Angeles), WKBG-TV in Cambridge, MA (serving Boston, and in tandem with the Boston Globe), WKBS-TV in Burlington, N.J. (serving Philadelphia), WKBF-TV in Cleveland, WKBD-TV in Detroit, and KBHK-TV in San Francisco. Field retained the remainder of WFLD's shares (about 22.5 percent), and in return, received a minority stake in Kaiser Broadcasting (also about 22.5 percent). In 1974 Kaiser shut down WKBF, returning its license to the FCC and merging most of its programming with WUAB, of which Kaiser purchased a minority ownership from United Artists Broadcasting. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Kaiser Broadcasting was short lived but very popular entity of broadcast television stations. ... KVEA, Telemundo 52 is an NBC-owned and operated television station in the Los Angeles area, and is the West Coast flagship station of the Telemundo network. ... Nickname: The Circle City Coordinates: Country United States State California County Riverside Mayor Karen Spiegel Area    - City 91. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... WLVI-TV, channel 56, is the WB television network affiliate serving Boston, Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire until September 17, 2006. ...   Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1636 Zip Code(s): 02138, 02139, 02140, 02141, 02142 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... WKBS-TV was an independent television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that was on the air from 1965 to 1983. ... See also: Burlington Township, New Jersey The City of Burlington highlighted in Burlington County. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D... WKBF-TV channel 61 was an Independent television station serving the Cleveland, Ohio market owned by a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting and Field Communications (the latter owned a minority stake in the station from 1972 to 1975). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... WKBD-TV (UPN Detroit) is the Detroit, Michigans UPN affiliate broadcasting on analog channel 50. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... KBCW CW Bay Area is currently a UPN-owned and operated television station based in San Francisco, California. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... WUAB, identified on-air as UPN 43, is the local UPN affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ...

In 1977, Kaiser sold its majority stake of their stations, sans KBSC (which was sold to Oak TV), to Field. This gave Field one-hundred percent ownership of WFLD again. Field did not acquire Kaiser's share of WUAB, which United Artists sold to Gaylord Broadcasting that same year. The new owners also updated the look of all of the former Kaiser stations. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Gaylord Entertainment Company operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies. ...

The beginning of the end

In 1982, brothers Marshall Field V and Frederick W. Field, who each controlled half of Field Enterprises, got into a dispute which left them unable to work together. As a result of the dispute, Field Enterprises put their TV stations up for sale, as they opted to dissolve the company. All of their stations were sold successfully except for the Philadelphia station. Many companies offered Field money for WKBS, however, none of the bids were high enough. The Providence Journal Company, owners of rival Philadelphia independent WPHL-TV, offered to buy WKBS and merge the assets of the two stations. Their bid was still too low, so WPHL offered to buy only equipment and programming from Field if they would shut down channel 48. Field decided to go through with the deal, and on August 30, 1983, Field signed WKBS-TV off the air for good and surrendered the license back to the Federal Communications Commission. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ted Field (1953 - ), music producer, movie producer, and heir to the Marshall Fields department store fortune. ... WPHL-TV, channel 17, is a television station currently affiliated with the WB television network, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and owned by the Tribune Company. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The FCCs official seal. ...

What became of the stations

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• ¹Returned to the air in 1992 as WGTW-TV, purchased by/affiliated with TBN in 2004
• ²Originally sold to Viacom Television Stations Group
• ³Was owned by the Tribune Company from 1994 to 2006
• ⁴Originally sold to Paramount Stations Group (later Viacom Television Stations Group following several mergers, now part of CBS Corporation as CBS Television Stations Group).