Storer Broadcasting, Inc. is a former owner of television and radio stations in the United States. It was incorporated in Ohio in 1927, and sold its broadcasting properties in 1983. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

In 1927 George B. Storer and his brother-in-law J. Harold Ryan were building service stations for Speedene gasoline. Speedene sales were booming, thanks to a cost-cutting device the young proprietors had figured out. They bypassed the cost of trucking gasoline to service stations by building the stations beside railroad sidings and sold two or three cents a gallon under the going retail rate. Storer decided to buy some radio spots on WTAL in Toledo. The spots were effective, and Storer decided to use his wealth to buy the station. Storer Broadcasting was born, and the Toledo radio station became WSPD, symbolic of the gasoline brand. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The company was primarily in the broadcast radio business. In the 1950s as television broadcasting boomed, the company entered the television market starting WSPD-TV in Toledo and purchasing several television stations in other markets. The company focused primarily on the radio and television businesses through much of its history. However, it did venture into the cable television business in the early 1960's. In addition, it also purchased Northeast Airlines. George Storer was President of the company until his death. Due to his position as a director of CBS, he was able to obtain lucrative CBS network affiliations for Storer-owned television stations, such as WXEL and WJBK which had been DuMont affiliates. By 1961 Storer was the nation's sixth-largest television broadcaster—exceeded in size only by the three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC), Metropolitan Broadcasting (later Metromedia) and the Group W division of Westinghouse. George's son, Peter Storer, became President in 1973. WJW, also known on-air as FOX8, is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, broadcasting on VHF channel 8. ... WJBK (FOX2) is the Fox-owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan. ... DuMont Televisions Logo The DuMont Television Network was an American television network, beginning operation in 1946. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a conglomeration of radio and television stations in the United States that existed from the demise of the DuMont Television Network in the 1950s until the formation of the Fox Network in the 1980s. ... Group W, also known as the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, was a division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. ... The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. ...

The company purchased its first cable television system in 1963. During the 1970's Peter Storer and the Storer Board of Directors decided to focus the company on cable television. Storer sold Northeast Airlines and its radio assets. It reinvested the funds into cable television. Commencing in 1978, it embarked on an aggressive program of acquiring cable franchises. Unlike many cable operators, Storer preferred to acquire franchises and build its cable systems rather than acquire existing cable operations. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

The company's name was changed to Storer Communications, Inc. in 1983. By 1984, Storer owned and operated seven television stations and held franchises to provide cable television service to over 500 communities in 18 states and employed approximately 4,800. In 1985, Storer sold its cable assets to Hauser Communications. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1984 the Storer television stations were sold to KKR. Shortly thereafter, WTVG (the former WSPD-TV) was sold to SJL Broadcast Management, then became an ABC owned-and-operated (O&O) station in 1994 (it had been a longtime NBC affiliate prior to its sale to ABC). The remaining former Storer television stations were then sold to Gillett Communications in 1987, and then sold to SCI, then to New World Communications in 1993. Fox Television Stations purchased the stations in 1997 except WSBK and KNSD. Most of the stations switched to Fox affiliation, resulting in CBS scrambling to find affiliates in Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee, and eventually landing UHF stations in those cities. WSBK which remained independent and was sold to Viacom (which at one point owned the former WJBK-FM, WDRQ) to eventually become a UPN affiliate. KNSD, which remained an NBC affiliate, was later sold directly to NBC to become an NBC O&O station. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts. ... WTVG, known on air as 13ABC, is the ABC owned and operated television station in Toledo, Ohio with a coverage area serving northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and Essex County, Ontario. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New World Communications was a major television production company and television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Fox Television Stations Group (FTSG) is a group of television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WSBK (UPN 38) is the UPN television affiliate serving Boston, Massachusetts. ... KNSD is an NBC owned-and-operated television station based in San Diego, California. ... Viacom began life as CBS Films, the television syndication division of CBS. In 1971, the division was renamed VIACOM (Video & Audio Communications), and in 1973 it was spun off, amid new FCC rules forbidding television networks from owning syndication companies (the rules were later repealed). ... WDRQ is the callsign for the former Detroit, Michigan (USA) FM radio station 93. ...

Television stations owned

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Nickname The Forest City Motto Progress and Prosperity Location Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Government Country State County United States Ohio Cuyahoga Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water 213. ... WJW, also known on-air as FOX8, is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, broadcasting on VHF channel 8. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Location Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Oregon Multnomah County Mayor Tom Potter Geographical characteristics Area     City 145. ... KPTV is the FOX television affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. ... Meredith Corporation NYSE: MDP is based in Des Moines, Iowa. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... KNSD is an NBC owned-and-operated television station based in San Diego, California. ... 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Nickname: The Model City Map Political Statistics Founded April 1872 (Settled) Incorporated 3 July 1883 (Opened to the public) County Calhoun Mayor Hoyt W. “Chip” Howell, Jr. ... } Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... WBRC TV, channel 6, FOX6 is the Fox O&O Station in the Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa, Alabama television market. ... Nickname: The Glass City, T-Town Official website: http://www. ... WTVG, known on air as 13ABC, is the ABC owned and operated television station in Toledo, Ohio with a coverage area serving northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and Essex County, Ontario. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...

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