ALLBRITTON COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

The 'Allbritton Communications Company' is a Washington, D.C.-based owner of television stations-all affiliated with ABC after signing an affiliation agreement in 1997.

Contents

Stations

Currently Owned

Formerly Owned

Newspapers

Footnotes

External Links

Stations

Currently Owned

'Market'	'Calls'	'Channel'	'Branding'	'Link'	'Notes'
Washington, DC (DMA 8)	WJLA	7	"ABC7 News"	[1]	''WJLA is the flagship station of Allbritton''
Washington, DC (DMA 8)	News Channel 8	8	"NewsChannel 8"	[2]	''NC8 is Allbritton's 24 Local DC Cable Station''
Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa, Alabama (DMA 40)	WBMA/WJSU/WCFT	58, 33 and 40	"ABC33/40 News"	[3]	[1]
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (DMA 41)	WHTM	27	"ABC27 News"	[4]
Little Rock, Arkansas (DMA 57)	KATV	7	"Channel 7 News"	[5]
Tulsa, Oklahoma (DMA 62)	KTUL	8	"NewsChannel 8"	[6]
Lynchburg, Virginia/Roanoke, Virginia (DMA 68)	WSET	13	"ABC13 News"	[7]
Charleston, South Carolina (DMA 100)	WCIV	4	"ABC News 4"	[8]	''Originally an NBC affiliate before agreement; swapped with WCBD''

Formerly Owned

'Market'	'Calls'	'Channel'	'Current Owner'	'Notes'
Jacksonville, Florida	WJXX-TV	25	Gannett	''was Independent til '97, sold in '99''
Brunswick, Georgia	WPXC-TV	21	ion Media Networks	''became ABC in '96, sold in 2001''

Newspapers

Allbritton launched The Politico, a political news website and newspaper on January 23rd, 2007, the day of the 2007 State of the Union Address.

Footnotes

1. Originally separate stations, WJSU and WCFT were former CBS affiliates before the agreement. WBMA-LP was launced in 1996 to complement ABC coverage only after WBRC switched to Fox.

External Links

★ Official Company Website

★ The Politico