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

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