MEREDITH CORPORATION

'Meredith Corporation' is based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company has two divisions, publishing and broadcasting.
Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing ''Successful Farming'' magazine. In 1922, Meredith began publishing ''Fruit, Garden and Home'' magazine, a home and family service publication. Two years later, this magazine was retitled ''Better Homes and Gardens'' with the first issue costing a dime on the newsstand. In 1930 they published the first edition of the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book.

Since this time, Meredith has introduced numerous other magazines. In 1986, the company purchased ''Ladies' Home Journal'' magazine and in 2005, the company purchased the women's magazine portfolio of Gruner + Jahr. To date Meredith publishes 26 subscription magazines, approximately 200 special interest publications and 400 books, along with 32 websites.

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Broadcast Holdings

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Broadcast Holdings

The broadcasting division owns 14 television stations and 1 radio station. The sole radio station is WNEM (AM) in Saginaw, Michigan, a sister station of WNEM-TV based in the same city; Meredith did have a sizeable (for the time) radio group in the 1960s and 1970s.
'TV stations currently owned by Meredith'

'Current Media market#'	'Market'	'Station'	'Channel (DT)'	'Current Affiliation'	'Acquired'	'Notes'
8	Atlanta, Georgia	'WGCL-TV'	46 (19)	CBS	1998	Was WGNX until 2000
12	Phoenix, Arizona	'KPHO-TV'	5 (17)	CBS	1952	Was CBS 1952-55, Independent 1955-95
23	Portland, Oregon	'KPTV'	12 (30)	FOX	2002	Was UPN until 2002
		'KPDX'	49 (48)	MyNetworkTV	1997	Was Fox until 2002, UPN until September 2006
29	Hartford, Connecticut	'WFSB'	3 (33)	CBS	1997
30	Nashville, Tennessee	'WSMV-TV'	4 (10)	NBC	1994
31	Kansas City, Missouri	'KCTV'	5 (24)	CBS	1953	Was KCMO-TV until 1983
		'KSMO'	62 (47)	MyNetworkTV	2005	Was WB until September 2006
36	Greenville, SC-Asheville, NC	'WHNS'	21 (57)	FOX	1997
43	Las Vegas, Nevada	'KVVU'	5 (9)	FOX	1985	Licenced to Henderson, Nevada
66	Saginaw, Michigan	'WNEM-TV'	5 (22)	CBS; MyNetworkTV on DT2	1969	Was NBC until 1995
86	Chattanooga, Tennessee	'WFLI-TV'	53 (42)	The CW	2004	Licenced to Cleveland, Tennessee
109	Springfield, Massachusetts	'WSHM-LP'	67	CBS	2004	Operated with WFSB ★ Digital on WFSB 3.2
192	Bend, Oregon	'KUBN-LP'	50	MyNetworkTV	2006	Partial satellite of KPDX

'TV Stations Formerly Owned by Meredith'

'Market'	'Station'	'Channel'	'Affiliation'	'Owned by Meredith'	'Sold To'	'Current Ownership'	'Notes'
Fresno, California	KSEE	24	NBC	1984-93	Granite Broadcasting	Granite Broadcasting
Orlando, Florida	WOFL	35	FOX	1983-2002	FOX O&O	FOX O&O	Owned by third party for part of 1997 (see below)
	WCPX	6	CBS	1997	Post-Newsweek	Post-Newsweek	Acquired in purchase of First Media, swapped for WFSB; now WKMG
Gainesville, Florida	WOGX	51	FOX	1996-2002	FOX O&O	FOX O&O	Semi-satellite of WOFL
Omaha, Nebraska	WOW-TV	6	NBC; CBS	1958-75	Chronicle Broadcasting	Gray Television	Now WOWT; returned to NBC in 1986
Seattle, Washington	KCPQ	13	FOX	1998-99	Tribune Broadcasting	Tribune Broadcasting	Obtained in a three-way deal where it was swapped for WGNX
Syracuse, New York	WTVH-TV	5	CBS	1948-93	Granite Broadcasting	Granite Broadcasting	First television station owned by Meredith; was WHEN-TV until 1976
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	WPGH	53	Independent	1978-86	Lorimar-Telepictures	Sinclair Broadcast Group	Now FOX
Bend, Oregon	KFXO-LP	39	FOX	1997-2007	News-Press & Gazette Company	News-Press & Gazette Company	Was a satellite of KPDX until 2002

★ WHEN-TV/WTVH was the only television station built and signed-on by Meredith Corporation.

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★ Meredith Corporation