PAPPAS TELECASTING COMPANIES

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'Pappas Telecasting Companies' is a diversely organized broadcasting company headquartered in Visalia, California. Founded in 1971, it is one of the largest privately held broadcasting companies in the country, with its stations reaching over 15% of all U.S. households and over 32% of Hispanic households. Apart from owning and/or operating many television stations, the company also has two radio stations in its possession, KTRB-AM 860 and KMPH-AM 840 -- changed from KPMP in June of 2006 to reflect its nearby sister/flagship television station, Fox affiliate KMPH-TV, both in Modesto, California.

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Television Stations By Market

Station formerly owned by Pappas

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Television Stations By Market

'Current DMA'	'Market'	'Station'	'Affiliation'	'Notes'
2.	Avalon - Los Angeles	'KAZA-TV 54'	Azteca America
5.	Concord - Fort Bragg - San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose	'KTNC-TV 42' / 'KUNO-TV 8'	Azteca America (until June 30, 2007) [1]	The station also serves the #20 Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto market.
10.	Baytown - Houston	'KAZH-TV 57'	Azteca America (until June 30, 2007) [2]
38.	Vero Beach - West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce	'WMMF-LP 57'	Independent	New television station. Also, the station is seeking a construction permit to move to channel 19.
47.	Lexington - Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point	'WCWG 20'	The CW	Was WTWB-TV until August 11, 2006.
52.	Austin	'KXLK-CA 40'	HSN
55.	Sanger - Fresno - Visalia	'KMPH-TV 26'	Fox	Founded as the company's flagship station.
		'KFRE-TV 59'	The CW
69.	Fond du Lac - Green Bay - Appleton	'WWAZ-TV 68'	FamilyNet
73.	Ames - Des Moines	'KCWI-TV 23'	The CW	To continue analog broadcasts until 2009. Was KPWB-TV until September 18, 2006, which was previously held by CBS-owned CW network affiliate KMAX-TV Sacramento, California from 1994 to 1998.
		'KDMI 56'	MNTV / The CW / America One	A Digital-Only station. Currently carries MyNetworkTV as a primary and The CW (as a secondary) while KCWI continues analog-only broadcasts until 2009. The station took to the air on August 28, 2006. The station also carries America One programming outside the MNTV & CW schedules.
75.	Omaha - Council Bluffs	'KXVO 15'	The CW	Pappas operates the station under a Local Marketing Agreement with Mitts Telecasting Company.
		'KPTM-TV 42' / 'KKAZ-CA 24'	Fox / MNTV	Carries MNTV on a digital subchannel.
		'KAZO-LP 57'	Azteca America (until June 30, 2007) [3]	Repeated on KCAZ-LP 57 Columbus , KWAZ-LP 56 Lincoln, and KHJP-LP 29 Valentine -- all located in the state of Nebraska.
99.	El Paso - Las Cruces - Ciudad Juárez	'KDBC-TV 4'	CBS / MNTV	Carries MNTV on a digital subchannel.
104.	Superior - Grand Island - Lincoln - Hastings - Kearney	'KSNB-TV 4' / 'KTVG 17'	Fox	At one point the stations also had WSWS-CA as its North Platte repeater before 2005. Originally, KSNB was an 'NTV' satellite before joining Fox in the late 1990s. Operated under separate Local Marketing Agreements -- KTVG owned by Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc. and KSNB owned by Colins Broadcasting Company -- which also owns repeater stations, K17CI 17 Beatrice and K18CD Lincoln, while Pappas owns K42FV 42 McCook and KOAZ-LP 48 O'Neill -- all located in the state of Nebraska.
		'KHGI-TV 13'	ABC	Known on-air as 'Nebraska Television' or 'NTV'. At one point also had KSNB as another satellite station before the late 1990s. Parts of the market is also served by satellite station KWNB-TV 6.
		'KCWL-TV 51'1	The CW	Launched in June of 2006. Controlled by Pappas through a Local Marketing Agreement. Owned and licensed by the Omaha World-Herald Newsapaper. Originally KOWH at launch, became KCWL-TV on August 2, 2006. Currently part of The CW Plus Network.
110.	Reno - Sparks	'KREN-TV 27'	The CW
		'KAZR-CA 46'	Azteca America (until June 30, 2007) [4]
125.	Walla Walla - Yakima - Pasco - Richland - Kennewick	'KCWK 9' / 'KAZW-LP 27'	The CW	KCWK 9 is currently analog only, with analog translator on KAZW-LP 27 in Yakima. Was formerly affiliated with Azteca America.
126.	Bakersfield	'KBBV-CA 19'	Spanish Independent
128.	Opelika - Auburn - Columbus	'WLGA 66'	The CW	Originally held the WSWS call letters before they went to NTV in Nebraska.
129.	Corpus Christi	'KXCC-CA 45'	N/A	Affiliation unknown at this time.
143.	Dakota Dunes - Sioux City	'KMEG 14'	CBS	A fresh station for Pappas, signed a Local Marketing Agreement with Waitt Broadcasting, Inc. in May of 2005 to operate the station.
		'KPTH-TV 44'	Fox / MNTV	Carries MNTV on a digital subchannel.
170.	Yuma - El Centro	'KSWT 13'	CBS / The CW	Carries The CW on a digital subchannel.
209.	Hayes Center - North Platte	'KWNB-TV 6' / 'WSWS-CA 13'	ABC	Low-power translator of the Nebraska Television Network. WSWS was a Fox affiliate and was a KTVG/KSNB repeater before sometime in 2005. KWNB also serves parts of the Lincoln market.

Station formerly owned by Pappas

'Current DMA'	'Market'	'Station'	'Years Owned'	'Currently'
20.	Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto	'KRBK / KPWB 31'	1994-1998	The CW network affiliate KMAX-TV, owned and operated by CBS Corporation.
36.	Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville - Anderson	'WHNS 21'	1984-1988	Fox network affiliate, owned and operated by Meredith Corporation.
		'WASV-TV 62'	1995-2000	The CW network affiliate WYCW, owned and operated by Media General.

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