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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Port Charlotte, Florida, U.S. |
Key people | Thomas J. Vaughan |
| Revenue | $94,000 |
Vaughan Media, LLC is a company that owns the broadcast licenses of several stations operated byNexstar Media Group.
The company was founded in 2011 when it made its first acquisition,WBDT, fromACME Communications.LIN Media, the owner ofWDTN, could not legally own both WDTN and WBDT. It sold off certain assets, including WBDT's broadcast license, to Vaughan Media. The sale was consummated on May 20, 2011, at which point LIN took control of the station via ashared services agreement with WDTN.
In 2012, the company acquired television stations owned by PBC Broadcasting which were operated byNew Vision Television.[1]
In August 2014, it was announced thatSinclair Broadcast Group would take over theshared services agreement to operateWTGS as well as rights to acquire the station.[2] Sinclair exercised the option and acquired the station upon close of the sale of LIN Media toMedia General.
The remaining Vaughan stations continued under operation by Media General after the LIN sale. On January 17, 2017,Nexstar Media Group closed its acquisition of Media General and took over operation of the Vaughan stations.
| City of license /Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Owned since | Network affiliation |
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| Topeka, Kansas | KTKA-TV | 49 (16) | 2012 | ABC The CW Plus (DT3) |
| Dayton -Springfield,Ohio | WBDT | 26 (31) | 2011 | The CW |
| Youngstown, Ohio | WYTV | 33 (31) | 2012 | ABC MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Austin, Texas | KNVA | 54 (23) | 2012 | The CW |
| City of License /Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years owned | Current status |
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| Hardeeville, South Carolina -Savannah, Georgia | WTGS | 28 (28) | 2012–2014 | Fox affiliate owned bySinclair Broadcast Group |
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** Owned by third parties but operated by Nexstar through various agreements. | ||