Lilly Broadcasting

Lilly Broadcasting LLC
private Limited liability company
Industry TV broadcasting
Subsidiaries SJL Broadcasting

Lilly Broadcasting, L.L.C. is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the Lilly Brothers’ Brian Lilly and Kevin Lilly. The company was founded in September 1999 with the purchase of WENY-TV (ABC) and WENY-FM & AM radio. In 2002, Kevin Lilly purchased WSEE-TV (CBS) in Erie, Pennsylvania and have since added the CBS and The CW affiliates in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and ABC in the Virgin Islands.

Brian and Kevin Lilly are the sons of George Lilly, whose SJL Broadcast Management (also previously known as the Montecito Broadcast Group) was founded in 1984 and based in Montecito, California. SJL owns WICU-TV in Erie and the two Companies purchased 3 TV stations from Gateway Communications in 2000, and four stations from Emmis Communications in 2005.

Lilly Broadcasting most recently with Sankety Advisors purchased KITV (ABC) in Hawaii.

History

WJRT-TV was sold to SJL Broadcast Management in 1989.[1] In 1991, a SJL affiliated partnership,[2] Media Communications Partners Limited Partnership in 1991 purchased WTVG.[3]

In 1995, SJL sold WJRT-TV and WTVG to ABC[4][4] due to the possibly of WXYZ-TV changing affiliation to CBS as part of a large swath of television network affiliation changes occurring at the time.[5]

On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its remaining stations except WICU (KHON-TV, KOIN, KSNW and KSNT) to New Vision Television, ending the partnership between SJL and The Blackstone Group.[6] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval of this sale in late-October of that year, and ownership was officially transferred on November 1.

On March 1, 2009, the last station formally owned by SJL, WICU, transferred its copyrights to Lilly Broadcasting when it merged its news operations with crosstown sister station WSEE-TV. Though SJL still technically exists (and still ostensibly owns WICU), its visible operations have now been subsumed by Lilly Broadcasting.

On November 3, 2010, Broadcasting & Cable magazine announced that SJL Broadcasting made an agreement with Disney to buy back WJRT-TV and WTVG, the two smallest stations in ABC's O&O portfolio.[4] The sale was completed on April 1, 2011 with both stations general manager exiting their positions at change of ownership.[4] Lilly announced on July 24, 2014, that it would sell both WJRT and WTVG to Gray Television in a $128 million transaction.[7]

On May 13, 2015, Hearst Television announced that it would sell KITV in Honolulu, Hawaii and its satellites (KHVO in Hilo and KMAU in Wailuku) to SJL; the deal marks the return of the company to Hawaii, following its prior ownership of KHON-TV.[8] The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on July 10, 2015[9] and completed on September 1, 2015.[10]

Stations currently owned or operated by Lilly or SJL

City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)
Network Affiliation Owned Since Notes
Honolulu KITV 4 (40) ABC
MeTV (DT2)
2015 Licensed to "KITV, Inc." (subsidiary of SJL).
Hilo, Hawaii KHVO
(satellite of KITV)
4 (18) ABC
MeTV (DT2)
2015 Licensed to "KITV, Inc." (subsidiary of SJL).
Wailuku, Hawaii KMAU
(satellite of KITV)
4 (29) ABC
MeTV (DT2)
2015 Licensed to "KITV, Inc." (subsidiary of SJL).
Elmira, New York WENY 36 (36) ABC
CBS (DT2)
The CW (DT3)
2000
Erie, Pennsylvania WICU-TV 12 (12) NBC 1996 Licensed to "SJL of Pennsylvania, Inc."
WSEE 35 (16) CBS
The CW (DT2)
2002 Operates under a shared services agreement with WICU
Caribbean One Caribbean Television 2009 Satellite channel, originates from Erie, PA

Stations formerly owned by SJL

City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)
Years Owned Current Ownership Status
San Luis Obispo, California KSBY 6 (15) 1996–2002 NBC affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications
Honolulu, Hawaii KHON-TV 2 (8) 2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by Media General
Hilo, Hawaii KHAW-TV
(satellite of KHON-TV)
11 (11) 2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by Media General
Maui KAII-TV
(satellite of KHON-TV)
7 (7) 2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by Media General
Kauai K55DZ
(satellite of KHON-TV)
55 2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by Media General
Pittsburg, Kansas / Joplin, Missouri KOAM-TV 7 (7) 1991–1995 CBS affiliate owned by Saga Communications
Topeka, Kansas KSNT 27 (27) 1988–1995
2006–2007
NBC affiliate owned by Media General
Wichita / Hutchinson, Kansas KSNW 3 (45) 1988–1995
2006–2007
NBC affiliate owned by Media General
Great Bend / Hays / Salina, Kansas KSNC
(satellite of KSNW)
2 (22) 1988–1995
2006–2007
NBC affiliate owned by Media General
Garden City / Dodge City, Kansas KSNG
(satellite of KSNW)
11 (11) 1988–1995
2006–2007
NBC affiliate owned by Media General
McCook, Nebraska / Colby /
Goodland, Kansas
KSNK
(satellite of KSNW)
8 (12) 1988–1995
2006–2007
NBC affiliate owned by Media General
Flint, Michigan WJRT-TV 12 (12) 1989–1995[5]
2011[4]–2014
ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Billings, Montana KTVQ 2 (10) 1984–1994 CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications
Butte, Montana KXLF-TV 4 (5) 1984–1986 CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications
Great Falls, Montana KRTV 3 (7) 1984–1986 CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications
Missoula, Montana KPAX-TV 8 (7) 1984–1986 CBS affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications
Binghamton, New York WBNG-TV 12 (7) 2000–2006 CBS affiliate owned by Quincy Newspapers
Buffalo, New York WGRZ-TV 2 (33) 1986–1988 NBC affiliate owned by Tegna
Syracuse, New York WSTM-TV 3 (24) 1986–1992 NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Toledo, Ohio WTVG 13 (13) 1991[2]–1995[5]
2011[4]–2014
ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Portland, Oregon KOIN 6 (40) 2006–2007 CBS affiliate owned by Media General
Altoona / State College /
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
WTAJ-TV 10 (33) 2000–2006 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Lebanon / Harrisburg / York /
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
WLYH-TV 15 (23) 2000–2006 Grit TV affiliate, WXBU, owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
Huntington / Charleston, West Virginia WOWK-TV 13 (13) 2000–2002 CBS affiliate owned by West Virginia Media Holdings

References

  1. "WJRT". Station Listings. Michiguide.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 Report No. MM 95-60
  3. WTVG TV Channel 13 Toledo, OH. Michigan Television Dial Guide. Michiguide.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grego, Melissa (November 3, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Disney to Sell Two Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Lilly Broadcasting: Michigan Television. Michigan Radio and TV Ownership Guide. Michiguide.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
  6. New Vision Buys Montecito Stations Broadcasting & Cable July 24, 2007
  7. "Gray Buys Stations in Flint, Toledo for $128M," from TVNewsCheck, 7/24/2014
  8. Engle, Erika (May 13, 2015). "Local TV station sold". Hawaii Star-Advertiser. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  9. "Assignment of License". Federal Communications Commission. July 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  10. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

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