Spartan Communications
| Fate | Acquired by Media General |
|---|---|
| Successor | Media General |
| Founded |
1940 (as Spartanburg Advertising Company 1947 (as Spartan Radiocasting) |
| Founder | Walter J. Brown |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| Services | Television stations |
| Subsidiaries |
WSPA-TV (flagship) WBTW WJBF WRBL |
Spartan Communications, Inc. was a company that was based in Spartanburg, South Carolina that owned WSPA-TV as Spartan's flagship station from 1956 to 2000 when Spartan merged with Media General of Richmond, VA. In 1984, Spartan bought WBTW and KIMT-TV from the Shotts family.
Former Spartan-owned stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg, South Carolina | WSPA-TV ** | 7 (7) | 1956-2000 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
| Toccoa, Georgia | WNEG-TV | 32 (24) | 1995-2000 | Heroes & Icons affiliate, WGTA, owned by Marquee Broadcasting |
| Florence - Myrtle Beach | WBTW | 13 (13) | 1984-2000 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
| Mason City - Rochester | KIMT | 3 (42) | 1984-2000 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
| Augusta, Georgia | WJBF | 6 (42) | 1992-2000 | ABC affiliate owned by Media General |
| Columbus, Georgia | WRBL | 3 (15) | 19??-2000 | CBS affiliate owned by Media General |
See also
- WSPA-TV (former flagship station)
- Media General, a successor to Spartan Communications and WSPA-TV's current owner.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/14/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.