- Lilly Broadcasting
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Lilly Broadcasting, L.L.C. is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the father-and-son team of George Lilly (father) and Brian Lilly (son).
Lilly Broadcasting is the last remaining vestige of the Montecito Broadcast Group, LLC, which was an American holding company that operated television stations with most of its operations centered largely west of the Mississippi River. The company was founded in 1984 as SJL Broadcast Management, renaming itself in 1996 as SJL Communications and in 2000 as SJL Broadcasting (coinciding with their purchase of Gateway Communications). The company was reincorporated in October 2005 when SJL partnered with investment firm Blackstone Group, the owner of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to purchase four stations from Emmis Communications. SJL is based in Montecito, California and is headed by George Lilly who was the head of the original consortium that formed the original SJL group. Lilly Broadcasting, founded in 2000 under the control of Brian Lilly, is listed as being headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.
On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its stations (KHON, KOIN, KSNW and KSNT) to New Vision Television, ending the partnership between SJL and The Blackstone Group. [1] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval of this sale in late-October of that year, and ownership was officially transferred on November 1. As of December 22, 2010, all of the former Montecito stations except for low-power KOIN repeater KBNZ-LP in Bend, Oregon (which has since flash-cut to digital as KBNZ-LD) remain under the ownership of New Vision.
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.
Stations currently owned by Lilly or SJL
Market Station Channel (DT) Current Affiliation Acquired Notes Flint, Michigan WJRT-TV 12 ABC
LiveWell on HD2
AccuWX on HD31989[2]
2011Licensed to "WJRT Acquisition, Inc." Toledo, Ohio WTVG 13 ABC
LiveWell on HD2
AccuWX on HD31991[2]
2011Licensed to "WTVG Acquisition, Inc." Erie, Pennsylvania WICU-TV 12 NBC 1996 Licensed to "SJL of Pennsylvania, Inc." WSEE 35 (16) CBS
CW on DT22002 Operates under a shared services agreement with WICU Elmira, New York WENY 36 ABC
CBS on DT2
CW on DT32000 Caribbean One Caribbean Weather 2009 Satellite channel, originates from Erie, PA Stations formerly owned by SJL/Montecito
Market Station Years Owned Current Affiliation/Owner Portland, Oregon KOIN 6 2006–2007 CBS affiliate owned by New Vision Television Lebanon / Harrisburg / York /
Lancaster, PennsylvaniaWLYH-TV 15 2000–2006 CW affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group
(Operated under LMA by Newport Television-owned WHP-TV)
Buffalo, New York WGRZ-TV 2 1986–1988 NBC affiliate owned by Gannett Company Huntington / Charleston, West Virginia WOWK-TV 13 2000–2002 CBS affiliate owned by West Virginia Media Holdings Wichita / Hutchinson, Kansas KSNW 3 2006–2007 NBC affiliate owned by New Vision Television Great Bend / Hays / Salina, Kansas KSNC 2
(satellite of KSNW)2006–2007 NBC affiliate owned by New Vision Television Garden City / Dodge City, Kansas KSNG 11
(satellite of KSNW)2006–2007 NBC affiliate owned by New Vision Television McCook, Nebraska / Colby / Goodland, Kansas KSNK 8
(satellite of KSNW)2006–2007 NBC affiliate owned by New Vision Television Honolulu, Hawaii KHON-TV 2 2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by New Vision Television Hilo, Hawaii KHAW-TV 11
(satellite of KHON-TV)2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by New Vision Television Maui KAII-TV 7
(satellite of KHON-TV)2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by New Vision Television Kauai K55DZ 55
(satellite of KHON-TV)2006–2007 Fox affiliate owned by New Vision Television Syracuse, New York WSTM-TV 3 1986–1992 NBC affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting Altoona / State College /
Johnstown, PennsylvaniaWTAJ-TV 10 2000–2006 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group San Luis Obispo, California KSBY 6 1996–2002 NBC affiliate owned by Evening Post Publishing Company Topeka, Kansas KSNT 27 2006–2007 NBC affiliate owned by New Vision Television Pittsburg, Kansas KOAM-TV 7 1991–1995 CBS affiliate owned by Saga Communications Binghamton, New York WBNG-TV 12 2000–2006 CBS affiliate owned by Granite Broadcasting Missoula, Montana KPAX-TV 8 1984–1994 CBS affiliate owned by Evening Post Publishing Company Billings, Montana KTVQ 2 1984–1994 CBS affiliate owned by Evening Post Publishing Company Great Falls, Montana KRTV 3 1984–1994 CBS affiliate owned by Evening Post Publishing Company Butte, Montana KXLF-TV 4 1984–1994 CBS affiliate owned by Evening Post Publishing Company References
- ^ New Vision Buys Montecito Stations Broadcasting & Cable July 24, 2007
- ^ a b Divested 1995, reacquired 2011.
Categories:- Companies established in 1984
- Broadcasting companies of the United States
- Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California
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