- BlueStone Television
BlueStone Television also known as Bluestone License Holdings Inc., is a
Wichita, Kansas -based owner of television broadcast stations in theUnited States . It was formed bySandy DiPasquale andProvidence Equity Partners . Its first acquisition was a group of 12 stations fromLamco Communications Inc. in 2004. [http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/01/26/story5.html]In 2007, BlueStone Television was sold to Diamond Castle Holdings LLC and veteran broadcast executive Randy Bongarten for $230 million dollars. [http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/16013704.htm?source=rss&channel=kansas_business]
DiPasquale has later partnered with Providence Equity to purchase
Clear Channel Communications ' television stations in a deal reported to be worth $1.2 billion dollars, creating a new partnership,Newport Television , LLC, based inKansas City, Missouri . [http://www.kansas.com/101/story/50456.html]tations owned by Bluestone Television
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WCYB NBC and CW affiliate inBristol, Virginia serving the Tri-Cities of Tennessee/Virginia
**WEMT a FOX affiliate in Tri-Cities of Tennessee/Virginia (owned by Aurora Communications, managed by Bluestone's WCYB via aLMA )
*WCTI-TV ABC affiliate inNew Bern, North Carolina
*KRCR ABC affiliate in Chico /Redding, California
**KAEF ABC affiliate inEureka, California (associated with KRCR)
*KECI-TV and KCFW NBC affiliates in theMissoula, Montana market
**KTVM an NBC affiliate in Butte /Bozeman, Montana (associated with KECI)
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