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Citadel Communications Ltd. Type Private Industry Broadcast Television
Television ProductionFounded 1982 Headquarters Bronxville, New York Area served 
United States (Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast)Key people Philip J. Lombardo, Founder/CEO
Ray Cole, President/COOProducts Broadcast television Website www.citadelltd.com For the similarly named former radio broadcasting company, see Citadel Broadcasting.Citadel Communications Ltd. is a Bronxville, NY-based private broadcasting company that operates 5 full-power television stations and 1 low-power station. The company was founded in 1982 by former National Association of Broadcasters joint board chairman and current Broadcasters Foundation of America chairman Phil Lombardo,[1] who is also an investor in SNN Local News 6, a 24-hour cable news channel in Sarasota, Florida owned by LDB Media, LLC.[2]
All of Citadel's major network affiliates share the same branding identity. They each use a variation of the circle logo and share the same website design style. Most of their stations also carry an additional network on their digital subchannel; WOI, WHBF, and KLKN carry the Retro Television Network and KCAU carries The Local AccuWeather Channel.
For news, the stations broadcast in high-definition, have similar sets and graphics, and use the music package specified for the network they're affiliated with; the ABC affiliates use Frank Gari's Eyewitness News (ABC O&O News Collection) and the CBS affiliate uses Gari's CBS Enforcer Music Collection. For weather, their systems are usually referred to on-air as ESP: Live (Exclusive Storm Prediction). Also, until 2011, the stations signed-off overnight and did not broadcast their networks' overnight newscasts.
Recently-acquired WLNE incorporates a stylized "6" (dating back to 1994) in its version of the circle logo. Its weather system is referred to on-air as Stormtracker. Currently, it does not carry an additional network on its subchannel.
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Stations
Current Citadel properties include:
City of license/Market Station Channel
TV (RF)Translator Acquired Affiliation Notes Ames/Des Moines, Iowa WOI-DT 5 / 5 50 1994 ABC
(RTV on DT2)Licensed to Capital Communications Company, Inc. (joint venture with Lynch Corporation of Connecticut)[3] Lincoln, Nebraska KLKN 8 / 8 31 1986 ABC
(RTV on DT2)New Bedford, Massachusetts/Providence, Rhode Island WLNE-TV 6 / 49 2011[4] ABC Operates NewsChannel 5, a 24-hour cable news channel available only on Cox Cable systems in Rhode Island Rock Island, Illinois/Quad Cities WHBF-TV 4 / 4 47 1987 CBS
(RTV on DT2)Licensed to Coronet Communications Company Sarasota/Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida WLWN-LP 48 2011[5] Silent, previously TBN Low-power Sioux City, Iowa KCAU-TV 9 / 9 30 1985 ABC
(AccuWeather on DT2)Former Citadel-owned stations
City of license/Market Station Channel
TV (RF)Years owned Currently Albion, Nebraska KLKE
(satellite of KLKN)24 1996–2003 defunct, went silent in 2003 Binghamton, New York WMGC-TV
(now WIVT)34 / 34 1986–1996 ABC affiliate owned by Newport Television Buffalo, New York WUTV 29 / 14 1984–1990 Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York WVNY 22 / 13 1982–1996 ABC affiliate owned by Lambert Broadcasting
(operated by Smith Media under a local marketing agreement)References
- ^ "NABEF Board of Directors: Philip J. Lombardo". National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation. http://www.nabef.org/documents/board/philipLombardo.asp. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Hielscher, John (25 February 2009). "SNN set to return to the air Thursday". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090225/ARTICLE/902250356. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Campus Journal; Vote to Sell TV Station Splits Iowans." New York Times 22 July 1992: p17.
- ^ "Citadel Communications LLC, New Owner of WLNE-TV/ABC6". abc6.com. http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14814861. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "MMTC spinning another donated low power television". RBR.com. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/mmtc-spinning-another-donated-low-power-television.html. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
External links
CBS Network Affiliates WHBF-TV2 5Silent Affiliates 1Carries The Local AccuWeather Channel on digital subchannel.
2Carries the Retro Television Network on digital subchannel.
3Operates NewsChannel 5, a 24-hour cable news channel available only on Cox Cable systems in Rhode Island.
4Licensed to Capital Communications Company, Inc. (joint venture with Lynch Corporation of Connecticut).
5Licensed to Coronet Communications Company.
6Low-power.Website: citadelltd.com Categories:- Citadel Communications
- Television broadcasting companies of the United States
- Broadcasting companies of the United States
- Companies based in Westchester County, New York
- Companies established in 1982
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