- Local TV
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name = Local TV LLC
slogan = The Vision You Can't Ignore]
type = Private
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foundation =2007
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location_city =Fort Wright, Kentucky
location_country =United States
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key_people =Bobby Lawrence ,CEO
industry = Broadcast television
products = Television stations
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parent =Oak Hill Capital Partners
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homepage = http://www.localtvllc.com/footnotes =
intl =Local TV LLC is a
limited liability corporation , owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, which operates 18 local network-affiated television stations in theUnited States .cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.localtvllc.com/aboutus/|work=localtvllc.com|publisher=Local TV LLC|format=Web |date=August 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-24|quote=We are currently in the process of acquiring a portfolio of 9 television stations. We intend to expand our media footprint, and are pleased to have the NYT stations as a foundation.] cite pressrelease|title=Press Room|url=http://www.localtvllc.com/pressroom/|publisher=Local TV|date=2008-08-22|accessdate=2008-08-24|quote=Local TV LLC is a broadcast holding company created in 2007 to acquire nine heritage television stations in eight midsized markets. In 2008, the company acquired eight Fox Affiliates previously owned byNews Corporation . Local TV is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, management and a consortium of bankers and high yield lenders....]History
Local TV was created in December 2007, after
Oak Hill Capital entered into an agreement withThe New York Times Company to purchase nine local network-affiliated television stations; onMay 7 ,2007 , the sale was completed as one part of a larger sale of the New York Times Company's Broadcast Media Group "for approximately $575 million."cite pressrelease|title=The New York Times Company Reports April Revenues|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-pressArticle&ID=1003528&highlight=|format=The New York Times Company Financial Report|publisher=Business Wire |date=2007-05-07|accessdate=2008-08-23|quote=On May 7, 2007, the Company sold the Broadcast Media Group, consisting of nine network-affiliated television stations, their related Web sites and the digital operating center, for approximately $575 million.] At 12:01 a.m., Local TV assumed ownership of the nine television stations, located in "eight mid-sized markets."On
December 21 ,2007 ,Tribune Company and Local TV agreed to form a "broadcast management company" to provide management services to both Tribune Company's and Local TV's stations.cite pressrelease|title=Tribune and Local TV to Form Broadcast Management Company|publisher=Tribune Company|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-08-24|url=http://www.tribune.com/pressroom/releases/2007/12212007.html|quote=Tribune Company and Local TV have entered into a letter of intent to create a third-party broadcast management company which will provide shared services to all of the stations Local TV and Tribune Company own, respectively.] The next day,December 22 ,2007 , Local TV announced plans to acquire eight Foxowned-and-operated stations fromRupert Murdoch 'sNews Corporation , completing that sale onJuly 14 ,2008 .cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/07/14/daily11.html?ana=from_rss|title=Sale of Channel 6, Seven Other TV Stations Closes|work=The Business Journal of Milwaukee|publisher="bizjournals.com" (American City Business Journals , Inc)|date=2008-07-14|accessdate=2008-08-24] The Tribune Company operates 23 television stations.cite web|title=About the Tribune Company|url=http://www.tribune.com/about/index.html|format=Web |publisher=Tribune Company |accessdate=2008-08-24]Officers
President and chief executive officer (CEO) is Robert (Bobby) Lawrence, who, Local TV announced on
December 20 ,2007 , would succeedRandy Michaels (aka Benjamin Homel), former CEO ofClear Channel Communications and Local TV's first CEO, who becameChief Operating Officer (COO) of theTribune Company , onMay 7 ,2008 .cite pressrelease|title=Local TV Announces Bobby Lawrence as CEO|url=http://www.localtvllc.com/pressroom/2007/12/20/local-tv-announces-bobby-lawrence-as-ceo/|publisher=Local TV LLC|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-08-24] cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=534573|title=Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations|publisher=FCC|accessdate=2008-08-24]Chief financial officer (CFO) of Local TV isPam Taylor .tations
References
Related audiovisual resources
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6266175561619041637 "Local TV & Local Responsibility Part One: Stop Big Media"] .
The National Conference for Media Reform . The Oklahoma History Center,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .May 19 ,2007 . 25 mins.Video clip . "video.google.com" (Google ). (Part 1 of 3-part videotaped "Panel Discussion on the takeover of New York Times Corporation ['] s news stations by Oak Hill Capital Partners and its holding company.")External links
* [http://www.localtvllc.com/ Local TV LLC] – Official Website
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