Venture Technologies Group
Venture Technologies Group, LLC is an American television broadcasting company that was founded in 1996 and is based in Pasadena, California. The company currently owns 14 television stations.
| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Subsidiaries | Four Seasons Broadcasting |
Stations owned
| City of license / Market | Station |
|
Network affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | KEBK-LD | 27 (27) | Religious Independent | |
| KDBK-LD[lower-alpha 1] | 41 (28) | Jewelry Television | ||
| Banning / Los Angeles | KRVD-LD | 33 (10) | 2004 | Vietnamese independent, VIETV |
| San Jose–San Francisco | KSCZ-LD | 23 | 2002 | Vietnamese independent, VIETV |
| Los Angeles | KZNO-LD | 12 (6) | 1996 | Jewelry Television |
| KMRZ-LD | 16 (26) | 2007 | Spanish Religious Independent | |
| KEDD-LD | 45 (27) | 2000 | HSN | |
| San Jose–San Francisco | KBKF-LD | 6 | TBA[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Chicago | WRME-LD[lower-alpha 3] | 33 (6) | Jewelry Television[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Oakwood Hills/Chicago, Illinois | WCHU-LD | 59 (7) | Infomercials | |
| South Sioux City, NE–Sioux City, IA | KSXC-LD | 5 (26) | Daystar | |
| Peekskill | WEPT-CD | 15 (28) | Jewelry Television | |
| Pittsburgh | WBPA-LD | 12 (12) | Rev'n |
Stations owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting
Four Seasons Broadcasting is a joint venture between Venture Technologies Group, LLC and Cleveland, Ohio-based Malibu Broadcasting.
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Network affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego/Chicago, Illinois | WTVK | 59 (39) | Infomercials |
Former Venture Technologies-owned stations
| City of license / Market | Station |
|
|
Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix, AZ | KPHX-LP | 58 | 1992–2002 | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O), KDTP-LP |
| Tucson, AZ | KWTA-LP | 31 | 1997–2012 | Defunct |
| Bishop–Los Angeles, CA | KVME-TV | 20 (20) | 2007–2021 | Jewelry Television affiliate owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Los Angeles, CA | KILA-LP | 8 | 2000–2011 | Station is now owned by Roy William Mayhugh |
| KNLA-CD | 20 (50) | –2012 | HSN affiliate owned by NRJ TV, LLC | |
| KNET-CD | 25 (25) | –2012 | HSN affiliate owned by NRJ TV, LLC | |
| KVHD-LD | 26 (26) | –2017 | EVINE Live affiliate owned by New York Spectrum Holding Company, LLC | |
| Redding–Chico, CA | KNNN-LP | 6 | 2003–2017 | Defunct, went off-air in 2021 |
| San Jose, CA | KEXT-CD | 27 (20) | 2014–2017 | Defunct, went off-air in 2017[lower-alpha 4] |
| Hartford, CT | WHCT-LD | 38 (38) | 20??–2020 | MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Davenport, IA | WBQD-LP | 26 | 2002–2013[lower-alpha 5] | Defunct, went off-air in 2011 |
| Pittsfield, MA–Albany, NY | WNYA | 51 (13) | 2003–2013 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
| Lansing, MI | WHTV | 18 (34) | [lower-alpha 6] | Defunct, went off-air in 2017 |
| New York City, NY | WASA-LD | 24 (25) | 2003–2009 | Estrella TV owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| Syracuse, NY | WAWA-LP | 14 | 2000–2003[lower-alpha 5] | Defunct, went off-air in 2021 |
| Cleveland, OH | WLFM-LP | 6 (20) | 1989–2021 | Telemundo affiliate, WTCL-LD, owned by Gray Television |
| Toledo, OH | WBTL-LP | 38 | 1990–2009 | Defunct, went off-air in 2008 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | WTWB-TV/WNPA | 19 (11) | 1995–1998 | Independent station, WPKD-TV, owned by CBS News and Stations |
| Lubbock, TX | KFIQ-LP | 4 | ????–2020 | Defunct |
| KFMP-LP | 6 | ????–2020 | Defunct | |
| Bellingham–Seattle, WA | KBCB | 24 (19) | 199?–2021 | Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Notes
- Satellite of KEBK-LD.
- An audio-only subcarrier transmitting on analog channel 6 operates as a de facto radio station at 87.7 FM.
- Operated by Weigel Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
- On April 13, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Venture Technologies' KEXT-CD was a successful bidder in the spectrum auction; the station would be surrendering its license in exchange for $55,351,366, 30% of which would be owed to the station's previous owner (Univision Communications) due to the terms of that transaction.[1] Venture Technologies surrendered KEXT-CD's license to the FCC for cancellation on July 31, 2017.
- Owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting.
- Operated by E. W. Scripps Company under a local marketing agreement.
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