Legacy Broadcasting

Legacy Broadcasting, LLC is a broadcasting company founded in 2014 by Sherry Nelson and her daughter Sara Jane Nelson.

Legacy Broadcasting, LLC
TypePrivate company
IndustryBroadcasting
Founded2014
Key people
Sherry Nelson, President/Manager
ProductsTelevision

History

Legacy Broadcasting began in 2014 when it announced it would acquire four television stations from Gray Television that had been owned or controlled via joint sales and shared services agreements by Hoak Media. The stations were KAQY, KHAS-TV, and KNDX and its satellite KXND.[1] The stations went silent while the consummation of the transactions were pending. During this period, Gray re-called the stations based on their locations and transferred the stations' primary network affiliations to subchannels of competing stations that they already owned. The sales closed in 2015 and the stations returned to the air under Legacy ownership in the summer of 2015.

On October 1, 2015, Gray announced the sale of Schurz Communications-owned KOTA-TV, the oldest television station in South Dakota, for $1. Gray will transfer the station's ABC affiliation to KEVN-TV but KOTA will remain affiliated with This TV and MeTV at the close of the sale.[2] KOTA satellite KHSD-TV is also included in the sale to Legacy.

On May 21, 2018, Legacy Broadcasting entered an agreement to sell KNHL to Gray for $475,000. Gray intends to turn KNHL into a satellite of its NBC affiliate KSNB-TV.[3] The sale was finalized on March 1, 2019.[4]

On October 13, 2021, it was announced that KHME and KQME would be sold to Gray for $500,000; making KHME a sister station to KOTA-TV and KEVN-LD.[5] The sale was finalized on November 30.[6]

Stations

Current
City of license / Market Station Channel Owned since Network affiliation
Monroe, LA–El Dorado, AR KMLU 11 2015 MeTV

Former
City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Hastings–Lincoln, NE KNHL 5 2015–2019 The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television
Bismarck, ND KNDB 26 2015–2018 Heroes & Icons affiliate owned by BEK Sports Network, Inc.
Minot, ND KNDM[upper-alpha 1] 24 2015–2018 Heroes & Icons affiliate owned by BEK Sports Network, Inc.
Rapid City, SD KHME 23 2016–2021 MeTV affiliate owned by Gray Television
Lead, SD KQME[upper-alpha 2] 5 2016–2021 MeTV affiliate owned by Gray Television
  1. Satellite of KNDB.
  2. Satellite of KHME.

References
  1. http://gray.tv/uploads/documents/pressreleases/TVGain.pdf
  2. "Gray Announces New Acquisitions And Divestitures".
  3. Jacobson, Adam (September 14, 2018). "Gray's Legacy Grows In Nebraska". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. "Consummation Notice" CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, March 20, 2019, Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  5. "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  6. "Notification of Consummation", Licensing and Management System, Federal Communications Commission, November 30, 2021, Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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