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The company was founded by Gary Dudley and Charlie Amato in 1976 in Dallas. The founders had met at elementary school and had reunited in the 1970s when they were both selling credit life insurance before deciding to start SWBC. [4] In 2007 the company expanded to Bermuda, setting up SWBC Re, a re-insurance business. [1]
The company was founded by Chicago broadcasting veteran John Weigel, whose career dated back to the 1930s. With $1,000 of his own money and another $1,000 from his attorney, Daniel J. McCarthy, Weigel bought the broadcasting license for what became the first UHF television station in the Chicago area. WCIU signed on the air on February 6, 1964.
In 1989, Herring created another circuit board company, Herco Technology, with his sons Charles and Robert Jr. as co-owners. In 1994, a Herco employee reported to his supervisors that the facility in San Diego County was illegally flushing copper, prompting an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In 1995, Herring fired ...
Two major daily newspapers are published in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.The former has the larger circulation. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), SouthtownStar, the Chicago Defender, RedEye, Third Coast Press, Hypertext Magazine and the Chicago Reader.
Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.. Through Tribune Broadcasting, Tribune Media was one of the largest television broadcasting companies, owning 39 television stations across the United States and operating three additional stations through local marketing agreements.
Brad Maurice Kelley (born 1956) is an American businessman who is the 9th largest landowner in the U.S., [1] with an estimated net worth of US$2.2 billion in 2018. [2] He founded the Commonwealth Brands tobacco company in 1991 and sold the company in 2001 to Houchens Industries for US$1 billion. [3]
Glenwood Springs, CO: KREG-TV: 3 2017–2020 MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O) by Weigel Broadcasting: Dover, DE: WEVD-LD 47 [b] 2013–2020 WRZH-LD, Red Lion, PA, owned by Sonshine Family Television [c] Macon, GA: WPGA-TV: 58 2019–2023 MeTV affiliate owned by Gray Media: WPGA-LD: 50 2019–2023 Peachtree Sports Network affiliate owned by Gray Media
Newsweb Corporation is a printer of ethnic and alternative newspapers in the United States, based in Chicago, Illinois.The company also owns AM 750 WNDZ.Newsweb was founded in 1971 by Chicago entrepreneur, political activist, and philanthropist Fred Eychaner to continue his printing business.