Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
The Chicago metropolitan area is currently defined by Nielsen Media Research as the third-largest television market in the United States, [8] with all of the major U.S. television networks having affiliates serving the region. Currently, television stations that primarily serve the Chicago metropolitan area include: [9]
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded media company with headquarters in Irving, Texas, Midtown Manhattan, and Chicago.The company is the largest television station owner in the United States, owning 197 television stations across the U.S., most of which are affiliated with the four "major" U.S. television networks and MyNetworkTV in markets as large as New York City and as ...
The GateHouse Media corporate strategy continues to focus on acquiring and operating traditional local media businesses and transforming them from print-centric operations to multimedia operations. [19] As of April 2018, GateHouse Media was publishing 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local market websites in 38 states.
Robert Shelby Herring Sr. (born 1941) is an American businessman who founded Herring Networks, a media company that launched and currently owns AWE and One America News Network. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early life and education
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.