Withers Broadcasting Explained

Withers Broadcasting Companies
Type:Privately held
Location:Southern Illinois (Mount Vernon)
Products:Radio

Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri.[1]

Stations

Radio

Illinois

Centralia
Harrisburg
Marion
Metropolis
Nashville
Mount Vernon

Kentucky

Paducah

Missouri

Cape Girardeau
Jackson
Sikeston

Television

Stations arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

City of license / MarketStationChannelYears owned Current status
Grand Junction, CO4Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting
KREX-TV51984–2003CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
K27CO/KGJT-LP271998–2003MyNetworkTV affiliate KGJT-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group
Durango, COKREZ-TV61984–1995CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Glenwood Springs, COKREG-TV31987–2003MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O) by Weigel Broadcasting
Montrose, COKREY101984–2003CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Iron MountainMarquette, MIWDHS81996–2015Defunct, license cancelled in 2015
Victoria, TX19Fox affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting
KAVU-TV251990–1999[2] ABC affiliate owned by Morgan Murphy Media
WestonClarksburg, WVWDTV51973–2017CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
WVFX102007–2017Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&item=Broadcasting-Pioneer-W-Russell-Withers-Jr-Passes-Away14028 "Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away"
  2. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=135415 Application Search