Venture Technologies Group
Venture Technologies Group, LLC is an American television broadcasting company that was founded in 1996 and based in Los Angeles, California. The company currently owns 14 television stations.
| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Subsidiaries | Four Seasons Broadcasting |
Stations owned
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Network affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | KEBK-LD | 27 (27) | Religious Independent | |
| KDBK-LD (satellite of KEBK-LD) |
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 | KMRZ-LD | 16 (26) | 2007 | Daystar |
| KEDD-LD | 45 (27) | 2000 | Jewelry Television | |
| San Jose - San Francisco | KBKF-LDA | 6 | TBA on Channel 6.1 Air1 programming on 87.75 | |
| Chicago | WRME-LD 1A | 33 (6) | Jewelry Television on Channel 6.1 Oldies radio audio on 87.75 | |
| Oakwood Hills/Chicago, Illinois | WCHU-LD | 59 (7) | Infomercials | |
| South Sioux City, NE - Sioux City, IA | KSXC-LD | 5 (26) | Daystar | |
| Newburgh | WEPT-CD | 15 (22) | Jewelry Television | |
| Pittsburgh | WBPA-LD | 12 (12) | Rev'n |
- A This station features a simulcast of its radio station or another program broadcasting on its television station, while it radio station continues to broadcast on 87.75 FM.
- 1 This station is operated by Weigel Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
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 | WAOE | 59 (39) | Infomercials |
Former Venture Technologies-owned stations
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | KPHX-LP | 58 | 1992–2002 | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O), KDTP-LP |
| Tucson | KWTA-LP | 31 | 1997–2012 | defunct |
| Bishop - Los Angeles | KVME-TV | 20 (20) | 2007-2021 | Jewelry Television affiliate, owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Los Angeles | 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 | KEFM-LP | 6 | 2003–2017 | Hella Radio sold to Hella Meada Group LLC of Redding, now owned by Walker Broadcasting |
| KNNN-LD | ||||
| San Jose | KEXT-CD | 27 (20) | 2014–2017 1 | defunct, went off-air in 2017 |
| Hartford | WHCT-LD | 38 (38) | 20??–2020 | MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Davenport | WBQD-LP | 26 | 2002–2013 2 | defunct, went off-air in 2011 |
| Pittsfield, MA - Albany, NY | WNYA | 51 (13) | 2003–2013 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
| Lansing | WHTV | 18 (34) | 3 | defunct, went off-air in 2017 |
| New York | WASA-LD | 24 (25) | 2003–2009 | Estrella TV owned-and-operated (O&O) owned by Estrella Media |
| Syracuse | WAWA-LP | 14 | 2000–2003 2 | defunct, now WSTM 3.2,The CW, WSTQ-LP, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Toledo | WBTL-LP | 38 | 1990–2009 | defunct, went off-air in 2008 |
| Lubbock | KFIQ-LP | 4 | ????-2020 | defunct |
| Lubbock | KFMP-LP | 6 | ????-2020 | defunct |
| Bellingham - Seattle | KBCB | 24 (19) | 199?-2021 | Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated (O&O) |
- 1 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.
- 2 These stations were owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting.
- 3 This station was operated by E. W. Scripps Company under a local marketing agreement.
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