Equity Broadcasting

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Equity Broadcasting is a broadcasting company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that owns and operates 31 television stations across the United States plus one radio station (KWBF-FM) in the Little Rock market. The company has a focus on Hispanic and Asian American communities in large markets while owning a combination of English-language network affiliates in medium and small markets. In late 2005, Equity launched the Retro Television Network, a programming service with a lineup of "classic" shows from the 1960s-1980s which currently airs in part or full in five markets (controversially replacing UPN in one).

A trait unique to Equity Broadcasting is their usage of a centralized groupwide hub (called by Equity the Central Automated Satellite Hub, or C.A.S.H, system) where all production, programming, and master control is handled from a facility adjacent to the company's headquarters. Though such hubbing is done on regional scales for many groups, no other company has done it to the scale and magintude of Equity and C.A.S.H. Note: The stations are listed in alphabetical order on the part of their call letters.

¹Stations not owned but managed by Equity Broadcasting.

1 Univision Stations
2 TeleFutura Stations
3 MyNetworkTV Stations
4 Fox Stations
5 Retro Television Network Stations
6 Other Stations
7 Markets With Stations Coming Soon
8 Other Properties
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] Univision Stations

KEYU - Amarillo, Texas
KLRA - Little Rock, Arkansas
KUKC-LP - Kansas City, Missouri
KUOK / KUTU-CA - Oklahoma City /Tulsa, Oklahoma
- WJMF-LP - Jackson, Mississippi (rebroadcaster of KUOK)
KUTH - Salt Lake City, Utah¹
KWNL-CA - Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Arkansas
WNYI - Ithaca, New York
WUDT-CA - Detroit, Michigan
WUMN-CA - Minneapolis, Minnesota
WUVF-CA - Fort Myers, Florida

[edit] TeleFutura Stations

[edit] MyNetworkTV Stations

KPBI-TV - Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly a WB affiliate)
KLMN - Great Falls, Montana (formerly a UPN affiliate)
KMMF - Missoula, Montana (secondary affiliate)
KPBI-CA - Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly a Fox affiliate)
KWBF - Little Rock, Arkansas (formerly a WB affiliate)
KWBM - Harrison, Arkansas - Springfield, Missouri (formerly a WB affiliate)
WBLU - Lexington, Kentucky (also a part of Retro Television Network)
WGMU - Burlington, Vermont (formerly a UPN affiliate)
WMQF - Marquette, Michigan (secondary affiliate)

[edit] Fox Stations

[edit] Retro Television Network Stations

KCBU - Salt Lake City, Utah
KDEV - Cheyenne, Wyoming
KDEV-LP - Denver, Colorado
KEGS-LP - Las Vegas, Nevada
KFDF-CA - Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Arkansas (announced as MyNetworkTV before KPBI-TV and KPBI-CA assumed that affiliation)
KKYK-DT - Little Rock, Arkansas
KQUP - Spokane, Washington
KRRI-LP - Reno, Nevada
KTVC - Roseburg-Eugene, Oregon
KWCE-LP - Alexandria, Louisiana
KWWF - Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (formerly a UPN affiliate)
WBIF - Panama City, Florida
WBLU - Lexington, Kentucky (also a part of MyNetworkTV)
WNGS - Buffalo, New York (operated by WKBW-TV, an ABC affiliate owned by Granite Broadcasting)
WPXS - Mt. Vernon, Illinois-St. Louis, Missouri¹

[edit] Other Stations

KMCC - Laughlin, Nevada - A Multimedios station (Owned by Cranston II; managed by Equity)
KNBX-CA - Las Vegas, Nevada - A Teleformula station
WUHQ-LP - Grand Rapids, Michigan - An America One / MTV Tr3s station (may not still be the case)
KUSE-LP - Seattle, Washington - A ShopNBC station
WYGA-CA - Atlanta, Georgia - An independent station

[edit] Markets With Stations Coming Soon

Reno, Nevada (another station)
West Palm Beach, Florida

[edit] Other Properties

Arkansas RiverBlades (an ECHL hockey franchise in Little Rock, Arkansas; Equity owns 51% interest in team)
Arkansas Twisters (an af2 arena football franchise in Little Rock)

[edit] See also

Retro Television Network

[edit] External links

Equity Broadcasting

Equity Broadcasting Corporation

v • d • e

Broadcast Television Networks: Retro Television Network

Fox Network Affiliates: KBTZ | KMMF | WMQF

Telefutura Network Affiliates: KAMT | WTMS | KUTF

Other Stations: KMCC³ | KNBX | KUSE | WUHQ | WYGA

Other Properties: Arkansas RiverBlades⁴ | Arkansas Twisters⁵

¹Equity owns the station but management capabilities belong to Granite Broadcasting under a Local Marketing Agreement held by its ABC affiliate WKBW-TV.

²Equity operates this station owned by the Word of God Fellowship under a Local Marketing Agreement.

³Equity operates the station owned by Cranston II LLC.

⁴Equity has a 51% ownership stake in the ECHL franchise. However the team has been defunct since 2003. Equity plans to sell its remaining stake in the team.

⁵Equity owns the af2 Arena Football franchise outright.

Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: www.ebcorp.net

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