Freedom Communications
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Freedom Communications, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California, owns 28 daily and 37 weekly newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of more than 1.2 million subscribers. The broadcast division includes nine television stations, including five CBS network affiliates, one CW Television Network affiliate and three ABC network affiliates.
Freedom's flagship newspaper is the Orange County Register, based in Santa Ana, California with a circulation of 360,000. The Register has won three Pulitzer Prizes.
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[edit] Leadership
Founder and chief executive officer R.C. Hoiles gained a one-third interest in his first newspaper (The Alliance Review in Ohio) sometime in the 1910s. He and his brother Frank bought many more local newspapers over the next several decades. In 1935 he moved his base of operations to Santa Ana, California, and in 1950 he incorporated his syndicate as Freedom Newspapers, Inc. After Hoiles' death in 1970, he was succeeded as CEO by his son C.H. Hoiles (until 1981), and then by:
- D.R. Segal 1981-1992
- James N. Rosse 1992-1999
- Samuel C. Wolgemuth 1999-2002
- Alan Bell 2002-2006
- Scott N. Flanders, 2006-
[edit] Properties
[edit] Newspapers
- East Valley Tribune of Mesa, Arizona
- Ahwatukee Foothill News of Phoenix, Arizona
- Daily News-Sun of Sun City, Arizona
- The Sun of Yuma, Arizona
- Desert Dispatch of Barstow, California
- Hesperia Star of Hesperia, California
- Appeal-Democrat of Marysville, California
- Porterville Recorder of Porterville, California
- The Orange County Register of Santa Ana, California
- OC Post of Santa Ana, California
- Daily Press of Victorville, California
- The Gazette of Colorado Springs, Colorado
- The Destin Log of Destin, Florida
- Northwest Florida Daily News of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- The News Herald of Panama City, Florida
- The Star of Port St. Joe, Florida
- The Walton Sun of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
- The Telegraph of Alton, Illinois
- Jacksonville Journal-Courier of Jacksonville, Illinois
- The Tribune of Seymour, Indiana
- Sedalia Democrat of Sedalia, Missouri
- Clovis News Journal of Clovis, New Mexico
- Portales News-Tribune of Portales, New Mexico
- The Quay County Sun of Tucumcari, New Mexico
- Times-News of Burlington, North Carolina
- The Havelock News of Havelock, North Carolina
- The Gaston Gazette of Gastonia, North Carolina
- The Daily News of Jacksonville, North Carolina
- The Free Press of Kinston, North Carolina
- New Bern of New Bern, North Carolina
- The Shelby Star of Shelby, North Carolina
- The Topsail Advertiser of Surf City, North Carolina
- Jones Post of Trenton, North Carolina
- The Lima News of Lima, Ohio
- The Brownsville Herald of Brownsville, Texas
- Valley Morning Star of Harlingen, Texas
- The Monitor of McAllen, Texas
- Odessa American of Odessa, Texas
- Mid Valley Town Crier of Weslaco, Texas
[edit] Television stations
| Current DMA # | Market | Station | Channel (DT) | Affiliation | Acquired | Notes |
| 38. | West Palm Beach, Florida | WPEC | 12 (13) | CBS | 1996 | |
| 39. | Kalamazoo, Michigan | WWMT | 3 (2) | CBS | 1998 | The CW on DT2 |
| 51. | Providence, Rhode Island | WLNE | 6 (49) | ABC | 1983 | Licenced to New Bedford, Massachusetts Was CBS until 1995 (Pending sale to Global Broadcasting, LLC) |
| 56. | Schenectady, New York | WRGB | 6 (39) | CBS | 1986 | |
| WCWN | 45 (43) | The CW | 2006 | |||
| 86. | Chattanooga, Tennessee | WTVC | 9 (35) | ABC | 1983 | Freedom's first broadcast property (with KFDM) |
| 112. | Lansing, Michigan | WLAJ | 53 (51) | ABC | 1998 | Operated by WWMT The CW on DT2 |
| 140. | Beaumont, Texas | KFDM | 6 (21) | CBS | 1983 | The CW on DT2 |
| 141. | Medford, Oregon | KTVL | 10 (35) | CBS | 1996 | The CW on DT2 |
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Newspapers: Ahwatukee Foothill News | The Alton Telegraph | Appeal-Democrat | The Brownsville Herald | Clovis News Journal | The Colorado Springs Gazette | Daily News-Sun | Desert Dispatch | The Destin Log | East Valley Tribune | The Star | The Gaston Gazette | The Havelock News | Hesperia Star | The Jacksonville Daily News | Jacksonville Journal-Courier | Jones Post | The Kinston Free Press | The Lima News | Mid Valley Town Crier | The News Herald | Northwest Florida Daily News | OC Post | Odessa American | The Orange County Register | Portales News-Tribune | Porterville Recorder | The Quay County | Sedalia Democrat | The Seymour Tribune | The Shelby Star | Sun Journal | The Texas Monitor | Times-News | The Topsail Advertiser | Valley Morning Star | Victorville Daily Press | The Walton Sun | The Yuma Sun |
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ABC Network Affiliates: WLAJ1 | WLNE2 | WTVC |
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1Also a subaffiliate of The CW Television Network. 2To be sold to Global Broadcasting, LLC pending FCC approval. 3Owned by Venture Technologies Group, LLC. Freedom coordinates sales and provides other services for this station. |
