Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. Field Enterprises was a private Holding company founded on August 31, 1944 by Marshall Field III and others to establish the Chicago Sun The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily Newspaper published between 1876 and 1978 in Chicago Illinois. The company owned independent television stations in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station. Independent station is a term for a broadcast radio or Television station which is more independent in some way compared to other "dependent" WFLD, channel 32 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Chicago Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
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History
The broadcasting arm of Field Enterprises began in January 1966 with the initial sign-on of WFLD. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. In 1972, Field sold a majority ownership (about 77. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 5 percent) of WFLD to Kaiser Broadcasting, owners of KBSC-TV in Corona, CA (serving Los Angeles), WKBG-TV in Cambridge, MA (serving Boston, and in tandem with the Boston Globe), WKBS-TV in Burlington, N.J. (serving Philadelphia), WKBF-TV in Cleveland, WKBD-TV in Detroit, and KBHK-TV in San Francisco. Kaiser Broadcasting was the name of an entity that owned and operated Broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977 KVEA, "Telemundo 52" is an NBC -owned and operated television station in the Los Angeles area and is the West Coast flagship station of the Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West WLVI-TV, channel 56 is a CW Television Network affiliate licensed to Cambridge Massachusetts, and serving the Boston Massachusetts television market Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, WKBS-TV was an independent television station licensed to Burlington New Jersey, which served the Philadelphia Pennsylvania area from 1965 to 1983 See also Burlington Township New Jersey Burlington is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə This article is about the former television station in Cleveland Ohio Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state WKBD, channel 50 is an owned-and-operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit Michigan. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Field retained the remainder of WFLD's shares (about 22. 5 percent), and in return, received a minority stake in Kaiser Broadcasting (also about 22. 5 percent). In 1975 Kaiser shut down WKBF, returning its license to the FCC and merging most of its programming with WUAB, of which Kaiser purchased a minority ownership from United Artists Broadcasting. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WUAB, identified on-air as "My43 WUAB" is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Cleveland Ohio. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group.
In 1977, Kaiser sold its majority stake of their stations, sans KBSC (which was sold to Oak TV), to Field. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays This gave Field one-hundred percent ownership of WFLD again. Field did not acquire Kaiser's share of WUAB, which United Artists sold to Gaylord Broadcasting that same year. Gaylord Entertainment Company ( operates a number of Hotel, Resort, and media companies that was built by Edward Gaylord. The new owners also updated the look of all of the former Kaiser stations.
The beginning of the end
In 1982, brothers Marshall Field V and Frederick W. Field, who each controlled half of Field Enterprises, got into a dispute which left them unable to work together. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Ted Field" was born Frederick W Field in Chicago Illinois As a result of the dispute, Field Enterprises put their TV stations up for sale, as they opted to dissolve the company. All of their stations were sold successfully except for the Philadelphia station. Many companies offered Field money for WKBS, however, none of the bids were high enough. The Providence Journal Company, owners of rival Philadelphia independent WPHL-TV, offered to buy WKBS and merge the assets of the two stations. The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily Newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence Rhode Island and is WPHL-TV, channel 17 is a television station in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, owned by the Tribune Company and currently affiliated with News Corporation -owned Their bid was still too low, so WPHL offered to buy only equipment and programming from Field if they would shut down channel 48. Field decided to go through with the deal, and on August 30, 1983, Field signed WKBS-TV off the air for good and surrendered the license back to the Federal Communications Commission. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
What became of the stations
| DMA | Market | Station | Sold To | Current Owners | Current Network Affiliation |
| 3. A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the Population | Chicago | WFLD-TV 32 | Metromedia - 1983 | News Corporation - 1986 | Fox - 1986 |
| 4. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. WFLD, channel 32 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Chicago Illinois. Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a media company that owned radio and Television stations in the United States from 1956 News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation | Burlington - Philadelphia | WKBS-TV 48 | (went off the air) - 1983 | defunct1 | defunct1 |
| 5. See also Burlington Township New Jersey Burlington is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə WKBS-TV was an independent television station licensed to Burlington New Jersey, which served the Philadelphia Pennsylvania area from 1965 to 1983 | San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose |
KBHK-TV 44 (now KBCW) |
Chris-Craft Industries - 1983 | CBS Corporation2 - 2002 | CW - 2006 |
| 7. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian Powerboats based in Sarasota Florida. CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. | Cambridge - Boston | WLVI-TV 56 | Gannett Company - 1983 | Sunbeam Television - 2006 | CW - 2006 |
| 11. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. WLVI-TV, channel 56 is a CW Television Network affiliate licensed to Cambridge Massachusetts, and serving the Boston Massachusetts television market Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Sunbeam Television Corporation is a broadcasting company based in Miami Florida, owned by Edmund N The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. | Detroit - Windsor | WKBD-TV 50 | Cox Communications - 1984 | CBS Corporation3 - 1993 | CW - 2006 |
Footnotes:
- 1Returned to the air in 1992 as WGTW-TV, purchased by/affiliated with TBN in 2004
- 2Originally sold to Viacom Television Stations Group
- 3Originally sold to Paramount Stations Group (later Viacom Television Stations Group following several mergers, now part of CBS Corporation as CBS Television Stations Group). Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. WKBD, channel 50 is an owned-and-operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit Michigan. Cox Communications, also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) WGTW-TV, channel 48 is a Trinity Broadcasting Network -owned and operated television station licensed to Burlington New Jersey, and serving the Philadelphia The Trinity Broadcasting Network ( TBN) is a Christian television network headquartered in Costa Mesa California with studios in Irving Texas "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Paramount Stations Group (sometimes abbreviated as PSG was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term that refers to the majority of the media outlets being owned by a small number of CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television
External links
Field Communications' 1980-1981 video sales presentation (part 1) (part 2)
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