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The Taft Broadcasting Company, also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated, was a media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

It has its roots in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States, whose nephew, Hulbert Taft, published the Cincinnati Times-Star afternoon newspaper (which was merged into the now-defunct Cincinnati Post in 1958). The Taft family of the United States hails from Cincinnati Ohio with historic origins in Massachusetts; its members have served Ohio, William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 – March 8 1930 was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Nephew is a term referring to the son of one's Sibling. Sons of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews even though there is no blood relation The Cincinnati Post is a discontinued afternoon daily newspaper that was published in Cincinnati Ohio. The Cincinnati Post is a discontinued afternoon daily newspaper that was published in Cincinnati Ohio. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Taft family's involvement in broadcasting began in 1939. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The company is notable for having been the owner of such major media and entertainment properties as Hanna-Barbera, Worldvision Enterprises, KECO Entertainment, Ruby-Spears Productions and many television and radio stations. Worldvision Enterprises Inc was a Television program and Home video distributor established in 1962 as ABC Films, the syndication arm of the Kings Entertainment Company ( KECO) owned and/or operated six theme parks around the world Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises) is a Burbank, California -based Entertainment Production company that A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation.

It also owned 50% of CIC Video's Australian operations, CIC-Taft Home Video. CIC Video (pronounced "kick" though many spelled out its letters was a Home video distributor owned by Cinema International Corporation (the forerunner For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

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History

Later in 1987, Taft Broadcasting becomes Great American Broadcasting (also known as Great American Communications) following a major restructuring of its operations. Cincinnati-based billionaire Carl Lindner, Jr., becomes Taft's majority stockholder and renames the company after his Great American Insurance Company. Carl Lindner Jr (born 1919 in Dayton Ohio) is a successful Cincinnati businessman and is among the world's richest people American Financial Group Incorporated ( is a Holding company based in Cincinnati Ohio whose primary business is insurance and investments Great American spins-off WTVN-TV to Anchor Media, a new firm comprised of former Taft Broadcasting board members. Worldvision Enterprises is sold to Spelling Entertainment Group. Founded by television producer Aaron Spelling in 1969, Spelling Television Inc A new company, led by former Taft Broadcasting president Dudley S. Taft Jr. , retains WGHP and later purchases another Philadelphia station, WPHL-TV. WPHL-TV, channel 17 is a television station in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, owned by the Tribune Company and currently affiliated with News Corporation -owned

Today, although effectively defunct as a separate corporation, Citicasters continues to exist as a holding company within the complex corporate structure of Clear Channel.

Stations formerly owned by Taft/Great American/Citicasters

Television stations

Current DMA# Market Station Years Owned Current Affiliation/Owner
4. A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the Population Philadelphia WTAF-TV 29
(now WTXF-TV)		 1969-87 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
5. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə WTXF-TV, channel 29 is an owned-and-operated station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Fort Worth-Dallas KTXA 21 1984-87 Independent owned by CBS Corporation
9. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. KTXA, channel 21 is an independent Television station based in Fort Worth Texas, and serving the Dallas /Fort Worth Designated market area Independent station is a term for a broadcast radio or Television station which is more independent in some way compared to other "dependent" CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television Washington, D.C. WDCA-TV 20 1979-87 My Network TV affiliate owned by Fox
10. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D WDCA, channel 20 is a television station in Washington DC. Owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, WDCA is a sister station MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company The Fox Television Stations are a group of television stations located within the United States which are Owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company Houston KTXH 20 1984-87 My Network TV affiliate owned by Fox
12. KTXH, channel 20 is a MyNetworkTV -affiliated television station in Houston Texas. Phoenix KTSP-TV 10
(now KSAZ-TV)		 1984-94 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
13. Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, KSAZ-TV is the owned-and-operated Fox station in Phoenix Arizona. St. Petersburg-Tampa WTSP 10 1984-96 CBS affiliate owned by Gannett Company
16. St Petersburg (often shortened to St Pete) is a city in Pinellas County Florida, United States. WTSP, channel 10 is a CBS -affiliate Television station on the west coast of Florida ( Tampa &ndash St CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Miami-Fort Lauderdale WCIX 6
(now WFOR-TV 4)		 1983-87 CBS owned-and-operated (O&O)
31. Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate Canal system is a city in Broward County, Florida, WFOR-TV, channel 4 is the CBS Owned-and-operated station in Miami Florida. Kansas City, Missouri WDAF-TV 4 1964-94 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
(Pending sale to Local TV)
32. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages WDAF-TV is a FOX affiliated television station in Kansas City, MO Local TV LLC is a Limited liability corporation, owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, which operates 18 local network-affiated television stations in the United Columbus, Ohio WTVN-TV 6
(now WSYX)		 1953-87 ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
33. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. For other ABC channels that are also number channel 6 see ABC 6. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The Sinclair Broadcast Group ( SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local Television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations Cincinnati WKRC-TV 11/12 1949-96 CBS affiliate owned by Newport Television
40. WKRC-TV channel 12 is the CBS affiliate serving Cincinnati Ohio. Newport Television LLC is a television station Holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television Birmingham, Alabama WBRC-TV 6 1957-95 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
(Pending sale to Local TV)
46. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. WBRC, channel 6 is a Television station in the Birmingham / Anniston / Tuscaloosa Alabama television market and it's affiliated by the High Point - Greensboro -
Winston-Salem		 WGHP 8 1984-87
1992-95		 Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
(Pending sale to Local TV)
50. High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad (The 30th largest metro area in the United States with a population of 1 Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 WGHP ("Fox 8" is the Fox Television station which serves the Greensboro / High Point / Winston-Salem North Carolina ( Buffalo, New York WGR-TV 2
(now WGRZ-TV)		 1964-83 NBC affiliate owned by Gannett Company
54. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. WGRZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Buffalo New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo while its transmitter is located at 11526 Warner The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Scranton - Wilkes-Barre, PA WNEP-TV 16 1964-69 ABC affiliate owned by Local TV
64. Wilkes-Barre (ˈwɪlksbɛrə or /-bɛri/ is the central city of the Wyoming Valley and County seat of Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania WNEP-TV, channel 16 is the ABC -affiliated Television station for northeastern and north central Pennsylvania, licensed to Scranton. Local TV LLC is a Limited liability corporation, owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, which operates 18 local network-affiated television stations in the United Lexington, Kentucky WKYT-TV 27 1958-67 CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television

Radio stations

(a partial listing)

DMA# Market Station Current owner
29. Cincinnati WKRC-550 Clear Channel Communications
(Sale pending)
WKRC-FM-101. WKRC (AM is a Radio station based in Cincinnati Ohio that is owned by Clear Channel Communications and broadcasts at 550 kHz Clear Channel Communications is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. 9
(now WKRQ)		 Bonneville International
32. WKRQ, known on-air as Q102, is a radio station located in the Cincinnati Ohio area and broadcasts at 101 History Bonneville International was formed with approval of the LDS First Presidency in 1964. Kansas City, Missouri WDAF-610
(now KCSP)		 Entercom Communications
WDAF-FM-102. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Entercom Communications Corporation ( is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States 1
(now KCKC)		 Wilks Broadcasting
37. KCKC is an Adult contemporary station based in Kansas City Missouri that operates at 102 Columbus, Ohio WTVN-610 Clear Channel Communications
WTVN-FM-96. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. WTVN is a full-service AM radio station in Columbus Ohio located at 610 kHz 3
(now WLVQ)		 Wilks Broadcasting
52. WLVQ is an FM radio station in Columbus Ohio, United States, broadcasting on 96 Buffalo, New York WGR-550 Entercom Communications
WGR-FM-96. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. WGR, or WGR Sports Radio 550, is an all Sports Radio station in Buffalo New York that broadcasts on 550 AM. 9
(now WGRF)		 Citadel Broadcasting
57. WGRF is a radio station in Buffalo New York, USA The station's on air branding is "97 Rock" For the similarly named television broadcaster see Citadel Communications. Birmingham, Alabama WBRC-960
(now WERC)		 Clear Channel Communications
WBRC-FM-106. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. WERC (960 AM, "News Radio 960" is a Radio station licensed to Birmingham Alabama. 9
(now WBPT)		 Cox Radio

References

  1. ^ "TV station is purchased. WBPT (1069 FM, "106-9 The Eagle" is a Classic hits music-formatted Radio station licensed to Homewood Alabama, that serves the Cox Radio Incorporated ( is a publicly traded company that holds a number of radio stations " The New York Times, Jan. 13, 1953, pg. 32.
  2. ^ "Radio-TV concern to sell stations. " The New York Times, Aug. 3, 1963, pg. 21.

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