| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Subsidiaries | Four Seasons Broadcasting |
Venture Technologies Group, LLC is an American television broadcasting company that was founded in 1996 and is based in Pasadena, California. The company currently owns 14 television stations.
Stations owned
| City of license / Market | Station |
|
Network affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | KEBK-LD | 27 (27) | Religious Independent | |
| KDBK-LD[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | KZNO-LD | 12 (6) | 1996 | Jewelry Television |
| KMRZ-LD | 16 (26) | 2007 | Spanish Religious Independent | |
| KEDD-LD | 45 (27) | 2000 | HSN | |
| San Jose–San Francisco | KBKF-LD | 6 | TBA[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Chicago | WRME-LD[lower-alpha 3] | 33 (6) | Jewelry Television[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Oakwood Hills/Chicago, Illinois | WCHU-LD | 59 (7) | Infomercials | |
| Peekskill | WEPT-CD | 15 (28) | Jewelry Television | |
| Pittsburgh | WBPA-LD | 12 (12) | Rev'n |
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 | WTVK | 59 (39) | Infomercials |
Former Venture Technologies-owned stations
| City of license / Market | Station |
|
|
Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix, AZ | KPHX-LP | 58 | 1992–2002 | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O), KDTP-LP |
| Tucson, AZ | KWTA-LP | 31 | 1997–2012 | Defunct |
| Bishop–Los Angeles, CA | KVME-TV | 20 (20) | 2007–2021 | Jewelry Television affiliate owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Los Angeles, CA | 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, CA | KNNN-LP | 6 | 2003–2017 | Defunct, went off-air in 2021 |
| San Jose, CA | KEXT-CD | 27 (20) | 2014–2017 | Defunct, went off-air in 2017[lower-alpha 4] |
| Hartford, CT | WHCT-LD | 38 (38) | 20??–2020 | MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O), owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
| Davenport, IA | WBQD-LP | 26 | 2002–2013[lower-alpha 5] | Defunct, went off-air in 2011 |
| Pittsfield, MA–Albany, NY | WNYA | 51 (13) | 2003–2013 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
| Lansing, MI | WHTV | 18 (34) | [lower-alpha 6] | Defunct, went off-air in 2017 |
| South Sioux City, NE–Sioux City, IA | KSXC-LD | 5 (26) | 2006–2020 | Defunct; license cancelled December 2023 |
| New York City, NY | WASA-LD | 24 (25) | 2003–2009 | Estrella TV owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| Syracuse, NY | WAWA-LP | 14 | 2000–2003[lower-alpha 5] | Defunct, went off-air in 2021 |
| Cleveland, OH | WLFM-LP | 6 (20) | 1989–2021 | Telemundo affiliate, WTCL-LD, owned by Gray Television |
| Toledo, OH | WBTL-LP | 38 | 1990–2009 | Defunct, went off-air in 2008 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | WTWB-TV/WNPA | 19 (11) | 1995–1998 | Independent station, WPKD-TV, owned by CBS News and Stations |
| Lubbock, TX | KFIQ-LP | 4 | ????–2020 | Defunct |
| KFMP-LP | 6 | ????–2020 | Defunct | |
| Bellingham–Seattle, WA | KBCB | 24 (19) | 199?–2021 | Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated (O&O) |
Notes
- ↑ Satellite of KEBK-LD.
- 1 2 An audio-only subcarrier transmitting on analog channel 6 operates as a de facto radio station at 87.7 FM.
- ↑ Operated by Weigel Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Owned through Four Seasons Broadcasting.
- ↑ Operated by E. W. Scripps Company under a local marketing agreement.
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