Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri.[1]
Company type | Privately held |
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Headquarters | Southern Illinois (Mount Vernon) |
Products | Radio |
Website | www |
Former stations edit
Radio edit
Illinois edit
Centralia edit
Harrisburg edit
Marion edit
Metropolis edit
- WMOK 920
Nashville edit
- WNSV 104.7
Mount Vernon edit
Kentucky edit
Paducah edit
Missouri edit
Cape Girardeau edit
Jackson edit
- KJXX 1170
Sikeston edit
Television edit
Stations arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
City of license / Market | Station | Channel | Years owned | Current status |
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Grand Junction, CO | KJWA/KFQX | 4 | [a] | Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting[b] |
KREX-TV | 5 | 1984–2003 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group | |
K27CO/KGJT-LP | 27 | 1998–2003 | MyNetworkTV affiliate KGJT-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group | |
Durango, CO | KREZ-TV[A] | 6 | 1984–1995 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group[B] |
Glenwood Springs, CO | KREG-TV[A] | 3 | 1987–2003 | MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O) by Weigel Broadcasting |
Montrose, CO | KREY[A] | 10 | 1984–2003 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Iron Mountain–Marquette, MI | WDHS | 8 | 1996–2015 | Defunct, license cancelled in 2015 |
Victoria, TX | KVCT | 19 | [c] | Fox affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting[d] |
KAVU-TV | 25 | 1990–1999[2] | ABC affiliate owned by Morgan Murphy Media | |
Weston–Clarksburg, WV | WDTV | 5 | 1973–2017 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television |
WVFX | 10[e] | 2007–2017 | Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television |
- ^ Owned by John Harvey Rees and operated by Withers from 1994 until 2003.
- ^ Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
- ^ Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc. and operated by Withers from 1995 until 1999.
- ^ Operated through LMA by Morgan Murphy Media.
- ^ Broadcast in analog prior to 2009 on UHF channel 46.
References edit
- ^ "Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away", from WDTV.com, 1/27/2014
- ^ Application Search CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 22 May, 2017.