Sinclair Just Closed a Deal to Buy 14 New Over The Air TV Stations

Luke Bouma

9 years ago

Teenager girl with remote control laying down and watching tv eating popcorn. Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of over the air TV stations. They are also one of the most cord cutting friendly broadcast TV companies out there. Recently Sinclair announced a deal to allow all of their locals to be added to YouTube TV across the United States. They have also been rolling out their local networks on DIRECTV NOW, Hulu, and PlayStation Vue over recent months. Sinclair also recently started to stream some of their over the air TV networks like Comet for free online.

Now they are adding to their lineup by adding 14 TV stations in 8 markets by buying Bonten. This deal has been announced for some time now but just today it was finalized.

Here are all the former Bonten Stations that are now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group:

Redding – Chico – Paradise, California	KRCR-TV	ABC
	KXVU-LP	ANTENNA TV
	KCVU	FOX
	KCVU
	KRVU-LD	MyNet TV
	KZVU-LD	My Net TV
	KUCO-LP	Univision
	KKTF-LD	UniMas
Arcata – Eureka, California	KAEF-TV	ABC
	KBVU	FOX
	KECA-LD	The CW
	KEUV-LP	Univision
Missoula, Montana	KECI-TV	NBC
Kalispell, Montana	KCFW-TV	NBC
Butte, Montana	KTVM-TV	NBC
Bozeman, Montana	KDBZ-CD	NBC
Bozeman, Montana
Greenville – New Bern –	WFXI	FOX
Morehead City, North Carolina	WFXI
	WCTI-TV	ABC
Abilene, Texas	KTXS-TV	ABC
Abilene, Texas	KTES-LD	MeTV
San Angelo, Texas	KTXE-LD	ABC
Bristol, Virginia – Greeneville – Johnson City –	WCYB-TV	NBC
Kingsport, Tennessee	WEMT	FOX
	WEMT

Sinclair is also in the process of buying 42 television stations owned by Tribune Media. That would bring Sinclairs to a total of 233 over the air TV station across the United States.

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