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Withers Broadcasting

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Withers Broadcasting Companies
Company typePrivately held
HeadquartersSouthern Illinois (Mount Vernon)
ProductsRadio
Websitewww.mywithersradio.com

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]

Stations

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Radio

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Illinois

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Centralia
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Harrisburg
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Marion
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Nashville
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Mount Vernon
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Kentucky

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Paducah
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Missouri

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Cape Girardeau
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Jackson
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Sikeston
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Television

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Stations arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
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 MountainMarquette, 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
WestonClarksburg, WV WDTV 5 1973–2017 CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
WVFX 10[e] 2007–2017 Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television
  1. ^ a b c Satellite of KREX-TV.
  2. ^ Current satellite of KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  1. ^ Owned by John Harvey Rees and operated by Withers from 1994 until 2003.
  2. ^ Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
  3. ^ Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc. and operated by Withers from 1995 until 1999.
  4. ^ Operated through LMA by Morgan Murphy Media.
  5. ^ Broadcast in analog prior to 2009 on UHF channel 46.

References

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  1. ^ "Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away", from WDTV.com, 1/27/2014
  2. ^ Application Search CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 22 May, 2017.
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