Spartan Communications

Spartan Communications, Inc.
Formerly
  • Spartanburg Advertising Company
  • Spartan Radiocasting
Company typePrivate
IndustryBroadcast television
Founded1940
FounderWalter J. Brown
Defunct2000
FateAcquired by Media General
Successor
Headquarters
Spartanburg, South Carolina
,
United States
ProductsTelevision stations

Spartan Communications, Inc. was a company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that owned WSPA-TV as the city's flagship station from 1956 to 2000 when Spartan merged with Media General of Richmond, VA. In 1984, Spartan bought WBTW and KIMT-TV from the Shotts family.

History

In March 2000, WSPA-TV and eleven other stations were sold to Media General for US$605 million.[1]

Former stations

  • Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
  • Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Spartan Communications.
Stations owned by Spartan Communications
Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes
Panama City Florida WMBB 1990 2000
Augusta Georgia WJBF 1992 2000
Columbus WRBL 1995 2000
Toccoa WNEG-TV 1995 2000
Mason City Iowa KIMT 1984 2000
Ensign–Dodge City Kansas KBSD-TV 1994 2000 [A]
Goodland KBSL-TV 1994 2000 [A]
Hays KBSH-TV 1994 2000 [A]
Hutchinson–Wichita KWCH-TV 1994 2000
Greenville–Spartanburg South Carolina WSPA-TV ** 1956 2000
Florence–Myrtle Beach WBTW 1984 2000
  1. ^ a b c Satellite of KWCH-TV.

References

  1. ^ Bennett, Jeff (March 28, 2000). "WSPA-TV sold on day it brings HDTV to Upstate". The Greenville News. p. 6B. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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