Tribune Company

The Tribune Company is an American media conglmerate based in Chicago, Illinois. It publishes daily newspapers – most prominently the Chicago Tribune – and tabloids, operates television stations and a radio station, and operates interactive services and websites.

Tribune Broadcasting

The Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary operated 42 television stations in the United States, currently operates radio station WGN-AM in Chicago, national cable channel WGN America (based on Chicago's WGN-TV station which is now owned by Nexstar), and the local Chicagoland Television (CLTV) cable news channel. The company also holds a minority interest in cable channel Food Network, together with majority owner Scripps Networks Interactive.

Sinclair announced last year it was acquiring the Tribune line of TV stations for $3.9 billion and assuming $2.7 billion in debt. It had to pass anti-trust issues, plus there was growing concern that Sinclair will jettison existing news staffs in favor of staffs and programming with a more conservative lean. In turn, Sinclair would have divested itself of nine stations to comply with ownership caps. On August 8, 2018, Tribune announced it was pulling out of the merger, plus they are filling $1 billion lawsuit against Sinclair for violations regarding the merger. Nexstar, which acquired Media General, has acquired Tribune for $4.1 billion. Nexstar has sold some stations to Tegna and Scripps to avoid possible triopolies, ownership cap and market overlap issues.

Tribune-owned stations

Tribune Broadcasting owned the following television stations:

Market Area & City		Call	Digital	Virtual	Affiliation	Now owned by
1	New York City NY	WPIX-TV	11	11	The CW	Mission Broadcasting
2	Los Angeles CA	KTLA-TV	31	5	The CW	Nexstar
3	Chicago IL	WGN-TV .	19	9	Independent	Nexstar
4	Philadelphia PA	WPHL-TV	17	17	MyNetworkTV	Nexstar
5	Dallas TX	KDAF-TV	32	33	The CW	Nexstar
8	Houston TX	KIAH-TV	38	39	The CW	Nexstar
9	Washington DC	WDCW-TV	50	50	The CW	Nexstar
12	Seattle/Tacoma WA	KCPQ	13	13	FOX	Nexstar
		KZJO	25	22	MyNetworkTV
16	Denver CO	KWGN-TV	34	2	The CW	Nexstar
		KDVR	32	31	FOX
18	Miami FL	WSFL-TV	19	39	The CW	Scripps
19	Cleveland OH	WJW	8	8	FOX	Nexstar
20	Sacramento CA	KTXL-TV	40	40	FOX	Nexstar
21	Portland OR	KRCW-TV	33	32	The CW	Nexstar
23	St. Louis MO	KPLR-TV	26	11	The CW	Meredith
25	Indianapolis/Bloomington/Kokomo IN	WXIN-TV	45	59	FOX	Nexstar
		WTTV-TV	48	4	CBS
		WTTK-TV *	29	29
27	San Diego CA	KSWB-TV	19	69	FOX	Nexstar
30	Salt Lake City UT	KSTU	28	13	FOX	Scripps
32	Hartford/Waterbury CT	WTIC-TV	31	61	FOX	Tegna
		WCCT-TV	20	20	The CW
34	Kansas City MO	WDAF	34	4	FOX	Nexstar
37	Milwaukee WI	WITI	33	6	FOX	Nexstar
41	Oklahoma City OK	KFOR	27	4	NBC	Nexstar
		KAUT	40	43	Independent
41	Battle Creek MI	WXMI-TV	19	17	FOX	Scripps
44	Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News VA	WTKR	40	3	CBS	Scripps
		WGNT	50	27	CW
46	York PA	WPMT-TV	47	43	FOX	Tegna
48	Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem NC	WGHP	35	8	FOX	Nexstar
50	Memphis TN	WREG	28	3	CBS	Nexstar
52	New Orleans LA	WGNO-TV	26	26	ABC	Nexstar
		WNOL-TV	15	38	The CW
56	Richmond VA	WTVR	25	6	CBS	Scripps
58	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PA	WNEP	16	16	ABC	Tegna
68	Des Moines IA	WHO	13	13	NBC	Tegna
79	Huntsville AL	WHNT	19	19	CBS	Nexstar
95	Ft. Smith AR	KFSM	18	5	CBS	Tegna
		KXNW	34	34	CW
103	Moline/Davenport IL/IA	WQAD	8	8	ABC	Tegna

* WTTK-TV is a satellite station of WTTV-TV, simulcasting the latter station.

External Sites

Official website for Tribune Company