Hearst Television

Broadcasting subsidiary of Hearst Communications

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2023 Hearst Television acquired WBBH-TV and WZVN-TV in Fort Myers–Cape Coral–Naples, Florida.
June 30 2023 The sale of WBBH-TV and local marketing agreement for WZVN-TV was completed.
April 5 2023 Hearst began the process of purchasing NBC affiliate WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida, from Waterman Broadcasting for $220 million.
January 2022 Hearst rebranded Litton Entertainment as Hearst Media Production Group, which also took over production of Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien.
2021 Hearst acquired the remaining interest in Litton Entertainment.
September 20 2021 Hearst launched Very Local, an over-the-top media service featuring news programming from its television stations and nationally produced content.
2019 Jeff Rossen, a former Today consumer affairs reporter, joined Hearst as a multi-platform consumer affairs reporter, creating syndicated reports including COVID-19 pandemic consumer issue Q&A segments.
2018 Hearst Television acquired WPXT in Poland Spring–Portland, Maine and WCWG in Winston-Salem–Greensboro–High Point, North Carolina.
February 1 2017 Hearst's acquisition of majority control of Litton Entertainment was finalized.
January 6 2017 Hearst acquired majority control of Charleston, South Carolina-based syndicator Litton Entertainment.
August 20 2014 Hearst Television announced the acquisition of WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama, and WJCL in Savannah, Georgia, from Media General.

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