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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