Kelly Broadcasting Company (also known as Kelly Broadcasting) was an American broadcast holding company that owned

KCRA-TV KCRA-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Sacramento, California, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside Stockton-licensed dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate KQCA (channel 58). The two stations shar ...

and

KQCA KQCA (channel 58) is a television station licensed to Stockton, California, United States, serving the Sacramento area as a dual affiliate of The CW and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside NBC affiliate KCRA-TV (channel 3). ...

Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

/ Stockton. Kelly Broadcasting sold the stations (including the flagship station) to Hearst-Argyle Television in 1999.

History

Kelly and Hansen family began founded in 1944 as Central Valley Broadcasting Company, with the launch of the Sacramento FM radio station KCRA-FM (now KYMX) in 1947. In 1955, it launched the television station

in Sacramento and purchased KCRA-AM (now KIFM), making it the pair of stations. It later purchased Seattle television station

KCPQ KCPQ (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle area. It is owned and operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network through its Fox Television Stations division alongside KZJ ...

from Clover Park School District, and became an independent station. In 1994,

entered a

local marketing agreement In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one corporation, company agrees to operate a radio station, radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it ...

with Kelly-owned KCRA-TV. In 1999, the Kelly television stations sold to New York City-based Hearst-Argyle Television.

Stations

Television stations

References

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