Communications Corporation of America

Communications Corporation of America (also known as ComCorp) is a broadcasting company in the United States that owns television stations in smaller markets. The company is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.^[1] It owns and/or operates 20 stations (counting satellite stations and those controlled via local marketing agreements).

At one point, ComCorp was also an owner of radio stations in its home market of Lafayette; it subsequently sold those stations to Regent Communications.^[2]

In June 2006, ComCorp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company emerged from bankruptcy in October 2007 under the control of Silver Point Capital, who also controls Granite Broadcasting Corporation.^[1]

Out of the group's stations, only KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas and KETK-TV in Tyler, Texas (both of which are NBC affiliates) produce their own newscasts; KETK essentially serves as a hub for the news operations for most of ComCorp's other stations that carry newscasts, including the group's slate of Fox affiliate stations (KVEO-TV's newscast is instead produced by KTSM and KDBC-TV in El Paso).

ComCorp-owned stations

Footnotes:

• ¹ These stations are owned by White Knight Broadcasting and controlled by ComCorp.
• ² This station is owned by KM Communications and controlled by ComCorp.
• ³ ComCorp took over KADN under a local marketing agreement in 1997, but the station remained under the ownership of Charles Chatelain until ComCorp purchased it outright in 2004.
• ⁴ WNTZ had been acquired by White Knight Broadcasting in 1997, with ComCorp controlling the station; it was not transferred to ComCorp directly until 2007.
• ⁵ This station is owned by Titan TV Broadcast Group, but is operated by ComCorp under a shared services agreement.

Former ComCorp-owned stations

Television stations

Footnote:

• ¹ This station was owned by Evansville Low Power Partnership and controlled by ComCorp. At the time, ComCorp held a 49 percent stake in Evansville Low Power Partnership.
• ² This station was owned by White Knight Broadcasting and controlled by ComCorp. ComCorp did not actually own the station.

Radio stations

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "ComCorp Ready For Its Next Chapter". TVnewsday. 2007-11-06. http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/11/06/daily.7/. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
2. ^ "Regent to Buy 7 Radio Stations From ComCorp". Los Angeles Times: p. C-5. 2001-08-30. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/30/business/fi-39979. Retrieved 2008-10-12.

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