Max Media is a company that owns radio and television stations throughout the United States. It is based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...

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History

Max Media was founded in 2001. Prior to this, some of the company's management had run the TVX Broadcast Group

TVX Broadcast Group

The TVX Broadcast Group was an American media company that owned a group of UHF television stations during the 1980s. Originally known as the Television Corporation, the company was headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and was founded by a group of Norfolk-area businessmen led by Timothy McDonald...

 from 1979 until its sale to Paramount Communications (who renamed it the Paramount Stations Group

Paramount Stations Group

Paramount Stations Group was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures gained full ownership of the group. At the time, it owned several Fox affiliates and independent stations...

) in 1991, and Max Media Properties (similarly named to the current company) from then until its sale to the Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair Broadcast Group

The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...

 (which owned some former TVX stations) in 1998.

Television stations

City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... /Market	Station	Channel	Owned Since	Affiliation
Arecibo, Puerto Rico Arecibo, Puerto Rico Arecibo is a municipality in the northern midwest coast of Puerto Rico and located by the Atlantic Ocean, north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta, and Florida. Arecibo is spread over 18 wards and Arecibo Pueblo...	WMEI WMEI WMEI is a television station in Arecibo, Puerto Rico that broadcasts over digital channel 14. The station is owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, LLC, which is 49 percent owned by Max Media.... 1	60 (14)	2005	Mega TV WSBS-TV WSBS-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Key West, Florida, broadcasting to the lower Florida Keys on VHF channel 3 as an Mega TV flagship station. The station also operates a repeater in Miami, WSBS-CD channel 50, and has been available nationally on DirecTV since October 17, 2007 and...
Billings, Montana	KULR-TV KULR-TV KULR-TV is an NBC affiliate broadcasting on channel 11 in Billings, Montana. KULR is currently owned by Max Media.KULR's programming and schedule is also seen on KYUS-TV in Miles City, Montana; that station is owned and operated by the Marks Radio Group, who also owns several radio stations in...	8 (11)	2004	NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Butte - Bozeman, Montana	KWYB KWYB KWYB is a full-service television station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 19 as an affiliate of ABC. The station's signal is rebroadcast on KWYB-LD UHF channel 28 in Bozeman...	18 (19)	2001	ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... Fox Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... /MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation... (DT2)
Bowling Green, Kentucky	WNKY WNKY WNKY is the NBC-affiliated television station for South Central Kentucky licensed to Bowling Green. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter on Pilot Knob in Smiths Grove along I-65. The station can also be seen on Insight channel 7 and in high definition...	40 (16)	2003	NBC CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... (DT2)
Great Falls, Montana	KFBB-TV KFBB-TV KFBB-TV is a full-service television station in Great Falls, Montana, broadcasting locally on digital VHF channel 8 as an affiliate of ABC. Founded March 21, 1954, the station is owned by Max Media. KFBB-TV also operates a semi-satellite for the Helena area, KHBB-LD channel 21...	5 (8)	2004	ABC Fox (DT2)
Helena, Montana	KHBB-LD (satellite of KFBB-TV)	21	2004	ABC Fox (DT2)
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...	WOST1 (satellite of WMEI)	16 (22)	2005	Mega TV
Miles City, Montana Miles City, Montana Miles City is a city in and the county seat of Custer County, Montana, United States. The population was 8,123 at the 2010 census.- History :...	KYUS-TV2 (satellite of KULR-TV)	3	2	NBC
Missoula, Montana	KTMF KTMF KTMF is a full-service television station in Missoula, Montana, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 23 as an affiliate of ABC. Founded April 12, 1989, the station is owned by Max Media of Montana...	23	2001	ABC Fox (DT2)
Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...	WQQZ-CA1 (satellite of WMEI)	33	2005	Mega TV
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Quebradillas is a municipality of the island of Puerto Rico, located in the north-western shore bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of San Sebastián; east of Isabela; and west of Camuy. Quebradillas is spread over swven wards and Quebradillas Pueblo...	WWKQ-LP1 (satellite of WMEI)	26	2005	Mega TV
Waterville - Portland, Maine	WPFO WPFO WPFO is the Fox-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire that is licensed to Waterville, Maine. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 23 from a transmitter on Oak Hill in Litchfield near the Androscoggin and Kennebec County line... 1	23	2003	Fox

Footnotes:

• ¹ These stations are owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, which Max Media holds a 49 percent stake in.
• ² This station is owned by Marks Radio Group and controlled by Max Media.

Radio stations

AM Stations

FM Stations

Market	Station	Owned Since	Current Format
Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri...	KCGQ-FM-99.3	2004	Active rock Active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
	KEZS-FM KEZS-FM KEZS-FM is a Country music formatted radio station broadcasting from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The station plays songs by new country artists like Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts... -102.9	2004	Country music Country music Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
	KGKS KGKS KGKS is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format. Licensed to Scott City, Missouri, USA, the station is currently owned by Mississippi River Radio through MRR License LLC and features programming from Citadel Media.-History:The Federal Communications Commission issued a... -93.9	2004	Hot adult contemporary
	KGIR KGIR KGIR is a radio station licensed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC... -1220	2004	Sports radio Sports radio Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
	KZIM KZIM KZIM is a radio station licensed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC... -960	2004	News All-news radio All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks... /talk Talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	KDHT-FM KDHT-FM KGSR is an Adult Album Alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Cedar Park, Texas, serving the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. KGSR is owned and operated by Emmis Communications and has undergone changes over time in its music selection and signal... -107.1	2009	Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
	KJHM-101.5	2009	Rhythmic oldies Rhythmic oldies Rhythmic Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, disco or dance genres of music. Playlists may span from the 1970s through the early 1990s...
Elizabeth City, North Carolina Elizabeth City, North Carolina Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank County and Camden County in the State of North Carolina. With a population of 18,683 at the 2010 census, Elizabeth City is the county seat of Pasquotank County....	WCMS-FM WCMS-FM WCMS-FM is a radio station broadcasting a New Country format. Licensed to Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Elizabeth City-Nags Head area. WCMS is an affiliate of MRN, PRN and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and carries the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series... -94.5	2003	Country music
	WCXL WCXL WCXL is a 100,000 watt blowtorch radio station broadcasting a Hot AC music format. Their studios and transmitter facilities are co-located located in Powells Point NC, near the Outer Banks. Dropped most of their satellite programming for live and local jocks in 2004. Just recently, they have been... -104.1	2003	Hot adult contemporary
	WGAI WGAI WGAI is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, serving Elizabeth City and the Outer Banks... -560	2003	News/talk
Marion Marion, Illinois The city of Marion is the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois. The 2010 census counted 17,193 residents, making Marion the 25th most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, in Illinois, and the second most populous city in Southern Illinois, outside of the Metro-East, behind...  - Carbondale, Illinois Carbondale, Illinois Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...	WCIL-FM-101.5	2004	Contemporary hit radio
	WOOZ-FM WOOZ-FM WOOZ-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC.-History:... -99.9	2004	Country
	WUEZ WUEZ WUEZ is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Carterville, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC.... -95.1	2004	Adult contemporary
	WXLT WXLT WXLT is a radio station licensed to serve Christopher, Illinois, USA. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a Sports radio format.-History:... -103.5	2004	Sports radio
	WCIL WCIL (AM) WCIL is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk format as a simulcast of WJPF. Licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.. The station serves the Marion-Carbondale area... -1120	2004	News/talk
	WJPF WJPF WJPF is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Herrin, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area... -1340	2004	News/talk
Morrilton, Arkansas Morrilton, Arkansas Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, United States, northwest of Little Rock. The town was home to Harding College, now Harding University of Searcy, Arkansas, for about a decade in the 1920s and 1930s. The population was 6,550 at the 2000 census...	KVOM-FM-101.7	2003	Country music
	KVOM KVOM (AM) KVOM is a radio station licensed to serve Morrilton, Arkansas, USA. The station is owned by Max Media of Arkansas and the broadcast license is held by MMA License LLC. KVOM broadcasts a sports talk format as a full-time ESPN Radio affiliate.-History:On Christmas Day, 1952, radio station KVOM-AM... -800	2003	Sports radio
Norfolk Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....  - Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...  - Newport News Newport News, Virginia Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...	WGH-FM WGH-FM WGH-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Newport News, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WGH-FM is owned and operated by Max Media.-See also:* -External links:*... -97.3	2005	Country music
	WVBW WVBW WVBW is a Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Suffolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WVBW is owned and operated by Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC.-History:... -92.9	2005	Adult hits Adult hits Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
	WVHT-100.5	2005	Contemporary hit radio
	WVSP-FM-94.1	2005	Sports radio
	WGH-1310	2005	Urban contemporary gospel Urban contemporary gospel Traditional black gospel is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff is a city in Butler County located in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is the county seat of Butler County and is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. As of the 2000 U.S...	KJEZ-95.5	2004	Active rock
	KKLR-FM KKLR-FM KKLR-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The station is owned by Max Media. It airs a country music format. KKLR serves Poplar Bluff, southeast Missouri and extreme northeast Arkansas... -94.5	2004	Country music
	KWOC-930	2004	News/talk
Russellville Russellville, Arkansas Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,920, according to the 2010 Census. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant...  - Dardanelle, Arkansas Dardanelle, Arkansas Dardanelle is a city in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 4,228 at the 2000 census. Along with Danville, it is one of two county seats for Yell County...	KCJC KCJC KCJC is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Dardanelle, Arkansas, USA. The station is currently owned by Max Media and features programing from Citadel Media and Dial Global.-History:... -102.3	2003	Country music
	KVLD-99.3	2003	Oldies Oldies Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
	KWKK-100.9	2003	Adult contemporary
	KCAB KCAB (AM) KCAB is a radio station licensed to Dardanelle, Arkansas, USA. The station is currently owned by Max Media.- Programming :KCAB's weekday programming includes a local news block, "River Valley Sunrise" with host Aaron Thomas from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.; the "Swap Shop" program from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m ;... -980	2003	News/talk
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1787 by Captain Anthony Selin, who fought with Washington in the Revolutionary War....	WFYY WFYY Y106.5 is an hot adult contemporary radio station broadcasting at 106.5 FM and located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.-External links:*... -106.5	2003	Adult contemporary
	WVSL-FM-92.3	2003	Sports radio
	WWBE WWBE WWBE is a country music formatted radio station licensed to serve Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. The station is known as "B98.3" and owned by MMP License LLC.-External links:*... -98.3	2003	Country music
	WYGL-FM WYGL-FM WYGL-FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by MMP License LLC and features programing from Westwood One.-External links:... -100.5	2003	Country music
	WVSL-1240	2003	Sports radio
Sikeston, Missouri Sikeston, Missouri Sikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is geographically situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way of Interstate 55, Sikeston is close to the...	KLSC KLSC KLSC is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits music format. Licensed to Malden, Missouri, USA, the station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC.-History:... -92.9	2004	Classic hits Classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
	KMAL KMAL KMAL is a radio station licensed to serve Malden, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC... -1470	2004	Sports radio
	KSIM KSIM KSIM is a radio station licensed to serve Sikeston, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by River Radio and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a News/Talk format... -1400	2004	News/talk

Former Max Media-owned stations

City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... /Market	Station	Channel	Years Owned	Current affiliation/owner
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted is a town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States. It is a former capital of the Danish West Indies and home to the Christiansted National Historic Site...	WVIF WVIF WVIF was a full-power television station in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands licensed to transmit over analog channel 15. The station was owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group , which is 49 percent owned by Max Media.... 1	15	2003-2009	defunct, went silent in 2009
Great Falls, Montana	KTGF KTGF KTGF, digital channel 45, was a television station in Great Falls, Montana. The station was owned by Destiny Communications, and was last affiliated with JCTV.-History:...	16 (45)	2001-2004	Silent station Dark (broadcasting) In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station... owned by RGW Investments
Nacogdoches - Tyler - Longview - Jacksonville, Texas	KYTX KYTX KYTX, virtual channel 19, is a television station based in Tyler, Texas, licensed to Nacogdoches. It operates on digital UHF 18. The CBS affiliate, owned by London Broadcasting Company, serves a swath of East Texas, including Tyler, Jacksonville, Lufkin and Nacogdoches. It is the sister station of...	19 (18)	2003-2008	CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... affiliate owned by London Broadcasting Company
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...	WGTQ (satellite of WGTU WGTU WGTU is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Northern Lower and Eastern Upper Peninsulas of Michigan that is licensed to Traverse City. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 from a transmitter east of Kalkaska. Like other network affiliates in this vast rural... )	8	2003-2008	ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... affiliate owned by Tucker Broadcasting (operated by Barrington Broadcasting Barrington Broadcasting Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC , headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is an entity wholly focused on broadcast television. The company's assets mainly consist of television stations in middle and small sized markets... )
Traverse City, Michigan	WGTU WGTU WGTU is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Northern Lower and Eastern Upper Peninsulas of Michigan that is licensed to Traverse City. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 from a transmitter east of Kalkaska. Like other network affiliates in this vast rural...	29	2003-2008	ABC affiliate owned by Tucker Broadcasting (operated by Barrington Broadcasting)

Footnotes:

• ¹ WVIF was owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, which Max Media holds a 49 percent stake in.