White Knight Broadcasting
Encyclopedia
White Knight Broadcasting is a company based in Lafayette, Louisiana
. It is a shell company for the Communications Corporation of America (ComCorp), owning seven ComCorp-controlled stations, all based in Louisiana
, Texas
, and Mississippi
. It was founded in 1995.
. They also operate chain of Spanish-language television stations acquired at auction from the troubled Equity Media Holdings in 2009. The head of Silver Point Capital is Sheldon Galloway, whose father Thomas is the head of ComCorp.
It also previously owned KKWB (now KTFN
) in El Paso, Texas. The station, a WB affiliate at the time, was sold in 2002 to Entravision Communications
, which converted the station to TeleFutura
.
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
. It is a shell company for the Communications Corporation of America (ComCorp), owning seven ComCorp-controlled stations, all based in Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, and Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
. It was founded in 1995.
Background
Silver Point Capital is the parent company of White Knight Broadcasting, ComCorp, and Granite Broadcasting CorporationGranite Broadcasting Corporation
Granite Broadcasting Corporation, founded by W. Don Cornwell and Stuart Beck in 1988 , is a broadcasting holding company which owns or operates 14 television stations in the United States, largely centered in the midwest with a cluster in New York state...
. They also operate chain of Spanish-language television stations acquired at auction from the troubled Equity Media Holdings in 2009. The head of Silver Point Capital is Sheldon Galloway, whose father Thomas is the head of ComCorp.
Television
White Knight owns or operates seven stations:- KTPN-LP and KLPN-LPKTPN-LPKTPN-LP, channel 48, and KLPN-LP, channel 58, are low-powered affiliates of MyNetworkTV based in Tyler, Texas and Longview, Texas, respectively. they are sister to KETK, KFXK.-History:...
, Tyler-Longview-Lufkin, Texas - KFXK-TV and KFXL-LPKFXKKFXK-TV is the Fox affiliate station of Longview, Texas. Its East Texas coverage area includes Tyler and Longview. The station is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, and controlled by Communications Corporation of America. Its transmitter is located near New London, Texas...
, Tyler-Longview-Lufkin, Texas - KSHVKSHV (TV)KSHV-TV, channel 45, is the My Network TV affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana. The station is seen via satellite through Dish Network and DirecTV. The station is co-managed in a duopoly with Fox affiliate KMSS-TV, which is owned by Communications Corporation of America...
, Shreveport, Louisiana - WVLA-TV and KZUP-CAKZUP-CAKZUP-CD is the local low-powered, Class-A affiliate of Retro Television Network for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It transmits its digital signal on UHF channel 20...
, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
It also previously owned KKWB (now KTFN
KTFN
KTFN is a Spanish-language television station in El Paso, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 51 as a TeleFutura affiliate. KTFN is owned by Entravision, and is a sister-station to KINT-TV. The station is also aired on Time Warner Cable channel 5.-History:KTFN signed on in 1991 as...
) in El Paso, Texas. The station, a WB affiliate at the time, was sold in 2002 to Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications Corporation is a media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic markets. They are the largest affiliate...
, which converted the station to TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
.