Granite Broadcasting Corporation Totally Explained

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Granite Broadcasting Corporation is an African American-owned broadcasting holding company which owns or operates (via local marketing agreements) 14 television stations in the United States, largely centered in the midwest with a cluster in New York state. The company was founded in 1988 and was the first African American-owned chain to be considered a "major" group to exist in the United States (though not the first minority-owned chain, a distinction held by the Aleut-owned Cook Inlet Broadcasting). The company is based in New York City, lead by W. Don Cornwell.
Granite declared Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy on December 11, 2006. It emerged from bankruptcy in June of 2007, under the control of Silver Point Capital (which took the company private).

Stations Owned by Granite Broadcasting

DMA#San Francisco, CADetroit, MI 50WNGSFresno, CASyracuse, NY 107WPTA 117WAOE 138Duluth, MNChisholm, MN 156WBXI

Market	Station	Channel (DT)	Current Affiliation	Acquired	Notes
KBWB	20 (19)	Ind.	1998
WMYD	20 (21)	MyNetworkTV	1997
Buffalo, NY	WKBW	7 (38)	ABC	1995
Buffalo, NY	67	Retro Television Network	NA	Owned by Equity Media Holdings and operated by WKBW through a LMA
KSEE	24 (38)	NBC	1993
WTVH	5 (47)	CBS	1993
Fort Wayne, IN	WISE	33 (19)	NBC	2004	Combined operations with WPTA MyNetworkTV on 33.2 NBC Weather Plus on 33.3
Fort Wayne, IN	21 (24)	ABC	NA	owned by Malara Broadcasting The CW on 21.2
Peoria, IL	WEEK	25 (57)	NBC	1989	Controls WAOE
Peoria, IL	59 (39)	MyNetworkTV	NA	Owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting
Superior, WI Duluth, MN	KBJR	6 (9)	NBC	1989	Combined operations with KDLHMy 9 (MyNetworkTV) on 6.2
KDLH	3 (33)	CBS	NA	owned by Malara Broadcasting Northland's CW (The CW) on 3.2
KRII	11	NBC	2000	Satellite station of KBJR
Binghamton, NY	WBNG	12 (7)	CBS	2006
Binghamton, NY	12.2	The CW	2006

A proposed 2006 sale of KBWB and WMYD to DS Audible, LLC was cancelled after DS Audible failed to close the sale.

Former Stations

San Jose, CAFort Wayne, INKalamazoo, MILansing, MIAustin, TX

Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation(s)	Owned by Granite	Current Owner
KNTV	11	ABC; WB; NBC	1989-2002	NBC O&O	Was ABC for Monterey-Salinas until 2000, WB until end of 2001, now is NBC for San Francisco
WPTA	21	ABC	1989-2004	Malara Broadcasting	Transferred to Malara upon Granite's purchase of WISE
WWMT	3	CBS	1995-98	Freedom Communications
WLAJ	53	ABC	1996-98	Freedom Communications
KEYE-TV	42	Fox; CBS	1992-99	Four Points Media Group	Was KBVO and Fox until 1995

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