Draft:Coastal Television

Coastal Television Broadcasting Group, LLC is an American television broadcasting, radio broadcasting and digital marketing company based in Cumming, Georgia. It was founded in 2007 by Bill Fielder. The company owns and/or operates television stations in 11 markets in 7 states; from as large as Tupelo, Mississippi, to as small as the fourth-smallest media market, Juneau, Alaska. It also operates stations owned by Vision Alaska and Big Horn Television, both also based in Cumming.

Beginnings and starting presence in Alaska (2007-2014)
Coastal Television was founded as Coastal Television Broadcasting Group, LLC in 2007 by Bill Fielder in Cumming, Georgia. On August 29, 2007, Coastal announced that it intended to acquire Fox affiliate KTBY channel 4 in Anchorage, Alaska for $3,242,500. The sale was completed on May 7, 2008. In 2013, however, Coastal was fined $4,200 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for failing to update ownership information about KTBY's antenna structure; which was eventually updated.

In 2010, Vision Alaska, LLC (a new company based in Raleigh, North Carolina) acquired all three of Alaska's ABC affiliates: KYUR channel 13 in Anchorage, KATN channel 2 in Fairbanks, and KJUD channel 8 in Juneau for $5.75 million. The sale was completed on May 13, 2010 and soon after, Coastal agreed to operate KYUR under a shared services agreement and joint sales agreement, and KATN and KJUD under time brokerage agreements;   this made them sister stations to KTBY.

Expansion to the Continental U.S. and growth (2014-present)
On October 7, 2015, Coastal announced its intent to acquire Tupelo, Mississippi Fox affiliate WLOV-TV channel 27 for an undisclosed price with hopes for the deal to be approved by the FCC in early 2015. This was concurrent with the sale of dual NBC/ABC affiliate WTVA channel 9 from the Spain Family to Atlanta, Georgia—based Heartland Media. WTVA had been in local marketing agreements with WLOV-TV since 1992. The sales were completed on February 11, 2015 and the local marketing agreement was preserved; allowing Coastal to expand outside of Alaska and into the Continental U.S.. Allen Media Broadcasting later acquired 11 Heartland stations, including WTVA, in 2020 ; and renewed the LMA with WLOV-TV.

On October 8, 2019, Coastal announced its intent to acquire Casper, Wyoming Fox affiliate KFNB channel 20 (as well as its satellites in Rawlins and Riverton) in addition to Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox affiliate KLWY channel 27 from Wyomedia Corporation. This was concurrent with the purchase of Casper ABC affiliate KTWO-TV channel 2 and Cheyenne ABC affiliate KKTQ-LD channel 16 by Vision Wyoming, LLC (a subsidiary of Vision Alaska) from Silverton Broadcasting; and the purchase of Casper CBS affiliate KGWC-TV (as well as its satellites in Lander and Rock Springs) by newly-founded Big Horn Television (led by Michael Hogan) from Mark III Media. The sale was completed on June 1, 2020 for an undisclosed price. Coastal soon began operating the stations owned by Vision Alaska and Big Horn under shared-services agreements.

Throughout 2020, Coastal began cutting local newscasts and staff from its Alaska and Wyoming stations and replacing them with anchors and content from NewsNet, based in Michigan. Coastal later stated that this was due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alaska stations received the change in April; it didn't come to Wyoming until July.

In July 2021, Coastal announced that it would acquire nine television stations from Waypoint Media for $36.9 million. This included low-power Fox/CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliates KJNB-LD and KJNE-LD (channels 39 and 42, respectly) in Jonesboro, Arkansas, dual Fox/NBC affiliate WGBC channel 30 in Meridian, Mississippi, low-power NBC/The CW/MyNetworkTV station WNBJ-LD channel 39 in Jackson, Tennessee, low-power ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate WPBY-LD channel 35 and low-power Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD channel 16 in Lafayette, Indiana, and Fox affiliate WYDC channel 48, low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate WJKP-LD channel 39, and low-power Fox affiliate WECY-LD channel 48 in Elmira, New York. CBS affiliate WMDN channel 24 in Meridian was sold to Big Horn Television from Wade Threadgill for $2.55 million; Coastal would operate this station under an LMA. Coastal also acquired 6 Lafayette radio stations as part of the deal: talk stations WSHY 1410 AM and W282CJ 104.3 FM, contemporary hit stations WAZY 96.5 FM and W222AS 92.3 FM, adult hits station WBPE 95.3 FM, and country music station WYCM 95.7 FM. The sales were completed on January 4, 2022; giving Coastal television stations in 11 markets in 7 states; and radio stations in 1 market in 1 state.

In addition to the large amount of television and radio stations acquired from Waypoint, Coastal also acquired NewsHub (based in Little Rock, Arkansas) and the NuLogic digital marketing agency. Most of Coastal's new stations already used NewsHub for their local news due to them being owned by Waypoint. Sometime in 2022, NewsHub replaced NewsNet on Coastal's Alaska and Wyoming stations.

In December of 2023, Coastal announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the stations owned by Red River Broadcasting. This includes Fox affiliates KVRR in Fargo, North Dakota (channel 15), KBRR in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (channel 10), KJRR in Jamestown, North Dakota (channel 7), KNRR in Pembina, North Dakota (channel 12), and KQDS-TV in Duluth, Minnesota (channel 21). The deal is pending FCC approval and no money amount has yet been released.

Assets
Coastal Television owns and/or operates 18 television stations in 11 media markets and in 7 U.S. states; from as large as Tupelo, Mississippi to as small as Juneau, Alaska. Coastal also owns and/or operates several satellite stations and translators of the stations that it owns and operates. Coastal operates television stations owned by Vision Alaska, LLC and Big Horn Television to satisfy existing regulations set in place by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In addition, Coastal owns 4 radio stations, all in Lafayette, Indiana. Coastal also owns the NewsHub newscast and motion graphics company and the NuLogic digital marketing agency.

Television stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and city of license.

Other assets
NewsHub

NuLogic