Lincoln Financial Media
Lincoln Financial Media
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Former type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Fate | Assets acquired by Raycom Media and Entercom |
| Predecessor | Jefferson-Pilot Communications |
| Successor | Raycom Media Entercom |
| Founded | April 2006 (2006-04) |
| Defunct | July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) |
| Owner | Lincoln National Corporation |
Lincoln Financial Media was a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation that owns radio stations in the United States. The division was formed in 2006 following the company's acquisition of Jefferson-Pilot's television and radio operations, which were renamed Lincoln Financial Media.
The group, at the time of its closure, owned 14 radio stations in Miami, Florida, San Diego, California, Denver, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia. It also owned WBT, WBT-FM, and WLNK (FM) in Charlotte, NC and WBTV, the CBS affiliate in Charlotte; WCSC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina and WWBT, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, Virginia.
Contents
1 History
2 Former stations
3 Lincoln Financial Sports
4 References
5 External links
History[edit]
The media company began in 1945 as Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Company, Inc., which became Jefferson-Pilot Communications in 1968. The company was a media-centered division of the Jefferson Standard Insurance Company of Greensboro, North Carolina, which later merged with Pilot Life Insurance Company to form Jefferson-Pilot. Jefferson-Pilot owned WBT-AM-FM and WBTV, all of which are based in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1962, the company conceived Jefferson Productions (later Jefferson Pilot Teleproductions, later Jefferson Pilot Sports), a production arm that produced television programs and commercials, but later chose to produce syndicated sports programming only by the 1980s. It was originally intended to produce promos and local television shows for WBTV, but had since grown to producing nationally syndicated talk shows and variety shows; and mainly commercials for major companies that aired nationwide.[1] For further information, see the section "Lincoln Financial Sports" at the end of this article.
In April 2006, the Jefferson Pilot Corporation merged with the Lincoln National Corporation; taking the media and sports broadcasting division with it, Jefferson Pilot Communications became Lincoln Financial Media.
In June 2007, the company publicly announced it would explore a sale of this division, and hired Merrill Lynch to assess its strategic options. On November 12, 2007, Raycom Media announced that it would acquire Lincoln Financial Media's three television stations, along with the Lincoln Financial Sports division (which was folded into Raycom Sports) for $583 million. The acquisition was completed in April 2008.[2][3]
On December 8, 2014, Entercom announced its intent to acquire the remainder of Lincoln Financial Media for $110 million and working capital. To comply with ownership limits, Entercom was to divest one of its existing stations in Denver.[4] Later, Entercom announced it would swap four of its stations in Denver to Bonneville International in exchange for KSWD in Los Angeles. The merger was completed on July 17 and Bonneville and Entercom began operating their new clusters under time-brokerage agreements that same day.
Former stations[edit]
WBTW-TV – Florence, South Carolina (now owned by Nexstar Media Group)
WBIG (1470 AM) – Greensboro, North Carolina (now owned by TBLC Holdings)
WBIG-FM – (102.1 FM) Greensboro, North Carolina (now owned by Entercom)
WBT and WBT-FM (1110 AM, 99.3 FM) (now owned by Entercom)
WLNK (107.9 FM) (now owned by Entercom)
WBTV (CBS) – Charlotte, North Carolina (now owned by Raycom Media)
WWBT (NBC) – Richmond, Virginia (now owned by Raycom Media)
WCSC (CBS) – Charleston, South Carolina (now owned by Raycom Media)
KNSN (1240 AM) – San Diego, California (now owned by Crawford Broadcasting)
WQXI (790 AM) – Atlanta, Georgia (now owned by Entercom)
WSTR (94.1 FM) – Atlanta (now owned by Entercom)
KEPN (1600 AM) – Denver, Colorado (now owned by Bonneville International)
KQKS (107.5 FM) – Denver (now owned by Entercom)
KRWZ (950 AM) – Denver (now owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment)
KYGO-FM (98.5 FM) – Denver (now owned by Bonneville International)
WAXY (AM) (790 AM) – Miami, Florida (now owned by Entercom)
WAXY-FM (104.3 FM) – Miami (now owned by Entercom)
WLYF (101.5 FM) – Miami (now owned by Entercom)
WMXJ (102.7 FM) – Miami (now owned by Entercom)
KBZT (94.9 FM) – San Diego, California (now owned by Entercom)
KIFM (98.1 FM) – San Diego (now owned by Entercom)
KSON (97.3 FM) – San Diego (now owned by Entercom)
KSOQ-FM (92.1 FM)– San Diego (now owned by Educational Media Foundation)
KKFN (104.3 FM) – Denver (now owned by Bonneville International)
Lincoln Financial Sports[edit]
LFS SEC sideline reporter Dave Baker
Lincoln Financial Sports, originally Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (later Jefferson Pilot Sports), produced and syndicated college sports events of the Southeastern Conference, and co-produced Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events with Raycom Sports. It also produced telecasts of pre-season games of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, and in the 1980s, syndicated coverage of the NASCAR Winston Cup races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
On November 12, 2007 Lincoln Financial Group announced the sale of this division to Raycom Media. The group now operates under the Raycom Sports banner as of January 1, 2008.[5]
References[edit]
^ BT Memories-Jefferson Productions
^ "Raycom Grabs Lincoln Financial Stations". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved 20 December 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Raycom Media Completes Lincoln Financial Stations Acquisition". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Entercom swallows Lincoln Financial Media". Denver Post. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Lincoln Financial Group Announces Sale of Television, Sports, and Charlotte Radio Properties". Lincoln Financial Group. 2007-11-12. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
External links[edit]
- Lincoln Financial Media site
- Lincoln Financial Group site
| Preceded by Jefferson Pilot Sports | Syndication Rightsholder to Southeastern Conference football and men's basketball 2006-2007 | Succeeded by Raycom Sports |
| Preceded by Jefferson Pilot Sports | Syndication Rightsholder to Atlantic Coast Conference football 2006-2007 | Succeeded by Raycom Sports |
| Preceded by Raycom/Jefferson Pilot Sports | Syndication Rights Holder to the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball 2006-2007 (co-produced with Raycom Sports) | Succeeded by Raycom Sports |
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Categories:
- Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States
- Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States
- Entercom
- Raycom Media
- Atlantic Coast Conference broadcasters
- Southeastern Conference broadcasters
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