pink acme industry television broadcasting & production headquarters santa ana ca united states key people jamie kellner chairman doug gealy president ceo john hannon evp stan gill coo number of employees 141 1 website acmecommunications.com acme communications is a moribund united states based broadcasting company that was involved in operations of television stations and programming from the late 1990s until 2013 . contents 1 company profile 2 formerly owned assets 2.1 programming 2.2 television stations 3 references 4 external links company profile edit acme communications was co founded by chairman and original ceo jamie kellner who previously served as a fox television network executive and was founding ceo of the wb television network . kellner used the name acme as a play on the fictitious acme corporation featured in warner bros. wile e. coyote and road runner animated film series and other animated warner media . the ownership portfolio of acme communications included television stations generally located in medium sized us media markets all of which acme obtained through acquisitions save for one station in knoxville that the company built from the ground up . all but one of acme s stations were affiliated with the wb television network or converted to wb affiliation at purchase likely playing on kellner s previous relationship with that network . the acme wb stations were among the first to line up affiliations with the cw television network when the wb and upn amalgamated in 2006 ; 2 the stations have continued affiliations with the cw to this day . acme s station portfolio reached a peak of 11 stations in the early 2000s at which time acme also ventured into program production with the 2002 debut of the daily buzz a syndicated daily morning news and information program that reaches 180 markets as of spring 2013 . 3 during the early 2010s acme set forth on cost cutting efforts involving its assets and an admitted exit strategy from the television business 4 including the following a licensing and consulting agreement with fisher communications for the daily buzz announced in april 2010 that would see fisher handle production of buzz . 5 a june 2010 agreement with lin tv corporation with intent to purchase involving stations in 2 markets where the companies had common ownership dayton and green bay fox cities where the lin stations would provide operational administrative and joint sales services for the acme stations . at the same time lin tv also entered into an agreement to provide some services including third party accounting for acme s duopoly in albuquerque . 6 a reduction and restructuring of its corporate staff set forth in july 2010 that would see jamie kellner remain as company chairman but doug gealy taking over keller s titles of president and ceo . 7 the sales of its last remaining stations single stations in dayton green bay knoxville all 3 in sales consummated in spring 2011 8 9 10 and madison a february 2012 sale ; 11 12 as well as an albuquerque santa fe duopoly september 2012 . 13 the sale of the daily buzz to mojo brands media in april 2013 3 which left acme with no remaining broadcast assets and put the company into a closedown mode ; acme will officially fold operations once it closes its outstanding accounts . 14 the daily buzz itself was abruptly canceled april 17 2015 when a mojo brands investor pulled their funding for the series . 15 formerly owned assets edit programming edit the daily buzz a 3 hour per weekday morning news and information program geared toward a young adult audience . the show launched in 2002 from the studios of acme owned wbdt in dayton and since 2007 originates from the studios of full sail university in winter park florida . the show was sold to mojo brands media in april 2013 . it was canceled april 17 2015 . 3 14 15 television stations edit note with one exception all the below listed stations were affiliates of the cw television network or its predecessor the wb during acme communications ownership . the exception kasy tv was affiliated with upn and mynetworktv and was briefly an independent and was part of a duopoly with an acme owned wb cw affiliate . city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status fort myers naples fl wtvk 46 45 1998 2007 the cw affiliate wxcw owned by sun broadcasting inc. decatur champaign urbana springfield il wbui 23 22 1999 2007 the cw affiliate owned by gocom media llc operated through a lma by sinclair broadcast group st. louis mo kplr tv 11 26 1997 2003 the cw affiliate owned by tribune broadcasting albuquerque sante fe roswell nm kwbq 19 29 1999 2012 the cw affiliate owned by tamer media llc operated through a ssa by media general 13 kasy tv 50 45 2000 2012 mynetworktv affiliate owned by tamer media llc operated through a ssa by media general 13 roswell nm krwb tv satellite of kwbq 21 21 1999 2012 the cw affiliate owned by tamer media llc operated through a ssa by media general 13 springfield dayton oh wbdt 26 26 1999 2011 the cw affiliate owned by vaughan media llc operated through a ssa by media general salem portland or kwbp 32 33 1997 2003 the cw affiliate krcw tv owned by tribune broadcasting crossville knoxville tn wbxx tv 20 50 1997 2011 the cw affiliate owned by gray television ogden salt lake city ut kuwb 30 48 1999 2006 the cw affiliate kucw owned by nexstar broadcasting group suring green bay appleton fox cities wi wiwb wcwf 14 21 1999 2011 the cw affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group janesville madison wi wbuw 57 32 2002 2012 independent station owned by byrne acquisition group llc references edit a b company profile for acme communications inc acme . retrieved 2008 10 20 . source 3 9 2006 press release by acme communications posted on nasdaq globenewswire a b c mojo brands media announces acquisition and extension of the daily buzz press release . santa ana california mojo brands media . april 3 2013 . retrieved may 11 2013 . acme 3q station revenue falls 9 % from tvnewscheck 12 9 2011 source acme communications press release dated 4 21 2010 source acme communications press release dated 6 4 2010 acme restructures moves toward exit plan from broadcasting & cable 6 17 2010 source fcc daily digest of 4 7 2011 acme 4q station revenue rises 7 % from tvnewscheck 4 19 2011 source press release from acme communications dated 5 24 2011 byrne grabs acme s madison cw station from broadcasting & cable 12 13 2011 acme to byrne madison tv deal is done . television business report . february 22 2012 . retrieved february 24 2012 . a b c d acme sells albuquerque stations to viall for 17.3 million from broadcasting & cable 9 11 2012 a b acme communications announces completion of sale of the daily buzz and cash distribution to its shareholders press release . santa ana california acme communications . april 2 2013 . retrieved may 11 2013 . a b boedeker hal 17 april 2015 . daily buzz canceled . orlando sentinel . retrieved 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