references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message granite broadcasting corporation type private industry television founded 1988 headquarters 767 third avenue new york city united states key people w. don cornwell and stuart beck founders website website granite broadcasting corporation is a broadcasting holding company in new york city which owns two television stations in the united states in the san francisco bay area and in syracuse new york . granite was founded by w. don cornwell and stuart beck in 1988 1 and was the first african american station group in the united states considered to be a major station operator though not the first minority owned chain a distinction held by the aleut owned cook inlet broadcasting . granite s chairman ceo is peter markham 1 2 with duane lammers as coo . contents 1 history 2 list of stations 2.1 current 2.2 former granite owned stations 3 references 4 external links history edit granite declared chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy on december 11 2006 mainly due to the complications of the 2006 united states broadcast tv realignment which nullified the sales of the group s detroit and san francisco the wb affiliates due to those stations being left out of the cw because of cbs corporation owned stations in both cities taking the affiliation by default . 3 it emerged from bankruptcy in june 2007 under the control of private equity firm silver point capital which also took over comcorp later that year . in february 2014 granite reached deals to sell the majority of its stations . wkbw tv in buffalo new york and wmyd in detroit were sold to the e.w. scripps company for 110 million the latter forming a duopoly with scripps owned abc affiliate wxyz tv while most of its remaining stations mostly in small markets along with the malara broadcast group s two stations went to quincy newspapers and sagamorehill broadcasting which originally planned to operate the lma controlled stations granite currently provides services to for quincy . 4 5 sagamorehill was subsequently dropped from the quincy transaction . 6 in july 2015 the deal was reworked yet again to have sagamorehill acquire wise the ssa between wise and wpta owned by quincy wound down within nine months of its closure and have all of wise s network affiliations moved to wpta in exchange for its the cw plus affiliation . 7 on september 15 2015 the fcc approved the deal 8 which was completed on november 2 . 9 list of stations edit current edit city of license market station channel tv rf owned since current affiliation san francisco ca kofy tv 20 19 1998 independent metv dt2 syracuse ny wtvh 1 5 47 1993 cbs other notes 1 owned by granite wtvh is operated by sinclair broadcast group under a shared services agreement ssa . former granite owned stations edit city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status fresno ca ksee 24 38 1993 2013 nbc affiliate owned by nexstar broadcasting group san jose ca kntv 11 12 1989 2002 nbc owned and operated o & o peoria il week tv 25 25 1989 2015 nbc affiliate owned by quincy media whoi 19 19 1 abc affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group operated through a jsa by quincy media waoe 59 39 2 mynetworktv affiliate owned by venture technologies group fort wayne in wpta 21 24 1989 20043 abc affiliate owned by quincy media wise tv 33 18 2004 2015 the cw affiliate owned by sagamorehill broadcasting detroit mi wmyd 20 21 1997 2014 mynetworktv affiliate owned by the e.w. scripps company kalamazoo mi wwmt 3 8 1995 1998 cbs affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group lansing mi wlaj 53 51 1996 1998 abc affiliate owned by shield media llc operated through a lma by media general duluth mn superior wi kbjr tv 6 19 1989 2015 nbc affiliate owned by quincy media kdlh 3 33 3 the cw affiliate owned by sagamorehill broadcasting chisholm mn krii 1 satellite of kbjr 11 11 2002 2015 nbc affiliate owned by quincy media binghamton ny wbng tv 12 7 2006 2015 cbs affiliate owned by quincy media buffalo ny wkbw tv 7 38 1995 2014 abc affiliate owned by the e.w. scripps company austin tx kbvo tv keye tv 42 43 1992 1999 cbs affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group other notes 1 owned by sinclair broadcast group granite operated whoi under an ssa prior to selling week tv to quincy newspapers in 2015 . 2 owned by venture technologies group through four seasons broadcasting granite operated waoe under an ssa until its expiration the end of 2014 . venture technologies group now operates the station outright . 3 these stations including wpta following its 2004 sale were owned by malara broadcast group but operated by granite under joint sales agreements until the sale to quincy newspapers and sagamorehill broadcasting in 2015 . references edit http www.broadcastingcable.com article 327214 cornwell and deushane stepping down at granite broadcasting.php http www.mediaweek.com mw content display news local broadcast e3i224997d33ab2d014d3d211f170804acb granite broadcasting voluntarily files petition for reorganization press release . granite broadcasting corporation . 2006 12 11 . retrieved 2006 12 12 . scripps buying granite tvs in buffalo detroit tvnewscheck retrieved 10 february 2014 quincy buying stations from granite malara . tvnewscheck . february 11 2014 . retrieved february 11 2014 . amendment to agreements and description of transaction kbjr tv pdf . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . november 24 2014 . retrieved november 25 2014 . amended description of agreements description of transaction and request for temporary waiver . quincy newspapers inc. retrieved 1 august 2015 . letter cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 15 september 2015 wilson doug november 2 2015 . quincy newspapers inc. acquires four tv stations . quincy herald whig . retrieved november 3 2015 . external links edit company site company profile forbes list of company contacts and locations don cornwell interview april 17 2000 v t e granite broadcasting corporation key people stuart beck co founder w. don cornwell co founder peter markham chairman and ceo duane lammers coo stations kofy ind. wtvh cbs 1 1 owned by granite but operated under a jsa and ssa by sinclair broadcast group . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title granite broadcasting & oldid 736701423 categories television broadcasting companies of the united statescompanies based in new york cityhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2008all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page 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