broadcasting company see citadel broadcasting . citadel communications ltd. type private industry broadcast television television production founded 1982 headquarters bronxville new york area served united states midwest northeast and southeast key people philip j. lombardo founder ceo ray cole president coo products broadcast television website www.citadelltd.com citadel communications ltd. is an american private broadcasting company . it is based in bronxville new york and operates 2 full power television stations 1 low power station and a regional 24 hour cable news channel . the company was founded in 1982 by former national association of broadcasters joint board chairman and current broadcasters foundation of america chairman phil lombardo . 1 upon completion of the digital tv transition in 2009 citadel s stations at that time returned their digital broadcasts to their former analog channel assignments in the vhf spectrum . as a result of poor propagation characteristics for digital tv in the vhf bands these stations now operate low power digital fill in translators in the uhf band to improve coverage in their communities of license . see the digital tv section on the whbf tv entry for further information on the citadel stations post transition digital signals . in february 2009 phil lombardo became an investing partner in ldb media llc . owners of the suncoast news network a regional cable news channel in sarasota florida . 2 in january 2014 lombardo and citadel purchased a majority interest in the company . 3 as a result citadel took over broadcast operations of snn and integrated the channel with its other stations . on september 16 2013 citadel announced that it would sell woi dt kcau tv and whbf tv to the nexstar broadcasting group for 88 million . nexstar immediately took over the stations operations through a time brokerage agreement . 4 the deal followed phil lombardo s decision to slow down as well as a desire by lynch entertainment to divest its investments in woi and whbf . citadel continues to own klkn wlne tv and its sarasota properties . 5 on march 5 2014 the federal communications commission approved the sale of these stations to nexstar outright and the deal was completed on march 13 . kcau continues to use citadel s standardized news sets graphics and logos . in july 2015 citadel rolled out an updated graphics package on its remaining stations . contents 1 stations 1.1 former citadel owned stations 2 references 3 external links stations edit current citadel properties include city of license market station channel tv rf translator acquired affiliation notes lincoln nebraska klkn 8 8 31 1986 abc grit on dt2 escape on dt3 laff on dt4 new bedford massachusetts providence rhode island wlne tv 6 49 2011 6 abc grit on dt2 escape on dt3 sarasota florida wsnn ld suncoast news network 39 39 and various cable channels 2011 and 2014 7 snn grit on dt2 laff on dt3 low power ; sarasota is part of the tampa st. petersburg television market . also 24 hour regional cable news channel . citadel purchased a majority interest in station owner ldb media llc in 2014 . ceo phil lombardo has been its primary investor since 2009 2 former citadel owned stations edit city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status rock island illinois quad cities whbf tv 4 4 1987 2014 cbs affiliate owned by nexstar broadcasting group ames des moines iowa woi dt 5 5 1994 2014 abc affiliate owned by nexstar broadcasting group sioux city iowa kcau tv 9 9 1985 2014 abc affiliate owned by nexstar broadcasting group albion nebraska klke satellite of klkn 24 1996 2003 defunct went silent in 2003 binghamton new york wmgc tv 34 34 1986 1996 abc affiliate wivt owned by nexstar broadcasting group buffalo new york wutv 29 14 1984 1990 fox affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group burlington vermont plattsburgh new york wvny 22 13 1982 1996 abc affiliate owned by mission broadcasting operated under a lma by nexstar broadcasting group references edit nabef board of directors philip j. lombardo . national association of broadcasters education foundation . retrieved 1 may 2011 . a b hielscher john 25 february 2009 . snn set to return to the air thursday . sarasota herald tribune . retrieved 13 august 2014 . lombardo acquires majority stake in snn . sarasota herald tribune . 1 january 2014 . retrieved 13 august 2014 . malone michael september 16 2013 . nexstar to acquire citadel s iowa stations for 88 million . broadcasting & cable . retrieved september 16 2013 . hicks lynn september 16 2013 . nexstar buys woi other citadel tv stations in iowa . des moines register . retrieved september 16 2013 . citadel communications llc new owner of wlne tv abc6 . abc6.com . retrieved 2 june 2011 . mmtc spinning another donated low power television . rbr.com . retrieved 5 may 2011 . external links edit official website wlne website klkn website snn website v t e citadel communications executives philip j. lombardo founder chief executive officer ray cole president chief operating officer stations klkn abc dt2 grit dt3 escape dt4 laff wlne tv abc dt2 grit dt3 escape wsnn ld suncoast news network dt2 grit dt3 laff retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title citadel communications & oldid 716099292 categories citadel communicationstelevision broadcasting companies of the united statescompanies based in westchester county new yorkcompanies established in 19821982 establishments in new york 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 tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 april 2016 at 21 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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