. for the am radio station formerly known as wtop see wfed . for the television station formerly known as wtop tv see wusa tv . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message graham media group type subsidiary industry broadcast television founded 1949 headquarters chicago illinois usa area served united states canada key people emily l. barr president parent graham holdings company website http www.grahammedia.com graham media group formerly post newsweek stations is the television broadcasting subsidiary of the graham holdings company . it is now headquartered in chicago after being co located for several years with its local nbc affiliate wdiv tv in detroit . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 2013 present graham holdings era 2 stations 2.1 current 2.2 former 2.2.1 television 2.2.2 radio 3 call letter meanings 4 references 5 external links history edit previous logo as post newsweek stations the origins of graham media can be traced to 1944 when the washington post began its broadcasting activities with its purchase of winx radio in washington d.c. . four years later the newspaper s parent firm the washington post company announced its intention to acquire controlling interest in a rival station wtop radio from cbs . the two firms formed a joint venture known as wtop incorporated with the post holding 55 percent and cbs maintaining the balance 45 percent . the post sold wholly owned winx but retained its fm adjunct winx fm which became the original wtop fm when the sales became final in 1949 . in 1950 wtop inc. purchased woic washington s cbs television affiliate and changed that station s call letters to wtop tv . this post cbs joint venture is the direct predecessor of graham media group . cbs was forced by the federal communications commission to sell its remaining interest in wtop inc. in 1954 . the post then merged its washington stations with recently purchased wmbr am tv in jacksonville florida and changed the company s name to post stations inc. wmbr radio was later sold off it is now wqop ; the post then changed wmbr tv s calls to wjxt . the company was rechristened as post newsweek stations inc. name after the post acquired newsweek magazine in 1961 . post newsweek made its first purchase in 1969 with the acquisitions of wcky radio in cincinnati and wlbw tv in miami ; the tv outlet was renamed wplg after the former washington post publisher philip graham who committed suicide in 1963 . wtop fm in washington was donated to howard university in 1971 and became whur fm soon after . in 1974 the company added wtic tv in hartford connecticut changing its calls to wfsb upon taking over . in the wake of a panic swap of wtop tv now wusa to the detroit evening news association for its wwj tv now wdiv in 1978 followed by the sale of both radio stations later in the year the post decided to spin off their broadcasting interests into a company of its own . the post newsweek name itself would later spread to the post owned cable operations now known as cable one and a company identical in structure to post newsweek stations . during the 1970s and 1980s the stations tended to have vaguely similar on air looks along with the common slogan the one & only channel tv number ; some of the stations continue to use this or a variant as a slogan . thom allen a jacksonville fl radio personality also provided voiceovers for wplg wjxt and wfsb . in 1992 post newsweek bought the now defunct detroit regional sports station pass sports from former detroit tigers owner and domino s pizza founder tom monaghan . post newsweek nearly expanded to seven stations in 2008 when it offered to purchase nbc owned wtvj creating a duopoly with wplg . the sale was cancelled however due to lack of fcc approval and poor economic conditions at that time along with local reaction against media consolidation . 2 2013 present graham holdings era edit the post newsweek stations group was not involved in the sales of newsweek to sidney harman in august 2010 3 and of the washington post to jeff bezos in october 2013 4 after which the washington post company was renamed graham holdings company . 5 in march 2014 graham holdings announced that it would sell wplg to berkshire hathaway in exchange for a large majority of berkshire hathaway s shares in graham holdings . berkshire hathaway and its chairman warren buffett had been longtime stockholders in the company . 6 the acquisition closed on june 30 2014 ; berkshire hathaway entered into agreements with graham to continue providing wplg with the station group s centralized services for up to two years following the purchase . 7 8 9 10 despite being no longer co owned with either the washington post or newsweek graham s station group continued to operate under the post newsweek name until july 28 2014 when it was announced that it would be renamed graham media group . 11 stations edit stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license . current edit city of license market station channel tv rf owned since primary affiliation jacksonville wjxt 4 42 1953 independent orlando daytona beach melbourne wkmg tv 6 26 1997 cbs detroit wdiv 4 45 1978 nbc houston kprc tv 2 35 1994 nbc san antonio ksat tv 12 12 1994 abc former edit television edit city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status hartford new haven wfsb 3 33 1974 1997 cbs affiliate owned by meredith corporation washington d.c. wtop tv 1 9 9 1950 1978 cbs affiliate wusa owned by tegna miami fort lauderdale wlbw wplg 2 10 10 1969 2014 abc affiliate owned by bh media notes 1 co owned with cbs until 1954 in a joint venture 55 % owned by the post 45 % owned by cbs ; radio edit am stations fm stations city of license market station frequency years owned current status washington d.c. wtop 1500 2 now wfed 1949 1978 owned by hubbard broadcasting wtop fm 96.3 2 now whur fm 1949 1971 donated to and owned by howard university jacksonville wmbr 1460 now wqop 1953 1958 owned by queen of peace radio cincinnati wcky 1530 1969 1976 owned by iheartmedia call letter meanings edit the call letters of several graham stations are symbolic of persons who have had associations with the washington post and graham holdings wplg phillip l. graham former publisher of the post who died in 1963 . wkmg katharine meyer graham widow of phillip graham who would take his place as head of the washington post company . wfsb frederick scott beebe former president of post newsweek stations later chairman of the post company from philip graham s death until his own in 1973 . references edit emily barr leaves abc 7 on top but doesn t go far . time out chicago . 8 may 2012 . retrieved 28 january 2013 . breaking news post newsweek backs out of wtvj deal . sfl.tv.com . 23 december 2008 . retrieved 16 june 2012 . ahrens frank august 3 2010 . harman media buys newsweek from washington post co. for undisclosed amount . the washington post . retrieved 2 august 2010 . farhi paul 1 october 2013 . the washington post closes sale to amazon founder jeff bezos . the washington post . retrieved 2 october 2013 . wilgoren debbi . washington post co. renamed graham holdings company to mark sale of newspaper . washington post . november 18 2013 . accessed 2013 11 18 . warren buffett buys post newsweek s wplg . tvnewscheck . retrieved 12 march 2014 . application for consent to transfer control of entity holding broadcast station construction permit or license cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 21 april 2014 . consummation notice cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 2 july 2014 . graham holdings and berkshire hathaway complete deal for berkshire hathaway to acquire wplg tv press release graham holdings company 1 july 2014 retrieved 2 july 2014 . exhibit 7 exchange agreement cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 21 april 2014 . washington post s former tv arm changes name to graham media group . chicago tribune . 28 july 2014 . retrieved 28 july 2014 . external links edit official website v t e graham holdings company corporate staff donald e. graham cob & ceo kaplan inc. concord law school dublin business school kaplan financial ltd kaplan law school kaplan test prep kaplan international colleges kaplan university schweser television stations nbc affiliates kprc tv wdiv abc affiliate ksat tv cbs affiliate wkmg tv independent station wjxt the slate group foreign policy slate retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title graham media group & oldid 743336588 categories television broadcasting companies of the united statescompanies based in chicagograham media grouphidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2012all articles needing additional 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 tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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