Monday, July 01, 2013

Morning Call parent Tribune to buy WNEP, 18 other TV stations Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-tribune-buys-tv-stations-20130701,0,5253381.story#ixzz2XqZ2BPob Follow us: @mcall on Twitter | mcall.lv on Facebook

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-tribune-buys-tv-stations-20130701,0,5253381.story

FROM MORNING CALL


Tribune Co.'s $2.73 billion acquisition of 19 television station's from Local TV Holdings includes a major player in Pennsylvania, Scranton Wilkes-Barre ABC affiliate WNEP.
The station, a prominent source for local news in the coal region, is among those Tribune is acquiring in a deal announced Monday that would make the Chicago company the largest TV station owner in the United States.
The deal also significantly increases Tribune's stake in Pennsylvania. Tribune, which publishes The Morning Call, already owns WPHL in Philadelphia and WPMT in York. WNEP will expand the reach of the company's television assets into 21 northeastern Pennsylvania counties, the state's fourth-largest television market.

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