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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to each of the Company’s television stations:
Station Location and
Year Commercial
Operation
Commenced
National
Market
Ranking (a) Network Affiliation
Expiration
Date of FCC
License
Expiration
Date of
Network
Agreement Allocated Operating
Total Commercial Stations in
DMA (b)
KPRC
Houston, TX
1949
10th NBC Aug. 1,
2006 (c) Dec. 31, 2011 VHF-3 UHF-11 VHF-3 UHF-11
WDIV
Detroit, MI
1947
11th NBC Oct. 1,
2013 Dec. 31, 2011 VHF-4 UHF-6 VHF-4 UHF-5
WPLG
Miami, FL
1961
16th ABC Feb. 1,
2013 Dec. 31, 2009 VHF-5 UHF-8 VHF-5 UHF-8
WKMG
Orlando, FL
1954
19th CBS Feb. 1,
2013 Apr. 6, 2015 VHF-3 UHF-10 VHF-3 UHF-9
KSAT
San Antonio, TX
1957
37th ABC Aug. 1,
2006 (c) Dec. 31, 2009 VHF-4 UHF-6 VHF-4 UHF-6
WJXT
Jacksonville, FL
1947
49th None Feb. 1,
2013 — VHF-2 UHF-6 VHF-2 UHF-5
(a) Source: 2007/2008 DMA Market Rankings, Nielsen Media Research, Fall 2007, based on television homes in DMA (see note (b) below).
(b) Designated Market Area (“DMA”) is a market designation of A.C. Nielsen that defines each television market exclusive of another, based on measured
viewing patterns. References to stations that are operating in each market are to stations that are broadcasting analog signals. However, most of the
stations in these markets are also engaged in digital broadcasting using the FCC-assigned channels for DTV operations.
(c) The Company has filed timely applications to renew the FCC licenses of KPRC and KSAT. For each of these renewal applications, an objection was filed,
and the FCC will resolve these objections when it acts on the applications. The Company’s timely filing of the applications extended the effectivenessof
each station’s existing license until the renewal application is acted upon. The Company does not believe, based on its assessment of the objections filed,
that either license renewal application will be denied.
The Company’s Detroit, Houston and Miami stations each began digital television (“DTV”) broadcast operations in
1999, while the Company’s Orlando station began such operations in 2001. The Company’s two other stations
(San Antonio and Jacksonville) began DTV broadcast operations in 2002.
All of the Company’s television stations either are or in 2008 will be engaged in some form of DTV multicasting. In
2006, the Company’s two NBC affiliates (KPRC and WDIV) began multicasting the NBC Weather Plus Network,
which is a 24-hour channel jointly owned by NBC and participating NBC affiliates that provides both national and
local weather information using a combination of text and graphics with periodic forecasts provided by an on-air
reporter. In 2007 KPRC, WPLG, WKMG and KSAT began multicasting LATV, a 24-hour entertainment and lifestyle
network targeting bilingual Latino youth. The Company expects WJXT to begin multicasting LATV in early 2008.
Regulation of Broadcasting and Related Matters
The Company’s television broadcasting operations are subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications
Commission (“FCC”) under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The FCC, among other things, assigns
frequency bands for broadcast and other uses; issues, revokes, modifies and renews broadcasting licenses for
particular frequencies; determines the location and power of stations and establishes areas to be served; regulates
equipment used by stations; and adopts and implements various regulations and policies that directly or indirectly
affect the ownership, operations and profitability of broadcasting stations.
Each of the Company’s television stations holds an FCC license that is renewable upon application for an eight-year
period.
Digital Television. The FCC formally approved DTV technical standards in 1996. DTV is a flexible system that
permits broadcasters to utilize a single digital signal in various ways, including providing at least one channel of high-
definition television (“HDTV”) programming with greatly enhanced image and sound quality and one or more channels
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