Belo
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- Belo can also refer to Belo Horizonte, the third largest city of Brazil and capital of the Minas Gerais state
Belo (pronounced "BEE-low") Template:Nyse is a Dallas, Texas (USA) based media company that owns 20 television stations, four daily newspapers and two regional cable television news channels. The company was previously known as A.H. Belo after one of the early owners of the company, Alfred Horatio Belo. The current and long-time head of the company is Robert Decherd.
The company traces its roots back to 1842 with the introduction of The Daily News in Galveston, Texas, and its flagship, The Dallas Morning News, has been publishing since 1885. The name A.H. Belo Corporation was applied to the company in 1926. The name was shortened to Belo Corp. in 2002.
The company is the oldest continually-operated corporation in the state of Texas.
On July 8, 2005, Belo announced its newest acquisition, WUPL-TV, the UPN affiliate in New Orleans from CBS/Viacom. The addition of WUPL creates a duopoly in New Orleans with Belo's market-leading CBS affiliate, WWL-TV, strengthening Belo's presence in the market. Belo currently has five duopoly operations in the United States. (However, in February 2006, Belo canceled its deal to acquire WUPL, causing CBS Corporation to file a lawsuit against Belo for the failure to close the deal.)
There were rumors that the A.H. Belo Corporation would buy WTVZ and WTTA in Tampa, Florida, from Sinclair, essentially creating a duopoly in Hampton Roads with Belo-owned ABC affiliate WVEC-TV (channel 13). As of 2006, this has not occurred.
There were also rumors that Belo Corp. would buy KFWD in Dallas, Texas, and create a duopoly with ABC affiliate WFAA-TV. As of March 2006, however, that has not happened.
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Belo's companies and publications
Newspapers
- The Business Press (Riverside, California)
- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas)
- Al Día (Spanish language - Dallas, Texas)
- Quick (free daily produced by Dallas Morning News - Dallas, Texas)
- Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Texas)
- The Difference Desert Daily (Riverside, California)
- La Prensa en Linea (Riverside, California)
- The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
- The Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island)
- Texas Almanac
Television stations
ABC Stations
- KVUE - Austin, Texas
- WFAA - Dallas, Texas
- WHAS - Louisville, Kentucky
- WVEC - Hampton/Norfolk, Virginia
CBS Stations
- KENS - San Antonio, Texas††
- KHOU - Houston, Texas
- KMOV - St. Louis, Missouri
- KREM - Spokane, Washington††
- WWL - New Orleans, Louisiana
FOX Station
Independent Stations
NBC Stations
- KGW - Portland, Oregon
- KING-TV - Seattle/Tacoma, Washington††
- KTVB - Boise, Idaho
- WCNC - Charlotte, North Carolina
UPN Stations†
WB Stations†
The CW Stations†
- KASW - Phoenix, Arizona†† (Announced March 7, 2006; Currently a WB affiliate)
- KCWX - San Antonio, Texas†† (Announced March 28, 2006; Currently a UPN affiliate)
- KSKN - Spokane, Washington††(Announced April 10, 2006; Currently a WB affiliate)
My Network TV Stations†
Notes
- † In January 2006 both UPN and The WB announed that they are merging into a new network, The CW, while the following February News Corporation annonuced the formation of My Network TV.
- †† part of a duopoly
Cable networks
- NWCN (NorthWest Cable News) - Northwestern United States
- TXCN (Texas Cable News) - Texas
- 24/7 - Boise, Idaho
- LNC - Virginia
- NewsWatch 15 - Louisiana
- Mas Arizona - (Spanish language) Phoenix, Arizona
- AZ NewsChannel - Phoenix, Arizona
Online presence
In addition, Belo operates websites for each of its properties. The sites were formerly part of a separate company, known as Belo Interactive. In late 2004, the company began the process of reintegrating the sites in to sister media properties. One of its most infamous investments was in the failed CueCat and its parent company, Digital Convergence. Belo integrated its media properties to be able to use the device, but it never took off.