Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. is an American broadcasting company that owns several television stations in the United States.
History
Marquee began in 2013 when its owners, Brian and Patricia Lane, announced its intent to acquire WMDT and its repeater, WEVD-LP for $9 million.[1]
The company's next acquisition came in 2015 when it closed its acquisition of WUGA-TV from the University of Georgia for $2.5 million. Following the acquisition, the station's primary affiliation changed to Heroes & Icons and changed its callsign to WGTA.[2]
On June 18, 2018, Marquee agreed to purchase WSST-TV in Cordele, Georgia from Sunbelt-South Communications, Ltd. The sale is expected to be approved by the FCC and close by the end of Fall 2018.[6] On August 16, 2018, Gray Television announced that it would sell WSWG, the CBS affiliate for Albany, Georgia, to Marquee; Marquee intends to combine WSST and WSWG's operations.[7]
On April 20, 2022, it was announced that Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting Corporation will sell their TV station WHIZ-TV, along with radio stations WHIZ, WHIZ-FM, and WZVL to Marquee Broadcasting for an undisclosed amount.[8] The sale was completed on July 15.[9]
In October and November, 2022, Marquee purchased WTLW in Lima, Ohio, a religious and local sports station, from American Christian Television Services (ACTS) and changed its call sign to WLMA. ACTS retained ownership of a low-powered translator and operates WLMA via a local marketing agreement.
On January 16, 2025, the company announced that they would purchase 4 stations from Imagicomm Communications, KIEM-TV, KVIQ-LD in Eureka, California, and KFBI-LD, KMVU-DT in Medford, Oregon.[12] This comes after earlier the same week that Imagicomm would be selling 12 of its 18 stations to other companies. On August 19, 2025, Marquee announced their acquisitions of five radio stations currently owned by Bicoastal Media Medford, KMED-FM, KRWQ, KLDZ, KIFS.[13]
