The agreement which would make Ion Media Networks and Urban Television time-share co-licensees at over 40 Ion television stations involves an impressive collection of major league markets, along with ample representation a notch below that level. Ion, headed by President/CEO R. Brandon Burgess, will hold 49% of the merged entity. Urban will be owned 51% by BET Founder Robert L. Johnson’s Robert L. Johnson; H. Van Sinclair is President/CEO. Financial arrangements have not been disclosed.
Stations:
WPXN-TV New York NY
KPXN Los Angeles CA (San Bernardino, CA)
WCPX Chicago IL
WPPX Philadelphia (Wilmington DE)
KPXD Dallas-Ft. Worth TX (Arlington TX)
KKPX San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA (San Jose CA)
WBPX Boston MA
WPXA Atlanta GA (Rome GA)
WPXW Washington DC (Manassas VA)
KPXB Houston TX (Conroe TX)
WPXD Detroit MI (Ann Arbor MI)
KPPX Phoenix AX (Tolleson AZ)
WXPX Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota FL (Bradenton FL)
KWPX Seattle-Tacoma WA (Bellevue WA)
KPXM Minneapolis-St. Paul MN (St. Cloud MN).
WPXM Miami,-Ft. Lauderdale FL (Miami FL)
WVPX Cleveland-Akron OH (Akron OH).
KPXC-TV Denver CO
WOPX Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne FL Paxson (Melbourne FL)
KSPX Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto CA (Sacramento CA)
KPXG Portland OR (Salem OR)
WIPX Indianapolis IN (Bloomington IN)
WRPX Raleigh-Durham NC (Rocky Mount NC)
WFPX Raleigh-Durham NC (Fayetteville NC)
WNPX Nashville TN (Cookeville TN)
WHPX Hartford-New Haven CT (New London CT)
KUPX Salt Lake City UT (Provo UT)
WPXE Milwauke WI (Kenosha WI)
WPXH Birmingham AL (Gadsden AL)
KOPX Oklahoma City OK
WPXL New Orleans LA
WYPX Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY (Amsterdam NY)
WPXK Knoxville TN (Jellico TN)
KTPX Tulsa OK (Okmulgee OK)
WUPX Lexington KY (Morehead KY)
KFPX Des Moines IA (Newton, IA)
KPXO Honolulu HI (Kaneohe HI)
WPXJ-TV Buffalo NY (Batavia NY)
WGPX Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem NC (Burlington NC)
KPXL San Antonio TX (Uvalde TX)
WPXV Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News VA (Norfolk VA)
KGPX Spokane WA