Hearst-Argyle Kicks WVIT Tires

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Hearst-Argyle and some private-equity outfits are said to be poring over the black book for NBC’s Hartford affiliate WVIT, sources say. The sticking points are whether or not WVIT’s tire-kickers also want WTVJ Miami (both were put on the block by NBC in March), and that the credit crunch and the country’s economic woes don’t seem to have brought station prices down all that much, sources report. 

Hearst-Argyle’s New England holdings include WCVB Boston and WMUR Manchester.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.