OTA Broadcasting Buying WLWC Providence

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

OTA Broadcasting is acquiring WLCW Providence, a CW
affiliate, from Sinclair for $13.75 million.

CBS sold WLWC, licensed to New Bedford, and others to Four
Points Media Group in 2007. Sinclair acquired the Four Points stations last
year.

The deal is subject to regulatory approval.

TV Newscheck previously reported OTA's Providence acquisition.


Fairfax, Va.-based OTA Broadcasting, owned by computer titan
Michael Dell, acquired Me-TV affiliate KVOS in Bellingham, Wash., last year,
among other moves deemed to be spectrum grabs.

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.