# Smith Media

Smith Media, LLC, successor to Smith Television aka Sunrise Television, was a broadcasting group co-based in Los Angeles, California and St. Petersburg, Florida, that formerly owned and operated several television stations across the United States. In 1986, it bought the three smaller television stations from publishing company Times Mirror Company. In 2002, Sunrise sold six of the stations to LIN Television.
Smith Television became Smith Media, LLC in 2004 at the death of Bob Smith, head of the family run organization. The family decided to re-capitalize their stations and sold the stations to Boston Ventures, which created Smith Media. The similarities in names have created much confusion.
During the early 2010s, Smith Media sold off its stations; on October 1, 2013, Smith Media reached a deal to sell its last remaining station, WKTV in Utica, New York, to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather, pending FCC approval. The sale was completed on March 20, 2014.

## Former stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
* With the exception of KATN, KEYT, KJUD, KYUR, WFFF, & WKTV, the second incarnation of Smith Media never owned these stations. Smith Media, LLC was successor to Smith Television, Inc. who owned the following:
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel | Years owned | Current status |
| Anchorage, AK | KIMO | 13 | 1995–2010 | ABC affiliate KYUR, owned by Vision Alaska, LLC |
| Fairbanks, AK | KATN | 2 | 2001–2010 | ABC affiliate owned by Vision Alaska, LLC |
| Juneau, AK | KJUD | 8 | 2001–2010 | ABC affiliate owned by Vision Alaska, LLC |
| Salinas–Monterey–Santa Cruz, CA | KSBW | 8 | 1995–1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Santa Barbara–San Luis Obispo, CA | KEYT-TV | 3 | 1987–2012 | ABC affiliate owned by News-Press & Gazette Company |
| Santa Barbara–San Luis Obispo, CA | KSBY | 6 | 1995–1996 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Hutchinson–Wichita, KS | KWCH-TV | 12 | 1989–1992 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Ensign–Dodge City, KS | KBSD-TV | 6 | 1989–1992 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Goodland, KS | KBSL-TV | 10 | 1989–1992 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Hays, KS | KBSH-TV | 7 | 1989–1992 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Flint, MI | WEYI-TV | 25 | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings |
| Reno, NV | KOLO-TV | 8 | 2000–2002 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Binghamton, NY | WBGH-LP | 20 | 1997–2000 | NBC affiliate WBGH-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Buffalo, NY | WGRZ-TV | 2 | 1986–1988 | NBC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |
| Elmira, NY | WETM-TV | 18 | 1986–2004 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Rochester, NY | WROC-TV | 8 | 1996–1999 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Utica, NY | WKTV | 2 | 1993–2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Heartland Media |
| Watertown, NY | WWTI-TV | 50 | 1990–2000 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Watertown, NY | W25AB/ WNYF-LP | 28 | 1995–2002 | Fox affiliate WNYF-CD, owned by Gray Media |
| Bismarck, ND | KFYR-TV | 5 | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Dickinson, ND | KQCD-TV | 7 | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Minot, ND | KMOT | 10 | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Williston, ND | KUMV-TV | 8 | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Fargo, ND | KVLY-TV | 11 | 1997–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Media |
| Dayton, OH | WDTN | 2 | 1998–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Steubenville, OH | WTOV-TV | 9 | 1996–2000 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Toledo, OH | WUPW | 36 | 1999–2002 | Fox affiliate owned by American Spirit Media |
| Harrisburg, PA | WHTM-TV | 27 | 1986–1994 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Johnstown, PA | WJAC-TV | 6 | 1996–2000 | NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Providence, RI | WPRI-TV | 12 | 2001–2002 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Providence, RI | WNAC-TV | 64 | 1997–2001 | Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting |
| Abilene, TX | KRBC-TV | 9 | 1998–2002 | NBC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting |
| San Angelo, TX | KACB-TV | 3 | 1998–2002 | NBC affiliate KSAN-TV, owned by Mission Broadcasting |
| Burlington, VT–Plattsburgh, NY | WPTZ | 5 | 1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Burlington, VT–Plattsburgh, NY | WFFF-TV | 44 | 1999–2013 | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Burlington, VT–Plattsburgh, NY | WVNY | 22 | 2005–2013 | ABC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting |
| Hartford, VT–Hanover, NH | WNNE | 31 | 1998 | The CW affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
* 1 2 Semi-satellite of KIMO.
* 1 2 3 Satellite of KWCH-TV.
* 1 2 3 Satellite of KFYR-TV.
* ↑ Semi-satellite of WPTZ.
* ↑ Acquired along with KSBW but divested almost immediately due to Smith's ownership of KEYT.
* ↑ Operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
* ↑ Operated on channel 8 under Smith's ownership.
* ↑ From 2000-2004, The Ackerley Group, and later Clear Channel Communications would operate this station through a LMA.
* ↑ Operated on channel 25 until 2001.
* ↑ Operated by United Communications under a LMA from 2001 to 2002.
* ↑ Operated through an SSA by Tegna Inc.
* ↑ Operated through an LMA by Nexstar Media Group.
* 1 2 3 Operated through an SSA by Nexstar Media Group.
* ↑ From 1998 to 1999, Smith operated WFFF through an LMA until purchasing it outright in 1999.
* ↑ Owned by Lambert Broadcasting, operated by Smith through an LMA.
* ↑ Relicensed to Montpelier, Vermont.