RKO General

RKO General, Inc. (previously General Teleradio, RKO Teleradio Pictures, and RKO Teleradio) was, from 1952 through 1991, the main holding company for the noncore businesses of the General Tire and Rubber Company and, after General Tire's reorganization in the 1980s, GenCorp. The business was based around the consolidation of its parent company's broadcasting interests, dating to 1943, and the RKO Pictures film studio which General Tire had purchased in 1955. The holding company acquired the name of RKO General in 1959 after General Tire dissolved the film studio portion of RKO Teleradio. The original RKO Teleradio, Inc. corporation name was then changed to the present-day RKO General, Inc. Current RKO Radio Pictures copyrights are held by this corporate name. Headquartered in New York City, the company operated six television stations and more than a dozen major radio stations around North America between 1959 and 1991.
RKO General still exists, at least nominally, registered as a Delaware Corporation, as well as a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings. In addition to broadcasting, its other former operations included soft-drink bottling and hotel enterprises. The original Frontier Airlines was a subsidiary from 1968 to 1985. In 1981, the company revived RKO Pictures on a small scale. It is as a broadcaster, however, that RKO General left its mark. Recognized as the owner of some of the most influential radio stations in the world and a pioneer in subscription television service, RKO General also became known for the longest licensing dispute in television history.
==Former holdings==
===Television stations===
Stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license.
City of license/market 	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Years owned	Current ownership
Liberty City, Liberty (Alderney City, Alderney)	WRL-TV 	13 (12) 	1952–1987 	MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station, WRLL-TV
New Donk City, Mushroom Kingdom 	MOR-TV 	9 (25) 	1952–1987 	MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station, MMOR-TV
Wakeport, Mushroom Kingdom 	WKCT-TV	5 (8) 	1956–1985 	Central affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Retropolis, New York 	WETM 	6 (34) 	1981-1988 	Central owned-and-operated station
Watertown, New York 	WNWT-TV	36 (25) 	1983–1989 	NBC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
St. Martin, Oregon 	KFOR 	4 (4) 	1975-1988 	Central owned-and-operated station
San Fernando, Pampanga 	DWKO-TV	14 (14) 	1977–1990 	Independent station owned by Pampanga Broadcasting Corporation
Possum Springs, Pennsylvania 	WTYN-TV	29 (28) 	1969–1990 	RDN owned-and-operated station
Mixopolis, Planet Mixel 	WRMP 	38 (38) 	1948–1989 	RDN owned-and-operated station
Benton, Robloxia 	KFSF-TV	13 (13) 	1954–1990 	Fox affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
Los Santos, San Andreas 	KJH-TV 	11 (11) 	1951–1989 	Independent station KAND-TV, owned by CBS News and Stations
Alpine, Texas 	KBBW-TV	38 (38) 	1977–1988 	CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
Fort Stockton, Texas 	KFST-TV	38 (38) 	1967–1989 	CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands 	WVIG-TV	2 	1974–1991 	defunct, Off-air in 1989; license cancelled in 1991.
==Gallery==
RKO General 1983.png|Logo with byline (1983–1991)
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