Allbritton Communications

The Allbritton Communications Company was an American media company. Based in Arlington, Virginia, Allbritton was the leading subsidiary of Perpetual Corporation, a private holding company owned by the family of company founder and former Riggs Bank president Joe L. Allbritton. Joe’s son, Robert, was the Chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications from 2001 to 2014. He is currently the owner of Capitol News Company, the parent company of political newspaper and website Politico.
Allbritton was previously a major owner of broadcast television stations; it owned a chain of eight television stations affiliated with ABC, anchored by its Washington, D.C. flagship WJLA-TV, and NewsChannel 8, a regional cable television network serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In May 2013, the company put all of its stations for sale, citing a desire to focus exclusively on Politico; they were ultimately sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group for $985 million. The sale was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014, following a year-long delay to address improper duopolies in certain markets that would result from the purchase.
==Former properties==
===Television stations===
City of license/market 	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Years owned	Current ownership
Washington, D.C. 	WLCV 	8 	1975–2014 	ABC owned-and-operated station
Fairhaven City, Massachusetts	WFVI 	6 (36) 	1995–2013 	Central affiliate owned by Gray Television
Grenpoint, Missouri 	KNML 	22 (22) 	1992–2014 	ABC affiliate owned by the Nexstar Media Group
Rivercrest, Louisiana 	KNML 	3 (19) 	1990–2014 	ABC affiliate owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
Category:Companies
Category:Defunct
Category:Arlington, Virginia
Category:Virginia
Category:Sinclair Broadcast Group