New Media Tele

New Media Tele is a private company based out of Atlanta that owns 8 televisions, all of whom are affialted to Telemundo. All of its 8 stations were built and signed on by the company, all the 8 stations are a mix of high powered and low power stations. 
== History ==
The company started in 1989 and was founded by a family that own a dozen mom and pop shop across the country, It signed on it's first station WDST (now known as WTLU-CD) in Louisville, Kentucky on January 4, 1991. They second station they signed on was WDBG (now known as WTBG) In Bowling Green, Kentucky that happened on January 6, 1996, both WDST and WDBG would automatically join Daystar. On January 11, 1994 its third station WDPG (now known as WTPG) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was signed on becoming Daystar affiliate, the 5th station WTLX (now known as WTLN) in Lexington, Kentucky did the same when they signed on January 16, 1995. WDAT-CD (now know as WTAN) would follow suit on August 22, 1996, when they signed on. KATK (now known as WKCT) joined the crowd on April 8, 1998. 2 more stations built and signed on by New Media KAST now known as WTSL) St. Louis and WDCT (now known as WTCI) Cincinnati, Ohio January 8, 2000 and January 9, 2001 respectively, however these 2 stations didn't affiliate with Daystar. There was a demand in these 2 market for Spanish-lanugage programming Telemundo nor Univision was interested but it inked a deal with the newly launched Azteca America and change format to Spanish, this was the first time New Media went into a Spanish language programming. When that network launched on July 28, 2000 KSAT signed right on to the network, WDCT would follow suit one year later when they were built and signed on and began carry Azteca's programming. December 1, 2011 All 8 stations switch from analog to digital, shutting down its low-powered analog signals and switching to a low-powered digital signal. All stations upgraded fromn changed the CA to CD in their call letters to reflect the analog to digital conversion. In 2012, New Media Tele launched it first local news operation on it Atlanta station WDAT the newscast debuted August 20, 2012 at 6 P.M. and 11 P.M. titled "Noticiero Telemundo Atlanta". 
== Relationship with Daystar ==
The at the beginning when they're first station was founded there was no major affiliation contracts available, but the station did discover a demand for religious programming it first station signed on with Daystar. in fact by 2000 all 6 stations at that time were apart of network. Daystar and New Tele Media had a great relationship and they were profitable, their contracts were 2-3 years long. In 2004, New Tele Media started to get complaints from viewers say they did not like Daystar recent religious was shifting to politics, and the airing of personalities sharing extremists views that were contradictory to the christian belief. New Tele Media responded say it has no power on what network programming airs but they were starting to lose money. Upon contract renewal in 2004, New Media Tele said it starting to cost the company money and that Daystar affiliation contracts were getting way too high. New Media threatened to not renew the contract if programming doesn't go back to straight religious format. Daystar knew they had a gun to their head cause other station in New Media markets, didn't like Daystar so they promised to put less provocative programming. They renewed their contract for 2 years in 2004 it would end in 2006. 
However, Daystar would continue to air radical religious programming even though New Media Tele told the network it costing stations money and alienating viewership, in addition Daystar affialtion was $40 million which made no sense since they're not a major network. So in 2006 upon contract renewal talks Daystar offered a deal but New Media denied the offer saying that if it signed it all 8 stations in the group (including 2 who weren't affialted with the network) would go bankrupt. So Daystar offered to buy the stations, New Media declined. Talks weren't going well and they got heated at times the reason New Media declined Daystar offer was because it was a low ball offer. So New Media went back to negotiating and Daystar wasn't accepting any of New Media's offers. So new media agreed to end their relationship and not renew their contracts with the stations, all 6 stations would remain part of the network for a few months until the end of their contract. 
== Relationship with Azteca America ==
In June 2006 New Media was negotiating it Azteca America affiliate contract with Cincinnati and St. Louis station Azteca and New Media came to an agreement with a contract renewal but expanded their relationship by extending the affiliation 4 out of the 8 stations in the group that needed to replace Daystar programming switched to Azteca America. WDAT in Atlanta, and WDPG in Pittsburgh couldn't switch because Azteca already had a station in Atlanta, and Azteca didn't want a presence in Pittsburgh as there was not enough population. So to preserve Spanish language format on WDAT New Media inked a deal with Telemundo making it New Media's first Telemundo affiliate and the first in Atlanta. WDPG remained in English format and become Ion Television affiliate. in 2022 New Media was shocked to hear Azteca America network was shutting down displacing all 4 stations, On December 31, 2022 at 12:00am midnight Azteca shut down, all 4 stations shifted to independent Spanish programming while Atlanta and Pittsburgh continued to maintain there respective networks. 
== Mass Affiliation deal with Telemundo (2024-Present) ==
in 2024 New Media Tele 4 Stations were independents for 2 years as a result of Azteca America shut down causing them to lose their affiliation and go independent. New Media Tele did made the now independent stations (which had programming consisting acquired telenovelas, and Spanish informercials, and soccer game) profitable, but it wanted a better network for Spanish programming. in 2024 Telemundo was negotiating its WDAT-CD 's contract with Telemundo and New Media had a wonderful relationship with the network and Telemundo was looking for stations in Kentucky, and Missouri. That when New Media Tele recognized the markets Telemundo was looking for New Media had station, especially Telemunod most notable market not to have a station Kansas City. oN January 2024, New Media sign a deal with Telemundo to renew WATN but also to include all 8 stations in the deal. Furthermore another bonus was with it being a group wide deal that WDCT was in the deal and Telemundo had been seeking Cincinnati Telemundo was very happy about that being included in the deal. In fact in addition to their own master control operations WTCI will become a hub formaster control for the Missouri and Kentucky stations. Finally, that leaves WDPG in Pittsburgh, Telemundo didn't necessarily want a station in Pittsburgh but because it was a group wide deal they also switched to the network, dumping Ion Television. Master control of that station is also framed out from Cincinnati. WTAN in Atlanta has it own master control room and was responsible for all 8 stations master control but the Atlanta studios wasn't even made for several master control rooms, WCTI building could fit several master control rooms and they took responsibility. Atlanta is the most important station in this Telemundo affiliation deal they got their own master control to themselves. Also all 8 station changed to there call letters to recognize the Telemundo affiliation.
Current Stations
City of License/Market 	Callsign	Channel	Owned 
Since	Network
Louisville, Kentucky 	WTLU-CD 	43 	1991	Telemundo
Bowling Green, Kentucky 	WTBG 	64 	1996	Telemundo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	WTPG 	32 	1994	Telemundo
Lexington, Kentucky 	WTLN 	56 	1995	Telemundo
Atlanta, Georgia 	WTAN 	28 	1992	Telemundo
Kansas City, Missouri 	WKCT 	54 	1998	Telemundo
St. Louis, Missouri 	WTSL 	15 	2000	Telemundo
Cincinnati, Ohio 	WTCI 	50 	2001	Telemundo