Pappas Telecasting

Pappas Telecasting Companies was a diversely organized broadcasting company headquartered in Visalia, California, United States. Founded in 1971 by brothers Harry, Mike and Pete Pappas, it was one of the largest privately held broadcasting companies in the country, with its stations reaching over 15% of all U.S. households and over 32% of Hispanic households. Apart from owning and/or operating many television stations, the company formerly had two radio stations in its possession, KTRB (860 AM) and KMPH (840 AM)—changed from KPMP in June 2006 to reflect its nearby sister/flagship television station, Fox affiliate KMPH-TV, both in Fresno, California.
==Former Pappas-owned stations==
Stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license.
City of License / Market 	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
Chiefland, Florida, United States 	WADD 	18 (18)	1986–1992 	MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Adelphia Communications
Sanford, Kentucky, United States 	WXFF 	26 (15)	1979–1990 	Fox affiliate owned by Allen Media Group
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 	WMMG 	6 (6) 	1978–1998 	TCN affiliate owned by Confection Broadcasting
Mushridge—Dry Dry Outpost, Mushroom Kingdom	MXLV-TV	45 	1992–2005 	The CW affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Shiver City, Shiveria, Mushroom Kingdom 	MHNS-TV	21 (17)	1984–1988 	Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television
Abilene, Texas, United States 	KATE-TV	15 (14)	2002–2007 	ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television
El Paso, Texas, United States 	KCWK 	9 (9) 	2001–2008 	The CW affiliate owned by Alltel Communications
Category:Companies
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Category:Defunct
Category:Visalia, California
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