Portfolio – Broadcasting

* denotes current portfolio company

 
100% NL*
image BACK TO TOP 		Radio 100%NL is a national-coverage radio station in the Netherlands, broadcasting a mix of Dutch and English language pop and rock music via a network of 26 FM transmitters, and also via cable and internet at www.100p.nl. The station was launched in July 2006 and currently has a weekly audience in excess of half a million people. 100%NL targets a young adult audience between 25 and 49 years old.
AAA Entertainment
BACK TO TOP 		AAA Entertainment, a radio broadcasting company, was founded by Peter Ottmar in 1999. The Company operated radio stations in Central Illinois (Peoria, Bloomington and Champaign), the eastern portion of Long Island, NY, Providence, RI and South Eastern Connecticut.  The Company has sold all of its stations.
ACME Communications
image BACK TO TOP 		ACME Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: "ACME") was formed in 1997 by Jamie Kellner and a group of investors to acquire construction permits and underdeveloped television stations in mid-sized markets. Presently, the Company owns and operates nine television stations in Salt Lake City, UT, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM, Dayton, OH, Knoxville, TN, Green Bay-Appleton, WI, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL, Ft. Myers-Naples, FL, and Madison, WI. All of the Company's stations except one are WB Network affiliates.
Baycom Partners
BACK TO TOP 		BayCom was a broadcasting radio operator with stations in San Jose, CA and Portland, OR. The Company was acquired by American Radio Systems in 1996.
Belvidere Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		Belvidere Broadcasting was a radio broadcasting company formed to acquire a stand-alone AM/FM radio combination in Waukegan, Illinois. The Company was sold in 2000.
Bluewater Broadcasting*
BACK TO TOP 		Bluewater Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company formed by Scott McQueen, Rick Peters, and Alta Communications to consolidate small market radio stations in the southeastern United States. The Company currently operates a four station radio cluster in Montgomery, Alabama.
Bustos Media Corporation*
image BACK TO TOP 		Bustos Media Corporation is a radio broadcasting company formed in 2004 by Amador and John Bustos, Alta Communications and Providence Equity Partners to consolidate Spanish Language radio stations in rapidly developing 2nd and 3rd tier U.S. Hispanic markets.
Civic Communications
BACK TO TOP 		Civic Communications was a television broadcasting company which owned and operated the NBC affiliate stations in Jackson, MS and the ABC affiliates in Tyler and Lufkin, TX. Civic was subsequently sold in 2000 to Cosmos Broadcasting.
Commonwealth Communications
BACK TO TOP 		Commonwealth Communications was a radio broadcasting company formed with a mandate of building strong radio clusters in small to mid-size markets across the United States. Commonwealth was acquired by Cherry Creek Broadcasting in October 2003.
Desert Sky / Sky Media
BACK TO TOP 		Desert Sky and Sky Media are sister companies created by Chris Devine and Alta Communications to own and operate three FM radio stations in Las Vegas, NV.
Eagle Creek Broadcasting*
BACK TO TOP 		Eagle Creek Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company formed in 2002 by Alta Communications and Brian Brady. The Company operates two CBS-affiliated stations in Corpus Christi and Laredo, TX.
Galaxy Communications*
image BACK TO TOP 		Galaxy Communications is a middle-market radio broadcasting company formed to acquire radio stations in Syracuse, Albany and UTICA, NY.
Grant Television
image BACK TO TOP 		Alta was the founding investor in Grant Television, a company formed by veteran television entrepreneur Milt Grant to finance the purchase and commercial start-up of WNYO-TV, Channel 49, in Buffalo (WB affiliation). Grant was sold to Sinclair Broadcasting in 2000.
Inner City Broadcasting*
image BACK TO TOP 		Inner City, founded in 1971, is currently the 23rd largest radio broadcast company in the United States. The Company is the pioneer of the "Urban AC" format and continues to operate stations that primarily target African American listeners. Current assets include flagship FM and AM stations in New York and San Francisco and concentrated clusters in Jackson, MS and Columbia, SC markets.
JP Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		JP Broadcasting was formed by Chris Devine and Alta Communications to operate one FM radio station in New Orleans, LA. The Company was sold to On Top Broadcasting in 2002.
JW Broadcasting*
BACK TO TOP 		JW Broadcasting is a television platform company formed in May 2003 to acquire under-performing television stations in small to mid-sized markets. The Company's initial acquisition is a triopoly in Columbia - Jefferson City, MO consisting of a FOX affiliate, ABC affiliate and My Network affiliate.
Liberman
image BACK TO TOP 		LBI Holdings is a Los Angeles-based Hispanic Broadcasting company which owns radio and television stations in Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX , San Diego, CA and Dallas, TX. The Company is one of the largest privately-held Hispanic broadcasters in the United States.
Marlin Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		Marlin Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company with stations in Miami, FL, Hartford, CT, and the North Shore of Boston. Marlin was subsequently sold in 2001 to Cox Radio.
Mill Creek
BACK TO TOP 		Mill Creek is a radio broadcasting company created by Chris Devine and Alta Communications. The Company operates several stations in Salt Lake City, UT and has moved-in and sold several stations in the market as well.
New Century
BACK TO TOP 		New Century was formed to acquire stations in Seattle and Arizona in the mid-1990s. Led by seasoned operators, George Kriste, Michael O'Shea, and Lance Anderson, the Company acquired a number of stations in both markets and eventually sold them to several large station groups including Heftel Broadcasting. Alta exited this investment in 1999.
New Wave Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		New Wave Broadcasting was a middle-market radio broadcasting company formed to acquire stations in Honolulu, HI, El Paso, TX and Monterey, CA. The El Paso stations were sold in 2000, the Monterey stations were sold in 2002, and the Honolulu stations were sold in 2004
Northwest Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		Northwest Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company formed in 1995 by Alta Communications and Brian Brady. The Company currently operates four FOX-affiliated stations in Spokane and Yakima, WA, Medford, OR and Binghamton, NY. It also operates a low-power UPN affiliate in Binghamton.
OmniAmerica
BACK TO TOP 		OmniAmerica was a radio broadcasting company with stations in Cleveland and Columbus, OH and in Orlando, West Palm Beach and Jacksonville, FL. Omni was sold in 1996 to Chancellor Media (now Clear Channel).
Panache Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		Panache, a company led by a twenty-year radio veteran Charles Schwartz, was formed in 1992 to purchase and operate radio stations in Philadelphia and Indianapolis. The Company was ultimately sold to different private radio companies in separate transactions in 1996 and 1997.
Pappas Telecasting
image BACK TO TOP 		Pappas Telecasting is a television broadcasting company owned and run by Harry Pappas. In January 2002, Alta helped refinance one of its subsidiaries consisting of three stations: WB affiliates in Greensboro, NC and Des Moines, IA and a FOX affiliate in Sioux City, IA. We were refinanced out of this deal in March 2006.
Portland Broadcasting*
BACK TO TOP 		Portland Broadcasting was created by Chris Devine and Alta Communications to operate one FM radio station in Portland, OR.
Radio One
BACK TO TOP 		Radio One (NASDAQ: ROIA) is a publically-held radio broadcasting company that operates urban formatted radio stations in major markets in the United States. The Company is run by Alfred Liggins and is the largest minority owned company in the radio industry. Alta Communications was one of the initial private investors in the Company and exited the investment when the Company went public in 1999.
Renda Broadcasting
BACK TO TOP 		Renda Broadcasting, a major market radio broadcasting company, operates stations in Pittsburgh, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Jacksonville, Ft. Myers and Naples.
Shockley Communications
image BACK TO TOP 		Shockley was a Wisconsin-based broadcaster that owned broadcast television stations in various markets around Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Company was run by Terry Shockley, an experienced broadcaster. The Company sold most of its stations to Quincy Newspaper, Inc. in 2000.
SJL Communications
BACK TO TOP 		SJL Communications is a television broadcasting company formed by Alta Communications and George Lilly to acquire NBC affiliates in Santa Barbara, CA and Erie, PA. The Company sold its Santa Barbara station in 2002 to New Vision Group, and in early 2005 raised additional capital to refinance Alta out of the deal.
Telemedia Communications
image BACK TO TOP 		In 1999 Alta invested in Telemedia, which at that time was the largest privately-owned radio operator in Canada. Alta was the first institutional investor in the family-owned firm, and the Company used proceeds from the investment to purchase a large, publicly-traded Canadian radio company. In 2002 the Company sold its stations in two separate transactions.
Telemundo (Council Tree)*
image BACK TO TOP 		Telemundo was the second-most viewed Spanish-language television network in the United States. The network reached over 85% of percent of all Hispanic households in 64 markets. Prior to its sale, Telemundo owned eleven full power television stations in the top twenty U.S. Hispanic markets and a full power station in Puerto Rico. Alta exited this investment in 2002 when Telemundo was acquired by NBC/GE.
Tichenor Media
BACK TO TOP 		Tichenor Media was one of the largest companies in the fast growing business of Spanish radio. Led by McHenry Tichenor, the Company was a dominant Spanish operator in each of its five markets: Chicago, Houston, El Paso, San Antonio, and McAllen/ Brownsville. Alta exited this investment in 1997 when Tichenor Media merged with Heftel Broadcasting to form Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, which has since merged with Univision.
TV Station Group
BACK TO TOP 		TV Station Group is a television broadcasting company formed in 2000 through a partnership between Alta Communications, Boston Ventures and George Lilly to purchase three CBS affiliates: Johnstown, PA, Binghamton, NY, and Charleston, WV. In March 2002 the Company sold the Charleston station to Cary Communications. In July 2006, the Company sold the Binghamtom station to Granite Broadcasting.
Una Vez Mas*
image BACK TO TOP 		Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Dallas, Una Vez Mas is Azteca America's largest affiliate group. Azteca America is the fastest-growing Hispanic network in the United States. The network is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television content in the world. Una Vez Mas currently has stations in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, McAllen-Brownsville, Las Vegas, Laredo, Lubbock, Odessa, Phoenix, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, Tampa and Tucson. Una Vez Mas' current station line-up delivers over 20% of the total U.S. Hispanic buying power.
Vox Radio Group
image BACK TO TOP 		Vox is a small market radio operator in the Northeast. The Company currently has operations in New Hampshire, Vermont, western Massachusetts, Albany, NY and western New York.