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Max Media was founded in 2001. Prior to this, some of the company's management had run the TVX Broadcast Group from 1979 until its sale in 1991 to Paramount Communications (which renamed it the Paramount Stations Group), and had also run Max Media Properties (similarly named to the current company) from then until its sale in 1998 to the Sinclair Broadcast Group (which owned some former TVX stations).

On September 30, 2013, the Cowles Publishing Company acquired Max Media's Montana television station cluster for $18 million.¹²

On October 31, 2013, Sinclair acquired the non-license assets of WPFO, Waterville, Maine, for $13.6 million; the deal made it a sister station to WGME-TV, Portland, Maine, which already produced a newscast for the station.³ On November 20, 2013, it was announced that Cunningham Broadcasting was to acquire the license assets for $3.4 million.⁴ The sale of the license assets was approved on June 23, 2017.⁵

On January 9, 2014, Max Media sold its six Arkansas-based radio stations to Bobby Caldwell's East Arkansas Broadcasters for $3 million.

Effective November 5, 2015, Max Media sold its four Pennsylvania-based radio stations to Kristin Cantrell's Southern Belle, LLC for $3.8 million.

On April 5, 2017, Max Media announced that it was selling NBC affiliate WNKY(TV) in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Marquee Broadcasting for $5.6 million.⁶⁷ The sale was completed on June 30, 2017.⁸⁹

All television stations either directly or indirectly owned by Max Media were sold off by 2019, leaving the company with a portfolio consisting solely of radio stations.

Current stations

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Former stations

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External links

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References

1. Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License "Federal Communications Commission", 1 October 2013 https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1580152&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=14675 ↩

2. Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License "Federal Communications Commission", 1 October 2013 https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1580140&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=34412 ↩

3. Malone, Michael (November 6, 2013). "Sinclair Acquires WPFO Portland (ME) Assets For $13.6 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 6, 2013. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/496450-Sinclair_Acquires_WPFO_Portland_ME_Assets_For_13_6_Million.php ↩

4. Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 20 November 2013 https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101587827&formid=314&fac_num=84088 ↩

5. Notice. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, 23 June 2017, Retrieved 23 June 2017. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1757355.pdf ↩

6. "Max Media Selling WNKY Bowling Green". TVNewsCheck. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/102998/max-media-selling-wnky-bowling-green ↩

7. Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 7 April 2017 https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1754394&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=61217 ↩

8. Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 3 July 2017. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1760138&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=61217 ↩

9. Marquee Closes Buy, Names Gray COO. TVNewsCheck, 29 June 2017, Retrieved 3 July 2017. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/105330/marquee-closes-buy-names-gray-coo ↩

10. Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, a joint venture between Max Media and Power Television International. ↩

11. Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. /wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group ↩

12. Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. /wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group ↩

13. Satellite of WGTU. ↩

14. Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. /wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group ↩

15. Satellite of KFBB-TV. ↩

16. Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, a joint venture between Max Media and Power Television International. ↩

17. Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, a joint venture between Max Media and Power Television International. ↩

18. Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, a joint venture between Max Media and Power Television International. ↩

19. Satellite of WOST. ↩

20. Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, a joint venture between Max Media and Power Television International. ↩

21. Satellite of WOST. ↩

22. Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, a joint venture between Max Media and Power Television International. ↩