Shield Media
Shield Media, LLC is a private American television broadcasting company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The company's stations are operated by Nexstar Media Group under joint sales and shared services agreements.
| Private | |
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Sheldon Galloway |
| Headquarters | , |
History
The company was founded by Sheldon Galloway (the Vice President of White Knight Broadcasting) in 2012. The company's first acquisition was announced in July 2012, when WXXA-TV was sold by Newport Television for $19.5 million. Shield entered into a joint sales and shared services agreement with Young Broadcasting, owner of WTEN.[1]
On October 11, 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group filed to sell WLAJ to Shield Media for $14.4 million.[2] After the sale's completion, the station then entered into shared services and joint sales agreements with Young Broadcasting-owned WLNS.[3] The sale was completed on March 1, 2013.[4]
On November 12, 2013, Media General completed its acquisition of Young Broadcasting and took over operation of the Shield Media stations.[5] Nexstar Media Group succeeded this role after it acquired Media General on January 17, 2017.
Stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Network affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing, Michigan | WLAJ | 53 (25) | 2013 | ABC The CW (DT2) |
| Albany, New York | WXXA-TV | 23 (7) | 2012 | Fox |
References
- Pinckney, Barbara (July 30, 2012). "Albany's Fox affiliate buys Louisiana broadcaster for $19.5 million". Albany Business Review. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- "Young Piecing Together Triopoly In Lansing". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- "Application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- "CDBS Print". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- "Media General Completes Merger with Young Broadcasting". PR Newswire. Retrieved March 3, 2019.