Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Piedmont was founded in 1996 as Grapevine Communications, and was originally based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company merged with GOCOM Communications in 1999; it inherited GOCOM's Charlotte headquarters and changed its name to GOCOM Holdings. In 2003, the name was again changed to Piedmont Television (the GOCOM name is now used by another company that owns WRSP-TV/WCCU in Springfield/Urbana, Illinois; that company is partially connected to Piedmont).
The company sold its stations to various owners in 2007.
Former stations Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
+ Stations owned by Piedmont Television Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes Huntsville Alabama WAAY-TV 1999 2007 Anchorage Alaska KTBY 1997 2007 Chico–Redding California KNVN 1999 2000 Macon Georgia WGXA 1999 2007 Savannah WJCL 1999 2007 Monroe Louisiana KTVE 1996 2008 Rochester Minnesota KAAL 1997 2001 Joplin Missouri KODE-TV 1997 2002 Springfield KSPR 1999 2007 New Bern–Jacksonville North Carolina WFXI 1999 2007 Greenville WYDO 1999 2007 Youngstown Ohio WKBN-TV 1999 2007 WYFX-LP 1999 2007 Mercer Pennsylvania WFXI-CA 1999 2007 Midland–Odessa Texas KMID 1999 2000 Casper Wyoming KTWO-TV 1998 2001 Cheyenne KKTU 1998 2001
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