Spartan Communications, Inc. was a company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that owned WSPA-TV as the city's flagship station from 1956 to 2000 when Spartan merged with Media General of Richmond, VA. In 1984, Spartan bought WBTW and KIMT-TV from the Shotts family.
History In March 2000, WSPA-TV and eleven other stations were sold to Media General for US$605 million.
Former stations Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license. Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Spartan Communications.
+ Stations owned by Spartan Communications Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes Panama City Florida WMBB 1990 2000 Augusta Georgia WJBF 1992 2000 Columbus WRBL 1995 2000 Toccoa WNEG-TV 1995 2000 Mason City Iowa KIMT 1984 2000 Ensign–Dodge City Kansas KBSD-TV 1994 2000 Goodland KBSL-TV 1994 2000 Hays KBSH-TV 1994 2000 Hutchinson–Wichita KWCH-TV 1994 2000 Greenville–Spartanburg South Carolina WSPA-TV ** 1956 2000 Florence–Myrtle Beach WBTW 1984 2000
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