South Central Communications, d.b.a. South Central Incorporated, is a privately owned company based in Evansville, Indiana. It is owned and operated by the Engelbrecht family, which includes John D. Engelbrecht (President and CEO), JP Engelbrecht (VP & COO), and Bettie G. Engelbrecht (Director Emeritus).
History
It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications was to purchase nine of the ten stations owned by South Central Communications. With this purchase, Midwest Communications expanded its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville. WEJK, which was owned by Boonville Broadcasting and operated by South Central Communications, was not involved in the sale as it would not fit under the ownership cap for Midwest. It was grandfathered in for South Central under previous ownership rules. It was stated at the time that it was likely that Boonville Broadcasting would take back operations of WEJK before or after the sale of South Central Communications other stations were finalized.Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications It was then announced on August 18, 2014, that South Central Communications will be turning the operations of WEJK over to The Original Company, as Boonville Broadcasting will continue to own the station. Once approved by the FCC, The Original Company will take over the operations of WEJK and would operate the station via a time brokerage agreement. The changeover was completed on September 1.The Original Company to take over Operations of WEJK The sale of the nine former South Central Communications radio stations to Midwest Communications were also finalized on September 1.
Current station Media market Station Channel Owned since Network affiliation Louisville, Kentucky WBNM-LD 50 Buzzr
Former stations Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes Evansville Indiana WABX 2014 WAZE-TV 1997 2006 WAZE-LP 1998 2006 WEJK 2014 WEOA 1981 2009 WIKY 1946 1981 WIKY-FM 1948 2014 WIKY-LP 1998 2006 WJPS-LP 1998 2006 WLFW 2014 WSTO 2002 2014 Knoxville Tennessee WDKW 1999 2014 WIMZ-FM 2014 WJXB-FM 2014 WKXT-TV 1988 1992 WLYT 2014 WMAK-TV 2004 2009 WNFZ 2014 WTVK-TV 1954 1988 Nashville WCJK 2014 WGAP-LP 1998 2006 WJDE-LD 1986 2012 WJXA 2014 WRMX-LP 1988 2013
Other South Central owned a full-service digital advertising and marketing agency headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and operated throughout the U.S. under the South Central Digital Banner until 2016, when South Central sold it and the agency was renamed 16DIGITAL.
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