South Central Communications

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).[citation needed]

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 & 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.[1] 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.[2] The sale of the nine former South Central Communications radio stations to Midwest Communications were also finalized on September 1.[3]

Current station

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City of license / Market Station
Owned since Network affiliation
Louisville, KY WBNM-LD 50 (50) [a] Buzzr

Former stations

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Radio

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AM Station FM Station
City of license/Market Station Years owned Current status
Evansville, IN WEOA 1400 –2009 Owned by BLS Entertainment Inc.
WLFW 93.5 –2014 WLYD, owned by Midwest Communications
WSTO 96.1 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
WIKY-FM 104.1 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
WEJK 107.1 –2014 WJPS, owned by The Original Company, Inc.
WABX 107.5 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
Knoxville, TN WNFZ 94.3 –2014[4] Owned by Midwest Communications
WDKW 95.7 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
WJXB-FM 97.5 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
WIMZ-FM 103.5 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
WLYT 106.7 –2012 WFGW, owned by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association[5]
Nashville, TN WJXA 92.9 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications
WCJK 96.3 –2014 Owned by Midwest Communications

Television

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City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Knoxville, TN WMAK-TV 7 2004–2009 Independent WKNX-TV, owned by Lockwood Broadcasting
WTVK-TV 26 1954–1988 Defunct, license surrendered and supplanted by WKXT-TV
WKXT-TV 8 1988–1992 CBS affiliate WVLT-TV, owned by Gray Television
Madisonville, KYEvansville, IN WIKY-LP 5 1998–2006 Defunct, ceased operations in 2013
WJPS-LP 4 1998–2006 Defunct, ceased operations in 2013
WWAZ-TV/
WAZE-TV
19 1997–2006 Defunct, ceased operations in 2011
WWAZ-LP/
WAZE-LP
17 1998–2006 Defunct, ceased operations in 2013
Nashville, TN WJDE-LD 31 1986–2012 Ace TV affiliate owned by Evangel World Prayer Center of Kentucky
WGAP-LP 26 1998–2006 Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O) WNTU-LD
WRMX-LP 12 1988–2013 Defunct, ceased operations in 2013

Other

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Notes

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  1. ^ Owned by Evangel World Prayer Center of Kentucky and operated by South Central.

References

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  1. ^ Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications
  2. ^ The Original Company to take over Operations of WEJK
  3. ^ "South Central Radio Group". Archived from the original on 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
  4. ^ Venta, Lance (November 3, 2013). "WNFZ Flips To News/Talk". Radio Insight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  5. ^ "Knoxville's 'Jack' simulcast ends, with a sale to the Billy Graham organization". radio-info.com. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2012-02-14.[permanent dead link]
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