10 Facts About Grant Broadcasting

Grant Broadcasting System II was an owner of various television stations in the United States, Based in Roanoke, Virginia.

Grant Broadcasting was founded in 1990 by Milton Grant, who, in addition to being President of Grant Broadcasting, served as President and General Manager for many of his stations.

Milton Grant began his career as a radio news director in his hometown of New York City.

Grant Broadcasting moved to television in 1956 when he hosted a popular dance program for WTTG, The Milt Grant Broadcasting Show, which ran until 1961.

That station was sold to the Superior Tube Company in 1969, but Grant remained with the station as its General Manager until WDCA was sold to Taft Broadcasting in 1979.

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In 1981, Grant Broadcasting was part of an investment group who launched KTXA in Fort Worth, Texas and KTXH in Houston.

In 1985, while preparing for the sale of KTXA and KTXH, Grant started the original Grant Broadcasting System, beginning with the sign-on of WBFS-TV in Miami in 1984, and later with the 1985 acquisitions of WGBO-TV in Joliet, Illinois, and WGBS-TV in Philadelphia.

However, in 1987, this first incarnation of Grant Broadcasting went bankrupt after overpaying for syndicated programming, while its competitors took the best barter programming.

In 1996, Grant Broadcasting acquired Buffalo's WB affiliate, WNYO-TV, but he later sold the station to Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2001.

Grant Broadcasting stations used to share a distinctive logo style: even the original three Grant stations used this style.