Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc is an American television and radio broadcasting corporation based in St Paul, Minnesota.
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14 Facts About Hubbard Broadcasting
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Hubbard Broadcasting became the merged station's general manager, and bought controlling interest in 1941.
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In 1938 Hubbard Broadcasting bought the first television camera available from RCA.
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Originally affiliated with the Home Shopping Network when it started operations in 1994, KVBM was bought by Hubbard Broadcasting and became general-entertainment independent station KSTC-TV in 2000.
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In 1981, Hubbard Broadcasting started US Satellite Broadcasting, and later was instrumental in the development and launching of the first digital satellite system for television in 1994.
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Hubbard Broadcasting was instrumental in the development of mobile satellite news vehicles.
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In 1983, Hubbard Broadcasting-owned CONUS Communications and Florida-based subsidiary Hubcom built the first Satellite News Gathering mobile vehicle, which allowed for much easier live news coverage for network and local television news operations.
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Hubbard Broadcasting owned the now-closed Bound to be Read bookstores in St Paul, Albuquerque, and Key Largo.
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On January 19,2011, Hubbard Broadcasting announced the purchase of 17 radio stations in Cincinnati, Chicago, Washington, DC, and St Louis from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints subsidiary Bonneville International for $505 million.
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On February 25,2013, Hubbard Broadcasting announced that it would purchase MyNetworkTV station WNYA to form a duopoly with WNYT, pending FCC approval.
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On July 16,2013, Hubbard Broadcasting announced that it had agreed to purchase 10 stations from Ohio-based Sandusky Radio for $85.
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On September 26,2018, Hubbard Broadcasting announced that it agreed to purchase six stations owned by Alpha Media in West Palm Beach Florida, for $88 million.
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Hubbard Broadcasting took over production of Country Top 40 in January 2020 after the death of the program's founder Bob Kingsley.
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Hubbard Broadcasting owned a partial stake in KWK-TV, channel 4, in St Louis during the mid-1950s.
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