Communications Corporation of America
Communications Corporation of America was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. It owned and/or operated 20 stations.
At one point, ComCorp was also an owner of radio stations in its home market of Lafayette; it subsequently sold those stations to Regent Communications.
In June 2006, ComCorp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company emerged from bankruptcy in October 2007 under the control of Silver Point Capital, who also controlled Granite Broadcasting.
Local news on ComCorp's owned or managed stations are structured variably, with most stations not producing news in-house. As of May 2011, the only ComCorp owned-and-operated stations with in-house local newscasts are KTSM-TV and KETK-TV; two ComCorp managed stations, WVLA-TV and KDBC-TV also produce their own newscasts. Most of the remainder of the company's stations have their newscasts outsourced to other stations in the company portfolio: most of ComCorp's Fox stations in Louisiana and Texas have local newscasts produced by KETK ; the remainder of ComCorp's owned and managed stations, including CBS affiliate WEVV-TV, do not carry news at all.
On January 15, 2013, Communications Corporation of America put all of its 25 owned or managed stations up for sale, with investment firm Houlihan Lokey hired to assist in the exploration of sale options. On April 24, ComCorp announced that its entire group would be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group; KMSS-TV, KPEJ-TV and most of the ComCorp-managed stations that are owned by White Knight Broadcasting would be sold to Mission Broadcasting while WEVV-TV and White Knight Broadcasting's KSHV-TV would be sold to a female-controlled company called Rocky Creek Communications, with Nexstar assuming operational control of those stations. However, on June 6, 2014, Nexstar announced that it would instead sell KMSS & KPEJ to a new minority-owned company Marshall Broadcasting Group for $58.5 million. Also on August 4, Nexstar announced that it would instead sell WEVV to Bayou City Broadcasting for $18.6 million. Mission & Rocky Creek would later withdraw its applications to acquire KFXK, KSHV & WVLA. The sale was completed on January 1, 2015.
It was the last remaining TV station group that didn't have an ABC affiliate when sold; however, it had temporarily owned and operated current-Fox affiliate WHBQ-TV of Memphis during its last days as an ABC affiliate and briefly managed KAQY in Monroe, Louisiana during its time as an ABC affiliate.
Former ComCorp-owned stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV | Years owned | Current ownership status |
| Evansville, Indiana | WTSN-CD | 36 | 1999–2009 1 | MeTV affiliate owned by Evansville Low Power Partnership |
| Evansville, Indiana | WEVV-TV | 44 | 1999–2015 | CBS affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |
| Evansville, Indiana | W47EE-D/WEEV-LD | 47 | 2011–2015 | Fox affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WGMB-TV | 44 | 1991–2015 | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WBRL-CD | 21 | 2002–2015 | The CW affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WVLA-TV | 33 | 1996–2015 2 | NBC affiliate owned by White Knight Broadcasting |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | KZUP-CD | 19 | 2002–2015 2 | Independent station owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KADN-TV | 15 | 1997–2015 | Fox affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KLAF-LD | 46 | 1997–2015 3 | NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | KMSS-TV | 33 | 1994–2015 | Fox affiliate owned by Marshall Broadcasting Group |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | KSHV-TV | 45 | 1995–2015 2 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by White Knight Broadcasting |
| Natchez, Mississippi - Alexandria, Louisiana | WNTZ-TV | 48 | 1997–2015 4 | Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Memphis, Tennessee | WHBQ-TV | 13 | 1994–1995 | Fox affiliate owned by Cox Media Group |
| Brownsville - Harlingen - McAllen | KVEO-TV | 23 | 1990–2015 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| El Paso, Texas | KTSM-TV | 9 | 1997–2015 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| El Paso, Texas | KDBC-TV | 4 | 5 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview | KETK-TV | 56 | 2004–2015 6 | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview | KFXK-TV | 51 | 1998–2015 2 | Fox affiliate owned by White Knight Broadcasting |
| Killeen - Austin, Texas | KAKW | 62 | 1996–2002 | Univision owned-and-operated , KAKW-DT |
| Lufkin - Nacogdoches, Texas | KFXL-LP | 30 | 2 | Fox affiliate owned by White Knight Broadcasting |
| Lufkin - Nacogdoches, Texas | KETK-LP | 56 | 2004–2011 7 | defunct, went dark in 2009 |
| Odessa - Midland, Texas | KPEJ-TV | 24 | 1990–2015 | Fox affiliate owned by Marshall Broadcasting Group |
| Waco - Temple | KWKT-TV | 44 | 1990–2015 | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
| Bryan - College Station, Texas | KYLE-TV | 28 | 1996–2015 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Footnotes:
- 1 This station was owned by Evansville Low Power Partnership and controlled by ComCorp. At the time, ComCorp held a 49 percent stake in Evansville Low Power Partnership.
- 2 Owned by White Knight Broadcasting, ComCorp operated these stations under a local marketing agreement.
- 3 ComCorp took over KADN under a local marketing agreement in 1997, but the station remained under the ownership of Charles Chatelain until ComCorp purchased it outright in 2004.
- 4 WNTZ had been acquired by White Knight Broadcasting in 1997, with ComCorp controlling the station; it was not transferred to ComCorp directly until 2007.
- 5 KDBC was operated by ComCorp under a shared services agreement.
- 6 ComCorp acquired the KETK license in 2004; however, it had operated the station since 1999, when it purchased the non-license assets from Sinclair Broadcast Group.
- 7 This station was owned by KM Communications and controlled by ComCorp.
Radio stations
| Market | Station | Years owned | Current ownership |
| El Paso, Texas | KTSM 1380 | 1997–1998 | KHEY, owned by iHeartMedia |
| El Paso, Texas | KTSM-FM 99.9 | 1997–1998 | owned by iHeartMedia |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KROF 960 | 1999–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KPEL 1420 | 1989–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KFTE 96.5 | 1996–2001 | KPEL-FM, owned by Townsquare Media |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KMDL 97.3 | 1996–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KTDY 99.9 | 1989–2001 | owned by Townsquare Media |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KPEL-FM/KRXZ 107.7 | 1997–1998 | changed frequencies |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KRXZ/KRKA 107.9 | 1998–2001 | KHXT, owned by Townsquare Media |