Hoak Media


Hoak Media Corporation was a broadcast media company based in Dallas, Texas. Hoak once owned eighteen television stations, all in medium and small-markets, mostly in the Great Plains states and Colorado. Hoak Media was established in August 2003.
On November 20, 2013, Gray Television announced that it would purchase Hoak Media and Parker Broadcasting, excluding KREX, KFQX and WMBB, and as well as KAUZ-TV. Some of Hoak's stations were originally going to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting and they would have been operated by Gray under local marketing agreements. On December 19, it was announced that KREX and WMBB would be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group, while KFQX would be sold to Mission Broadcasting.
The sale was completed on June 13, 2014. However, some stations were forced to go off the air and their programming was moved to subchannels of Gray-owned stations, due to some stations unable to receive regulatory approval after the FCC's then-recent ruling on joint sales agreements. Those silent stations were later sold off to minority interests.
On August 10, 2015, Hoak announced it would sell its last remaining station, KAUZ-TV, to American Spirit Media and would be operated under a shared services agreement by Raycom Media as a result of that company's acquisition of Drewry Communications. The sale was completed on December 1, completing the disestablishment of Hoak.

List of stations formerly owned by Hoak

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
City of license / MarketStationChannel
TV 		Years ownedCurrent ownership status
Grand Junction, ColoradoKFQX4 2003–2014 1Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting
Grand Junction, ColoradoKREX-TV5 2003–2014CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Grand Junction, ColoradoKGJT-CD27 2003–2014MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Glenwood Springs, ColoradoKREG-TV
'		3 2003–2014MeTV owned-and-operated station, owned by Weigel Broadcasting
Montrose, ColoradoKREY
'		10 2003–2014CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Panama City, FloridaWMBB13 2008–2014ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Alexandria, LouisianaKALB-TV5 2008–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Monroe, LouisianaKNOE-TV8 2007–2014CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
Monroe, LouisianaKAQY11 2008–2014 1MeTV affiliate, KMLU, owned by Legacy Broadcasting
Hastings, NebraskaKHAS-TV5 2005–2014MyNetworkTV/MeTV affiliate, KNHL, owned by Gray Television
North Platte, NebraskaKNOP-TV2 2005–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
North Platte, NebraskaK11TW112005–2014Fox affiliate, KIIT-CD, owned by Gray Television
Bismarck, North DakotaKFYR-TV5 2007–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Dickinson, North DakotaKQCD-TV
'		7 2007–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Minot, North DakotaKMOT
'		10 2007–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Williston, North DakotaKUMV-TV
'		8 2007–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Fargo, North DakotaKXJB-TV 14 2007–2014Cozi TV affiliate, KRDK-TV, owned by Major Market Broadcasting
Fargo, North DakotaKVLY-TV11 2007–2014NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Sioux Falls, South DakotaKSFY-TV13 2007–2014ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Aberdeen, South DakotaKABY-TV
'		9 2007–2014defunct, license cancelled in 2018
Pierre, South DakotaKPRY-TV
'		4 2007–2014ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Wichita Falls, TexasKAUZ-TV6 2003–2015 2CBS affiliate owned by American Spirit Media

Notes:'''
On June 5, 2012, all of Hoak's stations were pulled from Dish Network after they failed to renew a carriage agreement. The refusal to renew reportedly surrounds Dish Network's "Hopper" digital video recorder and its controversial commercial-skipping feature AutoHopwhich has also led to complaints from the major U.S. television networks. Dish Network's senior vice president of programming scolded the company for its decision to pull its channels from the service, believing that their decision disrespects "customer control" over programming.