Withers Broadcasting
Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and the Bootheel of Missouri.
Radio stations
Illinois
Centralia
- WILY 1210
- WRXX 95.3
Harrisburg
- WEBQ 1240
- WEBQ-FM 102.3
- WISH-FM 98.9
Marion
- WFRX 1300
- WDDD-FM 107.3
- WHET 97.7
- WVZA 92.7
- WTAO-FM 105.1
Metropolis
- WMOK 920
Nashville
- WNSV 104.7
Mount Vernon
- WDML 106.9
- WMIX 940
- WMIX-FM 94.1
Kentucky
Paducah
- WGKY 95.9
- WREZ 105.5
- WZZL 106.7
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
- KAPE 1550
- KGMO 100.7
- KREZ 104.7
- KYRX 97.3
- WKIB 96.5
Jackson
- KJXX 1170
Sikeston
- KRHW 1520
- KBHI 107.1
- KBXB 97.9
Former television stations
City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV | Years owned | Current ownership status |
Grand Junction, Colorado | KJWA/KFQX | 4 | 1 | Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting |
Grand Junction, Colorado | KREX-TV | 5 | 1984–2003 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Grand Junction, Colorado | K27CO/KGJT-LP | 27 | 1998–2003 | MyNetworkTV affiliate, KGJT-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Durango, Colorado | KREZ-TV ' | 6 | 1984–1995 2 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Glenwood Springs, Colorado | KREG-TV ' | 3 | 1984–2003 | MeTV owned-and-operated station, owned by Weigel Broadcasting |
Montrose, Colorado | KREY ' | 10 | 1984–2003 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
Iron Mountain - Marquette, Michigan | WDHS | 8 | 1996–2015 | defunct, License cancelled in 2015. |
Victoria, Texas | KVCT | 19 | 3 | Fox affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting |
Victoria, Texas | KAVU-TV | 25 | 1990–1999 | ABC affiliate owned by Morgan Murphy Media |
Weston - Clarksburg, West Virginia | WDTV | 5 | 1973–2017 | CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television |
Weston - Clarksburg, West Virginia | WVFX | 10 4 | 2007–2017 | Fox''' affiliate owned by Gray Television |
Notes:
- 1 Owned by John Harvey Rees, Withers operated KJWA/KFQX through a local marketing agreement from 1994 until Withers sold operating station KREX-TV to Hoak Media in 2003.
- 2 KREZ-TV was operated as a satellite of KREX, until the station was sold to Lee Enterprises in 1995, becoming a satellite of Albuquerque station KRQE.
- 3 Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc., Withers operated KVCT through a local marketing agreement from 1995 until Withers sold operating station KAVU-TV to Saga Communications in 1999.
- 4 WVFX operated on analog channel 46, until the digital transition completed in 2009, when it decided to use its digital allotment as its virtual channel.