BIG PLAYERS (arranged by overall earnings)

Disney disney.com Burbank, CA [2003 sales $27 billion]
KKDZ 1250 AM (children’s)
[also owns: ABC, Disney Channel, ESPN, A&E, Lifetime, Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures,
Hollywood Pictures, Miramax Film Corp., US Weekly, Discover Magazine, Hyperion Books, 10 TV stations, 49 other radio stations, and other interests (list)]

Viacom viacom.com New York [2001 sales $23.22 billion]
KSTW-TV (UPN 11)
KBKS 106.1 FM (adult contemporary)
KFNK 104.9 FM (‘Funky Monkey’)
KMPS 94.1 FM (country)
KRQI 96.5 FM (‘Jack’) [no DJs]
KPTK 1090 AM (Air America Radio)
KYPT 96.5 FM (‘The Point’)
KZOK 102.5 FM (classic rock)
[also owns: Infinity Radio (total 180 stations), CBS Television Network, MTV and BET Networks, Paramount Parks, Pictures, Television and Home Entertainment, CBS Enterprises, United Paramount Network (UPN), Showtime Networks, Viacom Television Stations Group, Comedy Central, Blockbuster Video, Viacom Plus, Viacom Outdoor, and Simon & Schuster among other interests (list)]

Comcast comcast.com Philadelphia [2003 sales $18.35 billion]
local cable TV/broadband Internet franchisee
[Nation's largest cable provider. also owns: cable TV/broadband franchises across the country, QVC, and other interests (list)]

Clear Channel clearchannel.com San Antonio [2001 sales $7.97 billion]
KUBE 93.3 FM (‘Seattle's #1 Hits’)
KJR 95.7 FM (Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Hits’)
KHHO 8450 AM (‘Fox Sports’)
KJR 850 AM (sports)
[also owns: 37 TV stations including KVOS (Bellingham), and over 1200 radio stations nationwide, plus another 250 or so radio stations overseas, and a national billboard/outdoor advertising operation, among other interests (list)]

Tribune Broadcasting tribune.com Chicago [2001 sales $5.25 billion]
KCPQ-TV (Fox Q-13)
KTWB-TV (WB 22)
[also owns: 13 newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and the Hartford Courant, 22 more TV stations, 4 radio stations and other interests (list)]

Cox Broadcasting coxenterprises.com Atlanta [2001 sales $4.07 billion]
KIRO-TV (CBS)
SeattleInsider.com
[also owns: 14 more tv stations and 82 radio stations nationwide, as well as the Atlanta Constitution, over 17 daily and 30 weekly newspapers and magazines and other interests (list)]

Hearst Corporation hearst.com New York [2001 sales $4 billion]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
[also owns: A&E, ESPN, Lifetime Network, 11 more daily papers, many national magazines and commercial websites, and the King Features Syndicate, among other broadcasting, publishing, distribution and other interests (list)]

Belo, Inc. belo.com Dallas [2001 sales $1.37 billion]
KING-TV (NBC)
KONG-TV
Northwest Cable News
[also owns: 16 more tv stations, 6 cable channels, the Dallas Morning News, the Providence Journal (RI), the Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (list)]

Seattle Times Company seattletimescompany.com Seattle [2001 sales $388 million]
Seattle Times
[also owns: seven additional newspapers in Washington and Maine, and related websites. Knight-Ridder, Inc. (www.knightridder.com, San Jose, CA) is a minority (49%) shareholder. Knight-Ridder owns over 36 daily newspapers, along with other periodicals, broadcasting and Internet interests.]

Entercom Communications entercom.com Philadelphia [2001 sales $332.9 million]
KBSG 97.3 FM (oldies)
KIRO 710 AM (news)
KQBZ 100.7 FM (‘The Buzz’)
KISW 99.9 FM (‘The Rock’)
KMTT 103.7 FM (‘The Mountain’)
KNDD 107.7 FM (‘The End’)
KTTH 770 AM (right-wing talk)
KNWX 1210 AM (‘The Business Station’)
[also owns: 94 more radio stations nationwide (list)]

Salem Radio inspirationradio.com Camarillo, CA [2002 revenues $166 million]
KGNW 820 AM (religious)
KLFE 1590 AM (religious)
KKOL 1300 AM (right-wing talk)
KKMO 1360 AM (‘Radio Sol’)
KTFH 1680 AM (international, ‘The Bridge’)
[The country's largest owner of Christian-formatted radio stations and broadcast networks.also owns 68 other Christian radio stations nationally; plus Salem Radio Network, which owns three radio networks and several syndicated Christian programs, among other media holdings]

Fisher Broadcasting fsci.com Seattle [2001 sales $162 million]
KOMO TV (ABC)
KOMO 1000 AM (news)
KPLZ 101.5 FM (‘Star 101.5’)
KVI 570 AM (right-wing talk)
[also owns: 10 more TV stations and 25 more radio stations in the Northwest and the Southeast, among other interests]

Multicultural Radio Broadcasting mrbi.net New York
KXPA 1540AM (multilingual)
also owns 33 other radio stations as well as television and print outlets]

New Times/Village Voice Media villagevoice.com New York
Seattle Weekly
[also owns: the Village Voice, LA Weekly, and several other large-market weekly papers, and web broadcaster Voice Radio]

Sandusky Radio sanduskyseattle.com Bellevue, WA
KWJZ 98.9 FM (‘Smooth Jazz’)
KLSY 92.5 FM (“Movin’ 92.5”) [no DJs]
KIXI 880 AM (oldies) [no DJs]
KRWM 106.9 FM (106.9)
KKNW 1105 AM (Alternative Talk)

Millennium Digital Media mdm.net St. Louis
local cable TV/broadband Internet franchisee
[also owns: cable TV/broadband franchises in five states]

SMALLER COMMERCIAL AND RELIGIOUS MEDIA OWNERS

Beethoven king.org Seattle
KING 98.1 FM (classical)

Index Newspapers thestranger.com Seattle
The Stranger
[also owns the Portland Mercury. Chicago Reader, Inc. (Chicago) is a minority partner.]

Kris Bennett Broadcasting ztwins.com Seattle
KRIZ 1420 AM (Solid Gold Soul)
KYIZ 1620 AM (gospel)
KZIZ 1560 AM (daytime only, hip hop/urban)
[also owns Seattle Medium Newspaper.]

Clay Huntington klay1180.com Lakewood, WA
KLAY 1180 AM (news/talk)

Crista Ministries crista.org Seattle
KCMS 105.3 FM (religious)
KCIS 630 AM (religious)

Sacred Heart Radio Kirkland, WA
KBLE 1050 AM (religious)

Family Radio familyradio.comKirkland, WA
KARR 1460 AM (religious)

NONCOMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY BROADASTERS:

Bellevue Community College kbcs.fm Bellevue, WA
KBCS 91.3 FM (A World of Music and Ideas)

Mercer Island School District x104.fm Mercer Island, WA
KMIH 104.5 FM (Mercer Island High School, ‘Mix of Tomorrow's Hits’)

Seattle Public Schools c895fm.com Seattle
KNHC 89.5 FM (Nathan Hale High School, ‘Seattle's Hottest’)

University of Washington washington.edu (Seattle)
KUOW 94.9 FM (NPR)
KEXP 90.3 FM (‘Where the Music Matters’)

Pacific Lutheran University plu.edu Tacoma
KPLU 88.5 FM (Jazz/NPR)

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