Buena Vista Broadcasting

Buena Vista Broadcasting, Inc. was a television station group division of the Walt Disney Company that operated from 1980 to 1995. The company had its corporate headquarters in Orlando, Florida and its operational headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

The company ceased operations in 1995 when Disney sold off the remaining stations. A year later, Disney purchased ABC.

History
Buena Vista Broadcasting was formed in 1980.

In 1984, shortly after acquiring Dallas independent station KTXA and relocating its operational headquarters to the Dallas area, Buena Vista Broadcasting became the first television station ownership group with mandated music and graphics for its stations' newscasts. The initial "generation X" graphics packages were mostly produced by companies in the Dallas area, while music packages were sourced primarily from firms dealing in newscast music.

Generation 1 (1984-1986)

 * Music: And You by Telesound
 * Graphics description:

Generation 2 (1986-1988)

 * Music: WNEV News Package by Tuesday Productions
 * Graphics description:
 * Notes: This was the first mandate to use the "Flight Force" branding for weather forecasts.
 * The chief meteorologist was known on air as the "Flight Commander"

Generation 3 (1988-1993)

 * Music: News Series 2000 by Gari Media
 * Graphics description:
 * Notes: This was the last mandate to use the "Flight Force" branding for weather forecasts.

Generation 4 (1993-1995)

 * Music: News Station by Gari Media
 * Graphics description:

Stations owned

 * WFTV - Orlando, Florida (1980-1995)
 * WOKR-TV - Rochester, New York (1980-1995)
 * WHBQ-TV - Memphis, Tennessee (1982-1995)
 * WIXT-TV - Syracuse, New York (1980-1995)
 * WKBW-TV - Buffalo, New York (1986-1995)
 * WNYT - Albany, New York (1986-1995) [one of the few BVB stations that wasn't an ABC affiliate)
 * WMGC-TV - Binghamton, New York (1983-1995)
 * WUTR-TV - Utica, New York (1983-1995)
 * KTXA - Dallas, Texas (1984-1995)