Lucasrio Media is an media company owned by Lucasrio. Its main headquarters are located at the Lucasrio Broadcast Center in Welterhampton, Welter.
History[]
Welter Communications Inc. (1986-2012)[]
It was founded as Welter Communications in 1986, also known by the short name 'WelterCom'. Its first venture was the purchase of the Continental Broadcasting cluster, which consisted of WWTH-AM-TV in Welterhampton, WCXI-TV in Endreaville, and WGAM-TV in Gameria City.
The three television stations were independents until 1989. WWTH and WCXI signed primary affiliations with the ITV network, and WGAM aired certain ITV programs that were declined carriage by WRBQ-TV.
In 1988, WelterCom tried to acquire WEND-AM-TV, but had to sell WEND-TV to a trust company to avoid FCC violations.
On January 20, 1991, the Mattupolis station WNMT-TV was acquired by WelterCom, which now has four TV stations.
On October 9, 1996, WelterCom acquired the Grassyville-based Telemundo station WGSY-TV.
In 2000, WelterCom finally acquired WEND-TV after the FCC approved the acquisition.
In 2005, WelterCom announced it would be closing. But then he went back, got a deal, and went back to his normal activities.
In late 2011, WelterCom planned to create a TV network.
At 11:59PM on October 2, 2012, WWTH-DT and WCXI-DT stopped broadcasting ITV programming to announce a new TV network.
Lucasrio Media Group Inc./Lucasrio Media (2012-present)[]
On October 3, 2012, WelterCom became known as Lucasrio Media Group Inc.
And at 6AM the same day, Lucasrio Television (LTV) went on the air for the first time. With the launch of the new TV network, WNMT-TV changed its name to WLCS-DT.
On May 11, 2018, Lucasrio acquired United Broadcasting, including Welterhampton's ABC station WELT-DT, increasing the number of TV stations of the same.
The LTV station in Tenorio Santos, WTNS-DT, changed channels from UHF channel 64 (digital channel 45) to VHF channel 4 the day after the acquisition.
In June 2020, Lucasrio acquired CBS station in Georgina, WGTC-TV and MyNetworkTV station WMNG-DT, which were owned by George Stevens Media. With the acquisition, it switched to LTV, changing its name to WLTG-DT, ending the affiliation with CBS that had been in place since the station's launch in 1969.
Also in 2020, on October 3, when it completed 8 years of existence, it launched WLGV-DT, LTV's O&O station in Grassyville.
On January 1, 2021, LTV+ is launched, LTV's streaming platform.
Broadcast Stations[]
Television stations[]
Lucasrio currently operates 16 television stations and 13 radio stations. The television stations comprise of 9 LTV O&O, 2 NBC affiliates, an ABC affiliate, an CBS affiliate, a CW affiliate, a MyNetworkTV affiliate and a Telemundo affiliate.
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel
TV (RF) |
Affiliation | Owned since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterhampton | WWTH-DT | 2 (2) | LTV | 1986 |
| WELT-DT | 7 (7) | ABC | 2018 | |
| Endreaville, WT | WCXI-DT | 11 (34) | LTV | 1986 |
| WEND-DT | 9 (36) | NBC | 2000 | |
| Tenorio Santos, WT | WTNS-DT | 4 (45) | LTV | 2018 |
| WLSN-DT | 6 (27) | NBC | 2018 | |
| Georgina, WT | WLTG-DT | 12 (12) | LTV | 2020 |
| WMNG-DT | 18 (18) | MyNetworkTV | 2020 | |
| Watterson, WT | WTRS-DT | 13 (35) | ABC | 1991 |
| Mattupolis | WLCS-DT | 10 (38) | LTV | 1991 |
| WMCW-DT | 40 (40) | The CW | 2019 | |
| Gameria City | WGA-TV | 33 (33) | LTV | 1986 |
| Grassyville | WGSY-DT | 19 (19) | Telemundo | 1996 |
| WLGV-DT | 29 (29) | LTV | 2020 | |
| Omniville | WOMN-DT | 21 (21) | LTV | 2019 |
| WCBO-TV | 17 (41) | CBS | 2020 | |
| Dashington | WDAS-DT | 5 (16) | LTV | 2019 |
| New York, NY | WMBL-DT | 51 (40) | LTV | 1986 |
| Philadelphia, PA | WLPH-TV | 28 (28) | LTV | 1986 |
| Los Angeles, CA | KLLA-TV | 51 (44) | LTV | 1986 |
| Benegine / Michaelsville / El Sendero, AZ | KBME-TV | 7 (7) | LTV | 2019 |
| KFNW-TV | 21 (21) | Fox | 2006 |
Channels[]
| Availability | Station call sign: Channel No. | Owned by Welter/LUCASRIO since | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welterhampton, Endreaville, Tenorio Santos and Georgina | WCN (Welter Cable News), Channel Numbers Vary | 2020 | Composed of news teams from: WWTH-DT, Welterhampton; WCXI-DT, Endreaville and WTNS-DT, Tenorio Santos |
Radio stations[]
| City of license / Market | Station | Owned since | Current format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welterhampton | WWTH 950 | 1986 | News/Talk |
| WWTH-FM 90.1 | 1990 | Talk | |
| WPOP-FM 101.7 | 2020 | Contemporary Hits | |
| Endreaville, WT | WEND 910 | 1988 | News/Talk |
| WEDV-FM 91.1 | 2005 | Popular/Hits | |
| WSWC-FM 107.3 | 2020 | Religious/Gospel | |
| Tenorio Santos, WT | WTNS 640 | 2019 | News/Talk |
| WTNS-FM 96.1 | 2019 | Talk | |
| Georgina, WT | WLRG-FM 89.3 | 2020 | Popular/Hits |
| Mattupolis | WLCS 710 | 2020 | News/Talk |
| WNMT-FM 99.9 | 2020 | Popular/Hits | |
| Gameria City | WMIN-FM 105.5 | 2020 | Sports Talk/Sports Radio |
| Omniville | WOMN-FM 104.7 | 2020 | Adult/Contemporary |