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Kelly Broadcasting Company (also known as Kelly Broadcasting) was an American broadcast holding company that owned KCRA-TV and KQCA in Sacramento/Stockton. Kelly Broadcasting sold the stations (including the flagship station) to Hearst-Argyle Television in 1999.

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History

Kelly and Hansen family began founded in 1944 as Central Valley Broadcasting Company, with the launch of the Sacramento FM radio station KCRA-FM (now KYMX) in 1947.[1] In 1955, it launched the television station KCRA-TV in Sacramento and purchased KCRA-AM (now KIFM), making it the pair of stations. It later purchased Seattle television station KCPQ from Clover Park School District, and became an independent station.[2]

In 1994, KQCA entered a local marketing agreement with Kelly-owned KCRA-TV. In 1999, the Kelly television stations sold to New York City-based Hearst-Argyle Television.

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Stations

Television stations

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  1. KQCA was owned by a privately held company but Kelly operated through a local marketing agreement.
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