Kelly Broadcasting

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.

Kelly Broadcasting

Formerly	Central Valley Broadcasting Company
Industry	Broadcast holding company
Founded	1944; 81 years ago (1944)
Defunct	1999 (1999)
Fate	Stations acquired by Hearst-Argyle Television
Successor	Hearst-Argyle Television
Headquarters	Sacramento, California , United States
Area served	Sacramento and Seattle
Owner	Kelly and Hansen family

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.

Stations

Television stations

City of license / Market	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, CA	KCRA-TV	3	1955–1999	NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
	KQCA	58	1994–1999[a]	dual The CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Seattle/Tacoma, WA	KCPQ	13	1980–1998	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)

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