overview

holdings

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     landmarks

This chronology is indicative only.

Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline on this site.

1837 Milwaukee Sentinel founded as weekly by Solomon Juneau

1882 launch of Milwaukee Daily Journal

1882 control acquired by Lucius Nieman, later renamed Milwaukee Journal

1924 Journal Company launches radio station WHAD Milwaukee in partnership with Marquette University

1924 Sentinel acquired by Hearst

1924 Sentinel and Hearst's afternoon The Wisconsin News launch joint Sunday edition as The Sunday Telegram

1927 Journal launches WTMJ-AM Milwaukee following end of WHAD partnership

1937 Agnes Wahl Nieman establishes Nieman Foundation at Harvard "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism"

1937 employees buy 25% interest in Journal Company under employee-ownership plan

1940 Journal launches W9XAO FM

1941 launche W55M FM (later WTMJ-FM)

1947 launches WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee

1962 buys Milwaukee Sentinel from Hearst

1968 establishes Midwestern Relay

1979 acquires KTNV-TV Las Vegas

1984 acquires WSYM-TV Lansing, MI

1991 acquisition of Norlight fiber-optic private carrier by Midwestern Relay

1995 Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel merge

1995 divestiture of Perry Printing

1995 acquires KOSR-AM, KEZO-FM and KKCD-FM Omaha

1996 acquires KFFN-AM, KMXZ-FM and KZPT-FM Tucson

1997 acquires WMYU-FM Karns, WWST-FM Sevierville and KBBX-FM Nebraska City

1998 acquires KHLP-AM and KSRZ-FM Omaha, WBON-FM Knoxville, KGEM-AM, KJOT-FM and KQXR-FM Boise, KGMG-FM Oracle, WQBB-AM Powell, and KTHI-FM and KCID-AM Caldwell

1999 acquires KMIR-TV Palm Springs

1999 buys Great Empire radio group (13 radio stations in 4 states) - KFTI-AM KFDI-FM KICT-FM Wichita, KOMJ-AM Omaha, KQCH-FM Omaha, KFXJ-FM Augusta, KYQQ-FM Arkansas City, KSGF-AM KTTS-FM Springfield, KSPW-FM Sparta, KFAQ-AM KVOO-FM Tulsa, OKXBL-FM Henryetta

2000 acquires KMXW-FM Newton and KRVB-FM Nampa

2001 acquires KSAW-TV Twin Falls and KIVI-TV Boise

2003 IPO of Class A shares

2004 buys NBC-affiliate WGBA-TV (Green Bay, Wisconsin) for US$43m

2005 sells NorthStar Print Group (label manufacturing subsidiary) to Multi-Color Corporation for US$27m

2005 announces agreement to purchase WFTX-TV (Fort Myers), KMTV-TV (Omaha) and KGUN-TV (Tucson) from Emmis for US$235m

2005 sells KHLP (1420 AM) in Omaha, Nebraska to Pennsylvania Media Associates (Salem Communications)

2006 sells KBBX-FM "Radio Lobo 97.7FM" to Connoisseur Media of Omaha, LLC for US$7.5m

2007 buys KPSE-LP (Channel 50) Palm Springs from Mirage Media LLC for US$4.7m

2007 buys Clintonville (Wisconsin) Tribune-Gazette from GateHouse Media

2007 sells New England operations (11 community papers, two printing facilities and five shoppers in Connecticut and Vermont) to
Hersam Acorn Community Publishing

2007 sells Central Ohio Advertiser Network (8 weekly shoppers and numerous specialty print products and Advantage Press commercial printing business) to Gannett

2007 sells Louisiana Publishing Group (3 automotive photo-classified publications, general merchandise shopper and two companion websites) to affiliate of Target Media Partners

2007 sells Omaha radio station KOMJ-AM ("Magic 1490") to Cochise Broadcasting LLC

2007 buys Wisconsin Trails and Milwaukee Home & Fine Living magazines from Trails Media Group

2007 buys KMTV-TV, Channel 3, from Emmis

2007 Q-Comm buys 100% of Journal Communications' telecommunications subsidiary Norlight Telecommunications for US$185m

2008 Journal Communications agrees to buy Tucson tv station KWBA-TV (CW Network affiliate) from Tucson Communications LLC and Cascade Broadcasting Group LLC

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