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WPEC history
WPEC company history timeline
The station signed on as an ABC affiliate with the callsign WEAT-TV on January 1, 1955.
RKO sold the station to Rex Rand in 1957.
In 1964, Gardens Broadcasting, a company founded by businessman John D. MacArthur bought the station.
In 1973, Photo Electronics bought the station from John D. MacArthur.
On January 27, 1974, the WEAT calls were changed to the current WPEC which stood for Photo Electronics Corporation in reference to the station's then-current owner, a company founded by local entrepreneur Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr.
On January 1, 1989, it switched affiliations to CBS after the network purchased WCIX in Miami (channel 6, now WFOR-TV on channel 4) from the TVX Broadcast Group.
A similar situation happened to NBC in 1995 when WCIX moved to channel 4 as WFOR and NBC was demoted to channel 6.
In 1996, Freedom Communications bought the station.
On April 8, 2009, WPEC announced that it was eliminating its 24-hour local weather channel (known as "CBS 12 Now") in favor of a new local Spanish-language television station originally known as "232 Mi Pueblo TV". However, the weather channel was reinstated on digital channel 12.3 in mid-2009.
Freedom announced on November 2, 2011 that it would bow out of television and sell its stations, including WPEC, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
The deal was completed on April 2, 2012, although the physical operations of WPEC and WTVX (along with WTCN and WWHB) initially remained separate.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEYE-TV | 1983 | $9.1M | 97 | - |
| WREG News Channel 3 | 1955 | $4.5M | 30 | 446 |
| WFTV Channel 9 | 1963 | $10.0M | 100 | - |
| WDBJ7 | 1955 | $24.3M | 100 | - |
| WJHG-TV | 1953 | $800.0M | 2,000 | - |
| WTSP-TV | - | $18.0M | 174 | - |
| WVLT Local 8 News | 1954 | $7.1M | 20 | - |
| WPTV | 1954 | - | 180 | - |
| WBNG TV 12 | - | $6.7M | 56 | - |
| WATE 6 On Your Side | 1953 | $8.5M | 75 | - |
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