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WYFF company history timeline

1953

The station first signed on the air on December 31, 1953, as WFBC-TV; it was the fifth television station to sign on in South Carolina, and transmitted its signal from a tower located on Paris Mountain.

1961

In 1961, the News-Piedmont Publishing Company purchased WBIR-AM-FM and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee from the former Taft Broadcasting Company.

1967

WFBC-TV began transmitting locally produced programming in color in February 1967.

1983

In 1983, due to new rules set by the Federal Communications Commission restricting common ownership of newspapers and broadcasting outlets in the same market, Multimedia sold off the WFBC stations.

1998

In 1998 Hearst-Argyle bought Pulitzer's entire television division, including WYFF-TV.

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