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Kelly Broadcasting

Formerly	Central Valley Broadcasting Company
Industry	Broadcast holding company
Founded	1944 (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

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.

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. 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.

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	dual The CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Seattle/Tacoma, WA	KCPQ	13	1980–1998	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)