Media General

Media General NYSE: MEG is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. Its major properties include newspapers such as The Tampa Tribune, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as numerous television stations, such as its flagship station, WFLA-TV.

The company was originally called Richmond Newspapers until 1969, when it was renamed "Media General", as the company's media properties grew and diversified.

Media General's newspaper operations originate from Richmond, Virginia, while its television operations are based in Tampa, Florida, its largest market (#12).

Stations

 * (**) – Indicates a station built and signed on by Media General.
 * (¤¤) – Indicates a station owned by Park Communications prior to its acquisition by Media General in 1997.
 * (##) – Indicates a station owned by Spartan Communications prior to its acquisition by Media General in 2000.

Notes:
 * 1 Media General operates WB affiliate WHID-TV under a local marketing agreement with owner Tribune Broadcasting, a practice that has been in place since the station signed on as a satellite of then WENS-TV in 1994, owned by Renaissance Broadcasting at the time, with Spartan as the LMA partner.