Nice, but as Hearst is still merging with Argyle Television in 1997 like OTL, but instead of swapping
BOTH WDTN and WNAC to Sunrise Television in exchange for KSBW, WPTZ and WNNE, TTL Hearst-Argyle would swap WDTN to Belo in exchange for WHEC in Rochester and Hearst-Argyle would swap WNAC in Providence to Raycom Media in exchange for WSTM-TV in Syracuse.
But ownership changes is looming through timeline:
- 1953: Gannett Company signs on WHEC-TV, and had a share with WVET-TV.
- 1961: Gannett Company bought half of channel 10 from Vetarans Broadcasting as WROC-TV went to channel 5.
- 1979: Gannett sells off WHEC-TV to Ragan Henry following the purchase of Combined Communications.
- 1983: The Henry group traded WHEC-TV to Viacom for WDIA and KDIA, two radio stations. Viacom oversaw an affiliation change of WHEC to NBC in 1989, while giving CBS to WROC-TV.
- 1992: After Capital Cities-ABC bought Viacom, ABC traded WHEC to Belo in exchange for CBS affiliate KXTV in Sacramento, which immediately switched to ABC, swapping affiliations with KOVR.
- 1998: Due to FCC rules, as WDTN provided Grade B to Cincinnati, Hearst-Argyle Television purchases WHEC-TV in Rochester in exchange for WDTN in Dayton, which was given to A.H. Belo Corporation.