TVNewsCheck and M.C. Alcamo & Co., Inc. assembled a list of the top 30 TV ownership groups in the United States. Out of the top 30 groups, 16 own and operate stations in Michigan. Here are the rankings:
|
Rank
|
Group
|
% TVHH
|
Michigan Stations
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ion Media | 64.3 | WPXD, WZPX |
| 2 | Univision | 44 | |
| 3 | Trinity | 41.2 | |
| 4 | CBS Television Stations | 37.8 | WWJ-TV, WKBD |
| 5 | Fox Television Stations | 37.2 | WJBK |
| 6 | NBCU Stations | 35.8 | |
| 7 | Tribune Broadcasting | 35.5 | WXMI |
| 8 | ABC Owned Stations | 22.5 | WJRT*, WTVG* |
| 9 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | 20 | WSMH |
| 10 | Gannett Broadcasting | 18.2 | WZZM |
| 11 | Hearst Television | 18 | |
| 12 | Entravision | 17.4 | |
| 13 | Daystar Television | 16.9 | WUDT |
| 14 | Belo Corp. | 14.5 | |
| 15 | Raycom Media | 12.5 | WTOL |
| 16 | Liberman Broadcasting | 11.2 | |
| 17 | Local TV LLC | 10.8 | |
| 18 | Cox Media Group | 10.4 | |
| 19 | Scripps Television Group | 9.8 | WXYZ |
| 20 | Meredith Local Media | 9.1 | WNEM |
| 21 | Richard French Stations | 9.1 | |
| 22 | Newport Television | 8.8 | |
| 23 | Nexstar Broadcasting | 8.6 | |
| 24 | LIN Media | 8.5 | WOOD-TV, WOTV, WXSP, WUPW |
| 25 | Media General | 8.4 | |
| 26 | Post-Newsweek Stations | 7.4 | WDIV |
| 27 | WLNY | 6.5 | |
| 28 | Gray Television | 6.3 | WILX, WNDU |
| 29 | Granite Broadcasting | 5.6 | WMYD |
| 30 | Young Broadcasting | 5.4 | WLNS |
| * Pending sale to SJL Broadcasting | |||
