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.[1] 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.[2]