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WTVJ.TV Offered for Sale at 38 Times Purchase Price

An Exclusive andypurdy.net Follow-Up Report

Friday, August 1, 2008 -- New owner Mike James has decided to sell WTVJ.TV, which the Florida TV veteran bought at last week's auction attended by CBS Broadcasting, Allbritton Communications, Nexstar Broadcasting, LIN TV, and Hubbard Broadcasting.

James also won at auction WKMG.TV -- which uses the famous Post-Newsweek call letters that stand for Katherine Meyer Graham, the late Washington Post publisher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

In total, James purchased 36 of the 279 TV station domains at GoDaddy's landmark web domain auction held July 19-23. James, who operates the popular broadcasting industry gossip website, NewsBlues.com, has listed on his site all 36 domains for sale at prices ranging from 25 to 87 times what he paid for them.

Among them are the 4-letter callsign domains for some of the most prominent TV stations in the U.S., which he was able to purchase for as low as $5 each. They include the TV domains for WCAU-TV Philadelphia, owned and operated by NBC Universal; WGCL-TV Atlanta, the CBS station owned by Meredith; WOIO-TV Cleveland, the CBS station owned by Raycom Media; WXIN-TV Indianapolis, the Fox station owned by Tribune; WKRN-TV Nashville, the ABC station owned by Young Broadcasting; and WTVF-TV Nashville, the CBS station owned by Landmark Communications.

James' first success was in an early auction session when he captured the domain for WTVJ-TV, the NBC station in Miami, recently sold by NBC Universal to Post-Newsweek for $205 million.

"NewsBlues regularly reports on each of the television stations corresponding to domain names I purchased," James wrote in an email to andypurdy.net.

"Station call letters are decreasingly part of a web domain," he explained. "Today, U.S. TV stations rarely refer to themselves by their station call letters. The value of a dot.TV domain is reduced to little more than a domain forward and, as a result, the value is extremely diminished."

An Internet services expert at LIN TV disagreed, saying, "We have over 600 brands to protect including our callsigns, and stations may end up using their call letters more and more instead of their channel numbers."

At the GoDaddy auction, LIN TV purchased 8 TV station domains representing 8 of its stations, including WUPW-TV Toledo, WOGC-TV Grand Rapids, and WWLP-TV, which stands for William L. Putnam, founder of the Springfield, Massachusetts NBC station. The domain for WIVB-TV, LIN's CBS station in Buffalo, was bid up to $1,105 and was the biggest performer of the auction.

"We can't afford to let these domains fall into the wrong hands," said LIN's technical contact, who preferred not to be named. He pointed out that WUPW.TV was still parked at GoDaddy, as it had been all year, and was displaying pay-per-click ads for Toledo Mud Hens Tickets and 6 other Toledo businesses.

Although they brought no advertising revenue to the station, the ads were automatically placed on the website by Google's ad syndication engine, which determined that WUPW-TV was a broadcaster in Toledo. Visitors were also directed to related searches for the Toledo Blade and the CBS station in Toledo, one of WUPW-TV's competitors.

In the Internet world of machine-readable text, where online documents can be automatically searched, indexed, sorted, and ranked, television callsigns can serve as highly efficient search terms. There are over 400,000 possible 4-letter combinations, but only a tiny fraction of them spell out words in any known language. Thus, including a station's callsign in a query can produce the highest percentage of search results that relate to the station. This has value in searches, for instance, for news articles, job listings, or local programs and events.

In "The Domain Name Industry Brief," released in June, 2007, VeriSign observed that the explosion of online video has given great opportunity for the dot-TV top-level domain, and the number of dot-TV registrations has increased more than 100% year after year. The report notes that "the power of the .tv extension is, in part, that 'TV' means the same thing to people in China as it does to people in Spain or the United States."

Although dot-TV domains are still not as well-known as dot-com domains, a Google search earlier today for any dot-TV web pages generated 67.5 million search results. Some networks, such as TNT.TV and WE.TV, heavily promote their dot-TV brands. Other broadcasters in the future may use their dot-TV domains to deliver device-specific content, much like dot-mobi is currently used to deliver content optimized for mobile devices.

"Flem" Lemond, head of DNAV Inc., another active buyer at the GoDaddy auction, suggested that the dot-tv device could be similar to the Internet appliance provided by NetFlix for online movie rentals. "You turn it on and overnight it downloads television programs from the TV station," he said.

Lemond bought 25 of the TV station domains at auction. When interviewed by andypurdy.net, he claimed that he was not aware of any relationship between the domains he purchased and existing television stations, and that he is instead driven by a deep conviction that the Internet will one day become a supranatural sentient organism. Nonetheless, he gave his assurance that he is not out to annoy the broadcast industry, and can easily be reached to amicably resolve any dispute with a station.

The TV callsign domain auction was the largest ever of its kind, and came as a result of the expiration of the domains when they were not renewed several weeks ago by the original domain registrant, a Florida resident with no apparent ties to the broadcasting industry.

The auction was not advertised or promoted by either GoDaddy or the registrant, but according to the service agreement between them, GoDaddy had the right to put the domains up for auction and allow anyone on the Internet to place anonymous bids online for any or all of them.

Window to the World Communications acquired the domain for WTTW-TV, the PBS station in Chicago that launched the hit show, "Siskel and Ebert."

The domain for WKBW-TV, the ABC station in Buffalo, owned by Granite Broadcasting, was sold to NABET-CWA Local 51025. Members of NABET 25 are currently engaged in a protest campaign against WKBW-TV.

Along with LIN TV, several other media giants were successful bidders at the GoDaddy auction. Nexstar Broadcasting managed to win multiple auctions that closed within seconds of one another, and snapped up almost all the domains related to its stations. However, for WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre, Nexstar was outbid by Mike James of NewsBlues.

Hubbard Broadcasting captured the domain for its NBC station in Albany, WNYT-TV.

Allbritton Communications used the services of Irides, an Internet solution provider in Northern Virginia, to purchase all the domains related to its stations. Chief among them were WBMA-TV, the ABC station in Birmingham, Alabama, and WHTM-TV, the ABC station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Also up for auction were the domains for 3 CBS owned-and-operated stations: KPIX-TV San Francisco, KTVT-TV Dallas/Ft. Worth, and KCCO-TV Minneapolis/St. Paul. For these, CBS Broadcasting used the services of MarkMonitor, which successfully purchased all three and immediately transferred them to CBS. MarkMonitor specializes in protection against "brandjacking" for many Fortune 100 companies. On its home page, MarkMonitor states, "Cybersquatting is the most common form of brand defamation totaling over $1B annually."

See below for a complete list of auction results and successful bidders.

Andy Purdy, publisher of andypurdy.net, served as the U.S. "Cyber Czar" for two years in his role heading the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT. Before joining DHS in 2003, Mr. Purdy served as a member of the White House staff and helped to draft The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Yesterday, he returned from Durban, South Africa, where he urged governments to partner with the private sector in fighting cybercrime worldwide.

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GoDaddy to Auction over 250 Prime Radio and TV "Dot TV" Domains to Public

An Exclusive andypurdy.net Report

Friday, July 18, 2008 -- Highly-prized 4-letter domain names using the call letters of 285 U.S. TV stations -- including major affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX -- will be auctioned to the public by GoDaddy.com between Saturday, July 19, and Wednesday, July 23.

The TV call-letter domain auction is the largest ever of its kind. Releasing the domains to anonymous bidders around the world may have a serious impact on how American broadcasters maintain their online identity, particularly in light of the upcoming switch to digital broadcast.

The call-letter domains represent some of the most successful broadcast stations in the country, including 2 NBC owned-and-operated stations -- WCAU-TV Philadelphia and WTVJ-TV Miami -- and 3 CBS owned-and-operated stations -- KPIX-TV San Francisco, KTVT-TV Dallas/Ft. Worth, and KCCO-TV Minneapolis/St. Paul.

All of the domains for public auction use the .TV top-level domain, so auction winners will lay claim to domains such as WTTW.TV (using the call letters of the famous PBS station in Chicago), WXIA.TV (the NBC station in Atlanta), and WDIV.TV (the NBC affiliate in Detroit).

Up for grabs are the call letters for 88 existing ABC stations, 78 CBS stations, 59 NBC stations (including a station that is no longer active), 56 FOX stations, 1 PBS station, 1 CW affiliate, 1 MyNet affiliate, and 1 low power station in Washington, DC.

The auction list of TV station domains includes dozens of broadcast stations in the top 100 TV markets. Featured throughout are stations owned by such media giants as Gannett Company, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tribune Company, Media General, Allbritton Communications Company, The E.W. Scripps Company, and LIN TV Corporation.

For several of the broadcast companies, this would not be the first time they face losing control over online call-letter branding. Over the years, LIN Television, CBS, Capital Broadcasting, Viacom, Paramount, and others have filed complaints with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to claim domains registered by unrelated parties.

All 285 domains to be auctioned in the days ahead are currently registered under the name of a Florida resident with no apparent ties to the broadcasting industry. The domains are now set to expire later this month, most likely because the registrant failed to pay the annual $39.99 renewal fee for each of the domains.

Ironically, it was the bulk expiration of the domains that led to the discovery of the call-letter trove by andypurdy.net. The sheer number of registrations dispells any notion that it is mere coincidence that the 4-letter combinations are identical to the call letters of 285 U.S. television stations.

According to the registrant's contract with GoDaddy.com, the well-known Internet registrar has the right to put the expiring domains up for public auction. There are 7 online auction sessions scheduled to automatically close at 7 different times between Saturday morning and Wednesday afternoon. Bidding for each domain starts at only $10, and bids can be placed by anyone on the Internet until the posted deadline.

Bids are already being placed anonymously on many of the domains. To prevent last-second preemptive bidding by aggressive bidders, GoDaddy extends each auction 2 minutes past the last bid. This gives any other bidder at least 2 minutes to post another bid, which, in turn, may further extend the auction.

Winners of the call-letter domains must in addition pay the one-year $39.99 renewal fee for each domain acquired.

Also according to the GoDaddy.com contract, the current registrant retains certain rights even beyond the close of each auction. For a period of about 7 days after the auctions, the current registrant will still have the right to redeem and recapture any of the domains by paying a premium to GoDaddy.com. In those cases, auction winners can no longer claim the domain, however, they receive a refund of monies advanced for the domain.

Below is a complete list of all broadcast stations represented in the auction, along with links to 16 selected WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Administrative Panel Decisions that shed light on abusive registration of media-related domains.

In the frame to the left is a list of the 7 auction sessions with links to bidding information for each domain, and links to backgrounder information on each station.

Andy Purdy, publisher of this site, served as the U.S. cyber security "czar" for two years in his role heading the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT. Before joining DHS in 2003, Mr. Purdy served as a member of the White House staff and helped to draft The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. This site derives no income from the sale of any domains listed and has no financial interest in the domains. Also, andypurdy.net cannot guarantee the accuracy of any of the information provided in this report, as all of the auction-related data may be subject to change without notice. If you are a member of the broadcasting industry, your comments and suggestions would be most welcome. Please contact us at DomainAlert@andypurdy.net or call our Denver office at 303-548-3816.

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Broadcast Station Domains Scheduled for Public Auction at GoDaddy.com

For each station, the city, state and affiliation is listed. "LP" indicates a low-power station.

For stations in a top 100 television market, the listing is extended to include the market rank and the name of the station owner.




SESSION 1 - Saturday, July 19, 2008, ending 9:37-9:40 am PDT

1. KATC-TV Lafayette, LA ABC - SOLD TO EVENING POST DIGITAL - $28
2. KATU-TV Portland, OR ABC - 23 Fisher Communications - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $15
3. KATV-TV Little Rock, AR ABC - 57 Allbritton Communications Company - SOLD TO IRIDES, LLC (FOR ALLBRITTON) - $72
4. KAVU-TV Victoria, TX ABC - SOLD TO THE DOMAIN FARM - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
5. KAYU-TV Spokane, WA FOX - 77 Mountain Broadcasting/Northwest Broadcasting Company - SOLD TO THE DOMAIN FARM - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
6. KBAK-TV Bakersfield, CA CBS
7. KBFX-TV Bakersfield, CA FOX
8. KBSD-TV Dodge City, KS CBS - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
9. KCAU-TV Sioux City, IA ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
10. KCBD-TV Lubbock, TX NBC
11. KCEN-TV Waco, TX NBC - 95 Frank W. Mayborn - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $20
12. KCIT-TV Amarillo, TX FOX - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
13. KAAL-TV Austin/Rochester, MN ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
14. KADN-TV Lafayette, LA FOX
15. KAII-TV Wailuku, HI FOX
16. KAMC-TV Lubbock, TX ABC - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $26
17. KAMR-TV Amarillo, TX NBC - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
18. KARK-TV Little Rock, AR NBC - 57 Nexstar Broadcasting Group - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $21

SESSION 2 - Sunday, July 20, 2008, ending 11:01-11:05 am

1. KSFX-TV Springfield, MO FOX - 76 Nexstar Broadcasting Group - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
2. KSFY-TV Sioux Falls, ND ABC
3. KSGW-TV Sheridan, WY ABC
4. KSLA-TV Shreveport, LA CBS - 81 Raycom Media, Inc. - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $20
5. KSNC-TV Great Bend, KS NBC
6. KSNG-TV Garden City, KS NBC
7. KSNK-TV McCook, NE NBC
8. KSNT-TV Topeka, KS NBC
9. KSPR-TV Springfield, MO ABC - 76 Perkin Media, LLC - SOLD TO SCOTT MCCORMICK - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
10. KSTF-TV Scottsbluff, NE CBS
11. KSVI-TV Billings, MT ABC - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
12. KSWT-TV Yuma, AZ CBS
13. KTBS-TV Shreveport, LA ABC - 81 Wray family - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $15
14. KTBY-TV Anchorage, AK FOX
15. KTGM-TV Barrigada, GU ABC
16. KTIV-TV Sioux City, IA NBC
17. KTLJ-TV Junction City, KS FOX-LP
18. KTMF-TV Missoula, MT ABC
19. KTMJ-TV Topeka, KS FOX-LP
20. KNOP-TV North Platte, NE NBC
21. KNRR-TV Pembina, ND FOX
22. KOAA-TV Pueblo, CO NBC - 94 Evening Post Publishing Company - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $20
23. KOBF-TV Farmington, NM NBC
24. KOBG-TV Silver City, NM NBC
25. KOBR-TV Roswell, NM NBC
26. KOCT-TV Carlsbad, NM ABC
27. KOFT-TV Farmington, NM ABC
28. KOGG-TV Wailuku, HI NBC
29. KOKH-TV Oklahoma City, OK FOX - 45 Sinclair Broadcast Group
30. KOLD-TV Tucson, AZ CBS - 70 Raycom Media - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
31. KOLR-TV Springfield, MO CBS - 76 Mission Broadcasting, Inc.
32. KOMU-TV Columbia, MO NBC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $20
33. KOVT-TV Silver City, NM ABC
34. KPEJ-TV Midland, TX FOX
35. KPIC-TV Roseburg, OR CBS
36. KPIX-TV San Francisco, CA CBS - 5 CBS O&O - SOLD TO MARKMONITOR (FOR CBS BROADCASTING) - $22
37. KRCG-TV Columbia, MO CBS - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $15
38. KRHD-TV Bryan, TX ABC LP - SOLD TO PATRICK TOLBERT (FOR KXXV-TV) - $10

 

SESSION 3 - Sunday, July 20, 2008, ending 11:49-11:50 am

1. WXIA-TV Atlanta, GA NBC - 9 Gannett Company - WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION
2. WXIN-TV Indianapolis, IN FOX - 25 Tribune Company - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
3. WXIX-TV Newport, KY FOX
4. WXLV-TV Winston-Salem, NC ABC - 47 Sinclair Broadcast Group
5. WXMI-TV Grand Rapids, MI FOX - 39 Tribune Company
6. WXOW-TV La Crosse, WI ABC
7. WXTX-TV Columbus, GA FOX
8. WXVT-TV Greenville, MS CBS
9. WXXA-TV Albany, NY FOX - 56 Newport Television
10. WXXV-TV Biloxi, MS FOX
11. WYDC-TV Corning, NY FOX
12. WYDO-TV Greenville, NC FOX - 36 Esteem Broadcasting, LLC
13. WYFX-TV Youngstown, OH FOX LP
14. WYOW-TV Eagle River, WI ABC
15. WYTV-TV Youngstown, OH ABC
16. WYZZ-TV Bloomington, IL FOX
17. WZDX-TV Huntsville, AL FOX - 84 Grant Broadcasting System II
18. WZVN-TV Naples/Ft. Myers, FL ABC - 64 Montclair Communications - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
19. WSYT-TV Syracuse, NY FOX - 79 Sinclair Broadcast Group - SOLD TO MARK LAMB - $10
20. WTLV-TV Jacksonville, FL NBC - 50 Gannett Company - WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION
21. WTNZ-TV Knoxville, TN FOX - 60 Raycom Media
22. WTOM-TV Cheboygan, MI NBC
23. WTRF-TV Wheeling, WV CBS
24. WTTE-TV Columbus, OH FOX - 32 Cunningham Broadcasting Company - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
25. WTTW-TV CHICAGO, IL PBS - 3 Window to the World Communications, Inc. (WWCI) - SOLD TO WWCI - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
26. WTVF-TV Nashville, TN CBS - 30 Landmark Communications, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
27. WTVH-TV Syracuse, NY CBS - 79 Granite Broadcasting Corporation
28. WTVJ-TV MIAMI, FL NBC - 16 NBC O&O - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
29. WTVM-TV Columbus, GA ABC
30. WTWO-TV Terre Haute, IN NBC - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
31. WUHF-TV Rochester, NY FOX - 78 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
32. WUPW-TV Toledo, OH FOX - 71 LIN TV Corporation - SOLD TO LIN TV - $10
33. WVAH-TV Huntington, WV FOX - 65 Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation
34. WVBT-TV Hampton Roads, VA FOX - SOLD TO LIN TV - $10
35. WVFX-TV Clarksburg, WV FOX
36. WVGN-TV Saint Thomas, VI NBC LP
37. WVII-TV Bangor, ME ABC
38. WVLA-TV Baton Rouge, LA NBC - 93 White Knight Broadcasting, Inc.
39. WVUE-TV New Orleans, LA FOX - 54 Emmis Communications - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
40. WVVA-TV Bluefield, WV NBC
41. WVXF-TV Charlotte Amalie, VI CBS
42. WWAY-TV Wilmington, NC ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
43. WWBT-TV Richmond, VA NBC - 61 Raycom Media, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
44. WWCP-TV Johnstown, PA FOX - 98 Peak Media, LLC
45. WWLP-TV Springfield, MA NBC - SOLD TO LIN TV - $24
46. WWMT-TV Kalamazoo, MI CBS - 39 Freedom Communications, Inc. - SOLD TO A PRIVATE BUYER - POST-AUCTION $40
47. WWUP-TV Sault Ste Marie, MI CBS

SESSION 4 - Monday, July 21, 2008, ending 9:00-9:03 am

1. KLKN-TV Lincoln, NE ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $20
2. KNOE-TV Monroe, LA CBS - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $15
3. KTXS-TV Abilene, TX ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $25
4. WICS-TV Springfield, IL ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $15
5. WJAC-TV Johnstown, PA NBC - 98 Cox Enterprises, Inc. - WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION - REGISTERED PRIVATELY
6. WKBW-TV Buffalo, NY ABC - 49 Granite Broadcasting Corporation - SOLD TO NABET-CWA LOCAL 51025 - $25
7. WLBT-TV Jackson, MS NBC - 87 Raycom Media - SOLD TO MARK LAMB - $20
8. WLNS-TV Lansing, MI CBS - SOLD TO MARK LAMB - $10
9. WLOS-TV Asheville, NC ABC - 36 Sinclair Broadcast Group - SOLD TO MARK LAMB - $40
10. WATM-TV Altoona, PA ABC
11. WBBH-TV Ft Myers, FL NBC - 64 Waterman Broadcasting Corporation - SOLD TO WATERMAN BROADCASTING - $110
12. WBKB-TV Alpena, MI CBS
13. WBKP-TV Calumet, MI CW
14. WBMA-TV Birmingham, AL ABC LP - 40 Allbritton Communications Company - SOLD TO IRIDES, LLC (FOR ALLBRITTON) - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
15. WBND-TV South Bend, IN ABC LP - 88 Weigel Broadcasting
16. WBNG-TV Bignhamton, NY CBS
17. WBOC-TV Salisbury, MD CBS - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
18. WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre, PA NBC - 53 Nexstar Broadcasting Group - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $55
19. WBTW-TV Myrtle Beach, SC CBS - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
20. WBUP-TV Ishpeming, MI ABC
21. WCAU-TV Philadelphia, PA NBC - 4 NBC O&O - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
22. WCBD-TV Charleston, SC NBC - 100 Media General, Inc.
23. WCBI-TV Columbus, MS CBS
24. WCDC-TV Adams, MA ABC
25. WCFT-TV Tuscaloosa, AL ABC - WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION
26. WCIA-TV Champaign, IL CBS - 82 Nexstar Broadcasting Group
27. WCIV-TV Charleston, SC ABC - 100 Allbritton Communications Company - SOLD TO IRIDES, LLC (FOR ALLBRITTON) - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
28. WCTI-TV New Bern, NC ABC
29. WDAM-TV Laurel, MS NBC
30. WDBJ-TV Roanoke, VA CBS - 68 Schurz Communications, Inc. - SOLD TO SCOTT MCCORMICK - $10
31. WDHN-TV Dothan, AL ABC - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
32. WDIO-TV Duluth, MN ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
33. WDIV-TV Detroit, MI NBC - 11 Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. - SOLD TO DREAM HOUSES INC - $55
34. WDJT-TV Milwaukee, WI CBS - 34 Weigel Broadcasting
35. WDTN-TV Miami Valley, OH NBC - SOLD TO LIN TV - $50
36. WDTV-TV Bridgeport, WV CBS
37. WAOW-TV Wausau, WI ABC
38. WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, LA CBS - 93 Raycom Media - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
39. WAGM-TV Presque Isle, ME CBS - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10

SESSION 5 - Monday, July 21, 2008, ending 10:56-11:01 am PDT

1. KYTX-TV Tyler, TX CBS - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
2. KPVI-TV Idaho Falls, ID NBC
3. KQTV-TV St. Joseph, MO ABC - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
4. KRDO-TV Colorado Springs, CO ABC - 94 Pikes Peak Television - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
5. KREG-TV Glenwood Springs, CO CBS
6. KRWF-TV Redwood Falls, MN ABC
7. KSBB-TV Santa Barbara, CA ABC-LP
8. KTRE-TV Lufkin, TX ABC
9. KTSM-TV El Paso, TX NBC - 99 Communications Corporation of America - SOLD TO JOHN BURTON - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
10. KTVB-TV Boise, ID NBC - WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION
11. KTVT-TV Ft Worth, TX (Dallas) CBS O&O - 6 CBS O&O - SOLD TO MARKMONITOR (FOR CBS BROADCASTING) - $110
12. KKTV-TV Colorado Springs, CO CBS - 94 Gray Television
13. KLAX-TV Alexandria, LA ABC
14. KLBY-TV Colby, KS ABC
15. KLSB-TV Lufkin, TX (formerly) NBC
16. KLTV-TV Tyler, TX ABC
17. KMAU-TV Wailuku, HI ABC
18. KMCB-TV Coos Bay, OR NBC
19. KMCY-TV Minot, ND ABC
20. KMEG-TV Sioux City, IA CBS
21. KMTV-TV Omaha, NE CBS - 75 Journal Broadcast Group - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
22. KMVT-TV Twin Falls, ID CBS
23. KNAZ-TV Flagstaff, AZ NBC - Gannett Company - SOLD TO RICHARD CABRAL - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
24. KPNX-TV Phoenix, AZ NBC - 13 Gannett Company - WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION
25. KPOB-TV Poplar Bluff, MO ABC
26. KPSP-TV Palm Springs, CA CBS - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
27. KPTM-TV Omaha, NE FOX - 75 Pappas Telecasting
28. KJCT-TV Grand Junction, CO ABC
29. KJRH-TV Tulsa, OK NBC - 62 The E.W. Scripps Company - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
30. KJWY-TV Jackson, WY NBC
31. KEYT-TV Santa Barbara, CA ABC
32. KFDM-TV Beaumont, TX CBS
33. KGMD-TV Honolulu, HI CBS - 72 HITV Operating Company, Inc.
34. KGNS-TV Laredo, TX NBC
35. KGWC-TV Casper, WY CBS
36. KGWL-TV Lander, WY CBS
37. KHBC-TV Hilo, HI NBC
38. KHVO-TV Hilo, HI ABC
39. KIDK-TV Idaho Falls, ID CBS
40. KIDY-TV San Angelo, TX FOX
41. KIEM-TV Eureka, CA NBC
42. KIII-TV Corpus Christy, TX ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - POST-AUCTION $30
43. KIMA-TV Yakima, WA CBS - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
44. KDBC-TV El Paso, TX CBS - 99 Pappas Telecasting - SOLD TO JOHN BURTON - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5

SESSION 6 - Monday, July 21, 2008, ending 1:01-1:08 pm PDT

1. WSWS-TV North Platte, NE ABC
2. WSYM-TV Lansing, MI FOX - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
3. WSYX-TV Columbus, OH ABC - 32 Sinclair Broadcast Group - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
4. WTAJ-TV Altoona, PA CBS - SOLD TO THE DOMAIN FARM - $255
5. WTAT-TV Charleston, SC FOX - 100 Cunningham Broadcasting
6. WTEN-TV Albany, NY ABC - 56 Young Broadcasting - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
7. WTEV-TV Jacksonville, FL CBS - 50 Newport Television, LLC - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
8. WTGS-TV Savannah, GA FOX - 97 Parkin Broadcasting, LLC - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
9. WTHI-TV Terre Haute, IN CBS - SOLD TO LIN TV - $81
10. WPTA-TV Ft Wayne, IN ABC - SOLD TO INDIANA'S NEWSCENTER - $105
11. WPTY-TV Memphis, TN ABC - 44 Newport Television - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
12. WQOW-TV Eau Claire, WI ABC
13. WRBL-TV Columbus, GA CBS
14. WREX-TV Rockford, IL NBC - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
15. WROC-TV Rochester, NY CBS - 78 Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $90
16. WSBT-TV South Bend, IN CBS - 88 Schurz Communications, Inc. - SOLD TO SCOTT MCCORMICK - $111
17. WSET-TV Lynchburg, VA ABC - SOLD TO IRIDES, LLC (FOR ALLBRITTON) - $10
18. WSFA-TV Montgomery, AL NBC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
19. WSFX-TV Wilmington, NC FOX
20. WSIL-TV Harrisburg, KY ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
21. WSJV-TV Elkart, IN FOX
22. WSJX-TV Aguadilla, PR FOX LP
23. WSLS-TV Roanoke, VA NBC - 68 Media General - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
24. WSMH-TV Flint, MI FOX - 66 Sinclair Broadcast Group
25. WIVB-TV Buffalo, NY CBS - 49 LIN TV Corporation - SOLD TO LIN TV - $1,105
26. WJCL-TV Savannah, GA ABC - 97 New Vision Television, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
27. WJFW-TV Rhinelander, WI NBC
28. WJKT-TV Jackson, TN FOX
29. WJMN-TV Escanaba, MI CBS
30. WJSU-TV Anniston, AL ABC - SOLD TO IRIDES, LLC (FOR ALLBRITTON) - $10
31. WKBN-TV Youngston, OH CBS - SOLD TO WKBN-TV - $10
32. WKDH-TV Columbus, MS ABC
33. WKEF-TV Dayton, OH ABC - 58 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
34. WKMG-TV Orlando, FL CBS - 19 Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
35. WKPT-TV Kingsport, TN ABC
36. WKRG-TV Mobile, AL CBS - 59 Media General, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
37. WKRN-TV Nashville, TN ABC - 30 Young Broadcasting, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
38. WLAJ-TV Lansing, MI ABC - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
39. WLAX-TV La Cross, WI FOX
40. WLFI-TV Lafayette, IN CBS - SOLD TO LIN TV - $10
41. WLMO-TV Lima, OH CBS LP
42. WLOV-TV Tupelo, MS FOX
43. WLOX-TV Biloxi, MS ABC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
44. WLQP-TV Lima, OH ABC LP
45. WLUK-TV Green Bay, WI FOX - SOLD TO LIN TV - $56
46. WMBD-TV Peoria, IL CBS - SOLD TO NEXSTAR BROADCASTING - $10
47. WMDN-TV Meridian, MS CBS
48. WMDO-TV Washington, DC LP - 8 Entravision Communications
49. WMDT-TV Salisbury, MD ABC
50. WMQF-TV Marquette, MI FOX
51. WNCT-TV Greenville, NC CBS - 36 Media General, Inc. - SOLD TO THE DOMAIN FARM - $108
52. WNEG-TV Toccoa, GA CBS
53. WNKY-TV Bowling Green, KY NBC - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
54. WNYT-TV Albany, NY NBC - 56 Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation - SOLD TO HUBBARD BROADCASTING - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
55. WOAY-TV Oak Hil, WV ABC
56. WOGC-TV Grand Rapids, MI MyNet - 39 LIN TV Corporation
57. WOIO-TV Cleveland, OH CBS - 17 Raycom Media - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
58. WILM-TV Wilmington, NC CBS LP
59. WHSV-TV Harrisonburg, VA ABC
60. WHTM-TV Harrisburg, PA ABC - 41 Allbritton Communications Company - SOLD IRIDES, LLC (FOR ALLBRITTON) - $10
61. WIAT-TV Birmingham, AL CBS - 40 New Vision Television, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - POST-AUCTION CLOSEOUT $5
62. WICD-TV Champaign, IL ABC - 82 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
63. WICU-TV Erie, PA NBC - SOLD TO THE DOMAIN FARM - $25
64. WHBF-TV Rock Island, IL CBS - SOLD TO CITADEL COMMUNICATIONS - $10
65. WHLT-TV Hattiesburg, MS CBS
66. WETM-TV Elmira, NY NBC
67. WEVV-TV Evansville, IN CBS - SOLD TO WEVV-TV - $10
68. WFRV-TV Green Bay, WI CBS - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
69. WGBC-TV Meridian, MS NBC
70. WGCL-TV Atlanta, GA CBS - 9 Meredith Corporation - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
71. WGGB-TV Springfield, MA ABC
72. WGME-TV Portland, ME CBS - 74 Sinclair Broadcast Group
73. WGNO-TV New Orleans, LA ABC - 54 Tribune Company - SOLD TO MIKE JAMES - $10
74. WGTQ-TV Sault Ste. Marie, MI ABC
75. WGTU-TV Traverse City, MI ABC
76. WGXA-TV Macon, GA FOX
77. WHAS-TV Louisville, KY ABC - 48 Belo Corporation - SOLD TO MEDIA MARKET - $411

SESSION 7 - Wednesday, July 23, 2008, ending 12:00-12:05 pm PDT

1. KDLV-TV Mitchell, SD NBC
2. KDNL-TV St. Louis, MO ABC - 21 Sinclair Broadcast Group
3. KDRV-TV Medford, OR ABC
4. KDSM-TV Des Moines, IA FOX - 23 Sinclair Broadcast Group - SOLD TO DNAV INC - $10
5. KDUH-TV Scottsbluff, NE ABC
6. KECY-TV El Centro, CA FOX
7. KENS-TV San Antonio, TX CBS - 37 Belo Corporation - SOLD TO MEDIA MARKET - $45
8. KENV-TV Elko, NV NBC
9. KBMY-TV Bismarck, ND ABC
10. KBRR-TV Thief River Falls, MN FOX
11. KBTX-TV Bryan/College Station, TX CBS - SOLD TO THE DOMAIN FARM - $33
12. KBTZ-TV Butte, MT FOX
13. KBVU-TV Eureka, CA FOX
14. KBZK-TV Bozeman, MT CBS
15. KCBY-TV Coos Bay, OR CBS
16. KCCO-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN CBS - 15 CBS O&O - SOLD TO MARKMONITOR (FOR CBS BROADCASTING) - $10
17. KCLO-TV Rapid City, SD CBS
18. KCVU-TV Chico, CA FOX
19. KCWY-TV Casper, WY NBC
20. KCYU-TV Yakima, WA FOX (LP)
21. KDFX-TV Indio/Palm Springs, CA FOX
22. KDLO-TV Florence, SD CBS

World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Administrative Panel Decisions

• WLUM.COM - Milwaukee Radio Alliance, L.L.C. v. WLZR-FM LAZER 103
  Case No. D2000-0209
  
  
• WAVYTV.COM; WAVY-TV.COM; WAVYTV10.COM; and WAVY-TV10.COM - LIN Television Corporation v. Home In USA and Home In USA, Inc.
  Case No. D2000-0257
  
  
• KZZO.COM - CBS Radio Inc. v. Ron Bunce
  Case No. D2000-0902
  
  
• WRALTV5.COM and WRALWEATHER.COM - Capital Broadcasting Company, Inc. v Private
  Case No. D2000-1609
  
  
• WRAL-TV5.COM and WRAL5.COM - Capital Broadcasting Company, Inc. v Momm Amed Ia
  Case No. D2000-1610
  
  
• KCTS.COM - KCTS Television Inc. v. Get-on-the-Web Limited
  Case No. D2001-0154
  
  
• LV3.COM - Radiodifusora del Centro Sociedad Anonima v. Name for Sale $980/Louis Rosenfeld trading as netEGG Internet
  Case No. D2001-0634
  
  
• MTVMP3S.COM - Viacom International Inc. v. B&B Engineering Ltd.
  Case No. D2001-0667
  
  
• KTXA.COM and KTXA.NET - Paramount Stations Group of Fort Worth/Dallas, Inc. v. Netico, Inc.
  Case No. D2001-0715
  
  
• MTV-GIRL.COM, MTV-GIRL.NET and MTV-GIRL.ORG - Viacom International Inc. v. Erwin Tan
  Case No. D2001-1440
  
  
• KIRO7.COM - Cox Holdings, Inc. v. Private
  Case No. D2001-1446
  
  
• UKQVC.COM - ER Marks, Inc., QVC, Inc. v. VerCentre.com
  Case No. D2003-0078
  
  
• BROADCASTAMERICA.TV - BroadcastAmerica.com, Inc. v. Cynthia Quo
  Case No. DTV2000-0001
  
  
• NASDAQ.TV - The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. v. Steve Grewal
  Case No. DTV2001-0001
  
  
• COMSAT.TV - COMSAT Corporation v. TELE Satellite
  Case No. DTV2001-0011
  
  
• EUROPE2.TV - Lagardère Active Broadcast and Europe 2 Communication v. Anatol France and Mr. Philippe Boulicaut
  Case No. DTV2002-0006

Alphabetical Listing of Stations, Followed by Auction Session Number

KAAL - 1 KADN - 1 KAII - 1 KAMC - 1 KAMR - 1 KARK - 1 KATC - 1 KATU - 1 KATV - 1 KAVU - 1 KAYU - 1 KBAK - 1 KBFX - 1 KBMY - 7 KBRR - 7 KBSD - 1 KBTX - 7 KBTZ - 7 KBVU - 7 KBZK - 7 KCAU - 1 KCBD - 1 KCBY - 7 KCCO - 7 KCEN - 1 KCIT - 1 KCLO - 7 KCVU - 7 KCWY - 7 KCYU - 7 KDBC - 5 KDFX - 7 KDLO - 7 KDLV - 7 KDNL - 7 KDRV - 7 KDSM - 7 KDUH - 7 KECY - 7 KENS - 7 KENV - 7 KEYT - 5 KFDM - 5 KGMD - 5 KGNS - 5 KGWC - 5 KGWL - 5 KHBC - 5 KHVO - 5 KIDK - 5 KIDY - 5 KIEM - 5 KIII - 5 KIMA - 5 KJCT - 5 KJRH - 5 KJWY - 5

KKTV - 5 KLAX - 5 KLBY - 5 KLKN - 4 KLSB - 5 KLTV - 5 KMAU - 5 KMCB - 5 KMCY - 5 KMEG - 5 KMTV - 5 KMVT - 5 KNAZ - 5 KNOE - 4 KNOP - 2 KNRR - 2 KOAA - 2 KOBF - 2 KOBG - 2 KOBR - 2 KOCT - 2 KOFT - 2 KOGG - 2 KOKH - 2 KOLD - 2 KOLR - 2 KOMU - 2 KOVT - 2 KPEJ - 2 KPIC - 2 KPIX - 2 KPNX - 5 KPOB - 5 KPSP - 5 KPTM - 5 KPVI - 5 KQTV - 5 KRCG - 2 KRDO - 5 KREG - 5 KRHD - 2 KRWF - 5 KSBB - 5 KSFX - 2 KSFY - 2 KSGW - 2 KSLA - 2 KSNC - 2 KSNG - 2 KSNK - 2 KSNT - 2 KSPR - 2 KSTF - 2 KSVI - 2 KSWT - 2 KTBS - 2 KTBY - 2

KTGM - 2 KTIV - 2 KTLJ - 2 KTMF - 2 KTMJ - 2 KTRE - 5 KTSM - 5 KTVB - 5 KTVT - 5 KTXS - 4 KYTX - 5 WAFB - 4 WAGM - 4 WAOW - 4 WATM - 4 WBBH - 4 WBKB - 4 WBKP - 4 WBMA - 4 WBND - 4 WBNG - 4 WBOC - 4 WBRE - 4 WBTW - 4 WBUP - 4 WCAU - 4 WCBD - 4 WCBI - 4 WCDC - 4 WCFT - 4 WCIA - 4 WCIV - 4 WCTI - 4 WDAM - 4 WDBJ - 4 WDHN - 4 WDIO - 4 WDIV - 4 WDJT - 4 WDTN - 4 WDTV - 4 WETM - 6 WEVV - 6 WFRV - 6 WGBC - 6 WGCL - 6 WGGB - 6 WGME - 6 WGNO - 6 WGTQ - 6 WGTU - 6 WGXA - 6 WHAS - 6 WHBF - 6 WHLT - 6 WHSV - 6 WHTM - 6

WIAT - 6 WICD - 6 WICS - 4 WICU - 6 WILM - 6 WIVB - 6 WJAC - 4 WJCL - 6 WJFW - 6 WJKT - 6 WJMN - 6 WJSU - 6 WKBN - 6 WKBW - 4 WKDH - 6 WKEF - 6 WKMG - 6 WKPT - 6 WKRG - 6 WKRN - 6 WLAJ - 6 WLAX - 6 WLBT - 4 WLFI - 6 WLMO - 6 WLNS - 4 WLOS - 4 WLOV - 6 WLOX - 6 WLQP - 6 WLUK - 6 WMBD - 6 WMDN - 6 WMDO - 6 WMDT - 6 WMQF - 6 WNCT - 6 WNEG - 6 WNKY - 6 WNYT - 6 WOAY - 6 WOGC - 6 WOIO - 6 WPTA - 6 WPTY - 6 WQOW - 6 WRBL - 6 WREX - 6 WROC - 6 WSBT - 6 WSET - 6 WSFA - 6 WSFX - 6 WSIL - 6 WSJV - 6 WSJX - 6 WSLS - 6

WSMH - 6 WSWS - 6 WSYM - 6 WSYT - 3 WSYX - 6 WTAJ - 6 WTAT - 6 WTEN - 6 WTEV - 6 WTGS - 6 WTHI - 6 WTLV - 3 WTNZ - 3 WTOM - 3 WTRF - 3 WTTE - 3 WTTW - 3 WTVF - 3 WTVH - 3 WTVJ - 3 WTVM - 3 WTWO - 3 WUHF - 3 WUPW - 3 WVAH - 3 WVBT - 3 WVFX - 3 WVGN - 3 WVII - 3 WVLA - 3 WVUE - 3 WVVA - 3 WVXF - 3 WWAY - 3 WWBT - 3 WWCP - 3 WWLP - 3 WWMT - 3 WWUP - 3 WXIA - 3 WXIN - 3 WXIX - 3 WXLV - 3 WXMI - 3 WXOW - 3 WXTX - 3 WXVT - 3 WXXA - 3 WXXV - 3 WYDC - 3 WYDO - 3 WYFX - 3 WYOW - 3 WYTV - 3 WYZZ - 3 WZDX - 3 WZVN - 3

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