TheGrio

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TheGrio
The Grio.svg
Type Digital broadcast television network
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaUnited States
Affiliates List of affiliates
Headquarters Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Programming
Picture format 1080i master feed (cable and satellite distribution), reduced to 480i SDTV for most over-the-air affiliates
Ownership
Owner Allen Media Group
Parent Entertainment Studios
History
LaunchedDecember 22, 2016;7 years ago (2016-12-22)
Replaced Black News Channel (after network purchase and merger into TheGrio TV)
Former namesLight TV (2016-2021)
Links
Website thegrio.com
thegriotv.com

TheGrio, styled as theGrio, is an American television network and website with news, opinion, entertainment and video content geared toward African-Americans. [1]

Contents

History

TheGrio is to "focus on news and events that have a unique interest and pronounced impact within the national African Americans audience," [2] offering what co-founder and Executive Editor David Wilson feels "are underrepresented in existing national news outlets".

The website's name is derived from the word griot , the term for a West African oral historian and storyteller. [3]

The website originally launched in June 2009 as a division of NBC News, [4] [5] it became a division of MSNBC in 2013. It was founded by the team who created the documentary film Meeting David Wilson . In 2014, it was sold to its founders. [6] In June 2016, Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios acquired the site. [7]

The TV channel was founded as Light TV in 2016 by reality television producer Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, as an inspirational network as part of his chairmanship of MGM Television, which operated the network. It was sold to Entertainment Studios in late 2020, and relaunched as TheGrio TV in January 2021, with a Black-specific programming focus.

After Entertainment Studios purchased the assets of the bankrupt Black News Channel in late July 2022, that network was merged into TheGrio TV on August 1, including the former's existing cable, satellite and advertiser supported on-demand streaming carriage, and plans to add more news and commentary to TheGrio TV's schedule. [8]

Television network

TheGrio TV (2021–present)

Light TV and This TV were both sold by MGM TV in October 2020 to the Allen Media Group division of Entertainment Studios. [9] On December 3, 2020, it was announced that the network would be relaunched as TheGrio.TV on January 15, 2021, carrying lifestyle and entertainment programming of interest to the Black American community as an extension of the website. [10]

That same day, Light TV's satellite transponder space was taken over by Entertainment Studios, which stopped carrying programming in the interim and instead transmitted a test pattern promoting the launch of TheGrio (later a looping launch promo), while MGM continued to carry a stream of Light TV through the network's website. Fox Television Stations confirmed its stations would be a part of TheGrio's charter launch group, and much of its affiliate body transferred over through the month-long dark period, though some stations departed for other networks. [11] The network officially relaunched as TheGrio on January 15, 2021, that year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and that same day MGM handed over the domain of Light TV to Entertainment Studios, ending the stream of Light TV.

Programming

TheGrio TV currently provides 16 hours of programming to its affiliated stations every day from 8:00 a.m. to midnight Eastern Time, with paid programming filling the remaining vacated hours.

From 2016 until 2021, TheGrio TV (as Light TV) featured several series and movies meant to fit the network's family-oriented approach, including content from the MGM film and TV library or acquired through outside sources. [12] [13] Infomercials were added to the Light TV lineup in 2019, occupying all of the overnight hours and into the early morning.

Light TV (2015–2020)

The then-new over-the-top (OTT) faith-based channel was under development as early as September 2014 when MGM purchased 55% of One Three Media and LightWorkers Media, owned by Hearst Entertainment, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, and consolidated them into United Artists Media Group. [14] With MGM purchasing Hearst and Burnett and Downey's shares in UAMG, the channel was still a planned streaming service. However, Hearst and Burnett and Downey retained their stakes in the channel. [15]

MGM announced the formation of Light TV on December 15, 2015, with a launch planned for December on thirteen major market stations owned by Fox Television Stations. [16] The network launched on January 20, 2016 [17] with two stations, and the rest of the group's stations.

The network was intended to carry new and original content from LightWorkers as part of Burnett's chairmanship of MGM's television division, but never ended up carrying any new content, only featuring rerun and library content already seen on MGM's This TV (a film-oriented network) and MGM HD, along with low-cost barter programming such as Heartland , which was already in wide syndication across multiple channels, along with other generic inspirational or family-friendly content. By 2019, the network added paid programming which made up its late night and early morning schedule, reducing its programming commitment further. [18]

Current programming

Below is a current list of programming broadcast on TheGrio: [19]

Former programming

Light TV

Affiliates

As Light TV, the network space initially launched on subchannels of fourteen Fox and MyNetworkTV stations owned by Fox Television Stations, with most of the initial affiliates being owned-and-operated stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company. [21] MGM then offered the network to stations outside the initial markets. [22] The Allen Media Group-owned stations will be in bold since they own the network as of 2021.

CityStation [23] Physical
channel
Virtual
channel
Owner (management company)Date of affiliationNotes
Alabama
Birmingham WDVZ-CD33.2 [24] University of Alabama
Huntsville WAAY-TV 1731.6 Allen Media Group
Montgomery WCOV-TV 2220.4
Arizona
Phoenix KSAZ-TV 1010.4 Fox Television Stations 2017
California
Los Angeles KTTV 1111.3Fox Television Stations2020
San Francisco Bay Area KICU-TV 3636.5
Florida
Orlando WRBW 2865.4Fox Television Stations2020
Pensacola WBQP-CD 1212.1Watson Broadcasting Inc. of Pensacola, Florida
TampaSt. Petersburg WFTT-TV 2562.5 Entravision Communications
Georgia
Atlanta WAGA-TV 275.4Fox Television Stations2017
Savannah WGCB-LD 3635.4 [25] Bridge Media Networks
Idaho
Idaho Falls KVUI 3131.3Ventura Broadcasting
Illinois
Chicago WFLD 2432.4Fox Television Stations2018
Louisiana
Baton Rouge KPBN-LD 1414.4Pelican Broadcasting NetworkJanuary 1, 2018
Monroe KMCT-TV 2239.11 Carolina Christian Broadcasting May 1, 2021
Michigan
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City WJRT 1212.3 Allen Media Group Previously on WAQP and replaced Circle
Minnesota
MinneapolisSaint Paul KMSP-TV 99.5Fox Television Stations2017
Mississippi
Jackson WAPT 2116.4Hearst Television
Nevada
Las Vegas KGNG-LD 2626.3King Kong Broadcasting2024
New York
Syracuse WWLF-LD 3535.2Metro TV, Inc.September 1, 2021
New York City WNYW 275.4Fox Television StationsDecember 2016
Oho
Toledo WMNT-CD 3648.5Community Broadcast Group, Inc.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City KTUZ-TV 2930.5 Tyler Media Group 2024
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia WTXF-TV 3129.3Fox Television Stations2017
Tennessee
Knoxville WEZL-LD1628.3 [26] Living Faith Ministries
Memphis WBII-CD2020.2 [27] Tony Tidwell
Nashville WLLC-LD 42.342.3JKB Associates2021
Texas
DallasFort Worth KDFI 2727.5Fox Television Stations2017
Houston KTXH 1920.32020
San Antonio KGMM-CD3624.2 [28] CNZ Communications
Washington
Seattle KYMU-LD66.2 [29] Word of God Fellowship2019
Spokane KSKN 3622.5Tegna, Inc.
Yakima KYPK-LD3232.4 [30] Hispanavision
Wisconsin
Eau Claire WQOW 2518.6Allen Media GroupJanuary 2024
La Crosse WXOW 2819.6
Madison WKOW 2627.6

Former affiliates

MarketStationChannelCurrent ownerYears of affiliationNotes
Albany, New York WNYA 51.2 Hubbard Broadcasting November 1, 2017-2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico KTVS-LD36.1 [31] Alpha Omega BroadcastingOctober 2017 [32] -202?
Anchorage, Alaska KAUU 5.5 Gray Television 20??-202?
Angola (Fort Wayne, Indiana) WINM 12.3 Tri-State Christian Television September 2017-202?
Austin, Texas KGBS-CD 19.5 HC2 Holdings October 9, 2017-202?Replaced by Infomercials
Baltimore, Maryland WBAL-TV 11.4 Hearst Television September 24, 2021-2024Replaced by Get
Birmingham, Alabama WVUA 23.2 University of Alabama June 1, 2017-2022
WVTM-TV 13.4Hearst Television2022-2024
Boise, Idaho KRID-LD22.7Karlo Maalouf [33] July 2017-202?
KTVB 7.6 Tegna, Inc. 2022-2024
Bryan/College Station, Texas KBTX-TV 3.4 [34] Gray Television2022-2024Replaced by The365
Buffalo, New York WNYB 26.3Tri-State Christian Television20??-202?Replaced by Get
Charlotte, North Carolina WJZY 46.5 Nexstar Media Group 2017-2024Replaced by Shop LC
Chattanooga, Tennessee WRCB 3.2 Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. 2018-2023Replaced by Dabl
Cincinnati, Ohio WBQC-LD 25.5Gray Television2018-2024Replaced by The365
Colorado Springs, Colorado KWHS-LD 51.2 [35] Christian Television Network 2017-2019Replaced by CTN Lifestyle [35]
Columbia, South Carolina WLTX 19.8Tegna, Inc.2023-2024
Des Moines, Iowa WOI-DT 5.8
Detroit, Michigan WHNE-LD 3.1 [36] Bridge Media Networks August 2017-2023Replaced by NewsNet
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, Michigan WAQP 49.5 [37] Tri-State Christian Television2017-2023Replaced by Ion Mystery
Fresno, California KGPE 47.3Nexstar Media GroupReplaced by Antenna TV
KAIL 7.2Tri-State Christian TelevisionOctober 19, 2017-202?Replaced by SonLife
Gary, Indiana (Chicago, Illinois) WPWR-TV 50.3Fox Television Stations2016-2018
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo WTLJ 54.3Tri-State Christian Television2018-202?Replaced by Healing Streams TV
Greenville, South Carolina WGGS-TV 16.4Carolina Christian Broadcasting2017-2024Replaced by Ion Plus
Grundy, Virginia WLFG 68.2Living Faith Ministries, Inc.February 3, 2018-202
Honolulu, Hawaii KWHE 13.3 Family Broadcasting Corporation 2017-202?
Houston, Texas KRIV-TV 26.2Fox Television Stations2017-2020Decades (now Catchy Comedy) and theGrio exchanged channel positions, with theGrio activated on KTXH-DT3 on launch day. [38]
Huntsville, Alabama WZDX 54.8Tegna Inc.2022-2024
Indianapolis, Indiana WALV-CD 46.4Replaced by Nosey
Jacksonville, Florida WJXX 25.6
Johnstown, Pennsylvania WWCP-TV 8.3 Cunningham Broadcasting
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
2021-2024Replaced by TBD
Kansas City, Missouri KSMO-TV 62.2Gray TelevisionMay 6, 2018-2024Replaced by Heroes & Icons
Las Vegas, Nevada KDNU-LD7.3 [39] Bridge Media Neworks2023-2024Replaced by Ace TV
Lexington, Kentucky WLJC-TV 65.2Margaret Drake20??-202?Replaced by Story Television
Little Rock, Arkansas KTVV-LD18.2Bridge Media Networks20??-202?
Los Angeles, California KCOP-TV 13.8 [40] Fox Television Stations2016-2020
Louisville, Kentucky WBNA 21.3Word Broadcasting NetworkMarch 2017-? [41] Replaced by This TV
WLKY 32.5Hearst Television202?-2024
Lubbock, Texas KMYL-LD 12.2 [42] Gray TelevisionFebruary 6, 2022-2024Replaced by MeTV Toons
Mansfield, Ohio WMFD-TV 63.3Mid-State Television, Inc.2017-2024
Marion, Illinois WTCT 27.3Tri-State Christian Television20??:-202?
Marion, Ohio WOCB-CD 39.5 [43] Central Ohio Assoc. of Chr. Broadcasters20??-202?
Miami, Florida WSVN 7.2 [44] Sunbeam Television July 14, 2017 [45] -202?Replaced by The365
Milwaukee, Wisconsin WISN-TV 12.5Hearst Television2021-2024No replacement for subchannel
New Orleans, Louisiana WHNO 20.2Christian Television Network2016-2018Replaced by CTN Lifestyle
WDSU 6.5Hearst TelevisionOctober 5, 2021-2024
Oakwood Hills, Illinois WCHU-LD7.2 [46] Bridge Media NetworksDecember 2020-2023Relocated from WPWR-TV 50.3 and WFLD 32.4
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KBZC-LD 42.2HC2 Holdings201?-2021Replaced by CBN News Channel, and later paid programming
KOCO-TV 5.5Hearst Television2021-2024Replaced by Nosey
Orlando, Florida WOFL 35.2 Fox Television Stations 2016-2020
Oswego (Chicago)
Pekin (Peoria, Illinois)
WTVK 59.2Venture Technologies Group2017-2024
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WPKD-TV 19.5 CBS News and Stations 2021-2024Replaced by HSN
Portland, Maine WCSH 6.8Tegna, Inc.20??-202?
Portland, Oregon KGW 8.62022-2024
Reno, Nevada KTVN 2.2Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.2018-202?Replaced by Scripps News
Sacramento, California KCSO-LD 33.4 NBCUniversal 2018-2023No replacement for subchannel
St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida WTOG 44.3 [47] CBS News and Stations2017-2021
Salt Lake City, Utah KTMW 20.5NBCUniversal20??-2024Replaced by Nosey
Santa Barbara, California KZDF-LD 8.3HC2 HoldingsDecember 2017-202?Replaced by The365
Spokane, Washington KSKN 22.5Tegna Inc.2021-2024Replaced by Nosey
South Bend, Indiana WNDU-TV 16.8Gray Television20??-2024
Springfield, Missouri K26GS-D 26.4Reynolds Media, Inc.2017-202?Replaced by TBD
KRFT-LD 8.2Craft BroadcastingNovember 9, 2017 [48] -20??Replaced by Binge TV
Sterling (Denver, Colorado) KCDO-TV 10.1 [49] E. W. Scripps Company 2017-202?Replaced by Bounce TV
Traverse City/Cadillac, Michigan WMNN-LD 26.6Bridge Media NetworksAugust 2017-20??
Tulsa, Oklahoma KWHB 47.2Christian Television Network2017-2019Replaced by Dabl
KGEB 53.2 Oral Roberts University 2019-2021Replaced by Shop LC
Tuscaloosa, Alabama WVUA 23.2 University of Alabama June 1, 2017-202?
Tucson, Arizona KTTU-TV 18.5Tegna, Inc.20??-202?
Twin Falls, Idaho KXTF 35.3Tri-State Christian Television2016-2021Replaced by Defy TV
Washington, D.C. WDCA 20.4Fox Television Stations2017-2018Was dropped due to channel share with sister station WTTG
WRZB-LD31.1J. Christopher Blair
(DC Broadcasting, Inc.)
2021-202?
Wichita, Kansas KAGW-CD 26.7Great Plains Television20??-202?
Worcester (Boston, Massachusetts) WUTF-TV 27.4 Entravision Communications 20??-202?Replaced by ShopHQ

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