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==United Artists Broadcasting== United Artists owned and operated two television stations under the "United Artists Broadcasting" name: [[WUAB]] in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]] (nominally licensed to [[Lorain, Ohio]]) which the studio built and sign on in 1968,<ref name="AkronB19680913p 43">{{Cite news |last=Shippy |first=Dick |date=September 13, 1968 |title=WUAB (43) Joins The TV Family |page=D3 |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |location=Akron, Ohio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110317467/wuab-43-joins-the-tv-family/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927223333/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110317467/wuab-43-joins-the-tv-family/ |archive-date=September 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[WSTE-DT|WRIK-TV]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], which was purchased in 1969,<ref>{{cite news |date=July 28, 1969 |title=UA to acquire WRIK-TV Ponce, P.R. |page=33 |work=Broadcasting |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1969/1969-07-28-BC.pdf |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307172143/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1969/1969-07-28-BC.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and held a construction permit for a station in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 7, 1966 |title=United Artists gets ch. 43 Lorain, Ohio |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1966/1966-03-07-BC.pdf |url-status=live |magazine=Broadcasting |volume=70 |issue=10 |page=61 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151533/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1966/1966-03-07-BC.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> In 1970, United Artists purchased radio station [[WUMR (FM)|WWSH]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="wumr-hc2">{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=83717 |title= History Cards for WUMR|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]}} ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards|Guide to reading History Cards]])<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--></ref> United Artists left the broadcasting business starting in 1977 by selling WUAB to the [[Gaylord Entertainment Company|Gaylord Broadcasting Company]]<ref name="CPD19781010p7B">{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Raymond P. |date=October 10, 1978 |title=Channel 61 plans a return |page=7-B |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings//qkdvcsbogqsnvxjebeframipsxoxymmb_wma-gateway016_1662873097908 |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919050324/https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GB3NEWS-1302549A1AC11239%402443792-1301F1C9938C3DA6%4026-1301F1C9938C3DA6?clipid=qkdvcsbogqsnvxjebeframipsxoxymmb_wma-gateway016_1662873097908 |archive-date=September 19, 2022 |via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> and WWSH to [[Cox Enterprises]],<ref name="wumr-hc2" /> followed by WRIK-TV's sale to [[Tommy Muñiz]] in 1979.<ref name="hc">{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=86523 |title= History Cards for WSTE-DT|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]}} ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards|Guide to reading History Cards]])<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--></ref>
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