Top 25 television groups

How to read the Top 25: This exclusive list ranks the nation's largest TV groups based on percentage of U.S. household (HH) coverage as calculated by the FCC (shown on list as "HHs FCC"). The FCC's method discounts HH coverage by UHF stations—ch. 14 and above—by 50%. The ranking also displays total HH coverage without the "UHF discount" (shown on list as "U.S. HHs"). The DMAs and HH numbers are per Nielsen Media Research as of Jan. 1. Stations owned, operated or otherwise affiliated in the same DMA are not counted toward a group's total.

(includes former CBS and UPN station groups)

39 stations/45.4% of U.S./39.5% FCC

524 W. 57th St., New York, NY 1009

Phone: (212) 975-4321

Fax: (212) 975-6910

Web site: cbs.com

Sumner M. Redstone, chairman/CEO

Mel Karmazin, president/COO

Leslie Moonves, president/CEO, CBS

Fred Reynolds, president, Viacom TV Stations Group

Other media interests:CBS Television Network and United Paramount Network (UPN); CBS Enterprises (CBS Broadcast International and King World Productions); Paramount Television (Paramount Network Television, Viacom Productions, Spelling Television, Big Ticket Television, Paramount Domestic Television, and Paramount International Television); Infinity Broadcasting Corp. (operates more than 180 radio stations); equity position in Westwood One (radio syndicator); Viacom Outdoor. Cable channels: MTV Networks (MTV: Music Television, VH1, Nickelodeon, TNN: The National Network, MTV2, Nick at Nite, TV Land, Country Music Television, and The Digital Suite from MTV Networks); Showtime Networks Inc.; 50% of Comedy Central (co-owned with AOL Time Warner Inc.); BET (including BET on Jazz and BET.com); Paramount Pictures; Paramount Home Entertainment; book publisher Simon & Schuster Inc., Famous Music Publishing; about 80% of Blockbuster Inc.; Famous Players, United Cinemas International, United International Pictures (film distribution); Paramount Parks. Online interests: MTV.com, CBS.com, CBSNews.com, Nickelodeon Online, VH1.com, Viacom Interactive Ventures (CBS MarketWatch.com, CBS SportsLine.com, Hollywood.com)

(subsidiary of News Corp. Ltd.; includes pending Chris-Craft

Industries Inc./United TV Inc. acquisition)

35 stations/44.7% of U.S./38.1% FCC

1999 S. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles, Calif. 90025

Phone: (310) 584-2000

Fax:(310) 584-2087

Web site: fox.com

K. Rupert Murdoch, chairman, News Corp.

Mitchell Stern, chairman, Fox TV Stations Thomas Herwitz, president, station operations

Other media interests: Fox only: Fox Television Network; Fox Television Entertainment Group (Fox Entertainment, Fox Television Studios, 20th Century Fox Television, Twentieth Television); cable channels Fox News Channel, Health Network, FX, 34% of Outdoor Life, 33% of Golf Channel; Fox/Liberty (sports) Networks (including Fox Sports Net); 49.5% of Fox Family Worldwide (Fox Family Channel, Fox Kids Network). Online interests: Fox.com. News Corp. is a partner in In Flight Network (airline audio, video and information service)

(NBC Inc. 32.5% owner with option to take control in 2002)

69 stations/65.4% of U.S./33.4% FCC

601 Clearwater Park Rd.

West Palm Beach, Fla. 33401

Phone: (561) 659-4122;

Fax: (561) 659-4754

Web site: paxtv.com

Lowell W. "Bud" Paxson, chairman/owner

Dean Goodman, president, TV group

Other media interests: Pax TV network

(subsidiary of General Electric Co.)

13 stations/33.7% of U.S./30.4% FCC

Address: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10112

Phone: (212) 664-4444

Fax: (212) 664-4085

Web site: nbc.com

Jeff Immelt, president/CEO, GE

Bob Wright, chairman/CEO, NBC

Jay Ireland, president, NBC Television Stations Group

Other media interests: NBC TV Network; Spanish-language Telemundo net; NBC Enterprises; cable channels CNBC and MSNBC (with Microsoft Inc.), A&E TV Networks (joint venture with ABC Inc. and Hearst-Argyle), CNBC Europe; 32.5% of Paxson Communications (with option to take control in 2002); 15% of SnapTV (formerly home shopping ValueVision International Network). Online interests: MSNBC.com

23 stations/38.4% of U.S./28.7% FCC

435 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1800, Chicago, Ill. 60611

Phone: (312) 222-3333

Fax: (312) 329-0611

Web site: tribune.com

John W. Madigan, chairman/CEO, Tribune Co. (parent)

Dennis J. FitzSimons, president/CEO, Tribune Co./president, Tribune Broadcasting

Patrick J. Mullen, president, Tribune Television

Other media interests: 25% of WB Television Network (majority owned by AOL Time Warner); Tribune Entertainment Co. (first-run programming); cable channels CLTV News (Chicago), 50% of Central Florida News 13 (joint partner with Time Warner), 31% of Food Network, 9% of Golf Channel; Tribune Media Services and its ZAP2IT electronic program guide; 4 radio stations; 50% of Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services; 11 newspapers, including New York Newsday, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Hartford (Conn.) Courant; and Spanish-language newspapers in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Online interests: metromix.com, Go2Orlando.com, BlackVoices.com with partial interests in CareerBuilder.com, iVillage Inc. Partner in iBlast (to be national datacasting network)

(subsidiary of Walt Disney Co.)

10 stations/24.1% of U.S./23.8% FCC

77 W. 66th St., New York, N.Y. 10023

Phone: (212) 456-7777

Fax: (212) 456-6850

Web site: abc.com

Robert Iger, president/COO, Disney

Steven Bornstein, president, ABC Television

Walter Liss, president, Stations Group

Other media interests: ABC TV Network; 54 radio stations; ABC Radio Networks; ABC Entertainment TV Group (production and prime time development): Disney/ABC Cable Networks Disney Channel, Toon Disney, 80% of ESPN, 50% of Lifetime Television (joint partner with Hearst Corp.), 39.5% of E! Entertainment Television, A&E Television Networks (joint venture with NBC and Hearst); Walt Disney Television International. Online interests ABC Multimedia Group, ABC.com, ABCNews.com, ESPN.com

33 stations/40.2% of U.S./21.0% FCC

5999 Center Drive, Los Angeles, Calif. 90045

Phone: (310) 216-3434

Fax: (310) 348-3459

Web site: univision.com

A. Jerrold Perenchio, chairman/CEO

Ray Rodriguez, president/chief operating officer, Univision Networks

Thomas Arnost, Michael Wortsman, co-presidents, Television Group

Other media interests: Spanish-language network Univision; Spanish-language network TeleFutura; cable network Galavision; 31% of TV/radio group Entravision Communications (see No. 25); Univision Music Group and Univision Online

22 stations/17.7% of U.S./17.5% FCC

1100 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22209

Phone: (703) 284-6760;

Fax: (703) 247-3114

Web site: gannett.com

Douglas H. McCorkindale, chairman, Gannett Co. Inc.

(parent)

Craig A. Dubow, president/CEO, broadcasting

Other media interests: 95 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA Today, USA Weekend, and 300 non-daily publications. Online interests: usatoday.com. Partner in iBlast

34 stations/17.5% of U.S./15.9% FCC

888 7th Ave., New York, N.Y. 10106

Phone: (212) 887-6800

Fax: (212) 887-6875

Web site: hearstargyle.com

Frank A. Bennack Jr., president, Hearst Corp.

(parent/66% owner)

David Barrett, president, Hearst-Argyle Television

Other media interests: Two radio stations; program and syndication partner with NBC Enterprises. Online interests: ProAct Technologies Corp. (personal-finance/human-resources Web site); about 24% of Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc. (site developer). Parent Hearst owns Hearst Entertainment and Syndication, 50% of Lifetime Television (joint partner with ABC Inc.), New England Cable News (with MediaOne), TVA (Brazilian pay-TV company, with ABC), 20% of ESPN, A&E Television Networks (joint venture with NBC and ABC), newspapers, monthly consumer magazines including Esquire, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Harpers' Bazaar

23 stations/31.6%US/15.8% FCC

Address: 2442 Michelle Drive, Tustin, Calif., 92780

Phone: (714) 832-2950

Fax: (714) 730-0657

Web site: www.tbn.org

Paul F. Crouch, president

Al Brown, chief financial officer

Other media interests: Trinity Broadcast Network, Trinity Music City, USA; International Production Center in Dallas, and TBN Films

62 stations/24.9% of U.S./15.0% FCC

10706 Beaver Dam Rd., Hunt Valley, Md. 21030

Phone: (410) 568-1500

Fax: (410) 568-1588

Web site: sbgi.net

David D. Smith, president/CEO

David B. Amy, EVP/CFO