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KWBA-TV Sold to Journal Broadcast Group

by TVB Staff

Journal Broadcast Group is buying KWBA-TV, the CW affiliate in Tuscon, Ariz., for an undisclosed sum. The station’s current owners are Tuscon Communications and Cascade Broadcasting Group.

Journal Broadcast Group, a division of Journal Communications of Milwaukee, also owns KGUN-TV, the ABC affiliate in Tuscon.

Patrick Communications of Elkridge, Md., brokered the deal.