Belo
Operates 20 TV stations.
Headquarters:
400 South Record Street
Dallas, Texas 75202
Employees: 2,800
CEO: Dunia Shive
Stock Symbol: BLC
Website:
http://www.belo.com
Career
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Belo is a media company that owns and operates 20 television stations, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and MyNetwork TV affiliates reaching 14 percent of U.S. television households, and their associated Web sites, in 15 highly-attractive markets across the United States.
Nearly all Belo stations rank first or second in their local market based on audience reach. Belo operates nine stations in seven of the top 25 markets in the nation, with six stations located in the fast-growing, top-15 markets of Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Seattle/Tacoma and Phoenix. Belo Corp. operates more than 25 Web sites, building on the Company's well-established local and regional brands to generate new customer relationships. Additionally, the Company has leveraged its local television assets to create regional cable news channels in Texas, the Northwest and Arizona, increasing its impact in those regions.
The company also owns two regional cable
news channels - Texas Cable News (TXCN) and NorthWest Cable News
(NWCN). The Company also owns two local cable news channels in
Boise, Idaho and New Orleans, LA, and operates two local cable
news channels in other markets in partnership with Cox Communications.
The company spun off its newspaper business in 2008 into a separately trade company called A.H. Belo. The newspapers included The
Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle
(Denton, TX).
In 2008, Belo reported revenues of $733.4 million and net loss of $333.3 million due to weak advertising.
History
1842 -
The Daily News begins publishing in Galveston, TX. Willard
Richardson becomes editor a year later. Mr. Richardson makes
The Daily News one of the nation's first papers to be
distributed statewide by rail.
1857 -
Mr. Richardson begins publishing the Texas Almanac and
serves as its editor for 19 years. Early editions focused on
Texas history and the workings of state government.
1865 -
Alfred Horatio Belo joins The Daily News, now the most
powerful newspaper in Texas. Belo succeeds Mr. Richardson and
becomes majority owner of the Company.
1882 -
The Company incorporates. Belo sends a young associate, George
Bannerman Dealey, north to select a location for a sister newspaper.
Three years later, The Dallas Morning News begins publishing
under Mr. Dealey's direction.
1920 -
Mr. Dealey becomes president of the Company. Six years later
he renames it A.H. Belo Corporation in honor of his mentor.
1930s
- WFAA-AM, one of the first radio stations in the U.S. and the
first network affiliate in Texas after its launch by Belo in
1922, boosts its power to 50,000 watts, becoming the first "super-power"
station in the Southwest.
1950 -
Belo furthers its leadership in broadcasting by purchasing Dallas
TV station KBTV and renamed it WFAA-TV. Today the ABC affiliate
is the leading television station in Dallas/Fort Worth and the
flagship of Belo's Television Group.
1981 -
Belo's stock is publicly traded over the counter. Two years later
it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1984 -
Belo buys KHOU-TV in Houston and WVEC-TV in Hampton/Norfolk.
1994 -
Belo expands its Television Group by acquiring WWL-TV in New
Orleans.
1997 -
In the biggest transaction in its history, Belo acquires The
Providence Journal Company. With it comes The Providence Journal;
KING-TV and NorthWest Cable News (NWCN) in Seattle/Tacoma; KGW-TV
in Portland; WCNC-TV in Charlotte; WHAS-TV in Louisville; KMSB-TV
in Tucson; KREM-TV in Spokane; and KTVB-TV in Boise. In separate
1997 transactions, Belo acquires The Press-Enterprise,
a daily newspaper serving Riverside County and the inland Southern
California area; KMOV-TV in St. Louis; and KENS-TV in San Antonio
.
1998 -
WFAA becomes the first VHF station in the U.S. to transmit a
digital signal (HDTV) on a permanent basis.
1999 -
Belo acquires KTVK-TV, a highly rated independent station in
Phoenix, and ABC affiliate KVUE-TV in Austin. Belo also launches
Texas Cable News (TXCN), a 24-hour cable news channel. The Company's
Internet subsidiary, Belo Interactive, is formed. In July, Belo
acquires the Denton Publishing Company in Denton, Texas, which
includes the Denton Record-Chronicle.
2000 -
Belo acquires KONG-TV in Seattle/Tacoma and KASW-TV in Phoenix.
Both were previously operated by Belo under local marketing agreements.
2001 -
The Company's official name is changed from A.H. Belo Corporation
to Belo Corp. Belo acquires KSKN-TV, a WB affiliate in Spokane
that it previously operated under a local marketing agreement.
2002 -
The Company acquires KTTU-TV, a UPN affiliate in Tucson that
it previously operated under a local marketing agreement.
2004 -
The Providence Journal celebrates its 175th anniversary
on July 21. The Journal is the oldest continuously published
daily newspaper in the U.S.
2007 -
The Company acquires WUPL-TV in New Orleans, LA.
Benefits
Group Health/Group Dental - Each year, the Belo Benefits team reviews the
best medical and dental plans available for employees. Plan options
may vary from year to year depending upon availability and provider
networks.
Vision Care
- A freestanding vision care plan is offered. The plan provides
benefits for eye examinations, glasses and contact lenses.
Life Insurance - Basic Life - When employees become eligible for health care
coverage, they will automatically be enrolled in the group life
insurance plan. The Company pays full premium for this coverage,
which provides a benefit of two times the annual base salary.
Life Insurance - Supplemental Life/Dependent
Life - In addition to the Company-paid
benefit, employees may purchase supplemental coverage up to five
times their annual base salary. The premium is based on the amount
of coverage and age. Optional dependent life coverage, life insurance
to cover a spouse and or children, is also available.
Personal Accident Insurance - This optional coverage provides a benefit for
the employee and their family members in the case of death or
some other disabling accidental injuries. Employees may purchase
PAI coverage for themselves and their family at up to six times
their base salary.
Flexible Spending Accounts - Employees may set aside part of their salary
before taxes to pay for unreimbursed health care and/or dependent
care expenses. Contributions may range from $300 to $4,000 to
a health care reimbursement account and from $300 to $5,000 for
the dependent care account. Belo offers a dollar for dollar match
up to $20 per week on the dependent care reimbursement account.
Business Travel Accident Insurance - Employees are automatically provided with Business
Travel Accident coverage. The principal sum is equal to 1.5 times
their annual base salary with a minimum benefit of $100,000 and
a maximum of $300,000.
Long-Term Disability - Long-term disability (LTD) insurance is automatically
provided at no cost to the employee on the first of the month
following 12 months of full-time employment. Should an employee
become disabled, the plan will pay up to 60% of their pre-disability
earnings.
Belo Savings Plan - 401(K) - Regular, full-time employees who are age 21
or older may join the plan as soon as administratively possible
following their hire date. The plan enables eligible employees
to contribute any amount of their eligible pay on a pre-tax basis,
up to the annual IRS dollar limit. After an individual has been
employed for one year, the Company begins to contribute 2% of
your 401(k) eligible income into the account even if the employee
chooses not to participate with their own contributions. In addition,
after one year of employment, the Company contributes 75 cents
(55 cents in Belo stock, 20 cents across their investment options)
for each dollar of the first 6% of their eligible income that
they put into the plan.
Holidays
- Regular, full-time employees are entitled to 10 paid holidays
each year.
Sick Pay
- The company provides sick pay benefits for eligible employees
after a specified time of employment.
Vacation
- Either one or two weeks of vacation is given to new employees
depending on their date of hire. Employees are awarded three
weeks of vacation on their fifth January 1 and four weeks on
their tenth January 1 following the date of employment.
Other Benefits
Adoption Assistance
Tuition Assistance
Profit Performance Bonus
Credit Union
Employee Assistance Program
Free Parking (on Company-owned lots), as available
Subsidized Public Transportation
Updated August 22, 2009
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