Post-Newsweek Stations is the official name of the broadcasting division of the Washington Post Company and is a self-contained corporation within that company. The company is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan in headquarters shared with Post-Newsweek's station in that market, NBC affiliate WDIV-TV and is headed by president and chief executive officer Alan Frank, formerly general manager of WDIV. In 1992, Post-Newsweek bought the now defunct Detroit regional sports station PASS Sports from former Detroit Tigers owner and Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan. FSN Detroit put the channel out... of business in October 1997. As of 2006, Post-Newsweek owns 2 VHF stations and 4 UHF stations , all of which are in the Top 50 markets. All but one has a network affiliation. What today is Post-Newsweek Stations originated as WTOP, Inc. in 1949 when CBS sold controlling interest of WTOP radio in Washington, D.C. to the Post; CBS retained a minority stake. In 1950, WTOP bought WOIC-TV, Washington's CBS television affiliate, and changed that station's call letters to WTOP-TV.
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