With that, Newport Television was able to complete its purchase of the stations group on March 14, 2008 .
The group was in the television business until it sold all of its TV stations to Newport Television in 2008.
The television stations were ultimately sold to Newport Television.
However, Newport Television operated these stations under a shared services agreement (SSA).
On June 5, 2009, the station's news department was shut down completely after Newport Television implemented across the board cuts.
Sandy DiPasquale is the owner of Newport Television.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television.
Newport Television continued to operate KGET through a shared services agreement.
As a result, Newport Television became WKRC's fourth owner in just over twenty years.
Providence Equity formed a new holding company, Newport Television, for the station group.