Bounce TV

Bounce TV

Type	Digital broadcast television network
Branding	Bounce TV
Country	United States
Availability	National (availability level pending; may not be available in all markets)
Slogan	"TV Our Way"
Key people	Andrew Young (co-founder) Martin Luther King III (co-founder) Ryan Glover (EVP) Jonathan Katz (EVP)
Established	April 4, 2011
Launch date	September 26, 2011 (scheduled)
Official website	http://www.bouncetv.com

Bounce TV is a proposed United States television network scheduled to launch on Digital terrestrial television stations on September 26, 2011.^[1] Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV will feature programming geared toward blacks in the 25-54 age range.

Bounce TV (its name signifies a network that is "going somewhere with energy")^[2] will feature programming gained via acquisition and licensing agreements with such sources as NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television, Codeblack Entertainment, and Image Entertainment. The planned programming mix will include movies, reruns of TV series, documentaries, specials, inspirational programming, and other original content. Live sporting events will also be featured, including broadcasts of football and basketball games from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (a league that includes several historically black colleges and universities) that will be produced by Urban Sports Entertainment Group.^[3]

Operations

Bounce TV was founded on April 4, 2011 and is majority owned-and-operated by African Americans.^[4] The founding group and initial ownership team includes former Atlanta mayor and United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, Martin Luther King III, and Andrew "Bo" Young III; the group also includes Rob Hardy and Will Packer, the co-founders of Rainforest Films, a top African-American production company.^[3][5] Bounce TV is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Bounce TV posted its program schedule to their website on September 19, 2011, although there were reports that they would post it on September 1, 2011.^[6]

Key Executives

• Andrew Young, co-founder
• Martin Luther King III, co-founder
• Ryan Glover, executive vice-president
• Jonathan Katz, executive vice-president
• Rob Hardy, chief content officer
• Will Packer, chief strategy and marketing officer

Affiliates

Bounce TV is in the process of lining up national distribution through digital subchannels of television stations throughout the United States. The network will launch with clearance rate of, at minimum, 32% of overall U.S. television households, thanks in part to carriage agreements with Raycom Media, LIN TV Corporation, and Nexstar Broadcasting Group;^[7][8][9] the network is aiming for a target reach of at least 50% of overall U.S. television households at the time of launch.^[2]

The current programming schedule for Bounce TV includes Soul Train, Judge Hatchett, Backstage Pass, and daily movies. Bounce TV will launch with the African-American classic The Wiz.

State	Market	Station	Channel[10]	Owner
Alabama	Birmingham	WBRC	6.2	Raycom Media
Alabama	Dothan	WDFX-TV	34.2	Raycom Media
Alabama	Huntsvile	WAFF	48.3	Raycom Media
Alabama	Mobile	WFNA	55.2	LIN TV Corporation
Alabama	Montgomery	WSFA	12.3	Raycom Media
Arkansas	Little Rock	KARZ-TV	42.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
California	Fresno	KVHF-LD	4.2	Cocola Broadcasting
California	Bakersfield	KCBT-LD	34.2	Cocola Broadcasting
California	Sacramento	KSAO-LD	49.2	Cocola Broadcasting
California	San Francisco	KAXT-LD	1.4	Broadland Properties, Inc.
Connecticut	Hartford	WTNH	8.2	LIN TV Corporation
Florida	Jacksonville	WCWJ	17.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Florida	West Palm Beach	WFLX	29.2	Raycom Media
Georgia	Albany	WALB	10.3	Raycom Media
Georgia	Atlanta	WATL[11]	36.2	Gannett Company
Georgia	Augusta	WFXG	54.3	Raycom Media
Georgia	Columbus	WTVM	9.2	Raycom Media
Georgia	Savannah	WTOC-TV	11.2	Raycom Media
Kansas	Wichita	KGPT-CA	49.1	Great Plains Television
Kentucky	Louisville	WAVE	3.3	Raycom Media
Illinois	Chicago	WWME-CA[12]	23.2	Weigel Broadcasting
Illinois	Peoria	WMBD-TV	31.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Illinois	Rockford	WQRF-TV	39.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Indiana	Indianapolis	WNDY-TV	23.3	LIN TV Corporation
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	WAFB	9.2	Raycom Media
Louisiana	Lake Charles	KPLC	7.2	Raycom Media
Louisiana	Monroe	KARD	14.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Louisiana	Shreveport	KSLA-TV	12.3	Raycom Media
Mississippi	Biloxi	WLOX	13.2	Raycom Media
Mississippi	Jackson	WLBT	3.2	Raycom Media
Mississippi	Laurel/Hattiesburg	WDAM-TV	7.3	Raycom Media
Missouri	Kansas City	KSMO-TV[13]	62.2	Meredith Corporation
Nevada	Las Vegas	KGNG-LD	47.3	King Kong Broadcasting
New York	Rochester	WROC-TV	8.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
North Carolina	Charlotte	WBTV	3.3	Raycom Media
North Carolina	Greenville	WYDO	14.2	Bonten Media
North Carolina	Wilmington	WECT	6.2	Raycom Media
Ohio	Cincinnati	WXIX	19.3	Raycom Media
Ohio	Cleveland	WUAB	43.3	Raycom Media
Ohio	Columbus	W23BZ-D	23.1	Guardian Television Network, Inc.
Ohio	Dayton	WBDT	26.2	LIN TV Corporation
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	WMCN-TV[13]	44.2	Lenfest Broadcasting
South Carolina	Charleston	WCSC-TV	5.3	Raycom Media
South Carolina	Columbia	WIS	10.3	Raycom Media
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	WMBF-TV	32.2	Raycom Media
Tennessee	Memphis	WMC-TV	5.2	Raycom Media
Texas	Abilene	KRBC-TV	9.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Texas	Beaumont	KBTV-TV	4.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Texas	Houston	KHOU	11.3	Belo Corporation
Texas	Lubbock	KAMC-TV	28.2	Mission Broadcasting Group
Texas	San Angelo	KSAN-TV	3.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Texas	Tyler/Lufkin	KLTV KTRE	7.4 9.3	Raycom Media
Texas	Wichita Falls	KJTL	18.2	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Virginia	Norfolk	WAVY	10.2	LIN TV Corporation
Virginia	Richmond	WUPV	65.2	Raycom Media
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	WBME-TV[12]	49.2	Weigel Broadcasting

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