Taft Broadcasting

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Taft Broadcasting was a major American media conglomerate that owned television and radio stations, produced syndicated programming and cartoons, and operated several amusement parks during the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taft Broadcasting canonical 3
Taft Broadcasting Company 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
media conglomerate ⓘ
basedIn Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fate restructured and broken up ⓘ
industry amusement parks ⓘ
broadcasting ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
notableAsset Hanna-Barbera cartoon library ⓘ
linked to: Hanna-Barbera
notableFor development and operation of regional theme parks ⓘ
distribution of television series through syndication ⓘ
ownership of multiple major-market TV and radio stations ⓘ
operatedDuringPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
ownedAmusementPark Canada’s Wonderland ⓘ
linked to: Canada's Wonderland

Carowinds ⓘ
Great America (Gurnee) ⓘ
Great America (Santa Clara) ⓘ
Kings Dominion ⓘ
Kings Island ⓘ
ownedBy Taft family ⓘ
ownedNetworkAffiliatesOf ABC ⓘ
CBS ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
ownedProductionCompany Hanna-Barbera Productions ⓘ
linked to: Hanna-Barbera

QM Productions ⓘ
Taft Entertainment Company ⓘ
Worldvision Enterprises ⓘ
ownedRadioStation KQV ⓘ
WBRC (AM) ⓘ
WDAF (AM) ⓘ
linked to: WDAF-TV

WDAF-FM ⓘ
WGR ⓘ
WKRC (AM) ⓘ
WKRC-FM ⓘ
linked to: WKRC (AM)
ownedSyndicationArm Worldvision Enterprises ⓘ
ownedTelevisionStation KTVU ⓘ
WBRC ⓘ
WCPO-TV ⓘ
WDAF-TV ⓘ
WKRC-TV ⓘ
predecessor Crosley Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
produced animated television series ⓘ
syndicated television programming ⓘ
successor CINCPAC (later part of CBS) ⓘ
CINEMERCHANTS ⓘ
Great American Broadcasting Company ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thunder Run → previousParkOwner → Taft Broadcasting ⓘ
Dragon Fyre → previousOwner → Taft Broadcasting ⓘ
Wonder Mountain → previousOwner → Taft Broadcasting ⓘ
Kings Island → previousOwner → Taft Broadcasting Company ⓘ
linked to: Taft Broadcasting
Curtis D. Summers → employer → Taft Broadcasting Company ⓘ
linked to: Taft Broadcasting