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

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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

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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