Coastal Television Broadcasting Group LLC
Melodie Blankenship is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in accounting and business management. Currently serving as Business Manager at Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC since August 2017, Melodie has previously held the position of Senior Accountant at KTUU Channel 2 from June 1989 to July 2016, and Accounting Manager at Channel 2 Broadcasting Co for nearly two decades. Early career experience includes working as a Cashier at Fred Meyer from May 1985 to June 1988. Melodie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Alaska Anchorage, obtained between 2011 and 2017, and possesses foundational accounting education from Newport Senior High School.
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Coastal Television Broadcasting Group LLC
Coastal Television Broadcasting Group is engaged in the operation and acquisition of television broadcasting stations located in mid-to-small sized markets. Coastal owns and operates: KTBY, KFNB, KLWY, WYDC and WLOV, the FOX Broadcast affiliates in Anchorage, AK, Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Corning-Elmira, NY and Tupelo, MS, respectively; WGBC and WNBJ, the NBC affiliates in Meridian, MS, and Jackson, TN; KJNB, the FOX Broadcast and CBS affiliates in Jonesboro, AR; and WPBY and WPBI, the FOX Broadcasting, NBC and ABC affiliates in Lafayette, IN. Coastal provides advertising sales and other services under arrangements with KYUR (the ABC affiliate) and KYUR-DT.2 (the CW Plus affiliate) in Anchorage, AK; KTWO and KKTQ (the ABC Affiliates) in Casper and Cheyenne, WY, respectively; and WMDN (the CBS affiliate) in Meridian, MS. Under an agreement between Coastal and the owner of KATN, KATN-DT.2 and KATN-DT.3 in Fairbanks, Alaska, and KJUD, KJUD-DT.2 and KJUD-DT.3 in Juneau, Alaska, Coastal provides certain of the stations’ non-network programming. KATN and KJUD are the ABC affiliates in Fairbanks and Juneau, respectively. KATN-DT.2 and KJUD-DT.2 are the FOX Broadcast affiliates in Fairbanks and Juneau, respectively. KATN-DT.3 and KJUD-DT.3 are the CW Plus affiliate in Fairbanks and Juneau, respectively. Coastal Television supports each of its television stations, as well as third party television stations in its markets, with their news telecasts provided by Coastal News Group LLC through its private label news products. Coastal also supports all of its markets with its best-in-class digital marketing, social media and white labeling solutions at NuLogic Marketing.