Bonten Media Group

Bonten Media Group was a New York City-based owner of television broadcast stations in the United States. It was formed by Randall D. Bongarten and Diamond Castle Holdings in November 2006. Its first acquisition was 14 stations from Bluestone Television, founded by Sandy DiPasquale and Providence Equity Partners (who would later form Newport Television) on May 31, 2007.^[1][2] Bluestone had acquired the same stations from Lamco Communications in 2004.^[3] On January 1, 2008, Bonten entered into an agreement with Esteem Broadcasting to provide services to the Fox affiliates (WFXI/WYDO) in the Greenville-New Bern market, in addition to WEMT in the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia, bringing the number of stations which Bonten Media Group owns or provides services up to 16 from 13.

Bonten Media Group, LLC

Company type	Private Limited liability company
Industry	Broadcast Television
Predecessor	14 stations from Bluestone Television
Founded	November 2006 (2006-11)
Founders	Randall D. Bongarten Diamond Castle Holdings
Defunct	September 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-01)
Fate	Acquired by Sinclair
Successor	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Headquarters	Empire State Building, New York, New York , USA
Parent	Diamond Castle Holdings

On April 21, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its intent to purchase the Bonten stations for $240 million. The deal came immediately following the re-instatement of the "UHF discount", which reduces the calculated "reach" of a station for the purposes of national ownership limits if it broadcasts on a UHF channel.^[4] The sale was approved on June 30,^[5] and the sale was completed on September 1.^[6][7][8][9]