Commentator and entrepreneur Armstrong Williams to acquire another TV station

Armstrong Williams

Armstrong Williams a conservative commentator and entrepreneur has revealed that he intends to acquire the WMMP-TV in Charleston, South Carolina through his company, Howard Stirk Holdings from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

This will bring the number of TV stations that Williams has acquired or in the process of acquired this year to 3.

Earlier this year he finalized the acquisition of WEYI-TV, an NBC affiliate in the Flint/Saginaw/Bay market, Michigan, and the WWMB-TV, a CW affiliate in the Myrtle Beach/Florence, South Carolina.

According to the Federal Communications Commission, these acquisitions have “instantly multiplied the tiny number of commercial television stations” owned by African Americans.

African American ownership dropped from 12 stations in 2009 to 10 stations in 2011, or less than 1 percent of the 1,348 full-power television stations in the United States.

Armstrong Williams began his career as a South Carolina high schooler with an aptitude for public speaking and wound up hosting a daily radio show and nationally syndicated TV program, “The Right Side With Armstrong Williams.”