Howard Stirk Holdings

CTL-E-3291 · Business · other · 2013–present

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Broadcast company led by Armstrong Williams; acquired WEYI-TV and WWMB-TV from Sinclair in 2013, growing to seven Black-owned stations (Pew 2016); stations operated under Sinclair shared-services agreements; FCC approved license transfers to Sinclair in September 2026.

The record

Also known as: HSH

Notes

RELP75 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean. All 6 claims Verified.

Relationships

Armstrong Williams — founded by
Howard Stirk Holdings is the broadcast company led by Armstrong Williams.

Referenced by

Armstrong Williams — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Journal-isms - 'Armstrong Williams to Buy Two TV Stations'
Journal-isms - 'Boost for Black TV-Station Ownership'
TheDesk.net - 'FCC approves Stirk TV license transfers to Sinclair' (2026-09)

Record CTL-E-3291 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 3 sources · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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