Post Type:press-releases Viamedia Awarded Ohio News Network National Ad Sales Business | Viamedia

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 05/20/04 – Viamedia announced today an agreement with the Dispatch Broadcast Group to exclusively represent the national ad sales efforts of The Ohio News Network, commonly referred to as ONN. 

ONN is a 24-hour, statewide cable news channel featuring news, weather, and sports for the people of Ohio. ONN has approximately 1.5 million cable subscribers and is owned by The Dispatch Broadcast Group, which manages a number of broadcast, cable, and radio outlets, including the WBNS 10TV in Columbus, OH. 

Effective June 1, 2004, Viamedia will be responsible for securing national advertisers for ONN. 

“We are excited to become a partner of the Dispatch Broadcast Group’s, Ohio News Network. Dispatch has a strong history of leadership in news in Ohio and ONN is a natural extension of their high quality service to news and event coverage in the state. Viamedia is looking forward to the representation of such a tremendous product.” says Viamedia President, Jeff Carter. 

This agreement places Viamedia and affiliate companies in over 2.6 million cable households across the United States.



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