Spartan Communications

Spartan Communications, Inc.
Founded1940 (as Spartanburg Advertising Company)
1947 (as Spartan Radiocasting)
FounderWalter J. Brown
Defunct2000
FateAcquired by Media General
SuccessorMedia General
Nexstar Media Group
Headquarters,
ServicesTelevision stations

Spartan Communications, Inc. was a company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that owned WSPA-TV as the city's flagship station from 1956 to 2000 when Spartan merged with Media General of Richmond, VA. In 1984, Spartan bought WBTW and KIMT-TV from the Shotts family.


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