12 News parent company London Broadcasting will begin managing KUIL-TV in Beaumont on New Year's Day 2010. This will result in London owning or managing three station identities in Southeast Texas: 12 News KBMT, K-JAC Your NBC and KUIL-TV.

Here is the official press release from London Broadcasting:

London Broadcasting and
Bluebonnet Communications
Sign Agreement

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
DALLAS, Texas - London Broadcasting Company, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Bluebonnet Communications, Inc. to manage KUIL-TV and related low-power television stations serving the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas television market. London Broadcasting will oversee KUIL-TV's operations and act as a resource for sales, promotion, programming, production, operations, finance, contract administration and human resources. The ten-year agreement is effective January 1, 2010.

London Broadcasting completed the acquisition of KBMT-TV on July 31, 2009 and is broadcasting both the ABC and NBC affiliates. As measured by A.C. Nielsen Company, KBMT-TV and KUIL-TV are located in the 141st television market in the US and serve approximately 450,000 people in 170,000 households.

Terry E. London, President of London Broadcasting, commented: "We are extremely pleased to enter into this agreement with Lester Langley and Bluebonnet Communications. The agreement brings depth and resources to combined operations in Beaumont-Port Arthur. We are committed to providing quality news, weather, sports and entertainment to our viewers. We are proud to work with Bluebonnet to serve this community. "

Lester Langley, CFO of Bluebonnet Communications, Inc., said: "London Broadcasting provides us an opportunity to partner with very experienced broadcasters interested in serving the people of Southeast Texas. They are Texas-based and Texas-focused and interested in meeting the needs of the local community."

Committed to Broadcasting and Texas
With this agreement, London Broadcasting operates 2 NBC affiliates, 1 CBS affiliate, 1 ABC affiliate, 1 Azteca affiliate, and 3 Independent channels with stations in Waco-Killeen-Temple-Bryan-College Station (DMA #94) and Tyler-Longview (DMA #110) and Beaumont-Port Arthur (DMA 141). London Broadcasting now serves over 2 million Texans in 750,000 households, representing approximately 10% of the Texas population.

About London Broadcasting Company
Terry E. London and SunTx Capital Partners formed London Broadcasting Company in 2007 to acquire and operate Texas-based media properties. The Company closed on its first acquisition in February 2008; the CBS affiliate in Tyler-Longview, Texas. The Company also owns 41 Entertainment, a Dallas-based television production company that produces television programs, television commercials and other forms of video and music content.

London is a 30-year media veteran and former President & CEO of Gaylord Entertainment Company, a diversified media and entertainment company which included ownership in such properties as TNN: The Nashville Network, CMT: Country Music Television, the world famous Grand Ole Opry, the Gaylord Hotels, Word Records, Cencom Cable, major market television stations, radio stations and television production companies.

Phil Hurley
EVP & COO
London Broadcasting Company, Inc.