Anticipalivision Corporation

Anticipalivision Corporation
Formerly	Bowlecommunications (1986-2020) Liminary (1978-1986) Preliminary (1978, pre-launch)
Industry	Television
Founded	May 31, 1978
Headquarters	Madison, Wisconsin

Anticipalivision Corporation, or Anticipalivision for short, is a broadcast company whose flagship station is WPLY-TV and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

History

Anticipalivision was founded on May 31, 1978 as Liminary. 19 weeks later, they launched their flagship station WPLY as WHAR. It remained Anticipalivision's only station until Channel 8 Racine (WCQU) was bought by said company on March 31, 1981. In 1986, the name of the company changed to Bowlecommunications, and a year after that, they bought WTTV and WVFT. 9 years later, KMSG were bought by said company on July 10 of that year. Almost 6 years later, they bought WGAT-TV (real life equivalent is WMYV-TV), and a year prior, they launched KPLS. In 2002, they bought KXZV. In 2020, the name of the company changed to the one we have today.

Stations

Callsign	Channel Number	Main Affiliation	Location	Under Anticipalivision Ownership Since	Launched
WPLY-TV	44	The WB (1999, planned, cancelled) UPN (1995-2006) Independent (1978-1995, 2006-present)	Madison, Wisconsin	October 11, 1978	October 11, 1978
WCQU-TV (Channel 8 Racine)	8	APN (2024-present) UPN (1995-2006) Independent (1972–1995, 2006-2024)	Racine, Wisconsin	July 3, 1981	April 23, 1972
WTTV-TV	4	Independent (1964–1995) DuMont (1995-2002) ION (2002-2013) RKO Network (2013-2024)	Indianapolis, Indiana	September 8, 1987	November 11, 1964
WVFT-TV	21 (2019-present) 27 (1986-2019)	APN (2024-present) ABD (1995-2024) Independent (1986–1995)	Roanoke, Virginia	September 8, 1987	November 13, 1986
KMSG-TV	59	APN (2024-present) Bounce TV (2016-2024) The WB (2001-2006) Independent (1985-2001, 2006-2016)	Fresno, California	July 10, 1990	July 17, 1985
KPLS-TV	25	Independent (1995-present)	Houston, Texas	January 16, 1995	January 16, 1995
WGAT-TV	48	UPN (1998-2006) FOX (1991-1998) Independent (1981–1991, 2006-present)	Memphis, Tennessee	May 21, 1996	May 9, 1981
KXZV-TV	25	APN (2024-present) DuMont (2006-2024) ABD (1998-2006) Independent (1983–1998)	Fort Smith, Arkansas	February 2, 2002	September 21, 1983

Trivia

• The company also worked with Nintendo to make Super Mario World and Ribbonette in 1995.
• The majority of its stations are APN affiliates.
• Sometimes, they buy stations that seem to do poorly in order to save them.