Heartland Media made its first acquisition in September 2013, when it acquired
NBC affiliate
WKTV in
Utica, New York, from
Smith Media, which was the company's remaining television property. This was followed by the 2014 acquisition of Oregon-based
Chambers Communications and its stations,
KEZI in Eugene and
KDRV in Medford, as well as the latter's satellite station in Klamath Falls, KDKF. Later that year, Heartland and MSouth Equity Partners also acquired NBC affiliate
WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi, from the Spain family, along with WTVA's shared services agreement with
West Point-based Fox affiliate
WLOV-TV (owned by Coastal Television). In 2015, US Television Holdings would acquire CBS affiliate
KHSL-TV in Chico, California, from GOCOM Media, LLC, in a deal that also concurrently saw the station's
LMA partner, NBC affiliate
KNVN, sold by K4 Media Holdings to Maxair Media, LLC, with KHSL selling up to 15 percent of KNVN's advertising time. On August 26, 2016, Heartland agreed to acquire ABC affiliate
WAAY-TV in
Huntsville, Alabama, from
Calkins Media, as that company sold the rest of its television stations to
Raycom Media, who already owned
WAFF in the market. The sale closed on May 1, 2017. On June 13, 2016, USA Television MidAmerica Holdings, a Heartland Media and MSouth Equity Partners, announced its acquisition of five small-market stations owned by
Nexstar Broadcasting Group and
Media General for $115 million. The stations were sold to allow Nexstar to comply with FCC ownership rules as part of its acquisition of Media General, particularly in regards to national market coverage and rules forbidding duopolies in these markets, which are among the smallest in the United States. On October 1, 2019,
Allen Media Broadcasting, a subsidiary of
Entertainment Studios, announced that it would acquire 11 of USA TV's stations for $290 million. Heartland management would continue to manage the stations. The sale was approved by the FCC on November 22, 2019. == Television stations ==