Before coming to Boston, he worked as a chief meteorologist at WTVR in Richmond, Virginia from 1990-1993, and at KTIV-TV in his native Iowa from 1980-1990.
In 1997, current owner Media General acquired WHLT and WJTV (as well as Savannah, Georgia's WSAV-TV) from Raycom in a swap for Richmond, Virginia's WTVR-TV.
On June 24, Sinclair announced that it was intending to purchase CBS affiliate WTVR-TV from Raycom Media and sell WRLH to the previously unknown Carma Broadcasting.
WTVR-TV, a television station (channel 6 analog/25 digital) licensed to Richmond, Virginia, United States
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WTVR-FM, a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Richmond, Virginia, United States
On January 6, 2009, Raycom and Local TV LLC announced that they would be swapping stations in Richmond and Birmingham.
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Havens sold WTVR-TV, WMBG-AM, and WCOD-FM to Roy H. Park Communications in 1966, earning a handsome return on his investment of 40 years earlier.