Brothers would eventually become TVX's major shareholder. Despite having stripped itself down to a six-station group, made up mostly of profitable, highly-performing outlets in large markets, the sales of the smaller stations did not fully reduce TVX's debt load. In 1989, Salomon Brothers sold a minority share (about 22 percent) of TVX to Paramount Pictures. In 1991 Paramount acquired the rest of TVX and bought the group under its corporate umbrella, rechristening the company as the Paramount Stations Group. In 1994, the original iteration of Viacom acquired the stations as part of its purchase of Paramount Pictures. Former TVX-owned stations Notes: Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station that was built and signed on by TVX; Three boldface asterisks (***) indicate a station built by TVX but sold to another entity before it signed on. See also Westinghouse Broadcasting ABC Owned Television Stations References Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States Defunct companies based in Virginia Television stations in Virginia Mass media companies established in 1979 Mass media companies disestablished in 1991 1979 establishments in Virginia 1991 disestablishments in Virginia