 The family decided to re-capitalize their stations and sold the stations to Boston Ventures, which created Smith Media.The similarities in names have created much confusion.During the early 2010s, Smith Media sold off its stations; on October 1, 2013, Smith Media reached a deal to sell its last remaining station, WKTV in Utica, New York, to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather, pending FCC approval.