Intermountain West Communications Company
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| Private | |
| Industry |
Telecommunications Mass media |
| Founded | October 1, 1979 |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Key people | James E. "Jim" Rogers |
| Products | Broadcast television |
| Parent | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Website | Official website |
Intermountain West Communications, LLC. is an American telecommunications company, owned by the late James E. "Jim" Rogers, that owns licenses for a number of local television stations in the United States, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, IWCC was founded on October 1, 1979, following the purchase of KORK-TV, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, by local attorney James E. "Jim" Rogers and 16 Las Vegas residents. KORK-TV was renamed KVBC-TV after taking control and KSNV-DT on July 9, 2010 and Rogers expanded Sunbelt's reach to include other stations in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. In 2008, Sunbelt was renamed Intermountain West Communications Company; Rogers was at his summer home in Montana when he was asked about the "SUNBELT" license plate on his car when Montana isn't a Sun Belt state.[1] Most of IWCC's stations are NBC affiliates.
Stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Year Acquired | Network(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas, Nevada | KVMY 1 | 21 (2) | 1979 | Antenna TV Cozi TV (DT2) |
| Reno, Nevada | KRNV-DT 2 | 4 (7) | 1989 | NBC This TV (DT2) |
| Elko, Nevada | KENV-DT 2 (Semi-satellite of KRNV) |
10 (10) | 1997 | NBC |
Notes:
- 1 Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group; KSNV intellectual unit traded to Sinclair for KVMY. Sale to Howard Stirk Holdings, pending FCC approval.
- 2 Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group.[2] Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting pending FCC approval.[3][4]
Former stations
Television stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma, Arizona | KYMA-DT | 11 (11) | 1989-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Blackhawk Broadcasting (Operated through a SSA by News-Press & Gazette Company) |
| Pocatello, Idaho | KPVI-DT | 6 (23) | 1995-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Frontier Radio Management |
| KFXP | 31 (31) | 1999-2013 1 | Dark station owned by Compass Communications | |
| Twin Falls, Idaho | KKVI/KXTF | 35 (34) | 1995-2014 | Dark station owned by Frontier Radio Management |
| Helena, Montana | KMTF | 10 (29) | 1998-2014 2 | The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| KTVH-DT | 12 (12) | 1997-2014 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television | |
| Havre, Montana | KBBJ (former satellite of KTVH) |
9 | 2001-2009 | defunct, went dark in 2008 |
| Lewistown, Montana | KBAO (former satellite of KTVH) |
13 | 2001-2009 | defunct, went dark in 2008 |
| Ely, Nevada | KBJN/KVNV (former satellite of KVBC) |
3 | 2004-2008 3 | Me-TV affiliate, WJLP - Middletown Township, New Jersey, owned by PMCM TV |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | KSNV-DT | 3 (2) | 1979-2014 | Intellectual unit and NBC programming transferred to a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned license and renamed KSNV. |
| Winnemucca, Nevada | KWNV (former satellite of KRNV/KENV) |
7 | 1998-2010 | defunct, went dark in 2008 |
| Santa Fe - Albuquerque | KNMZ-TV/KKTO-TV | 2 (27) | 1988-1992 | Fox affiliate, KASA-TV, owned by Media General |
| Casper, Wyoming | KCWY-DT | 13 (12) | 1998-2013 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Jackson, Wyoming | KJVI/KJWY (former satellite of KPVI) |
2 (2) | 1995-2009 | Me-TV affiliate, KJWP - Wilmington, Delaware, owned by PMCM TV |
| Sheridan, Wyoming | KBNM/KSWY (former satellite of KCWY) (later KJCW) |
7 | 2002-2009 | defunct, went dark in 2010 |
Notes:
- 1 KFXP was owned by Compass Communications and it was operated by IWCC. Sale to Abraham Telecasting Company, awaiting consummation.
- 1 KMTF was owned by The Uhlmann Company and it was operated by IWCC.
- 2 Although Sunbelt took over ownership of KBJN in 2004, it had operated as a satellite of KVBC since signing on in 2001.
Radio stations
| Market | Station | Years owned | Current ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | KVBC-FM-105.1 (now KQRT) |
1996–20001 | owned by Entravision Communications Corporation |
| Reno | KRNV-FM-101.7 (now at 102.1) |
1995–2000 | owned by Entravision Communications Corporation |
Footnote:
- 1 KVBC-FM was owned by Compass Communications and managed by Sunbelt Communications.
Related activities
Though not related to IWCC directly, company owner Jim Rogers is also the founder and curator of the Sunbelt Classic and Antique Automobile Museum (), located near KSNV's studios in Las Vegas. Most of the cars displayed come from Rogers's personal collection.
Rogers also served as the Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, and has provided financial support for colleges and universities, either through personal contributions or through the Sunbelt Communications Education Foundation, which awards college scholarships and offers financial assistance to graduating high school students in IWCC's broadcast regions.
In addition, The University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law is named after him in recognition of his philanthropy to the school.
References
- ↑ Clarke, Norm (01-05-2014). "TV owner Jim Rogers has second battle with cancer". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2014-01-08. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "KRNV-TV Sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group". KTVN Channel 2 News. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 19 December 2013
- ↑ Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 19 December 2013
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