communications company type private industry telecommunications mass media founded october 1 1979 headquarters las vegas nevada u.s. key people james e. jim rogers products broadcast television website official website intermountain west communications company is an american telecommunications company formerly owned by james e. jim rogers 1938 2014 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 wasn t a sun belt state . 1 most of iwcc s stations prior to the gradual sale of them that began in 2013 were nbc affiliates . on september 3 2014 intermountain west communications announced that it would sell ksnv dt to sinclair broadcast group for 120 million . as sinclair already owned a duopoly in las vegas kvmy channel 21 and kvcw channel 33 the company planned to sell the license assets though not the programming of one of the three stations to comply with fcc ownership restrictions with the divested station s programming being moved to the other stations . 2 80 85 % of proceeds from the sale will go toward the formation of the rogers educational foundation which will support students and educators in southern nevada . 3 on november 1 2014 ksnv began the process of swapping signals with kvmy ; kvmy moved its mynetworktv programming to a subchannel of kvcw which was replaced by a simulcast of ksnv dt s programming . additionally the two stations swapped virtual channel numbers which moved kvmy to channel 3 and ksnv to channel 21 . on november 4 2014 the call letters on kvmy s license were changed to ksnv and the existing ksnv license changed its call letters to kvmy . these moves effectively put ksnv under sinclair ownership using its existing channel 21 license . the previous channel 3 license was later sold to howard stirk holdings . 4 5 a similar swap occurred during sinclair s acquisition of wciv in which its abc programming and call sign were moved to another sinclair owned signal and the previous wciv channel 4 license renamed wmmp was sold to howard stirk holdings though the psip channel number was not swapped . 6 7 sinclair could not buy ksnv dt outright because las vegas has only seven full power stations four too few to legally permit a duopoly . when the sale closes sinclair would control half of those stations . it would also create a situation in which a cw affiliate is the nominal senior partner in a duopoly involving an nbc affiliate and a big four station . contents 1 stations 1.1 former stations 1.1.1 television stations 1.1.2 radio stations 2 related activities 3 references 4 external links stations edit city of license market station channel tv rf year acquired network s reno nevada krnv dt 1 4 7 1989 nbc this tv dt2 elko nevada kenv dt 1 semi satellite of krnv 10 10 1997 nbc notes 1 operated by sinclair broadcast group . 8 sale to cunningham broadcasting pending fcc approval . 9 10 former stations edit television stations edit 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 northwest broadcasting operated through a ssa by news press & gazette company pocatello idaho kpvi dt 6 23 1995 2014 nbc affiliate owned by northwest broadcasting kfxp 31 31 1998 2013 1 metv affiliate kvui owned by buckalew media llc twin falls idaho kkvi kxtf 35 34 1995 2014 cozi tv affiliate owned by northwest broadcasting helena montana kmtf 10 29 1998 2014 2 pbs member station kuhm tv owned by montana state university ktvh dt 12 12 1997 2014 nbc affiliate owned by cordillera communications 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 metv affiliate wjlp middletown township new jersey owned by pmcm tv las vegas nevada kvbc tv ksnv dt 3 2 1979 2014 heroes & icons affiliate khsv owned by howard stirk holdings 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 metv 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 . 2 kmtf was owned by the uhlmann company and it was operated by iwcc . 3 although sunbelt took over ownership of kbjn in 2004 it had operated as a satellite of kvbc since signing on in 2001 . radio stations edit 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 edit though not related to iwcc directly company owner jim rogers is also the founder and curator of the sunbelt classic and antique automobile museum 1 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 edit tv owner jim rogers has second battle with cancer . http www.reviewjournal.com . 5 january 2014 . external link in journal help sinclair buying ksnv las vegas for 120m . tvnewscheck . september 3 2014 . retrieved september 3 2014 . ksnv vegas proceeds to fund education foundation . broadcasting & cable . september 3 2014 . retrieved september 3 2014 . application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . january 28 2015 . retrieved january 30 2015 . call sign history facility id 69677 . cdbs public access . fcc . retrieved november 4 2014 . description of transaction and unique service to be provided . howard stirk holdings . retrieved 21 september 2014 . time to rescan for abc news 4 s new channel . abcnews4.com . sinclair broadcast group . retrieved 1 october 2014 . 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 external links edit official website v t e intermountain west communications company krnv kenv nbc 1 1 operated by sinclair broadcast group . sale to cunningham broadcasting pending fcc approval . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title intermountain west communications company & oldid 743490965 categories companies based in las vegasamerican companies established in 1979television broadcasting companies of the united stateshidden categories cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add 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