Intermountain West Communications Company
Intermountain West Communications Company, formerly known as Sunbelt Communications Company, is the owner and operator of television stations in 11 media markets located in the western United States.
Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, IWCC was founded in 1979 following the purchase of KORK-TV, Las Vegas' NBC affiliate, by local attorney James E. (Jim) Rogers and 16 Las Vegas residents. KORK-TV was renamed KVBC in 1980 and KSNV-DT in 2010, and Rogers expanded IWCC's reach to include other stations in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. Most of IWCCs stations are NBC affiliates.
[edit] Stations
| Market | Station | RF Channel |
Display Channel |
Network Affiliation | Notes |
| Las Vegas | KSNV-DT | 2 | 3 | NBC | Flagship station; formerly KVBC-TV (1980-2010)
Untamed Sports 3.2 Antenna TV 3.3 |
| Reno | KRNV-DT | 7 | 4 | NBC | This TV on DT2 |
| Elko | KENV-DT | 10 | 10 | NBC | Semi-satellite of KRNV |
| Yuma | KYMA-DT | 11 | 11 | NBC | This TV on 11.2 |
| Pocatello | KPVI-DT | 23 | 6 | NBC | Former ABC affiliate from 1974-1996 |
| KFXP | 31 | 31 | Fox | Owned by Compass Communications, managed by IWCC | |
| Twin Falls | KXTF | 34 | 35 | Fox | Former ABC affiliate until 1996, semi-satellite of KFXP |
| Helena | KTVH-DT | 12 | 12 | NBC | Broadcast on KBGF-LP channel 50 in Great Falls |
| KMTF | 29 | 10 | The CW | Former Fox affiliate from 1998-2001, managed by IWCC | |
| Casper | KCWY-DT | 12 | 13 | NBC | Broadcast on KSWY-LP channel 29 in Sheridan and KCHY-LP channel 13 in Cheyenne |
[edit] 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 ([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.
