Joan Barrett

WCNC-TV, Inc. publishes newspapers and operates a television station. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Tribune Broadcasting Co. owns and operates television broadcasting stations. The company owns 26 major market television stations and reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. television households. Tribune Broadcasting was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. was the first television station in Kansas and began broadcasting on July 1st, 1953 under the call letters KTVH. The station was licensed to and broadcast from Hutchinson, Kansas about 45 miles northwest of Wichita. In 1956 station facilities were moved to the current location on Wichita. In 1983, KTVH call letters changed to KWCH. In September of 2006, Schurz Communications purchased KWCH and its satellite stations establishing the operation as Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. In July of 2007, the Sunflower Broadcasting family gained one more member when Schurz purchased Wichita CW affiliate KSCW which is seen over the air on Channel 33 and on cable channel 5 in most of the broadcast area.