26-538: IWCC may stand for: Intermountain West Communications Company International Women's Club Championship International Women's Cricket Council Iowa Western Community College Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IWCC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
52-695: 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. 80–85% of proceeds from the sale will go toward the formation of the Rogers Educational Foundation, which supported students and educators in Southern Nevada . On November 1, 2014, KSNV began
78-407: A company related to Sinclair that holds the licenses, with Sinclair operating the stations through joint operations and shared services agreements. The sale was approved on September 22, 2017, and completed on January 9, 2018. Howard Stirk Holdings Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1962) is an American political commentator, entrepreneur, author, and talk show host. Williams writes
104-583: A confidential assistant to the chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (and future Supreme Court Justice) Clarence Thomas , a presidential appointee to the U.S. Department of Agriculture , and a legislative aide and advisor to U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond . Williams is the cousin of South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney , who was a victim of the Charleston church shooting . In 1998, Williams united with The Salem Radio Network , which syndicated his national radio show to 26 of
130-452: A nationally syndicated conservative newspaper column, has hosted a daily radio show, and hosts a nationally syndicated television program called The Armstrong Williams Show . He is the owner of Howard Stirk Holdings, a media company affiliated with Sinclair Broadcasting that has purchased numerous television stations. Williams is a longtime associate of former HUD Secretary and 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson . With David D. Smith , he
156-399: A political analyst by Sinclair Broadcasting Group for its News Central program. From 2002 to 2005, Williams hosted On Point with Armstrong Williams on cable network TVOne . Williams hosts a syndicated television show called The Armstrong Williams Show. Previous shows hosted by Williams include The Right Side Forum and The Right Side with Armstrong Williams. Williams writes
182-450: A situation in which a CW affiliate is the nominal senior partner in a duopoly involving an NBC affiliate and a "Big Four" station. The company would remain as a technical going concern operating two stations until January 9, 2018, as the sales of KRNV-DT and KENV-DT were held up in the FCC due to unknown factors; both stations would eventually be sold instead to Cunningham Broadcasting ,
208-478: A subject of his weekly newspaper columns creates, at the very least, the appearance of a conflict of interest. Under these circumstances, readers may well ask themselves if the views expressed in his columns are his own, or whether they have been purchased by a third party." In response, Williams initially told E&P that he intended self-syndicate his column. E&P contacted 10 newspapers listed as clients on Williams's website to ask if they would continue to carry
234-546: A syndicated column. On November 25, 2013, Williams was involved in the purchase of two television stations as part of a larger $ 370 million acquisition of Barrington Broadcasting by Sinclair Broadcast Group . Howard Stirk Holdings, which Williams owns, was given ownership over NBC affiliate WEYI-TV in Flint – Saginaw – Bay City , Michigan, and CW affiliate WWMB in Myrtle Beach – Florence , South Carolina. The name of
260-549: Is part-owner of The Baltimore Sun . One of ten children, Armstrong Williams was born on February 5, 1962, to Thelma Howard Williams and James Williams, in Marion, South Carolina . Williams was reared on the family's 200-acre tobacco farm. Graduating in 1981 from South Carolina State University , he received his BA in Political Science and English. He is a life member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Williams served as
286-559: The Freedom of Information Act revealed that Williams had been paid $ 240,000 to promote the controversial No Child Left Behind Act . USA Today reported that Williams was hired "to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same." As part of the agreement, Williams was required "to regularly comment on NCLB during the course of his broadcasts", and to interview Education Secretary Rod Paige for TV and radio spots that aired during
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#1732787944211312-861: The assets of Heartland Media . On April 24, 2018, Sinclair announced that as part of its merger with Tribune Media , Howard Stirk Holdings would acquire the Sinclair-owned KUNS-TV in Seattle and KMYU in St. George, Utah, as well as the Tribune-owned KAUT-TV in Oklahoma City. This transaction was canceled once the Tribune deal collapsed in August 2018. In January 2005, USA Today reported that documents obtained under
338-664: The column; the majority stated that they would not. Williams later told the Associated Press the following: "Even though I'm not a journalist—I'm a commentator—I feel I should be held to the media ethics standard. My judgment was not the best. I wouldn't do it again, and I learned from it." On September 30, 2005, the Government Accountability Office released a report concluding that the Department of Education had acted illegally in making
364-414: The company came from Williams's mother's middle name (Howard), and his father's middle name (Stirk). Both stations remain operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement , which resulted in allegations that the company was simply acting as a "sidecar" of Sinclair to skirt FCC ownership rules. Williams defended the allegations, noting that he had full control over the stations' programming and received
390-566: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IWCC&oldid=962454982 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Intermountain West Communications Company Intermountain West Communications Company
416-608: The majority of their revenue. On December 4, 2014, the FCC approved the transfer of station licenses for WMMP , Charleston, South Carolina , WCFT-TV , Tuscaloosa, Alabama , and WJSU-TV , Anniston, Alabama , from Sinclair to Howard Stirk Holdings. Under the arrangement, HSH would operate their future acquisitions as an independent broadcaster, forgoing agreements with third parties. On January 28, 2015, Intermountain West Communications Company filed to sell KVMY to Howard Stirk Holdings. The transaction
442-526: The payments because the government's role in the public relations effort was not disclosed. Williams has settled sexual harassment lawsuits, one in 1997 and another in 2017. Williams is a longtime associate of HUD Secretary Ben Carson and was an influential surrogate during Carson's 2016 presidential campaign. He is a national board member of the Carson Scholars Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. In 2004, Williams
468-557: 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
494-479: The show in 2004. The contract with Williams was part of a $ 950,000 contract between the U.S. Department of Education and the public relations company Ketchum Inc. After the USA Today revelations, Tribune Media Services (TMS) terminated its syndication agreement with Williams. In a statement to Editor & Publisher (E&P), TMS stated: "[A]ccepting compensation in any form from an entity that serves as
520-509: The top radio markets in the country. In 2002, he reunited with the Newark -based Talk America Radio Network. Williams joined the lineup at WWRL 1600 AM in March 2005 as co-host with Sam Greenfield on Drive Time Dialogue . Williams began hosting a nightly talk show in 2008 on XM Satellite Radio Power 128 (now SiriusXM Urban View ) called The Armstrong Williams Show . Williams was hired as
546-529: Was an American telecommunications company, formerly owned by James E. Rogers (1938–2014), that remains as the licensee company for a number of local television stations in the United States, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and subsidiary companies Howard Stirk Holdings and Cunningham Broadcasting . The company was known for its liberal leaning. Headquartered in Las Vegas , Nevada , IWCC
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#1732787944211572-555: Was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Commission on White House Fellows, which chooses White House Fellows. In 2021, Williams received an honorary doctorate degree from South Carolina State University . Williams is also founder and CEO of the Graham Williams Group, an international marketing, advertising, and media public relations consulting firm. In 2022, Armstrong Williams co-authored
598-519: Was finalized on October 30. Howard Stirk Holdings revealed in its January 2015 application to purchase Las Vegas station KVMY that it again planned to acquire the WLYH-TV license from Nexstar Broadcasting Group ; that sale was completed on November 12, 2015. These transactions made Williams the largest African-American owner of television stations in the United States at the time. In 2019, Byron Allen surpassed Williams with his purchase of most of
624-503: Was founded on October 1, 1979, following the purchase of KORK-TV, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, by local attorney James E. Rogers and 16 Las Vegas residents. KORK-TV was renamed KVBC after taking control and KSNV-DT (now KSNV ) 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
650-475: Was later sold to Howard Stirk Holdings . 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. When the sale closes, Sinclair would control half of those stations. It also created
676-594: 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. 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
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