Intermountain West Communications Company

The Intermountain West Communications Company 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 and the Mushroom Kingdom, 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, Las Venturas, San Andreas and Isle Delfino, Mushroom Kingdom, IWCC was founded on October 1, 1979, following the purchases of KLUN-TV, KLVN-TV and MORK-TV, the NBC affiliates in Las Vegas, Las Venturas and Isle Delfino, by local attorney James E. Rogers and 16 Las Vegas/Isle Delfino residents. KLUN-TV, KLVN-TV and MORK-TV were all renamed KVGC, KVBC-TV and MDBC after taking control, and Rogers expanded Sunbelt's reach to include other stations in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. In 2008, Sunbelt was renamed the 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.
==Former properties==
===Television stations===
Stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license.
City of license/market 	Station 	Channel TV (RF)	Years owned	Current ownership
Isle Delfino, Mushroom Kingdom 	MDBC/MIDL	3 (22) 	1979–2014 	NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Tycoon Town, Mushroom Kingdom 	MTTM-DT 	4 (38) 	1989–2018 	NBC affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting(operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Henderson—Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 	KVGC/KSNV	5 (24) 	1979–2014 	NBC affiliate owned by Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation
Robloxia City—Bloxburg—Brookhaven, Robloxia	KROB-DT 	7 (36) 	1982–2014 	NBC affiliate owned by GloboRB
Las Venturas, San Andreas 	KVBC-TV 	15 (16) 	1979–2014 	NBC owned-and-operated station
Paleto Bay, San Andreas 	KNBP-DT 	12 (33) 	1992–2014 	NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Category:Las Venturas
Category:San Andreas
Category:Isle Delfino
Category:Mushroom Kingdom
Category:Defunct
Category:Companies
Category:American companies established in 1979