wthr today today wthr consistently dominates every news timeslot wish has been a close second except at pm where cbs has helped wish move ahead wthr is also one of nbc's five strongest affiliates for primetime and news programming ranking up with kusa tv in denver and ksdk in st louis this led to speculation that nbc universal could buy the station from the wolfe family and become nbc's first o o in indiana and change to nbc however nbc universal recently decided that it only wants to own stations located in larger markets selling four owned and operated stations in several mid sized markets to media general the most likely purchaser for wthr is thought to be the gannett company which owns kusa tv it should be noted however that the wolfe family tends to own businesses for the long term wolfe family businesses are profitable and carry very little debt thus there is little incentive to sell the wolfe family controlled bancohio corporation once ohio's largest bank holding company for nearly years the wolfes also controlled the ohio company once ohio's largest brokerage for nearly as long the wolfes have owned the columbus dispatch since the late s and have been in the broadcasting business since the s the wolfe family's last remaining interests are in the media and in real estate thus it is highly unlikely that they are actively looking for buyers for wthr