Schurz Communications, Inc. is an American

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media group and cloud services provider based in

South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. It lies along the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. It is the List of cities in ...

. It previously owned newspapers and television stations.

History

The company was founded in 1872 by Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett with the creation of the ''

South Bend Tribune The ''South Bend Tribune'' is a daily newspaper and news website which is based in South Bend, Indiana. It is distributed in South Bend, Mishawaka, north central Indiana, and southwestern Michigan. It has been named as a "Blue Ribbon Newspaper ...

.'' Over the years, the company grew through the acquisition of other newspapers, media outlets, radio and television stations, digital companies, broadband operations and cloud services provider. The expanding company was renamed Schurz Communications Inc. in 1976, when the newspapers division and the TV/broadcast division were split into separate entities. Schurz Communications announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including the Rushmore Media Company stations, to

Gray Television Gray Media, Inc., doing business as Gray Television, is an American publicly traded television broadcasting company based in Atlanta. Founded in 1946 by James Harrison Gray as Gray Communications Systems, the company owns or operates 180 statio ...

for $442.5 million. Gray subsequently announced on October 1 that it would sell the KOTA-TV license to Legacy Broadcasting for $1, a deal that also includes the license for satellite station KHSD-TV and the station's subchannel affiliations with

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and

This TV This TV (also known as This TV Network and alternately stylized as thisTV) was an American free-to-air television network owned by Allen Media Broadcast Networks, LLC, part of the Allen Media Group division of Entertainment Studios. Originally ...

; a month later, on November 2, Gray announced that HomeSlice Media Group would acquire the Rushmore Media Company radio stations for $2.2 million, reuniting them with

KBHB KBHB (810 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a farm/news related format. Licensed to Sturgis, South Dakota, United States, it serves the Rapid City area. The station is currently owned by HomeSlice Media Group and features programming from ...

and KKLS, which Schurz had sold to HomeSlice in 2014 as part of its acquisition of KOTA-TV. Following the completion of these sales, Gray will retain KOTA-TV's ABC affiliation and transfer it to its existing television station in Rapid City, KEVN-TV; it will also retain KOTA-TV satellite stations KDUH-TV and KSGW-TV and convert them to satellites of

KNOP-TV KNOP-TV (channel 2) is a television station in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside two low-power stations: CBS affiliate KNPL-LD (channel 10) and Class A Fox affiliate KIIT-CD (chan ...

North Platte, Nebraska North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the west-central part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River. ...

and

KCWY-DT KCWY-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Casper, Wyoming, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Marquee Broadcasting, the station has studios on Progress Circle in Mills, Wyoming, and its transmitter is located atop ...

Casper, Wyoming Casper is a city in and the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the List of municipalities in Wyoming, second-most populous city in the state after Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, with the population at 59,038 as of th ...

(both

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affiliates), respectively. In March 2015, the company sold the ''

Imperial Valley Press The ''Imperial Valley Press'' (originally known as the ''Imperial Press'') is a daily newspaper printed outside of the Imperial Valley, California. It was owned by Schurz Communications of South Bend, Indiana from 1965 to 2015. It is owned by ...

'' newspaper based in

El Centro, California El Centro ( Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core ...

. In September 2016, The American News and Farm Forum, owned by Schurz, acquired '' The Public Opinion'' newspaper in

Watertown, South Dakota Watertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota, United States. Watertown is home to the Redlin Art Center, which houses many of the works of Terry Redlin, one of the nation's most popular wildlife artists. Watertow ...

from

United Communications United Communications Corporation (UCC) was a privately owned operator of three television stations in the U.S. states of Minnesota and New York. The company was the publisher of the '' Kenosha News'' of Kenosha, Wisconsin and two other daily ne ...

. In February 2018, the company acquired the

Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851, making it the List of municipalities in Michigan, fifth-most populous cit ...

-based Online Tech. The compliant hybrid cloud provider serves nearly 500 clients across the Midwest with its network of seven data centers and full suite of hybrid cloud services. In December of that year, Online Tech acquired the assets and products of IT provider Neverfail. The acquisition includes Neverfail’s five cloud nodes and assets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. In January 2019, Schurz sold its publishing division and all its newspapers to

GateHouse Media GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

for $30 million. This included 20 regional papers and several special publications in

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

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and South Dakota. GateHouse later bought the

Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...

newspaper chain, and the expanded network of newspapers adopted the Gannett name. In March 2019 Schurz Communications bought the city-owned local broadband company Burlington Telecom of

Burlington, Vermont Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is the List of municipalities in Vermont, most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat, seat of Chittenden County, Vermont, Chittenden County. It is located south of the Can ...

for a total of $30.8 million.

Rushmore Media Company

Rushmore Media Company, Inc. was a small radio broadcasting subsidiary, which owned and operated four radio stations and one television station in the

Black Hills The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk Peak, which rises to , is the range's highest summit. The name of the range ...

region of western

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

. The main offices and stations' studios are located at 660 Flormann St.,

Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek (South Dakota), Rapid Creek, where the settlement deve ...

57701. Rushmore Media Company's group consisted of: *

KRCS KRCS (93.1 FM, "Hot 93.1") is a radio station that airs a Top 40 (CHR) format in the Rapid City and the Black Hills area. The station is owned by HomeSlice Media Group, LLC, and is licensed to Sturgis, South Dakota. Ownership In May 1999, Tri ...

FM 93.1 "Today's Hottest Music" *

KKMK KKMK (93.9 FM, "93.9 The Mix") is a radio station in Rapid City, South Dakota, airing a hot adult contemporary format. Ownership In May 1999, Triad Broadcasting reached a deal to acquire this station from Brothers Jim and Tom Instad as part o ...

FM 93.9 "93.9 The Mix, The Black Hills Best Mix." *

KOUT KOUT (98.7 FM, "Kat Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota. The station is owned by HomeSlice Media Group, LLC. It airs a country music format. The station was assigned the KOUT call letters by the Federa ...

FM 98.7 "The Black Hills' Favorite Country" *

KFXS KFXS (100.3 FM, "Real Rock 100.3 The Fox") is a radio station licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota. The station is owned by HomeSlice Media Group, LLC. It airs a rock music format heavy on 80s and 90s classic rock. It competes with K- ...

FM 100.3 "Classic Rock 100.3 The Fox" *

KHME KHME (channel 23) is a television station in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with the classic television network MeTV. It is owned by Gray Media alongside American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate KOTA-TV (channel 3) and L ...

channel 3 (

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) (formerly KOTA-TV, "KOTA Territory") ** KDUH-TV channel 4

Scottsbluff, Nebraska Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States, in the Great Plains region. The population was 14,436 at the 2020 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th-most-populous city in N ...

(satellite of KHME) ** KQME channel 11

Lead, South Dakota Lead ( ) is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyom ...

(satellite of KHME) ** KSGW-TV channel 12

Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan is a city in the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Sheridan County, Wyoming, Sheridan County. The city is located halfway between Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Park and Mount Rushmore by U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming, U.S. ...

(satellite of KHME)

Current properties

Broadband systems

* Antietam Broadband -

Hagerstown, Maryland Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. The population was 43,527 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Hagerstown ranks as Maryland's List of municipalities in Maryland, sixth-most popu ...

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* Burlington Telecom -

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* Hiawatha Broadband -

Winona, Minnesota Winona ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, Minnesota, United States. Located in bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf (Winona, Minnesota), Sugar Loaf. The population was 2 ...

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* Long Lines Broadband -

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa Sergeant Bluff is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA– NE– SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,015 at the time of the 2020 census. History The city was named in honor ...

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* Orbitel Communications -

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Cloud Managed Services

* Otava -

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Former properties

Newspapers

* ''

'' - El Centro, California * ''Times Mail'' - Bedford, Indiana * ''Southside Times'' - Beech Grove, Indiana * ''

The Herald-Times ''The Herald-Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Bloomington, Indiana and surrounding areas. The newspaper won the Blue Ribbon Daily award in 1975, 1984 2007, and 2014, naming it the best daily newspaper in the state of Indiana in those years. ...

'' - Bloomington, Indiana * ''The Hoosier Topics'' - Cloverdale, Indiana * ''Fishers Weekly'' - Fishers, Indiana * ''Reporter-Times'' - Martinsville, Indiana * ''Mooresville-Decatur Times'' - Mooresville, Indiana * ''Noblesville Daily Times'' - Noblesville, Indiana * ''

'' - South Bend, Indiana * ''Evening World'' - Spencer, Indiana * ''

The Advocate-Messenger ''The Advocate-Messenger'' is a newspaper published Tuesday and Saturday in Danville, Kentucky. The printed version of the newspaper is delivered by US mail. The newspaper serves central Kentucky, with distribution primarily in Boyle, Lincoln, ...

'' - Danville, Kentucky * ''The Jessamine Journal'' - Nicholasville, Kentucky * ''The Interior Journal'' - Stanford, Kentucky * ''The Winchester Sun'' - Winchester, Kentucky * ''

The Herald-Mail ''The Herald-Mail'' is a newspaper serving the cities of Hagerstown, Maryland, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Martinsburg, West Virginia and the surrounding counties. History ''The Morning Herald'' was the first daily newspaper in Hagerstown, b ...

'' - Hagerstown, Maryland * '' Charlevoix Courier'' - Charlevoix, Michigan * '' Gaylord Herald Times'' - Gaylord, Michigan * ''

Petoskey News-Review The ''Petoskey News-Review'' is the daily newspaper of Petoskey, Michigan. History Started in 1878 as the ''Petoskey City Record'', after subsequent mergers it became ''The Petoskey Evening News''. In 1953, this paper merged with ''The Norther ...

'' - Petoskey, Michigan * '' Daily American'' - Somerset, Pennsylvania * ''

The American News ''Aberdeen American News'' is a newspaper in Aberdeen, South Dakota, published by Gannett of McLean, Virginia. It is published four days a week, Tuesday through Friday. History The ''Aberdeen'' ''American News'' was founded as a weekly in 1 ...

'' - Aberdeen, South Dakota * '' The Public Opinion'' - Watertown, South Dakota

Stations

* Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and

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. * Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Schurz.

References

External links

* {{authority control Companies based in St. Joseph County, Indiana South Bend, Indiana Mass media companies of the United States Gannett Gray Media