| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Fate | Television stations acquired by Gray Television |
| Headquarters | 5800 7th Ave., Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140 USA |
Key people | Lucy Brown Minn, president |
| Products | Three TV stations |
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 NewsofKenosha, Wisconsin and two other daily newspapers.
Founded in 1961 by the Brown family, upon its purchase of the News, the company added a Massachusetts newspaper in the 1970s, buying two competing newspapers—the Attleboro Sun and North Attleborough Chronicle—and merging them into The Sun Chronicle.[1]
UCC then entered the television business through two sales mandated by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) competition rules. The Watertown Daily TimesofWatertown, New York, sold WWNY-TV for $8.2 million in 1981;[2] the national media chain Lee Enterprises sold KEYC-TVinMankato, Minnesota, in 1977.
In the 21st century, UCC added its last two properties, founding WNYF-LP, a low-power television station in Watertown, New York, in 2001, and a year later buying the Watertown Public Opinion in eastern South Dakota.[1]
Owner and President Howard J. Brown died April 29, 2011.[3]
In March 2013, his daughter Lucy Brown Minn was named president of the company. Her mother, Elizabeth K. Brown, serves as chairwoman of the board.
