| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Walter E. Hussman Jr. (chairman) |
| Website | www |
WEHCO Media, Inc., based in Little Rock, AR is a privately held media company with holdings that includenewspapers,cable television systems, andinternet service.Walter E. Hussman Jr. is the chairman. Hussmann is the grandson ofClyde E. Palmer, whose media holdings formed the basis of WEHCO Media. WEHCO is an acronym for Walter E. Hussman Company.[1]
The company publishes 10 daily newspapers serving three states, as well as eight English-language nondaily newspapers and two Spanish-language publications. They include theArkansas Democrat-Gazette, theTexarkana Gazette, and theChattanooga Times Free Press. Among the smaller papers inArkansas are theHot Springs Sentinel-Record,The Camden News, theMagnolia Banner-News, and theEl Dorado News-Times.
The company also operates cable television systems in Arkansas under the WEHCO Video division - Pine Bluff Cable TV in Pine Bluff, Resort TV Cable in Hot Springs, Cam-Tel Company in Camden, Hope Community TV in Hope, Prescott Video in Prescott, White County Video in Searcy, Augusta Video in Augusta (Woodruff County) and East Arkansas Video in Forrest City. In Texas - Longview Cable TV in Longview and Kilgore Video inKilgore, Texas. Also, WEHCO Video holdings include Vicksburg Video in Vicksburg, MS and Tahlequah Cable TV in Tahlequah, OK.
In years past, the company held several radio stations and a TV station. They includedKCMC-AM (Texarkana, TX),KTAL-FM 98.1 (Texarkana, TX - Shreveport, LA),KTAL-TV (NBC) Channel 6 (Texarkana, TX - Shreveport, LA). KCMC and KTAL-TV and FM continue to operate under different owners today. WEHCO Media also owned KAMD-910 AM and KWEH-97.1 FM in Camden, AR. KWEH stood for the owners initials Walter E. Hussman). KAMD ceased broadcasting on August 31, 1995, and KWEH-FM is now known asKAMD-FM, owned by Radio Works Inc. and Jay W. Bunyard.
In March 2008, WEHCO announced its purchase of three papers in Missouri: theJefferson City News Tribune, theFulton Sun (both dailies) and theCalifornia Democrat (a weekly).[2]
In 2009, WEHCO merged its Northwest Arkansas media interests withStephens Media to form the joint venture Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC.[3] WEHCO acquired Stephens' half in 2016.
In August 2010, WEHCO andRighthaven LLC (a Las Vegas, Nevada based law firm) joined into an agreement for Righthaven to suebloggers on WEHCO's behalf for copyright violations.[4]
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