Private company

United Communications Corporation

American media company

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 newspapers.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1961Founded1
  • Industrytelevision1

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 newspapers.2

Timeline

  1. 1961Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$6.6M 2019–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceTotal
2026–$30.6K$30.6K
2025$2.2M–$2.2M
2024–$19.8K$19.8K
2023$996.5K$27.4K$1.0M
2022–$4.0K$4.0K
2019$3.3M–$3.3M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2019–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Dec 4, 2019$3.3M from Rural Utilities Service: Distance Learning And Telemedicine Loans And Grants4 To UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Award CLSS00000063153
  2. Feb 27, 2025$2.2M from Rural Utilities Service: Distance Learning And Telemedicine Loans And Grants5 To UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Award CLSS00000091220
  3. Mar 29, 2023$996.5K from Rural Utilities Service: Distance Learning And Telemedicine Grants; Distance Learning And Telemedicine Loans And Grants6 To UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Award CLSS00000075909

Largest direct payments

  1. $10.5K from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - Schools And Libraries7 To UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Award SL-2699045023
  2. $5.4K from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - Schools And Libraries8 To UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Award SL-2599053349
  3. $5.4K from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - Schools And Libraries9 To UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Award SL-2699046708