Numerous influential disc jockeys and programmers have worked at the stations through the years, including Pat James (Now Operations Manager at KHUT in Hutchinson, Kansas), Beverlee Brannigan, CMA award winners Brian Pierce and Kellie Michaels, CMA Award winners Dan Tooker and Jon Watkins, Colby Ericson, Rick Regan, Mike Oatman, Gary Hightower (formerly on XM Satellite Radio's Willie's Place as "Catfish"), Terry Burford, Dugg Collins, Johnny Western, Buddy Nichols, Orin Friesen, Scott Piper, Jerry "Attaboy" Adams, Andy "O" (Mike Oatman's son), "Willie Wheelchair", Larry Scott, Dave Donahue, "Lovable" Larry Stonecipher (now on air part time at KHUT), "Gentle" Ben Ingram (now at KWLS in Winfield, Kansas), and many more.
Oatman, Burford, Collins, Western, Scott and Donahue are members of the Country Music Disc Jockey's Hall of Fame.
At its peak, Great Empire was the largest chain of country music stations in the United States.
The combined firm retained their broadcast properties and spun off their print assets as Journal Media Group.
[6][7] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Wichita stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.