Stauffer Communications was a privately held media corporation based in Topeka, Kansas, that owned many publications and broadcast outlets, including the Topeka Capital-Journal and WIBW, WIBW-FM, and WIBW-TV.
[3] In 1994, the company arranged to sell its properties to Morris Communications of Augusta, Georgia.
At the time of its sale, Stauffer's multi-state operations included 20 daily newspapers, 11 radio stations, 3 magazines, and the broadcast rights to Kansas City Royals baseball.
[5] As a condition of the sale, Morris had to sell Stauffer's television holdings.
Most of the former Stauffer television holdings, including WIBW-TV, were sold to Benedek Broadcasting in 1996.