Corporate Support

Sponsoring programs and digital content on PBS Michiana is more than just marketing - it's a statement of values. When your business or organization supports national and local PBS programming and digital content on WNIT, you align your brand with trusted, high-quality programming that informs, educates, entertains, and inspires.

PBS is consistently ranked as one of the most trusted institutions in America, and its viewers are loyal, engaged, and community-focused. By becoming a sponsor, you gain visibility with an audience that values integrity, lifelong learning, and cultural enrichment.

Unlike traditional advertising, PBS sponsorship offers a clutter-free environment with messaging that's thoughtful and non-commercial in tone. Your brand is showcased alongside award-winning documentaries, beloved dramas, curriculum-based children's programming, and in-depth news - reinforcing your commitment to public service and civic responsibility.

Whether you're an individual, a local business or a national organization, partnering with PBS builds brand trust, enhances your public image, and demonstrates your investment in the communities you serve.

To learn more about becoming an underwriter or for more information on sponsorships and levels, please contact Cindy McCraner at cmccraner@wnit.org or call at 574-675-9648 x330.

Payments

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WNIT Program Underwriters

1st Source Bank
- Antiques Roadshow
- Austin City Limits
- Black History Month 2026
- Great Performances
- Inside Indiana Business
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- NOVA
- PBS News Hour
- Prime Time Programming
- South Bend Built by Baseball
5 Points Apartments
- Miscellaneous Programming
Afdent
- Children's Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Aladdin's Eatery
- Miscellaneous Programming
Jeannine and Nafe Alick
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Alick's Home Medical
- Antiques Roadshow
- Black History Month 2026
- Lawrence Welk
- Legends: The Boling Family
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Anderson, Agostino & Keller P.C.
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Anonymous (3)
- Legends: The Veldman Family
John and Katie Anthony
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Art Barn School of Art
- Miscellaneous Programming
Billie and David Bankoff
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Bauer Fund for Early Childhood Education of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
- Children's Programming
Beacon Health System
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Big Idea Company
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Bradley Company
- South Bend Built by Baseball
John and Jo Broden
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Marsha Brooks
- Children's Programming
Todd Bruce
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Fred and Toni Bruegmann
- Masterpiece
- PBS News Hour
Burton's Laundry
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Deb Cafiero
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Center for Hospice Care
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Center for the Homeless
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Miscellaneous Programming
Edward and Carla Chester
- Legends: The Boling Family
City of South Bend - Community Investment
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Prime Time Programming
City of South Bend - Mayor James Mueller
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Robert and Marguerite Clemency
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Marilyn Coddens
- Miscellaneous Programming
Community Foundation of Elkhart County
- Legends: The Boling Family
Edward, Nancy and Anna Coppola and Family
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Corpus Christi Parish School
- Children's Programming
Cosimo & Susie’s A Bit of Italy
- America's Test Kitchen
- Lidia's Kitchen
Creative Styles Salon
- Legends: The Boling Family
Kevin and Sylvia Culp
- Legends: The Boling Family
D & W, Inc.
- Business Programming
Dan Berry Insurance
- Carl the Collector
- Legends: The Boling Family
Dr. Frederick Dean
- Children's Programming
Deb Childs - State Farm
- Black History Month 2026
Jamee Decio
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: The Boling Family
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Delta Dental
- Children's Programming
Aladean DeRose
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend / Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Drive & Shine
- Weather Channel
Joel and Amy Duthie
- Legends: The Boling Family
El Campito Child Development Center
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2025
El Pescadito Learning Center, Inc.
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2025
Elkhart Civic Theater
- Miscellaneous Programming
Elkhart County Symphony
- Miscellaneous Programming
Dr. J. Stuart and Joanne Engelberg
- Prime Time Programming
Everwise Credit Union
- Black History Month 2026
Angie and Phil Faccenda
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Family Dental Health
- Miscellaneous Programming
Bill and Kristin Fenech
- Legends: The Boling Family
Ann and John Firth
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Fischoff National Chamber Music Association
- Prime Time Programming
Dan Fitzpatrick
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Mary and Jay Flaherty
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Foegley Landscape, Inc.
- Ken Burns' American Revolution
Joyce and Roger Foley
- Ken Burns' American Revolution
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Rick Steves
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Food Bank of Northern Indiana
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Jody and Mike Freid
- Legends: The Boling Family
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
The Gates Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
The Gavin Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Dr. Steve Gerber
- Legends: The Boling Family
Jacob German
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Girls on the Run
- Miscellaneous Programming
Maggie and Steve Goldberg
- Black History Month 2026
- Children's Programming
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Graham Family
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Gurley Leep Automotive Family
- Legends: The Boling Family
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Gymnastics Michiana
- Children's Programming
Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Hass Hakim
- Legends: The Boling Family
Hayes Towers
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Heart of the Warrior Fund - Larry Davis
- Children's Programming
- Economic Outlook Data Centers Special
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Craig Heatherly
- Legends: The Boling Family
Helman Sechrist Stoelting Architecture
- Legends: The Boling Family
Jennifer and Fred Helmen
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Dr. Thomas and Eileen Hughes
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Douglas Hunt, former Indiana State Senator
- America @ 250
- PBS News Hour
- South Bend Built by Baseball
IBEW Local 153
- America @ 250
- Black History Month 2026
- Economic Outlook Data Center Special
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Marybeth Inabnit
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Indiana Citizen Education Foundation
- Miscellaneous Programming
Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters Local 413
- Economic Outlook Data Centers Special
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations - Indiana Secretary of State
- Miscellaneous Programming
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations - Indiana State Teachers Association
- Miscellaneous Programming
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations - Lumina Foundation
- Prime Time Programming
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations - Managed Health Services Indiana, Inc.
- Children's Programming
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations - Milk Bank
- Children's Programming
Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations - Visit Fort Wayne
- Children's Programming
Indiana Trust Wealth Management
- Masterpiece
- Miscellaneous Programming
- PBS News Hour
Ivy Tech Foundation
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Miscellaneous Programming
Pamela Johnson
- Great Performances
Jones Petrie Rafinski
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Jay Jordan
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Judd Leighton Foundation, Inc.
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Judee's
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Women's Programming
Maria Kaczmarek
- Children's Programming
Matthew Kahn and Janine Felder-Kahn
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Dennis Kaplan
- Legends: The Boling Family
Chris and Lorrain Karam
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Marijo and Kevin Kelly
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Daniel and Margarite Kinsey
- Legends: The Boling Family
Lillian Kinsey
- Legends: The Boling Family
Kosciusko County Community Foundation
- Education Counts Michiana
Andy and Joy Kostielney
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Kozmo Events
- Miscellaneous Programming
Nancy and Jim Krzyzewski
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Kurt and Tessye Simon Fund for Holocaust Remembrance
- Holocaust Programming

Lake City Bank
- American Experience
- American Woodshop
- Education Counts Michiana
- Experience Michiana
- Frontline
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Nature
- NOVA
- Outdoor Elements
- This Old House
Mike Leep, Sr.
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Leeper Park Art Fair
- Prime Time Programming
Logan Community Resources
- Children's Programming
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
The Joseph N. and Rosemary Low Family Foundation
- Antiques Roadshow
- Children's Programming
- Finding Your Roots
- Great Performances
- History Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
- PBS News Hour
- Rick Steves
- Travel Programming
Lush Lighting Inc.
- Miscellaneous Programming
Kathy Malone Beeler and Brian Regan
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Manny's Sports Bar and Restaurant
- Prime Time Programming
Maple & White Design
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Sara Marcus
- Children's Programming
Marian High School
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Ted and Tracy McCourtney
- Legends: Bill Sexton
McDonald Physical Therapy
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Vicki McIntire and Charlie Hayes
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Mex Express
- Prime Time Programming
Michiana Antique Mall
- Miscellaneous Programming
Michiana Eye Center
- Miscellaneous Programming
Mid-City Supply
- This Old House
Ken Milani
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Miller Poultry
- Antiques Roadshow
- Dinner & a Book
- Finding Your Roots
- Masterpiece
- Miscellaneous Programming
- PBS News Hour
Janet and Steve Mitros
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Montessori Academy Edison Lakes
- Children's Programming
Libby Mountsier and Larry M. Davis
- Ken Burns' American Revolution
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Carmi and Chris Murphy
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Musical Arts Indiana
- Prime Time Programming
Tom Naquin Automotive Family
- Legends: The Boling Family
Naturally Native Nursery
- Miscellaneous Programming
Navarre Hospitality Group
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Kathleen and Mark Neal
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Andy and Liz Nemeth
- Legends: The Boling Family
Niles Renaissance Faire
- Miscellaneous Programming
Ninja Golf!
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Children's Programming
Kathy Nobles, State Farm Agent
- Legends: The Boling Family
Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Odd Squad
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Mary Pat and Dick Nussbaum
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
OPS Living
- Children's Programming
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Miscellaneous Programming
- South Bend Built by Baseball
PNC Bank
- Economic Outlook
PNC Grow Up Great
- PBS Kids
Patrick Industries, Inc.
- Legends: The Boling Family
Peacock & Company
- Miscellaneous Programming
Frank and Jennifer Perri
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak
- Amanpour on PBS
- Austin City Limits
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- PBS News Hour
- Prime Time Miscellaneous
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Barb and John Phair
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Phoebe & Jay
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 172
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and Four Winds
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Potawatomi Zoological Society
- Children's Programming
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- Miscellaneous Programming
Premier Arts - Craig Gibson
- Legends: The Boling Family
- Miscellaneous Programming
Proteus, Inc.
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
- Prime Time Programming
Sheriff Bill and Kim Redman
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
River Bend Industrial Solutions
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- This Old House
River Front Forge
- Miscellaneous Programming
Rocco's Restaurant
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Miscellaneous Programming
Rosenthal │ Henry Capital Advisors
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Sue and Pat Ruszkowski
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Saint Joseph Health System
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Judy and Bob Schmuhl
- Frontline
- Masterpiece
Ethel and James Seitz
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Amy and Amish Shah
- Legends: The Boling Family
Shakespeare at Notre Dame
- Miscellaneous Programming
Silver Star Leather
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
South Bend Children's Dentistry
- Children's Programming
South Bend Children's Museum
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend Civic Theatre
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend Common Council & City Clerk Bianca Tirado
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- South Bend Built by Baseball
South Bend Community School Athletics
- South Bend Built by Baseball
South Bend Community School Corporation
- Black History Month 2026
South Bend Cubs
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
South Bend Human Rights Commission
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend International Airport
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Weather Channel
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Miscellaneous Programming
St. Margaret's House
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Kelly and Brian Stanley & Mary Jane Stanley
- Legends: Bill Sexton
State Representative Maureen Bauer
- Black History Month 2026
Steel Warehouse
- Legends: The Veldman Family
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Stephanie Krol Public Relations
- Legends: The Boling Family
Stephenson's of Elkhart
- Legends: The Boling Family
Stifel - The Elkhart Group
- Legends: The Boling Family
Stitch 'n Time Fabrics
- Quilting Programs
- Sewing Programs
Joey and Kurt Stiver
- Children's Programming
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Daniel and Katie Storino
- Legends: Bill Sexton
John and Claire Storino
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Tristh and Don Storino
- Legends: Bill Sexton
The History Museum
- Legends: The Veldman Family
The Lauber Kitchen and Bar
- Legends: Bill Sexton
The Lerner Theatre
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
The PC Doctor
- Business Programming
The Rex and Alice A. Martin Foundation
- Dinner & a Book
- Legends: The Boling Family
Nicholas Timm, MD, Deborah Longworth & Smudge the Wonder Whippett
- NOVA
Tire Rack
- Black History Month 2026
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Tolson Center, Inc.
- Phoebe & Jay
Linda and Mark Toth
- Black History Month 2026
Tri-State Maintenance
- Business Programming
- News Programming
University of Notre Dame
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2025
- Legends: Bill Sexton
- Legends: The Veldman Family
Venues Parks and Arts - Byers Softball Complex
- South Bend Built by Baseball
Village at Winona
- Children's Programming
- Dinner & a Book
- History Detectives
- Miscellaneous Programming
Visit Fort Wayne
- Children's Programming
WVPE
- PBS News Hour
- Prime Time Programming
- Washington Week
Warsaw Public Library
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
Wild Rose Moon
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
William K. Warren & Andrew N. Warren
- Legends: Bill Sexton
Judy and Richard Wein
- Children's Programming
Welch Packaging
- Legends: The Boling Family
Carolyn Woo and David Bartkus
- Legends: Bill Sexton
YMCA of Greater Michiana
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
YWCA - North Central Indiana
- Miscellaneous Programming
Roberta and Ben Ziolkowski
- Legends: Bill Sexton

PBS Michiana Kids Club

Chick-Fil-A
Mossberg & Company
Nothing Bundt Cakes

St. Joe County Public Library

Sylvester & Tessie Kaminski Foundation

Private And Corporate Foundation Grants

Anonymous (2)
The Bowsher Booher Foundation
Community Foundation of Elkhart County
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
Crossroads United Way
Dekko Foundation
Fred Rogers Productions
John W. Anderson Foundation
Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Inc.
The Pokagon Fund
Stanley A. and Flora P. Clark Memorial Community Trust Foundation

Promotional Support

Alpha Graphics
Duley Press
Express Press
Mossberg & Company Inc.
Rink Printing

General Operating Grants

1st Source WNIT Fund - CFSJC
WNIT Public Television Fund - CFSJC

It is the generous support of these area companies and organizations that allows all of Michiana to enjoy and benefit from the diverse spectrum of WNIT programming.