Underwriting

WNIT Public Television offers several opportunities to help market your business.

Many large and small businesses in Michiana support WNIT by underwriting the cost of local and national programs or sponsoring outreach events. When you underwrite a program on WNIT, you take advantage of the many unique benefits that we offer over other broadcast and cable TV networks.

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

Benefits to becoming an underwriter:

Your message stands out in our uncluttered environment.
You're associated with the highest quality programming.
Your message reaches a highly desirable audience.
You're linked with the valued PBS® brand.
Our viewers will hold you in high regard.
You get additional impact beyond the screen.

Payments

Make An Underwriting Payment

WNIT Program Underwriters

100 Black Men of Greater South Bend
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
1st Source Bank
- Antiques Roadshow
- Austin City Limits
- Black History Month 2025
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Great Performances
- Inside Indiana Business
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- NOVA
- PBS News Hour
- Prime Time Programming
32 Pearls Family Dentistry
- Children's Programming
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Afdent
- Children's Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Aladdin's Eatery
- Miscellaneous Programming
Alick's Home Medical
- Antiques Roadshow
- Echoes of the Great Migration
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Hispanice Heritage Month 2024
- Indigenous Peoples & Native American Heritage Month 2024
- Lawrence Welk
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Anderson, Agostino & Keller P.C.
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Dea Andrews and Tammy Bell
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
John and Katie Anthony
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Art Barn School of Art
- Miscellaneous Programming
Mary Sue and Terry Austin
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Billie and Dave Bankoff
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
State Representative Maureen Bauer
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Beacon Health System
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Bethel University
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
David Ruth Blake
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
John and Jo Broden
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Buari Family Foundation
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Pastor David and Dr. LaRissa Buggs
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
CAPS - Child and Parent Services
- Children's Programming
- Local Programming
- News Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Dru Cash
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Center for Hospice Care
- Black History Month 2025
Center for the Homeless
- Miscellaneous Programming
Charles Martin Youth Center
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Paul T. Cholis
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
City of Mishawaka - Mayor Dave Wood
- Black History Month 2025
City of South Bend - Community Investment
- Echoes of Great Migration
- Miscellaneous Programming
City of South Bend - Mayor James Mueller
- Black History Month 2025
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Forrest and Malik Clark
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Marilyn Coddens
- Miscellaneous Programming
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Cosimo & Susie’s A Bit of Italy
- Caio Italia
- Cooking Shows
Cosimo A. Rulli - Allegra South Bend
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Jason Critchlow, Portage Township Trustee
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Dr. Marvin V. Curtis
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
D & W, Inc.
- Business Programming
Dan Berry Insurance
- Carl the Collector
Shay Davis
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Dr. Frederick Dean
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Deb Childs State Farm Insurance
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Delta Dental
- Children's Programming
Aladean DeRose
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Doshi Family Fund at Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Mary and Greg Downes
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Drive & Shine
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- Weather Channel
Dudley & Hampton Families
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Giovanna Edwards
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Elkhart & St. Joseph Counties Head Start Consortium
- Children's Programming
Elkhart Civic Theater
- Miscellaneous Programming
Elkhart County Business Legacy
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
Elkhart County Symphony
- Miscellaneous Programming
Regina and Marcus Ellison
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Everwise Credit Union
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Family Dental Health
- Miscellaneous Programming
Family of Lynn Coleman
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Dr. E. Michael Feltman
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Fischoff National Chamber Music Association
- Miscellaneous Programming
Joyce and Roger Foley
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Rick Steves
Foley & Murphy
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Franky's Tacos
- Women's Programming
Jody and Mike Freid
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Andre Gammage
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Lisa and Steve Gerber
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Maggie Gibney and Jacob McLein
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Girls on the Run
- Miscellaneous Programming
Maggie and Steve Goldberg
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Goshen College Music Center
- Miscellaneous Programming
James and Carol Groves
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Alfred J. Guillame, Jr. and Melanie Smith-Guillame
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Gurley Leep Automotive Family
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Gymnastics Michiana
- Children's Programming
Mel Hall
- Economic Outlook
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Rosemarie Harris
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Hayes Towers
- Better Homes: The Play
- Black History Month 2025
- Children's Programming
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- Summer in the Neighborhood
Heart of the Warrior Fund - Larry Davis
- Children's Programming
Jennifer and Fred Helmen
- Black History Month 2025
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Debbie and Rich Hill
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Hilton Garden Inn & Gillespie Conference Center
- Summer in the Neighborhood
Hollis E. Hughes, Jr.
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Holy Cross Village
- Legends: Loren and Lowell Hamel
Howard Performing Arts Center
- Prime Time Programming
Yolanda and Isaac Hunt
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
IBEW Local 153
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Impower Center, Inc.
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Marybeth Inabnit
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- Sesame Street
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
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Masterpiece
- Miscellaneous Programming
- PBS News Hour
INOVA Federal Credit Union
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
InterCambio Express
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of St. Joseph County
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Ironhand Wine Bar
- Miscellaneous Programming
Ivy Tech Community College, South Bend - Elkhart
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
Ivy Tech Foundation
- Miscellaneous Programming
Calvin Johnson, State Farm Agent
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Amanda Judd, in Memory of Les Judd
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Judd Leighton Foundation, Inc.
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Judee's
- Economic Outlook
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Women's Programming
Kurt and Linda Keigley
- Legends: Loren and Lowell Hamel
Kil Architecture
- Legends: Lynn Coleman

Kingdom Christian Center - Pastor Canneth Lee
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Jonathan and Jessica Kitchens
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Koontz Wagner Construction Services
- Black History Month 2025
Kosciusko County Community Foundation
- Education Counts Michiana
Kozmo Events
- Miscellaneous Programming
Nancy and Jim Krzyzewski
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Laborer's Local #645
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Lake City Bank
- American Experience
- American Woodshop
- Economic Outlook
- Education Counts Michiana
- Experience Michiana
- Frontline
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Nature
- NOVA
- Outdoor Elements
- This Old House
Leeper Park Art Fair
- Prime Time Programming
Lexington House
- Miscellaneous Programming
Logan Community Resources
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Steve and Peg Luecke
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Lush Lighting Inc.
- Miscellaneous Programming
Sara Marcus
- Children's Programming
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Martin Luther King Committee
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Mary F. McAfee
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
McDonald Physical Therapy
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Merrill Lynch / Matthew Kahn
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Mex Express
- Prime Time Programming
Michiana Antique Mall
- Miscellaneous Programming
Michiana Eye Center
- Miscellaneous Programming
Mid-City Supply
- This Old House
Bishop Eddie Miller and Family
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Miller Poultry
- Antiques Roadshow
- Business Programming
- Dinner & a Book
- Finding Your Roots
- Masterpiece
- Miscellaneous Programming
- PBS News Hour
Robert L. and Jane Woodward Miller
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Anna and Sam Milligan
- Children's Programming
Mishawaka Furniture
- Miscellaneous Programming
Montessori Academy Edison Lakes
- Children's Programming
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
Rafael Morton
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Libby Mountsier and Larry M. Davis
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Crescent Muhammad
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Carmi and Chris Murphy
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legend: Lynn Coleman
Musical Arts Indiana
- Miscellaneous Programming
National Coalition of 100 Black Women - South Bend Chapter
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Sharon and Chuck Nelson
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
State Senator David Niezgodski
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Niles Renaissance Faire
- Miscellaneous Programming
Northern Indiana Hearing Center
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Mary Pat and Dick Nussbaum
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Omni Pro Services
- Prime Time Programming
Operation Read USA
- Children's Programming
PNC Bank
- Economic Outlook
PNC Grow Up Great
- PBS Kids
Peacock & Company
- Miscellaneous Programming
Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak
- Amanpour on PBS
- Austin City Limits
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- PBS News Hour
- Prime Time Miscellaneous
Barb and John Phair
- Black History Month 2025
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Barb and John Phair Foundation
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Maurice Phillips
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Potawatomi Zoological Society
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
Alma and Bill Powell
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Project Impact - South Bend, Inc.
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Sheriff Bill Redman
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
River Bend Hose Specialty
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- This Old House
River Front Forge
- Miscellaneous Programming
RiverBend Cancer Services
- Miscellaneous Programming
Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Miscellaneous Programming
Chief Scott Ruszkowski
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Lorrie and Bill Schmuhl
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Shakespeare at Notre Dame
- Miscellaneous Programming
Silver Star Leather
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
Lynda B. Simon
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
South Bend Children's Dentistry
- Children's Programming
South Bend City Clerk & Common Council
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
South Bend Civic Theatre
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend Community School Corporation
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Echoes of the Great Migration
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- Summer in the Neighborhood
South Bend Cubs
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
South Bend Heritage Foundation
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend Human Rights Commission
- Miscellaneous Programming
South Bend International Airport
- BBC World News
- Miscellaneous Programming
- PBS News Hour
- Weather Channel
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
- Miscellaneous Programming
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
- Miscellaneous Programming
St. Joseph County Democratic Party
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
St. Joseph Valley Building and Construction Trades
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
St. Peter's Lodge #31 F&AM
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Steel Warehouse
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Stitch 'n Time Fabrics
- Quilting Programs
- Sewing Programs
Joey and Kurt Stiver
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Mary J. Sullivan
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Talk With Your Baby
- Children's Programming
The History Museum
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
- Indigenous Peoples and Native American Heritage Month 2024
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- Miscellaneous Programming
The Lauber Kitchen and Bar
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
The Montessori Academy Edison Lakes
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
The PC Doctor
- Business Programming
The Rex and Alice A. Martin Foundation
- Dinner & a Book
THK Law, LLP
- Economic Outlook
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Dr. and Mrs. Scott and Ann-Marie Thomas
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Janet and Larry Thompson
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Tire Rack
- Black History Month 2025
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
Tolson Center
- Black History Month 2025
Brad and Katie Toothaker
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Treat's Squire Shop
- Miscellaneous Programming
Tri-State Maintenance
- Business Programming
- News Programming
United Way of St. Joseph County
- Education Counts Michiana
- Miscellaneous Programming
United Youth Theatre
- Prime Time Programming
University of Notre Dame
- Black History Month 2025
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
University of Notre Dame College of Science
- Miscellaneous Programming
- Prime Time Programming
- Science Programming
Robert and Debra Urbanski
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Van Horne Jewelers
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
Venues Parks and Arts of Community Investment
- Echoes of Great Migration
Village at Winona
- Children's Programming
- Dinner & a Book
- History Detectives
- Miscellaneous Programming
Visit Fort Wayne
- Children's Programming
Karen White
- Legends: Lynn Coleman
YMCA of Greater Michiana
- Children's Programming
- Miscellaneous Programming
YWCA - North Central Indiana
- Miscellaneous Programming
Roberta and Ben Ziolkowski
- From Signal to Story: 50 Years of WNIT Public Television

PBS Michiana Kids Club

Chick-Fil-A
Mossberg & Company
St. Joe County Public Library

Sylvester & Tessie Kaminski Foundation

Private And Corporate Foundation Grants

Anonymous (2)
Berrien Community Foundation
Community Foundation of Elkhart County
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
Crossroads United Way
Dekko Foundation
Fred Rogers Productions
Frederick S. Upton Foundation
John W. Anderson Foundation
Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Inc.
Marshall County Community Foundation
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.