Then in 1962, the FCC ruled that central and western Kansas were part of the Wichita market, creating what is now known as the Wichita-Hutchinson Plus market covering 70 counties in Kansas and far southern Nebraska.
Then in 1962, the FCC collapsed central and western Kansas into the Wichita market. This created the largest television market in the nation in terms of land mass, stretching across 70 counties in Kansas and far southern Nebraska.