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An independent station is television
Television

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 terminology used to describe a television station
Television station

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 broadcasting in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 or Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 that is not affiliated with any network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
.

ng the 1950s and 1960s, independent stations filled their broadcast hours with movies, sports, cartoons, newsreels, filmed travelogues
Travel literature

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, and some locally-produced programs, including newscasts. Independents on the air during this period would sign on at times later than network-affiliated stations, some in the middle of the morning.

Another source of programming became available to independent stations by the mid-1960s: Rerun
Rerun

A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a radio or television Broadcasting. The invention of the rerun is generally credited to Desi Arnaz....
s of network programs which, after completing their initial runs, were sold into syndication
Television syndication

In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network....
.

he start of the 1970s, independent stations typically aired children's programming in the morning and afternoon, and movies and other adult-oriented shows (some stations aired paid religious programs) during middays.






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An independent station is television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 terminology used to describe a television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 broadcasting in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 or Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 that is not affiliated with any network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
.

Overview


1950s-1960s

During the 1950s and 1960s, independent stations filled their broadcast hours with movies, sports, cartoons, newsreels, filmed travelogues
Travel literature

Travel literature is travel writing of literature value. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author tourism a place for the pleasure of travel....
, and some locally-produced programs, including newscasts. Independents on the air during this period would sign on at times later than network-affiliated stations, some in the middle of the morning.

Another source of programming became available to independent stations by the mid-1960s: Rerun
Rerun

A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a radio or television Broadcasting. The invention of the rerun is generally credited to Desi Arnaz....
s of network programs which, after completing their initial runs, were sold into syndication
Television syndication

In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network....
.

1970s

By the start of the 1970s, independent stations typically aired children's programming in the morning and afternoon, and movies and other adult-oriented shows (some stations aired paid religious programs) during middays. They counter-programmed local network stations' news programs with syndicated reruns—usually sitcoms and hour-long dramas—in the early evening, and movies during prime time
Prime time

Prime time or primetime is the block of television program during the middle of the evening.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period, for example, from 8:00 p.m....
 and late-night
Late night television

Late night television is the block of television programming airing after 10:00 12-hour clock and usually through 2:00 12-hour clock. Traditionally, this type of programming airs after the late local news and features a particular genre of programming that falls somewhere between a variety show and a talk show....
 hours. In some areas, independents carried network programs that were not aired on a local affiliate.

In larger markets such as New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, Chicago, and Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, independent stations benefited from a Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
 ruling in effect from 1971 to 1995 barring network-affiliated stations within the top 50 television markets from airing non-network programs in the two hours preceding prime time
Prime Time Access Rule

The Prime Time Access Rule was instituted by the Federal Communications Commission to restrict the amount of network programming that local television stations owned by or affiliated with a network may air during "prime time"....
. As a result, independents faced less competition for syndicated reruns.

1980s

In the 1980s, television syndicators began offering original, first-run programming such as Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
, a trend that primarily benefited independent stations. Independents scheduled first-run programs during prime time and on weekends. Some stations in larger markets ventured into local news broadcasts, usually at 10:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific
Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory....
 time zones, and 9:00 p.m. in the Central and Mountain
Mountain Time Zone

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, sometimes called Greenwich Mean Time during the shortest days of autumn and winter, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn ....
 time zones. Network stations aired their late newscasts an hour later.

More than 300 independent stations existed in the United States in the mid-1980s. Many belonged to the , a group similar to the National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters

The National Association of Broadcasters is a Industry trade group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States....
, and which lobbied the FCC on behalf of independents.

In the United States, many independent stations were commonly-owned. Companies that operated three or more independents included:
  • Chris-Craft Industries
    Chris-Craft Industries

    Chris-Craft, Inc. is a private company American manufacturer of civilian powerboats based in Sarasota, Florida. The company was founded in the late 19th century by Christopher Columbus Smith and became famous for its mahogany hulled powerboats of the 1920s through the 1950s....
    , and its subsidiary United Television
  • Christian Broadcasting Network
    Christian Broadcasting Network

    The Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN, is a Christian television broadcasting network in the United States. Its headquarters and main studios are in Virginia Beach, Virginia....
  • Clear Channel Communications
    Clear Channel Communications

    Clear Channel Communications is a Mass media list of conglomerates company based in the United States. Clear Channel, founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, wields considerable influence in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and hosting, and fixed advertising in the United States through its subsidiaries....
  • Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises

    Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News....
  • Gaylord Broadcasting
    Gaylord Entertainment Company

    The Gaylord Entertainment Company operates a number of hotel, resort, and Mass media companies that were built by Edward Gaylord.Facilities owned include:...
  • Grant Broadcasting
    Grant Broadcasting System II

    Based in Roanoke, Virginia, Grant Broadcasting System II is an owner of various television stations in the United States.Grant Broadcasting was founded in 1990 by Milton Grant , who, in addition to being President of Grant Broadcasting, also served as President and General Manager for many of his stations....
  • Kaiser Broadcasting
    Kaiser Broadcasting

    Kaiser Broadcasting was the name of an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977....
    , and its successor Field Communications
    Field Communications

    Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. The company owned Independent station in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station....
  • Meredith Corporation
    Meredith Corporation

    Meredith Corporation is based in Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa. The company has two divisions, publishing and broadcasting.Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine....
  • Metromedia
    Metromedia

    Metromedia was a media company that owned radio station and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986....
  • Pappas Telecasting Companies
    Pappas Telecasting Companies

    Pappas Telecasting Companies is a diversely organized broadcasting company headquartered in , United States. Founded in 1971, it is one of the largest privately held broadcasting companies in the country, with its stations reaching over 15% of all U.S....
  • Renaissance Broadcasting
    Renaissance Broadcasting

    Renaissance Broadcasting, founded in 1982 by Michael Finkelstien, was a company that owned several ultra high frequency television stations, it was sold to Tribune Broadcasting in 1997....
  • RKO General
    RKO General

    RKO General was the main holding company through 1991 for the noncore businesses of the General Tire and, after General Tire's reorganization in the 1980s, GenCorp....
  • Scripps-Howard Broadcasting
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group
    Sinclair Broadcast Group

    The Sinclair Broadcast Group is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of which are located in Southern United States and the Midwestern United States....
  • Taft Television and Radio Company
    Taft Broadcasting

    The Taft Broadcasting Company, also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated, was a media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio....
  • Tribune Broadcasting
    Tribune Broadcasting

    Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois....
  • TVX Broadcast Group
    TVX Broadcast Group

    The TVX Broadcast Group was a company that owned a group of ultra high frequency television stations during the 1980s. Originally known as the Television Corporation, the company was headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and was founded by a group of Norfolk-area businessmen led by Timothy McDonald....
    , and its successor Paramount Stations Group
    Paramount Stations Group

    Paramount Stations Group was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures gained full ownership of the group....


In 1986, several groups of independents, led by the Metromedia stations, formed the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 or FOX, the fourth U.S. broadcast-television network. Many affiliates, however, still filled its broadcast hours with independent-like programming as FOX only programmed two hours a day, leaving over 20 hours daily for syndicated shows. FOX still only offers two hours of programming on weekdays.

Today

True independent stations have become rare. In 1995, many remaining independent stations formed the WB and UPN networks, and other stations banded together for the Pax (now ION Television) network in 1998. Several stations affiliated with The WB and UPN became independent again when the networks merged to form the CW Television Network in September 2006. Some of the newly-independent stations subsequently found a new network home through My Network TV. Similar to FOX affiliates, however, many such stations still behave much like independents, as they program far more hours a day than an affiliate of the Big Three television networks
Big Three Television Networks

The Big Three Television Networks are the three traditional Broadcasting television networks in the United States: American Broadcasting Company, CBS and NBC....
.

Current independents follow a very different program format from their predecessors. While sitcoms are still popular, expanded newscasts and other syndicated product such as talk shows, courtroom shows, and paid programs such as infomercials and Christian religious programs have replaced children's shows and movies.

A list of notable U.S. independent stations, past and present

(a partial listing; bold text denotes a current independent station)
  • Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y.: WXXA-TV
    WXXA-TV

    WXXA-TV, channel 23, is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and western New England that is licensed to Albany, New York....
  • Atlanta: WJRJ-TV/WTCG/WTBS/WPCH-TV, WGNX
    WGCL-TV

    WGCL-TV is the Columbia Broadcasting System television station serving the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area. Its city of license is Atlanta, Georgia and the station is owned by Meredith Corporation....
    , WATL-TV, WVEU
    WUPA

    WUPA TV 69 is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia that serves the Atlanta television market. The station airs programming from The CW Television Network and identifies itself as "CW 69"....
    , WHOT
  • Austin, Texas: KBVO
    KEYE-TV

    KEYE-TV, channel 42 is a CBS affiliate in Austin, Texas, United States. It is owned by the Four Points Media Group, LLC . Its studios are located on Metric Boulevard in North Austin , and its transmitter is located in the city....
  • Baltimore: WBFF
    WBFF

    WBFF, channel 45, is a Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station located in Baltimore, Maryland. WBFF is the flagship of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates Baltimore's The CW Television Network affiliate, WNUV-TV , through a local marketing agreement....
    , WNUV-TV
  • Beaumont, Texas: KUIL-LP
    KUIL-LP

    KUIL-LP is a low-powered Independent station television station, broadcasting on analog channel 64 and digital channel 36 for the Beaumont, Texas / Port Arthur, Texas area....
  • Birmingham, Alabama: WTTO
    WTTO

    WTTO is the The CW Television Network affiliate for the Birmingham, Alabama/Anniston, Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Alabama market. It broadcasts its digital signal on Ultra high frequency channel 28, however through the use of Program and System Information Protocol technology, digital television receivers display WTTO's virtual channel as 21....
    , WABM
    WABM

    WABM, channel 68, is the My Network TV affiliate for the Birmingham, Alabama/Anniston, Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Alabama television market. WABM is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which also owns the market's The CW Television Network affiliate, WTTO....
  • Boston: WSBK-TV
    WSBK-TV

    WSBK-TV, channel 38, is an independent station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation. The station shares studio facilities in the Allston/Brighton neighborhood of Boston with sister station WBZ-TV , and its transmitter is located in Needham, Massachusetts....
    , WLVI-TV
    WLVI-TV

    WLVI-TV, channel 56, is an television station licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts which serves as the The CW Television Network affiliate for the Boston, Massachusetts television market....
    , WXNE-TV
    WFXT

    WFXT, channel 25, is the Fox Network owned-and-operated station in Boston, Massachusetts. This station covers the greater Boston area, as well as southern New Hampshire, with a transmitter located in Needham, Massachusetts....
    , WSMW-TV/WHLL
    WUNI

    WUNI channel 27 is the Univision television affiliate for the Greater Boston market. Licensed to Worcester, Massachusetts, the station runs general Spanish language entertainment programs as well as news and information programming....
    , WQTV
    WBPX

    WBPX, channel 68, is the Ion Television television station owned by ION Media Networks , serving the Boston, Massachusetts market. The station primarily broadcasts infomercials before 6 p.m....
    , WNDS/WZMY-TV
    WZMY-TV

    WZMY-TV is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for southern New Hampshire and Greater Boston, Massachusetts that is licensed to Derry, New Hampshire....
  • Buffalo, New York: WUTV
    WUTV

    WUTV is a broadcast television station in Buffalo, New York, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company network. It broadcasts on digital channel 14....
    , WNLO
    WNLO

    WNLO, channel 23, is the The CW-affiliated television station for Buffalo, New York. Its transmitter is located on Whitehaven Road on Grand Island, New York....
    , WNGS
    WNGS

    WNGS 67 is a television station licensed to Springville, New York, serving the Buffalo, New York television market. The station is run under a local marketing agreement by WKBW-TV , and aired mostly programming from the Retro Television Network, along with sports programming from Channel 7, repeats of Buffalo Bills preseason games, Cleveland...
    , WNYO-TV
    WNYO-TV

    WNYO-TV, channel 49, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Buffalo, New York. Its analog transmitter is located north of U.S. Route 20A near the Wyoming County, New York and Erie County, New York County line....
  • Charlotte: WAXN-TV
    WAXN-TV

    WAXN-DT is an Independent station in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, and is city of license to Kannapolis, North Carolina, however its operations are housed with sister-station WSOC-TV at 1901 North Tryon Street in Charlotte....
    , WCCB
    WCCB

    WCCB is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. The station's headquarters are located just outside Charlotte center city, off U.S....
    , WJZY
    WJZY

    WJZY is The CW Television Network affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. The station broadcasts on channel 46, and is found on channel 8 on most area cable systems....
    , WRET-TV
    WCNC-TV

    WCNC-TV is the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 36 and its digital signal on UHF channel 22 and is carried on cable channel 6 on all area cable systems....
    , WHKY-TV
    WHKY-TV

    WHKY-TV is an independent station television station based out of Hickory, North Carolina. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 40 and is seen on cable channel 7 on Charter Communications cable systems and channel 18 on Time Warner Cable systems in the Charlotte area....
  • Chicago: WGN-TV
    WGN-TV

    WGN-TV, channel 9, is a television station in Chicago, Illinois. It has been owned by the Tribune Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the CW Television Network....
    , WFLD-TV, WSNS-TV
    WSNS-TV

    WSNS-TV 44 is the Telemundo affiliate in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by NBC Universal. Its schedule consists of Spanish newscasts, talk shows, movies and dramas from the Telemundo network....
    , WCIU-TV
    WCIU-TV

    WCIU-TV is an Independent station , located in Chicago, Illinois. It operates on ultra high frequency channel 26 and is Chicago's oldest UHF station, signing on the air in 1964....
    , WPWR-TV
    WPWR-TV

    WPWR-TV, channel 50, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Gary, Indiana, and serving the Chicago, Illinois area. WPWR-TV is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox Broadcasting Company outlet WFLD-TV ....
    , WGBO-TV
    WGBO-TV

    WGBO-TV 66 is the Univision owned and operated station city of license to Joliet, Illinois. Its studios are in Chicago. WGBO offers a Spanish programming format featuring news, talk shows, dramas, movies, and other first rate Spanish programming....
  • Cincinnati: WXIX-TV
    WXIX-TV

    WXIX-TV, channel 19, is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio. The station is licensed across the Ohio River in Newport, Kentucky....
    , WIII-TV/WSTR-TV
    WSTR-TV

    WSTR-TV is a broadcast television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, affiliated with My Network TV. The station previously broadcast on channel 64; its digital channel is 33, and it is carried in Cincinnati on Time Warner Cable channel 11....
  • Cleveland/Akron: WUAB
    WUAB

    WUAB, identified on-air as "My43 WUAB", is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. The station is licensed to the suburb of Lorain, Ohio, and it shares a studio in downtown Cleveland with sister station WOIO, Cleveland's CBS affiliate....
    , WBNX-TV
    WBNX-TV

    WBNX-TV is the The CW Television Network television affiliate serving the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, Ohio television market broadcasting on channel 55 and channel 30 ....
    , WKBF-TV
    WKBF-TV

    WKBF-TV channel 61 was an Independent station serving the Cleveland, Ohio market owned by a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting and Field Communications ....
    /WCLQ
    WQHS-TV

    WQHS-TV is a Spanish-language television station owned and operated by Univision. It is licensed to serve the Cleveland, Ohio television market, and broadcasts on UHF channel 61 with studios and offices in Parma, Ohio....
    , WOIO
    WOIO

    WOIO, channel 19, is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and is sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB ....
  • Columbus, Ohio: WTTE
    WTTE

    WTTE is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Columbus, Ohio. The station broadcasts on channel 28 and broadcasts in Multichannel television sound in the 32nd largest television market in the United States....
    , WWAT
    WWHO

    WWHO is the Columbus, Ohio television affiliate for The CW Television Network television network. The station is licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio, though it operates out of a facility in Columbus with its transmitter located in Williamsport, Ohio, halfway between Columbus and Chillicothe....
  • Dallas/Fort Worth: KDFI-TV, KTVT
    KTVT

    KTVT, channel 11, is a CBS Corporation owned and operated station television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas, Texas-Fort Worth designated market area....
    , KTXA
    KTXA

    KTXA, channel 21, is an Independent station television station based in Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth designated market area....
    , KXTX-TV
    KXTX-TV

    KXTX-TV, Channel 39, is the Telemundo O&O in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas....
    , KFWD
    KFWD

    KFWD is an Independent station television station in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, broadcasting from a transmitter in Cedar Hill, Texas....
    , KRLD-TV
    KDAF

    KDAF, channel 33, is a The CW Television Network-affiliated television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas television market....
    , KSTR-TV
    KSTR-TV

    KSTR-TV, channel 49, is a Spanish-language general entertainment television station in Irving, Texas, serving the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex....
    , KLDT
    KLDT

    KLDT is a full-service ATSC digital television television station in Lake Dallas, Texas, United States, broadcasting locally on channel 54 as a dual-affiliate of OnTV4U and ....
  • Dayton, Ohio: WRGT-TV
    WRGT-TV

    WRGT-TV is a broadcast television station in Dayton, Ohio affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company network. It broadcasts on channel 45. WRGT is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation, but operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group under a local marketing agreement with Dayton's American Broadcasting Company affiliate, WKEF-TV....
  • Detroit: WKBD-TV, WXON
    WMYD

    'WMYD' is Detroit, Michigan's MyNetworkTV affiliate station, owned and operated by Granite Broadcasting. The station offers a blend of cartoons, off-network sitcoms, first-run syndicated reality/talk/court shows and first-run network programming; WMYD also carries Fox Broadcasting Company's Saturday morning infomercial block, Weekend Marketp...
    , WGPR-TV
    WWJ-TV

    For the television station in Detroit known as WWJ-TV from 1947 to 1978, see WDIV-TV For the current AM radio station known as WWJ, see WWJ ...
    , WADL-TV
  • Denver: KWGN-TV
    KWGN-TV

    KWGN-TV, channel 2, is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with The CW Television Network. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, just outside of Denver, and its transmitter is located on Lookout Mountain Park near Golden, Colorado....
    , KDVR
    KDVR

    KDVR, channel 31, is a full-service television station in Denver, Colorado. Owned by Local TV LLC, it broadcasts in NTSC on Ultra high frequency channel 31 and in ATSC on UHF channel 32 from its transmitter located in Golden, Colorado....
    , KTVD
    KTVD

    KTVD, channel 20, is a MyNetworkTV affiliated television station based in Denver, Colorado, and owned by the Gannett Company. The station is a sister to KUSA-TV, Denver's NBC affiliate and is housed and operated out of KUSA's high definition studios....
  • Des Moines: KCBR/KDSM-TV
    KDSM-TV

    KDSM-TV is a television station that broadcasts on channel 17 in Des Moines, Iowa. It is an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company and serves most of central Iowa....
  • Fresno/Visalia: KMPH-TV
    KMPH-TV

    KMPH-TV is a television station in Fresno, California broadcasting on television channel 26, and is licensed to nearby Visalia. It is the Fresno-area affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company....
    , KAIL
    KAIL

    KAIL is a UHF television station affiliated with MyNetworkTV, based in Fresno, California, operating on channel 53 analog, digital 7. Its transmitter is on top of Auberry Mountain....
  • Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek: WXMI
    WXMI

    WXMI, channel 17 is the Fox Broadcasting Company affilate for Western Michigan. It is licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where its studios and offices are located ....
  • Green Bay/Appleton WXGZ/WACY
    WACY

    WACY is a television station in the Green Bay, Wisconsin-Fox Cities, Wisconsin, market. The station's studios are located at 1391 North Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin, with its transmitter some 25 miles southwest in the town of Glenmore, Wisconsin....
    , WGBA
    WGBA

    WGBA is a television station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States which is that area's affiliate for the NBC network. The station's transmitter is located southeast of Green Bay in rural Glenmore, Wisconsin, with the station's signal covering the area commonly called the Fox Valley and the Lakeshore ', which includes Appleton, Wisconsin, O...
  • Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point: WGNN-TV/WJTM/WNRW-TV
    WXLV-TV

    WXLV-TV is the American Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina that is licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
    , WGGT
  • Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville: WAXA/WFBC-TV
    WMYA-TV

    WMYA-TV, virtual channel 40 , is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for western North Carolina and South Carolina that is licensed to Anderson, South Carolina....
    , WGGS-TV
    WGGS-TV

    WGGS-TV is a Christian independent station television station city of license to Greenville, South Carolina. It serves the Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina/Asheville, North Carolina television market....
    , WHNS
    WHNS

    WHNS is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate for western North Carolina and South Carolina. Licensed to Greenville, South Carolina; it is owned by the Meredith Corporation....
    , WASV-TV
    WYCW

    WYCW, channel 62, is the The CW Television Network-affiliated television station for western North Carolina and South Carolina that is licensed to Asheville, North Carolina....
    , WNEG-TV
    WNEG-TV

    WNEG-TV is an independent television station located in Toccoa, Georgia, serving several counties in the northeastern portion of that state, which are part of the Greenville, South Carolina/Spartanburg, South Carolina/Anderson, South Carolina/Asheville, North Carolina television market....
  • Harrisburg/Lancaster/York: WPMT
    WPMT

    WPMT "FOX 43" is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate broadcasting to the Susquehanna Valley area. Licensed to York, Pennsylvania, it also serves the cities of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Lebanon, Pennsylvania & airs on Analog Channel 43 & HDTV Channel 47....
  • Hartford/New Haven: WHCT
    WUVN

    WUVN is the Connecticut affiliate for the Spanish language Univision television network. It is licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. Owned by Entravision, the station broadcasts its digital signal on ultra high frequency channel 46....
    , WTXX
    WTXX

    WTXX channel 20 is the The CW Television Network affiliate for the state of Connecticut, licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut. WTXX is owned by Tribune Broadcasting and it's the junior partner in a duopoly with Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate WTIC-TV ....
    , WTIC-TV
    WTIC-TV

    WTIC-TV, channel 61, is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for the state of Connecticut . Its transmitter is located between U.S....
    , WTVU
    WCTX

    WCTX, channel 59, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the state of Connecticut , licensed to New Haven, Connecticut. Its transmitter is located northwest of Hamden, Connecticut....
    , WTWS
    WHPX

    WHPX is the Ion Television affiliate serving the Hartford, Connecticut / New Haven, Connecticut television market. It is owned and operated by ION Media Networks and is city of license to New London, Connecticut....
  • Houston: KHTV, KRIV-TV, KTXH
    KTXH

    KTXH, channel 20, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by the Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with Fox Broadcasting Company station KRIV ....
    , KNWS-TV
    KNWS-TV

    KNWS-TV is an independent television station licensed to Katy, Texas, and with studios in Houston, Texas, serving Greater Houston. It is the only broadcast station in the United States to develop a 24 hour local All-news radio, which was its original intent....
  • Honolulu: KIKU-TV/KHNL
    KHNL

    KHNL is the licensed broadcast affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KHNL first broadcast from Channel 13 on July 4, 1962 under the call letters KIKU from a transmitter atop the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki....
    , KFVE
    KFVE

    KFVE, also known by the brand K5 The Home Team, is the licensed broadcast affiliate of MyNetworkTV in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KFVE first broadcast from channel 5 in 1987, becoming the final VHF station in the market....
  • Indianapolis: WTTV
    WTTV

    WTTV, channel 4, is a television station city of license to Bloomington, Indiana, serving as the CW Television Network affiliate for the Indianapolis, Indiana television market....
    , WXIN, WMCC-TV
    WNDY-TV

    WNDY-TV, channel 23, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Indianapolis, Indiana that is licensed to Marion, Indiana. Its transmitter is located north of Strawtown in northeastern Hamilton County, Indiana....
  • Jacksonville: WAWS
    WAWS

    WAWS, channel 30, is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for the First Coast of Florida that is licensed to Jacksonville, Florida....
    , WJXT
    WJXT

    WJXT channel 4 is an Independent station television station serving Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding communities. Its transmitter is located in the Kilarney Shores section of Jacksonville with the WTLV transmitter....
    , WNFT
  • Kansas City, Missouri: KBMA-TV/KSHB-TV
    KSHB-TV

    'KSHB-TV', channel 41 , is the NBC network affiliate serving the entire Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. It is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, alongside independent station KMCI as the company's only existing duopoly....
    , KZKC/KSMO-TV
    KSMO-TV

    KSMO-TV, channel 62, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Kansas City metropolitan area, licensed to the Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City....
     KMCI-TV
  • Lafayette, Louisiana: KADN
    KADN

    KADN is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Lafayette, Louisiana....
  • Las Vegas: KVVU-TV
    KVVU-TV

    KVVU-TV is a Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada market. It is owned and operated by Meredith Corporation....
    , KVMY-TV, KVCW-TV, KTUD
  • Louisville: WDRB-TV
  • Los Angeles: KTLA
    KTLA

    KTLA, channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of The CW Television Network....
    , KHJ-TV/KCAL-TV
    KCAL-TV

    KCAL-TV channel 9 is an independent station in Los Angeles, California, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson ....
    , KTTV
    KTTV

    KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California....
    , KCOP, KWHY-TV
    KWHY-TV

    KWHY-TV Channel 22 is a Spanish Independent station, owned by the Telemundo network / NBC, a subsidiary of NBC Universal....
    , KDOC-TV
    KDOC-TV

    KDOC-TV is an independent television station based in Orange County, California . The station's transmitter is located on Mount Wilson, California....
  • Memphis: WPTY-TV
    WPTY-TV

    WPTY-TV channel 24 is the American Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for Memphis, Tennessee. Its transmitter is located in Brunswick....
    , WMKW-TV/WLMT
    WLMT

    WLMT, channel 30, is the The CW-affiliated television station for Memphis, Tennessee. Its transmitter is located in Brunswick, Tennessee. Owned by Newport Television, the station is sister to American Broadcasting Company affiliate WPTY-TV....
  • Miami/Fort Lauderdale: WCIX
    WFOR-TV

    WFOR-TV, channel 4, is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, Florida; west of Miami....
    , WBFS-TV
    WBFS-TV

    WBFS-TV, channel 33, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for South Florida that is licensed to Miami, Florida. Its transmitter is located in Miramar, Florida....
    , WDZL
    WSFL-TV

    WSFL-TV, channel 39, is the The CW Television Network-affiliated television station for South Florida metropolitan area that is licensed to Miami, Florida....
    , WAMI-TV
    WAMI-TV

    WAMI-TV is the TeleFutura Network-owned station for the Miami, Florida / Fort Lauderdale, Florida market. This station is currently owned by Univision and transmits Spanish language programming on channel 69....
    , WKID
    WSCV

    WSCV Telemundo 51 is the Telemundo O&O that serves the Miami - Fort Lauderdale area and licensed to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The transmitter is located in Miramar, Florida....
  • Milwaukee: WVTV
    WVTV

    WVTV is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and serves as Southeast Wisconsin's The CW Television Network affiliate. The station broadcasts from the Milwaukee Public Television tower on Milwaukee's northeast side with WMVS/WMVT, along with WCGV-TV , WVTV's sister station....
    , WCGV-TV
    WCGV-TV

    WCGV-TV is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. Its signal covers most of southeastern Wisconsin, including the cities of Racine, Wisconsin, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Waukesha, Wisconsin....
    , WDJT-TV
    WDJT-TV

    WDJT-TV, channel 58, is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin. The station is an affiliate of the CBS television network....
    , WMLW-CA
    WMLW-CA

    WMLW-CA, channel 41, is a LPTV independent station television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its transmitter is located in Milwaukee's Lincoln Park....
  • Minneapolis/Saint Paul: WTCN-TV
    KARE

    KARE, Channel 11, is an NBC - affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota area of Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin....
    , KMSP-TV
    KMSP-TV

    KMSP-TV, channel 9, is an O&O television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station serves the Minneapolis-St....
    , KITN-TV
    WFTC

    WFTC, channel 29, is a MyNetworkTV owned and operated station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area....
    , KSTC-TV
    KSTC-TV

    KSTC channel 45 is a ultra high frequency television station serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul region Minnesota and western Wisconsin, and broadcasts a 720p HD signal....
    , KTMA/KLGT
    WUCW

    WUCW is an affiliate of The CW serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. The station is currently owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group....
  • Mobile/Pensacola: WPMI, WJTC
    WJTC

    WJTC is an independent television station in Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida and is owned by Newport Television, LLC, which also owns WPMI-TV in Mobile....
  • Nashville: WZTV
    WZTV

    WZTV channel 17 is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, as sister stations to My Network TV affiliate WUXP-TV channel 30 and The CW affiliate WNAB channel 58....
    , WCAY-TV/WXMT
    WUXP-TV

    WUXP, channel 30 is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and is a sister station to Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate WZTV channel 17 and the The CW affiliate WNAB channel 58....
  • New Orleans: WGNO
    WGNO

    WGNO is the American Broadcasting Company affiliate for the greater New Orleans, Louisiana area, as well parts of southern and coastal Mississippi....
    , WNOL-TV
    WNOL-TV

    WNOL-TV, channel 38, is a CW Television Network affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and is a sister station to American Broadcasting Company affiliate WGNO ....
  • New York City: WNEW-TV
    WNYW

    WNYW channel 5 is the Flagship of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are in the Yorkville, Manhattan section of Manhattan....
    , WOR-TV/WWOR-TV
    WWOR-TV

    WWOR-TV channel 9 is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV network. It is licensed in Secaucus, New Jersey and serves New York City and the New York metropolitan area....
    , WPIX
    WPIX

    WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City. It has been owned by the Tribune Company since its inception, and serves as the flagship station of the The CW Television Network....
    , WATV/WNTA-TV
    WNET

    WNET, channel 13, is a non-commercial television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the three-state New York metropolitan area, WNET is a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service and a primary provider of PBS programming....
    , WLIG/WLNY
  • Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News: WYAH-TV/WGNT
    WGNT

    WGNT, channel 27, is CW Television Network-owned and operated station for the Norfolk, Virginia-Virginia Beach, Virginia-Newport News, Virginia television market....
    , WTVZ, WVBT
    WVBT

    WVBT, channel 43, is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for the Hampton Roads area of southeast Virginia that is city of license to Virginia Beach, Virginia....
    , WSKY-TV
    WSKY-TV

    WSKY-TV, which launched in October 2001, is a full-power/full market independent station serving the Norfolk, VA-Portsmouth, VA-Newport News, VA television market and the Outer Banks of North Carolina....
  • Oklahoma City: KOKH-TV
    KOKH-TV

    KOKH-TV is the Fox Broadcasting Company broadcasting affiliate for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group of Maryland, LLC in a duopoly with The CW affiliate KOCB 34....
    , KAUT-TV
    KAUT-TV

    KAUT-TV is the affiliate for the Fox Entertainment Group owned MyNetworkTV television network in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. KAUT is owned by Local TV, which also owns Oklahoma City's NBC affiliate KFOR-TV ....
    , KGMC
  • Orlando/Daytona Beach: WOFL
    WOFL

    WOFL, channel 35, is the Fox Broadcasting Company Owned-and-operated station serving the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area. It is licensed to Orlando, with studios located in Lake Mary, Florida....
    , WKCF
    WKCF

    WKCF, channel 18, is The CW-affiliated television station for Orlando, Florida, licensed to Clermont, Florida. Its transmitter is located at the Central Florida tower farm in Bithlo, Florida....
    , WRBW
    WRBW

    WRBW-TV is the MyNetworkTV owned and operated station serving the Orlando, Florida/Daytona Beach, Florida/Melbourne, Florida, Florida television market....
    , WRDQ
    WRDQ

    WRDQ, channel 27, is an Independent station affiliated television station in Orlando, Florida. The station's digital transmitter is located in Christmas, Florida....
  • Philadelphia: WPHL-TV
    WPHL-TV

    WPHL-TV channel 17 is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by the Tribune Company and currently affiliated with News Corporation-owned MyNetworkTV....
    , WTAF-TV
    WTXF-TV

    WTXF-TV channel 29 is an O&O station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From studios in downtown Philadelphia and transmitter located in the Roxborough section of the city, the station's signal covers the Delaware Valley area ....
    , WKBS-TV
    WKBS-TV (Philadelphia)

    WKBS-TV was an independent station television station licensed to Burlington, New Jersey, which served the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area from 1965 to 1983....
    /WGTW-TV
    WGTW-TV

    WGTW-TV, channel 48, is a Trinity Broadcasting Network-owned and operated television station licensed to Burlington, New Jersey, and serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area....
    , WGBS-TV
    WPSG

    WPSG channel 57 is a CW Television Network flagship television station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WPSG is owned by the CBS Corporation and it's a sister station to KYW-TV ....
    , WYBE-TV
    WYBE

    WYBE is a public television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its first sign on was June 10, 1990. WYBE's transmitter and offices are located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, in the Schuylkill River valley....
    , WFMZ-TV
    WFMZ-TV

    WFMZ-TV is a general interest Independent station in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is part of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Media market. Its studio and transmitter are located on South Mountain in Allentown, Pennsylvania....
  • Phoenix: KPHO-TV
    KPHO-TV

    KPHO-TV is the CBS affiliate television station in Phoenix, Arizona. Its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix. It broadcasts locally over-the-air in NTSC on very high frequency channel 5 and in ATSC on ultra high frequency channel 17, identifying as channel 5 via Program and System Information Protocol....
    , KNXV-TV
    KNXV-TV

    KNXV-TV, channel 15, is the American Broadcasting Company television affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona. Its transmitter is located on South Mountains in Phoenix....
    , KUTP
    KUTP

    KUTP, channel 45, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox Broadcasting Company outlet KSAZ-TV ....
    , KTVK
    KTVK

    KTVK is a full-service, independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in NTSC on very high frequency channel 3 and in ATSC on ultra high frequency channel 24 from a transmitter located on South Mountains in Phoenix, and can be seen across northern Arizona on a network of nearly two dozen translator stations....
    , KUSK/KAZT-TV
    KAZT-TV

    KAZT-TV is an independent television station in Prescott, Arizona, broadcasting locally in NTSC on Very high frequency channel 7 and in ATSC on Ultra high frequency channel 25 from its transmitter located atop Mingus Mountain northeast of Prescott....
  • Pittsburgh: WPGH-TV
    WPGH-TV

    WPGH-TV Fox 53 is the Fox Broadcasting Company television affiliate broadcasting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts on digital television channel 43 and is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group....
    , WPTT
    WPMY

    WPMY-TV is the affiliate of MyNetworkTV in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. As My Pittsburgh TV, WPMY broadcasts on digital television channel 42 and is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group....
    , WBGN-LP
    WBGN-LP

    WBGN-LP is a Class A qualified low-power broadcasting independent station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station is owned and operated by Bruno-Goodworth Network, Inc....
  • Portland, Oregon: KPTV
    KPTV

    KPTV is the Fox Broadcasting Company television affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12, and its digital signal on UHF channel 30....
    , KPDX
    KPDX

    KPDX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 49, and its digital signal on UHF channel 48....
    , KUTF
    KRCW-TV

    KRCW-TV, channel 32, is a The CW Television Network-affiliated rimshot television station in Portland, Oregon that is city of license to Salem, Oregon....
  • Providence/New Bedford: WNAC-TV
    WNAC-TV

    WNAC-TV is the primary Fox Network and secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence, Rhode Island....
  • Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville: WLFL-TV, WKFT
    WUVC-TV

    WUVC-TV is the Univision owned and operated station based and city of license in Fayetteville, North Carolina and serving the The Triangle television market....
    , WYED-TV
  • Richmond, Virginia: WRLH-TV
    WRLH-TV

    WRLH-TV, channel 35, is the Fox Broadcasting Company television affiliate serving the Richmond, Virginia television market. It is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group....
    , WZXK
    WUPV

    WUPV, known on air as CW Richmond, is a The CW television affiliate servicing the Richmond, Virginia television market and city of license to the nearby town of Ashland, Virginia....
  • Rochester, New York: WUHF
    WUHF

    WUHF is a broadcast television station in Rochester, New York, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company network. It broadcasts its digital signal on channel 28 and formerly broadcast its analog television signal on channel 31, and is seen on cable channel 7 in most of the market....
  • Sacramento/Stockton: KTXL
    KTXL

    KTXL is a FOX Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station in Sacramento, California, owned by the Tribune Company. KTXL's studio and offices are located in South Sacramento, and its transmitter is near Walnut Grove, California....
    , KMUV/KRBK
    KMAX-TV

    KMAX-TV is the CBS Corporation's The CW affiliate serving the Sacramento, California-Stockton, California-Modesto, California broadcast area. In May 2005, the station merged its operations with the local CBS station, KOVR , which the CBS Corp....
    , KSCH
    KQCA

    KQCA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Sacramento, California, United States. Licensed to Stockton, California, the station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 58 and a digital signal on UHF channel 46....
    , KBFT
    KBFT

    KBFT is the television station at Christian Brothers High School , in Sacramento, California. The station was founded in 2002, and is currently in its sixth school year of operation....
  • Saint Louis: KPLR-TV
    KPLR-TV

    KPLR-TV, channel 11, is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri. KPLR is owned by the Tribune Company, and is an affiliate of the CW Television Network....
    , KDNL-TV
    KDNL-TV

    KDNL-TV, "ABC 30", is the American Broadcasting Company television affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, KDNL-TV's transmitter is located in the parking lot of the Kenrick 8 Cine on Trianon Parkway ....
  • Salt Lake City: KSTU
    KSTU

    KSTU is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station serving the Salt Lake City television market. It broadcasts in NTSC on Very high frequency channel 13, in ATSC on Ultra high frequency channel 28, and is rebroadcast statewide through a #Translators....
    , KAZG/KPNZ
    KPNZ

    KPNZ is an Independent station television station serving the Salt Lake City, Utah television market. Owned by Los Angeles-based Liberman Broadcasting, the station broadcasts a variety of Spanish-language programming....
    , KJZZ-TV
    KJZZ-TV

    KJZZ-TV is a full-service Independent station television station serving Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and surrounding areas, broadcasting in NTSC on UHF channel 14, and in ATSC on UHF channel 46....
  • San Antonio: KCOR-TV/KUAL-TV
    KWEX-TV

    KWEX-TV is the local Univisi?n owned and operated station in San Antonio, Texas. The station is the first commercially-based Spanish language television station in the United States....
    , KABB
    KABB

    KABB is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with KMYS by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KABB's studios are located in Northwest San Antonio off Interstate 410 and its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas....
  • San Diego: KCST-TV
    KNSD

    KNSD is the NBC television station based in San Diego, California. It uses the on-air branding NBC 7/39, which reflects its channel location on all San Diego-area cable television systems and its over-the-air analog channel number ....
    , XETV
    XETV

    XETV, analog channel 6 and digital channel 23, is a television station city of license to Tijuana, Mexico, serving as the The CW Television Network affiliate for the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States....
    , KUSI-TV
    KUSI-TV

    KUSI-TV is an independent station television station based in San Diego, California. The station is owned and operated by Channel 51 of San Diego, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinnon Broadcasting....
    , KTTY
    KSWB-TV

    KSWB-TV is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for San Diego, California. Its transmitter is located southeast of Spring Valley, California....
  • San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose: KRON-TV
    KRON-TV

    KRON-TV, channel 4, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the San Francisco Bay Area. City of license to San Francisco, the station broadcasts its analog signal on Very high frequency channel 4, and its digital signal on Ultra high frequency channel 57....
    , KTVU
    KTVU

    KTVU, channel 2, is the San Francisco Bay Area's Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate. Its studio facilities are located in Oakland, California at Jack London Square, and its transmitter is located at Sutro Tower in San Francisco, California....
    , KBHK-TV, KGSC-TV/KICU-TV
    KICU-TV

    KICU-TV, known as TV36, is a digital-only television station in San Jose, California that broadcasts on channel 36. It is owned by Cox Enterprises....
    , KEMO/KTZO/KOFY/KBWB/KOFY, KFTY
    KFTY

    KFTY is an Independent station television station in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is based in Santa Rosa, California, and covers the entire Bay Area....
    , KTVJ
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico: WAPA-TV
    WAPA-TV

    WAPA-TV is a full-power, Independent station television station located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 4, digital channel 27....
    , WLII
    WLII

    WLII is a full-power television station city of license to Caguas, Puerto Rico. Transmitting its analog signal on channel 11 and digital signal on channel 56, the station is O&O by Univision and is branded as Univision Puerto Rico....
  • Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: WOLF-TV
    WSWB

    WSWB is the The CW-affiliated television station for northeastern and north central Pennsylvania that is licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania. The station broadcasts a High-definition television digital signal on UHF channel 31....
  • Seattle/Tacoma: KTNT-TV/KSTW
    KSTW

    KSTW is a television station serving the Seattle, Washington media market. It is owned by CBS Corporation, and is a part of The CW Television Network....
    , KMO-TV/KTVW/KCPQ
    KCPQ

    KCPQ, channel 13, is the Fox Broadcasting Company television affiliate city of license to Tacoma, Washington serving the Seattle/Tacoma television market, owned by the Tribune Company....
    , KVOS-TV
    KVOS-TV

    KVOS-TV is an Independent station television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington. The station's terrestrial television transmissions are on digital channel 35....
    , KONG-TV
    KONG-TV

    KONG-TV is a television station based in Seattle, Washington. Owned by the Belo Corporation, KONG's city of license is Everett, Washington. It is a sister station to KING-TV, and is run out of KING's studios just east of Seattle Center....
    , KTZZ
    KMYQ

    KMYQ, channel 22, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Seattle, Washington. Owned by the Tribune Company, KMYQ uses myQ? for its on-air branding....
  • Spokane, Washington: KAYU-TV
    KAYU-TV

    KAYU is the Fox Broadcasting Company television affiliate for Spokane, Washington, owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting, LLC, a division of Northwest Broadcasting Company....
  • Tampa/Saint Petersburg: WTOG-TV, WTTA
    WTTA

    WTTA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Tampa Bay Area that is licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida. It broadcasts a high-definition television digital signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter is located in Bloomingdale, FL....
    , WMOR-TV
    WMOR-TV

    WMOR-TV is an independent television station in the Tampa Bay Area television market . It is licensed to Lakeland, Florida, with studios in Tampa....
    , WFTS
  • Toledo, Ohio: WUPW
    WUPW

    WUPW is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate station for Toledo, Ohio and broadcast on Channel 36 & Channel 46. It's known on-air as "FOX Toledo." It's owned by the LIN TV Corporation....
  • Tucson, Arizona: KZAZ/KMSB-TV
    KMSB-TV

    KMSB-TV is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. The station broadcasts in NTSC on Very high frequency channel 11 and in ATSC on Ultra high frequency channel 25 ....
  • Washington, D.C.: WTTG
    WTTG

    WTTG Channel 5 is an owned-and-operated station TV station of the Fox Broadcasting Company. It's located in Washington, D.C. and serves the entire Washington metropolitan area from a studio and transmitter located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington....
    , WDCA-TV
    WDCA

    WDCA, channel 20, is a television station in Washington, D.C.. Owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, WDCA is a sister station to Fox Broadcasting Company outlet WTTG , and is affiliated with the co-owned MyNetworkTV programming service....
    , WFTY
    WDCW

    WDCW, channel 50, is the The CW Television Network-affiliated television station for Washington, D.C. Its transmitter is located in the Brightwood, Washington, D.C....
    , WJAL
    WJAL

    WJAL, "Family TV 68", is an independent station serving Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. It is one of only six English language stations owned by Entravision, a company better known for its ownership of Spanish language stations across the United States....
  • West Palm Beach: WFLX
    WFLX

    WFLX, channel 29, is the Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for West Palm Beach, Florida. Its transmitter is located south of Wellington, Florida....
    , WTVX
    WTVX

    WTVX, channel 34, is the The CW Television Network-affiliated television station for West Palm Beach, Florida that is licensed to Fort Pierce, Florida....
    , WHDT
    WHDT

    WHDT is an Independent station full service television station broadcasting in the West Palm Beach, Florida, Miami, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida television markets....


A list of notable Canadian independent stations, past and present

While independent stations were not as common in Canada
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Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, there were several notable examples of such:

  • Barrie, Ontario: CKVR-TV
    CKVR-TV

    CKVR-TV, is a television station in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it is the flagship station of CTVglobemedia's secondary broadcast television system, A , with facilities located at 33 Beacon Road in Barrie....
  • Calgary-Lethbridge: CFAC/CICT
    CICT-TV

    CICT-TV is a Canadian television station, licensed to and serving Calgary, Alberta. It is owned by Canwest, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network....
    -CISA-TV
    CISA-TV

    CISA-TV is a Canadian television station serving Lethbridge, Alberta. It is owned by Canwest, and is affiliated to their Global Television Network....
  • Edmonton: CITV-TV
    CITV-TV

    CITV-TV is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Known on air as "Global Edmonton", the station is owned by Canwest, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network....
  • Halifax: CIHF-TV
    CIHF-TV

    CIHF-TV, channel 8, is a television station in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada, serving the Maritimes. It is owned by Canwest, and is affiliated to their Global Television Network....
  • Hamilton: CHCH-TV
    CHCH-TV

    CHCH-TV, channel 11, is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with additional transmitters throughout Ontario. Since 2001, it has been operated by Canwest as the flagship of its secondary television system, known as E! ....
  • London, Ontario: CFPL-TV
    CFPL-TV

    CFPL-TV is a television station owned by CTVglobemedia, which serves the London, Ontario and Sarnia, Ontario regions of Ontario, Canada.CFPL is part of the A system, and is currently the flagship station of a mini-system of stations in southwestern Ontario including CHWI-TV in Wheatley, Ontario, which serves the Windsor, Ontario and Chath...
  • Pembroke-Ottawa: CHRO-TV
    CHRO-TV

    CHRO-TV is a television station serving the National Capital Region and Ottawa Valley regions of Ontario, Canada. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it is part of the A television system....
  • St. John's, Nfld.: CJON-TV
    CJON-TV

    CJON-TV is a Canada English language television station broadcasting on channel 6 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with additional transmitters and cable coverage throughout the province....
  • Toronto: CKXT-TV
    CKXT-TV

    CKXT-TV is an independent station broadcasting television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is currently owned by TVA and Sun Media Corporation, both divisions of Quebecor Media Inc.....
    , CFMT-TV
    CFMT-TV

    CFMT-TV, channel 47, is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with rebroadcasters in Ottawa and London, Ontario. The station broadcasts multicultural programming targeting European and Latin American communities throughout southern Ontario....
     Star Ray TV
    Star Ray TV

    Star Ray TV is a community channel television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, which broadcasts on channel 15 in Toronto's The Beaches neighbourhood, was launched in 1997 when Jan Pachul, an amateur radio operator, applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for licence to serve the commu...
  • Winnipeg: CKND-TV
    CKND-TV

    CKND-TV is a television station that broadcasts from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is part of the Global Television Network....
    , CHMI-TV
    CHMI-TV

    CHMI-TV is a television station licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, with most of its operations in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is part of the Citytv system....
    , CIIT-TV
    CIIT-TV

    CIIT-TV is a Canadian English language television station based in and licensed to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station is owned by S-VOX and is an owned and operated station of the Joytv television system....
  • Wingham, Ontario: CKNX-TV
    CKNX-TV

    CKNX-TV, also known as A Wingham, is a television station owned by CTVglobemedia which serves mid-western Ontario, Canada. It is part of the A television network....
  • Vancouver: CKVU-TV
    CKVU-TV

    CKVU-TV is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media, it was the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada....
    , CIVT-TV
    CIVT-TV

    CIVT-TV is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it is part of the CTV Television Network. It broadcasts on UHF channel 32, and is seen on cable channel 9 in most areas....
    , CHNM-TV
    CHNM-TV

    CHNM-TV is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media, the station is part of the Omni Television system, and it is aimed at promoting the province's multicultural diversity....
    , CHNU-TV
    CHNU-TV

    CHNU-TV is an English language television station based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The station is licensed to the Fraser Valley Regional District Region, and also serves Metro Vancouver, Victoria, British Columbia and surrounding areas....


Since the mid-1990s, most independent television stations in Canada have merged into television system
Television system

A television system is a Canada term for a group of television stations which share common ownership, branding, and programming, but are not legally considered a full television network....
s, such as Citytv
Citytv

Citytv is an Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. The system currently consists of five television stations located in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver....
 or E!
E! (Canada)

E! is an English language privately-owned television system in Canada, owned by Canwest. Currently the system consists of eight local television stations located in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, including five stations owned by Canwest and three affiliates owned by Jim Pattison Group....
, or have become fully owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 network stations.

Toronto's CKXT is the only television station in Canada currently operating as an independent station in the American sense of the term. CJON in St. John's, while officially unaffiliated with a network, in practice airs a mix of programming sublicensed from Canada's commercial networks rather than purchasing broadcast rights independently. The independent stations that do still exist in Canada are mostly community-oriented specialty stations, such as CFTV-TV
CFTV-TV

CFTV is a low-power broadcasting community channel station in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, which began broadcasting in early 2006. The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 2003....
 in Leamington, Ontario
Leamington, Ontario

Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario, Ontario and has a population of 31,113. It is located near Point Pelee. In 2006, Leamington was named Canada's best place to live by MoneySense magazine....
, CFTU-TV
CFTU-TV

CFTU-TV is a Canadian French language educational television station in the province of Quebec, owned by a private consortium known as CANAL, consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions....
 in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
, and CHCT-TV
CHCT-TV

CHCT-TV is a Canada television station, broadcasting in St. Andrews, New Brunswick and serving the Charlotte County, New Brunswick area. The slogan of the station is "Where Charlotte County is on TV."...
 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
St. Andrews, New Brunswick

St. Andrews is a Canada town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, New Brunswick.It is sometimes referred to in tourism marketing by its unofficial nickname "St....
, which do not target a general entertainment audience.

See also

  • List of independent television stations
  • List of United States television networks
  • Superstation
    Superstation

    Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. In its most precise meaning, a superstation is defined by the Federal Communications Commission as "A television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the FCC that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite carrier."...