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Television station in Suring, Wisconsin

For the station in Saranac Lake, New York, previously known by this call sign, see [WYCI](/source/WYCI).

WCWF ATSC 3.0 station Suring–Green Bay–Fox Cities, Wisconsin United States City Suring, Wisconsin Channels Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 14 Branding CW14 Programming Affiliations 14.1: The CW / Fox (alternate) / ABC (secondary) for others, see § Subchannels Ownership Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group (WCWF Licensee, LLC) Sister stations WLUK-TV History Founded July 27, 1981[1] First air date February 22, 1984 (1984-02-22) Former call signs WSCO (1984–1998) WPXG (1998–1999) WIWB (1999–2010) Former channel numbers Analog: 14 (UHF, 1984–2009) Digital: 21 (UHF, until 2020) Former affiliations Religious WVCY-TV (1984–1987, 1993–1997) Dark (1987–1993) inTV (1997–1998) Pax TV (primary 1998–1999, secondary 1999–2004) The WB (1999–2006) UPN (September 2006, temporary CW transitional) Call sign meaning "Wisconsin's CW 14" Technical information[2] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 73042 ERP 700 kW HAAT 360 m (1,181 ft) Transmitter coordinates 44°24′32″N 87°59′31″W / 44.40889°N 87.99194°W / 44.40889; -87.99194 Links Public license information Public file LMS Website cw14online.com

**WCWF** (channel 14) is a [television station](/source/Television_station) licensed to [Suring, Wisconsin](/source/Suring%2C_Wisconsin), United States, serving the [Green Bay](/source/Green_Bay%2C_Wisconsin) area as an affiliate of [The CW](/source/The_CW). It is owned by [Sinclair Broadcast Group](/source/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group) alongside [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) affiliate [WLUK-TV](/source/WLUK-TV) (channel 11). The two stations share studios on [Lombardi](/source/Vince_Lombardi) Avenue ([US 41](/source/U.S._Route_41_in_Wisconsin)) on the line between Green Bay and [Ashwaubenon](/source/Ashwaubenon); WCWF's transmitter is located on [Scray Hill](/source/Scray_Hill) in [Ledgeview](/source/Ledgeview).

## History

The station launched on February 22, 1984, as [religious](/source/Religious_broadcasting) [independent station](/source/Independent_station) WSCO-TV, under the ownership of Northeastern Wisconsin Christian Television Incorporated. The station's former [analog](/source/Analog_television) transmitter was located outside of the unincorporated [Oconto County](/source/Oconto_County) community of [Krakow](/source/Krakow%2C_Wisconsin), four miles (6 km) north of [Pulaski](/source/Pulaski%2C_Wisconsin) on [WIS 32](/source/WIS_32). Financial problems would force the station off the air by 1987; [VCY America](/source/VCY_America) would purchase the station's license that year[3] and return it to the air by 1993 as a sister station to [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee)'s [WVCY-TV](/source/WVCY-TV) with religious and [home shopping](/source/Home_shopping) programming. On April 30, 1997, Paxson Communications (now [Ion Media Networks](/source/Ion_Media_Networks)) purchased the station[4] and converted it to a [paid programming](/source/Infomercial) format under Paxson's inTV service. On August 31, 1998, WSCO became a charter [owned-and-operated station](/source/Owned-and-operated_station) of Pax TV (later i: Independent Television, now [Ion Television](/source/Ion_Television)) under the new [call sign](/source/Call_signs_in_North_America) WPXG (for "Pax Green Bay").

On June 2, 1999, Paxson sold WPXG to [ACME Communications](/source/ACME_Communications);[5] the station immediately became a primary [WB](/source/The_WB) affiliate and changed its call sign to WIWB, originally branded as "WB 14" and later "Wisconsin's WB" (The [WPXG-TV](/source/WPXG-TV) callsign has been moved to a TV station in [Manchester, New Hampshire](/source/Manchester%2C_New_Hampshire)). Before it joined the network, WB programming in Northeastern Wisconsin was previously seen either through cable providers that carried [Chicago](/source/Chicago)-based [superstation](/source/Superstation) [WGN](/source/NewsNation) and/or Milwaukee's [WVTV](/source/WVTV) or during off hours on [UPN](/source/UPN) affiliate [WACY-TV](/source/WACY-TV) (channel 32; [Kids' WB](/source/Kids'_WB) programming aired as part of WACY's children's lineup). WIWB also continued to air Pax programming in the mornings, overnights and weekends for a few years after ACME's purchase was finalized; it would drop that network by 2004, at which time the station's programming lineup adopted a more general entertainment format that was heavily reliant on [sitcom](/source/Sitcom) reruns and [court shows](/source/Court_show), in addition to WB programming. Pax TV's successor, Ion Television, would not return to the market over-the-air until November 2015, when [WBAY-TV](/source/WBAY-TV) launched it on their DT3 subchannel.

On January 24, 2006, the [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) unit of [Time Warner](/source/WarnerMedia) and [CBS Corporation](/source/CBS_Corporation) announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called [The CW](/source/The_CW).[6][7] Due to ACME's ownership by former WB executive [Jamie Kellner](/source/Jamie_Kellner), WIWB's pursuit of the CW affiliation was assumed to be a formality. Indeed, on March 9, 2006, ACME Communications affiliated most of their stations with The CW, including WIWB.[8] The station officially joined the network upon its September 18, 2006, launch. Prior to that date, it temporarily carried not only WB programs, but also shows from UPN after WACY-TV dropped UPN before that network's closure to join [MyNetworkTV](/source/MyNetworkTV). At the time, ACME decided not to change the callsigns of any of their WB-to-CW affiliates to avert any further confusion from the launch of the two new networks.

On June 4, 2010, [LIN TV Corporation](/source/LIN_TV_Corporation), owner of Green Bay's [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) affiliate [WLUK-TV](/source/WLUK-TV), as part of an agreement with ACME Communications in three markets where both companies owned stations, announced that it would begin to operate WIWB through separate [shared services](/source/Shared_services) and [joint sales](/source/Local_marketing_agreement) agreements; WLUK would provide WIWB with technical, engineering, promotional, administrative and other operational support services, as well as joint advertising sales for the two stations.[9] As part of its agreements with ACME, LIN TV had the option to purchase WIWB, an option it exercised in September 2010, purchasing not only WIWB but another CW station in a similar arrangement, [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio)'s [WBDT](/source/WBDT).[10] LIN TV included in its license transfer request to the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) a "failing station waiver", an indication that the station was in an economically non-viable position and that FCC should relax ownership limits that apply to the Green Bay market so that Channel 14 could stay on the air; that limit (found in CFR§73.3555(b)(2) of the FCC's rules) permits ownership duopolies in markets with at least eight full-power stations, whereas Green Bay has only seven ([Journal Communications](/source/Journal_Communications) would also seek a waiver in its 2012 purchase of WACY-TV, which has been operated through Journal-owned [WGBA-TV](/source/WGBA-TV) since 1994).[11][12]

The studios of WCWF and its sister station, WLUK-TV.

In April 2011, the FCC approved the ownership transfer of WCWF from ACME to LIN TV, also applying the requested failing station waiver.[13] Additionally, the FCC denied a petition from [Time Warner Cable](/source/Time_Warner_Cable), the dominant cable provider in Northeast Wisconsin; the FCC dismissed as speculative TWC's claims that higher retransmission fees for WCWF, when paired with those for WLUK, would result from LIN TV's purchase of the station, and that LIN's collective retransmission plans for both stations did not violate FCC rules.[14] The sale of WCWF to LIN was consummated on May 20, 2011.[15]

Almost immediately after taking control of WIWB, LIN TV would make changes at the station, starting with relocating its operations from the Parkview Plaza [strip mall](/source/Strip_mall) in suburban [Ashwaubenon](/source/Ashwaubenon) to WLUK's studios on Lombardi Avenue. During August and September 2010, the station would undergo changes in both on-air branding (from "Wisconsin's CW" to "CW14") and [call sign](/source/Call_sign) (from WIWB to WCWF). Also in the fall of 2010, WCWF would upgrade syndicated programming to [high-definition](/source/High-definition_television) (which already occurs on WLUK), while both WCWF and WLUK would begin hourly cross-promotions of each other's programming.[16] In mid-November 2010, WCWF's website was switched from being managed by ACME's webhost, Desert Bloom Productions, to LIN Media Interactive (LIN Media's branding for EndPlay, formerly Fox Interactive Media).

On March 21, 2014, LIN Media entered into an agreement to merge with [Media General](/source/Media_General) in a $1.6 billion deal. Because Media General already owned ABC affiliate [WBAY-TV](/source/WBAY-TV) (which was acquired in 2013 as part of Media General's merger with [Young Broadcasting](/source/Young_Broadcasting)), the companies were required to sell either WLUK or WBAY to another station owner in order to comply with FCC ownership rules as well as planned changes to those rules regarding same-market television stations which would prohibit sharing agreements.[17][18][19]

On August 20, 2014, Media General announced that it would keep WBAY and sell WLUK and WCWF, along with [WJAR](/source/WJAR) in [Providence](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island) and [WTGS](/source/WTGS) in [Savannah](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), to [Sinclair Broadcast Group](/source/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group) in exchange for Sinclair stations in [Tampa Bay](/source/Tampa_Bay) ([WTTA](/source/WTTA)), [Harrisburg](/source/Harrisburg) ([WHTM](/source/WHTM)) and [Colorado Springs](/source/Colorado_Springs) ([KXRM-TV](/source/KXRM-TV) and [KXTU-LD](/source/KXTU-LD)).[20] As part of its acquisition, Sinclair announced it would seek a continuation of the FCC rules waiver allowing the joint ownership of WCWF and WLUK.[21] WHTM's sale of Media General was explored nearly two months earlier, and it was completed, nearly three months before the Media General/LIN deal was completed.[22][23] The sale was completed on December 19.[24]

## Programming

WCWF is used as a "shadow station" for WLUK programming preempted due to extended breaking news or severe weather coverage, or network programming (mainly [sports events](/source/Fox_Sports_(United_States))) that overruns into or is scheduled to preempt regular programs; for example, 9 p.m. newscasts on WLUK that are preempted for Fox Sports broadcasts will air on WCWF (in prior years, WLUK [leased access](/source/Leased_access) on a Time Warner Cable channel for its preempted newscasts).[25]

### Sports programming

Beginning in 2016, the station acquired local rights to the [Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association](/source/Wisconsin_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association) state basketball and hockey championships as part of [Quincy Media](/source/Quincy_Media)'s statewide network of stations, taking over from longtime partner WACY-TV. Since March 2016, WCWF has aired two *[NBA on ABC](/source/NBA_on_ABC)* games during the first weekend in March in lieu of WBAY, which instead carries its annual [telethon](/source/Telethon) for local [cerebral palsy](/source/Cerebral_palsy) research and medical care.

In the summer of 2018, the station began to carry weekend home games for the [Midwest League](/source/Midwest_League)'s [Wisconsin Timber Rattlers](/source/Wisconsin_Timber_Rattlers), the [Grand Chute](/source/Grand_Chute)–based Class A affiliate for the Brewers. The games are produced by WLUK for WCWF, and also air on [WVTV-DT2](/source/WVTV-DT2) in Milwaukee.

### Locally-produced content

From December 2008 to June 2010, WIWB featured *Daily Buzz* inserts called "Buzzed Into [the (920)](/source/Area_code_920)" (named for the [telephone area code](/source/Telephone_numbering_plan#Area_code) for Green Bay and the [Fox Cities](/source/Fox_Cities)). "Buzzed" was patterned after then-sister station [WBUW](/source/WBUW)'s "Buzzed Into [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin)" and featured an on-air presenter (originally Kristen Rietz, later Kari Merchant) profiling positive stories and features on news, events, businesses and personalities in the Green Bay/Fox Cities area. "Buzzed Into the (920)" was dropped when WLUK took over WCWF's operations, although past installments are still available on the feature's [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/buzzedintothe920).

Existing local content on WCWF, in addition to the occasional WLUK news broadcast, includes a Sunday morning airing of the [polka music](/source/Polka_music) show *Polka, Polka, Polka*. LIN Media, after taking control of WCWF, would add [severe weather](/source/Severe_weather) bulletins; the weekly [prep football](/source/Prep_football) highlight show *High School GameTime* in August 2011;[26] and, in late 2011, *CW 14 Focus*, a [Sunday morning](/source/Sunday_morning_talk_shows) local [public affairs](/source/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)) program that debuted in order to fulfill local programming requirements; it is hosted by WLUK reporter Robert Hornacek.[27]

Also added in 2011 was the position of "CW 14 Star", who represents the station on-air, online, and at community events. Maria Parmigiani was selected as the first "Star" during the first quarter of 2011, earning the job after an audition process, an appearance on WLUK's *Good Day Wisconsin*, and an online voting process.[28] Parmigiani was succeeded by Katie Phernetton in 2013 after a similar audition and selection process.[29]

## Technical information

### Subchannels

The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the [multiplexed](/source/Multiplex_(TV)) signals of other Green Bay television stations:

Subchannels provided by WCWF (ATSC 1.0)[30][31][32][33] Channel Res. Short name Programming ATSC 1.0 host 14.1 1080i WCWF-CW The CW WLUK-TV 14.2 480i Comet Comet WFRV-TV 14.3 Charge! Charge! WBAY-TV 14.4 Nest The Nest WACY-TV 14.5 QUEST Quest

### Analog-to-digital conversion

On December 12, 2008, the station replaced its digital transmitter antenna due to a wavering signal and recommended that viewers perform a channel rescan to restore the WIWB's digital signal if they lost reception. WCWF (as WIWB) ended regular programming on its analog signal, over [UHF](/source/UHF) channel 14, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to [transition from analog to digital broadcasts](/source/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States) under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 21, using [virtual channel](/source/Virtual_channel) 14.[34]

As part of the [SAFER Act](/source/SAFER_Act),[35] WCWF kept its analog signal on the air until March 4 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of [public service announcements](/source/Public_service_announcement) from the [National Association of Broadcasters](/source/National_Association_of_Broadcasters). On May 6, 2009, due to the station's close proximity to the [Canada–United States border](/source/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border), the U.S. FCC and the [Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission) (CRTC) issued a conditional approval of WIWB's [construction permit](/source/Construction_permit) to expand its coverage area by increasing power. The approval was needed in order to work with interference problems resulting from [PBS](/source/PBS) member station [WCMW](/source/WCMU-TV) across [Lake Michigan](/source/Lake_Michigan) in [Manistee, Michigan](/source/Manistee%2C_Michigan), sharing channel 21 and to address the concerns of interference in local health care facilities' [radiological](/source/Radiology) equipment.[36] The increase in power was applied on September 8, 2009, and station officials asked viewers to rescan for the signal.

In mid-November 2011, the station experienced major problems with its transmitter and LIN's technical staff had to take the station off the air for several days to repair the problem. As there was no backup [fiber optic](/source/Fiber_optic) link to Time Warner Cable, the station was not available to cable viewers either, and as neither of LIN's stations in Green Bay carried any subchannels at the time, WLUK was unable to offer WCWF's programming over a backup 11.2 signal. The station was unable to get permission from The CW to carry the two nights of network programming missed during the shutdown and referred viewers to the network's website and [Hulu](/source/Hulu) to watch the missed shows.

### ATSC 3.0 lighthouse

Subchannels of WCWF (ATSC 3.0)[37] Channel Res. Short name Programming 2.1 720p WBAY ABC (WBAY-TV) 5.1 1080p WFRV CBS (WFRV-TV) 11.1 720p WLUK Fox (WLUK-TV) 11.10 1080p T2 T2 11.11 PBTV Pickleballtv 11.20 GMLOOP GameLoop 14.1 1080p WCWF The CW 26.1 WGBA NBC (WGBA-TV)

  Subchannel broadcast with [digital rights management](/source/Digital_rights_management)

  Subchannel streamed via the Internet[38]

WCWF originally planned to start ATSC 3.0 transmissions on October 27, 2021, to serve as the host of the [1080p](/source/1080p) 3.0 signals of the market's commercial stations. With this, its subchannels are disbursed in ATSC 1.0 form in their existing quality among other Green Bay stations. The transition was later delayed at the last minute to January 25, 2022, several days after a hacking incident which affected Sinclair's operations nationwide.[39]

## See also

- [WLUK-TV](/source/WLUK-TV)

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## External links

- [Official website](http://cw14online.com/)

v t e Broadcast television in the Green Bay metropolitan area, Fox Cities and Northeastern Wisconsin Full power WBAY-TV 2 .1 ABC .3 365BLK/MyNetworkTV WFRV-TV 5 CBS WLUK-TV 11 Fox WCWF 14 The CW WGBA-TV 26 NBC WMEI 31 .1 MeTV .6 Telemundo WACY-TV 32 Independent WPNE-TV 38 PBS WIWN 681 Cozi TV Low-power W33EW-D 18 WLWK-CD 22 NBC, relays WGBA-TV/Green Bay W26EE-D 30 Religious Independent, relays WVCY-TV/Milwaukee W30BU-D 30 3ABN WGBD-LD 49 Daystar Defunct KFIZ-TV 34 Independent/PBS, 1968–1972 WOSH-TV 48 ABC, 1953–1954 1In market but transmits from and de facto serves Milwaukee. See also Milwaukee TV Madison TV Eau Claire–La Crosse TV Wausau TV Twin Cities TV Duluth TV Marquette TV

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Wisconsin Includes stations in out-of-state TV markets, but reaching a portion of Wisconsin ABC KSTP-TV WAOW WMOW .2 WBAY-TV WDIO-DT WISN-TV WJMN-TV WBKP .2 WBUP WKOW WQOW WXOW Wisconsin portal CBS KBJR-TV .2 WCCO-TV WDJT-TV WFRV-TV WISC-TV WKBT-DT KQEG-CD WBDL-LP WPDR-LP WSAW-TV W21DS-D WYOW .10 WZMQ .2 Fox KMSP-TV (9.9) WFTC (9.1) KQDS-TV WITI WLAX WEUX WLUC-TV .2 WYOW .10 WZAW-LD WLUK-TV WSAW-TV .3 WMSN-TV NBC KARE KBJR-TV WEAU WECX-LD .10 WGBA-TV WLWK-CD WJFW-TV W27AU-D WLUC-TV WTMJ-TV WMTV The CW KDLH WBKP WBUP .2 WJMN-TV .2 WCWF WECX-LD W34FC-D WSAW .4 WYOW WMTV .2 WUCW WVTV (18) Ion Television KPXM-TV WDIO-DT .3 WGBA-TV .5 WIFS WKBT-DT .3 WPXE-TV WTPX-TV Independent KSTC-TV WACY-TV WFTC (9.2)1 KMSP-TV (9.10)1 WISC-TV .21 WJMN-TV .31 WKBT-DT .21 KQEG-CD .21 WBDL-LP .21 WPDR-LP .21 WMLW-TV WDJT-TV .3 WVTV (24)1 PBS PBS Wisconsin WHA-TV WHLA WHRM WHWC WLEF WPNE Milwaukee PBS WMVS WMVT Twin Cities PBS KTCA-TV KTCI-TV WDSE WNMU Religious Independent WVCY-TV TBN WWRS-TV Spanish Telemundo KJNK-LD WMEI .6 WYTU-LD WDJT-TV .4 Univision WUMN-LD Other 365BLK WBAY-TV .31 Cozi TV WIWN MeTV WBME-CD WDJT-TV .2 WMEI WSAW-TV .21 W21DS-D .21 WZMQ North Star SEN KBJR-TV .31 KRII .31 W43BR WMKE-CD WWMW-LD WZCK-LD ATSC 3.0 KTCI-TV WCWF WUCW 1 Also has secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. See also Illinois TV Iowa TV Michigan TV Minnesota TV

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Michigan Includes stations in out-of-state TV markets, but reaching a portion of Michigan ABC WBAY-TV WBKB-TV .3 WBND-LD WGTU WGTQ WPBN-TV .2 WTOM-DT .2 WJMN-TV WBUP WBKP .2 WJRT-TV WLAJ WOTV WTVG WXYZ-TV WZZM Michigan portal CBS WBKB-TV WFRV-TV WLNS-TV WNEM-TV WTOL WSBT-TV WWMT WWJ-TV WWTV WWUP-TV WZMQ .2 Fox KQDS-TV WBKB-TV .41 WFQX-TV WFUP WWTV .2 WWUP-TV .2 WJBK WLUC-TV .2 WLUK-TV WSBT-TV .2 WSYM-TV WSMH WUPW WXMI NBC WBKB-TV .2 WDIV-TV WGBA-TV WILX-TV WLNM-LD WLUC-TV WNDU-TV WNWO-TV WOOD-TV WPBN-TV WTOM-TV WGTU .2 WGTQ .2 WSMH .2 The CW WBKP WBUP .2 WJMN-TV .2 WBSF WCWF WCWW-LD WFQX-TV .2 WKBD-TV WLAJ .2 WOTV .2 WTVG .2 Ion Television WFQX-TV .3 WGBA-TV .4 WHME-TV .2 WILX-TV .4 WNEM-TV .4 WPXD-TV WTVG .5 WZMQ .7 WZPX-TV Independent WADL1 WHPS-CD WJMN-TV .31 WMKG-CD WMYD WNEM-TV .21 WWMT .2 WXSP-CD1 PBS CMU Public Television WCML WCMU-TV WCMV WCMW WDCQ-TV WGVU-TV WGVK WKAR-TV WNMU WTVS Religious Daystar WUDT-LD Independent WLLA WLMB WLPC-CD TCT WAQP WILX-TV .7 WLNM-LD .7 WTLJ Spanish Univision WHME-TV Other 365BLK WBAY-TV .31 Cozi TV WXII-LD1 Defy WDWO-CD Heroes & Icons WMYS-LD1 MeTV WDIV-TV .3 WLLA .2 WMEI WZMQ Roar WEYI-TV WSJV Shop LC WMNT-CD1 ATSC 3.0 WBSF WCWF WKAR-NX WMYD WXSP-CD 1 Also has secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. See also Illinois TV Indiana TV Ohio TV Wisconsin TV Ontario TV

v t e Sinclair Broadcast Group Stations Sorted by primary channel network affiliations ABC KAEF-TV KATU KATV KDNL-TV KHGI-TV KHGI-CD KWNB-LD KWNB-TV KOMO-TV KRCR-TV KTUL KTXS-TV KTXE-LD KVII-TV KVIH-TV WATM-TV WWCP .2 WBMA-LD WABM .2 WDBB .2 WGWW .2** WCHS-TV WCIV .2 WCTI-TV WEAR-TV WGTU WGTQ WTOM-TV .2 WPBN-TV .2 WGXA .2 WHAM-TV WJAR .2 WKEF WJLA-TV WLOS WPDE-TV WSET-TV WSYX WTVC WXLV-TV CBS KBAK-TV KBOI-TV KDBC-TV KEYE-TV KFDM KGAN KIMA-TV KEPR-TV KLEW-TV KPTH .3 KBVK-LD .3 KRCG KTVL KUTV KMYU .2 KVAL-TV KCBY-TV KPIC WGFL WGME-TV WHP-TV WKOF WKRC-TV WPEC WRGB WSBT-TV WWMT Fox KABB KAEF-TV .2 KBAK-TV .2 KBFX-CD KBSI** KDSM-TV KFDM .3 KFOX-TV KFXL-TV KGAN .2 KIMA-TV .3 KEPR-TV .3 KHGI-TV .2 KWNB-TV .2 KWNB-LD .2 KMPH-TV KOKH-TV KPTH KBVK-LD KPTM KRCR-TV .2 KRXI-TV KSAS-TV KAAS-TV KOCW KSCC KTUL .2 WACH WATM-TV .2 WBFF WCHS-TV .2 WCTI-TV .2 WCYB-TV .3 WFXL*** WGME-TV .2 WGXA WKEF .2 WLUK-TV WMSN-TV WOLF-TV WQMY .2 WPGH-TV WRLH-TV WSBT-TV .2 WSMH WSYX .2 WTAT-TV** WTGS WTOV-TV .2 WTVC .2 WTWC-TV .2 WUHF WUTV WWCP-TV WZTV NBC KECI-TV KCFW-TV KTVM-TV KDBZ-CD KMTR KMCB KTCW KRXI-TV .2 KSNV WCYB-TV WEAR-TV .2 WGFL .3 WJAC-TV WJAR WNWO-TV WOAI-TV WPBN-TV WTOM-TV WGTU .2 WGTQ .2 WSMH .2 WSTM-TV WTOV-TV WTWC-TV The CW KECA-LD KFDM-TV .2 KFRE-TV KIMA-TV .2 KEPR-TV .2 KMTR .2 KMCB .2 KTCW .2 KPTM .3 KSCC .2 KTXS-TV .2 KTXE-LD .2 KUNS-TV KVCW KTXS-TV .2 KTXE-LD .2 KVII-TV .2 KVIH-TV .2 KYUU-LD WBSF** WCWF WCWN WCYB-TV .2 WEYI-TV .2 WFLI-TV WHAM-TV .2 WHP-TV .2 WKRC-TV .2 WLFL WNUV** WPDE-TV .2 WPNT WSTM-TV .2 WSWB WOLF-TV .2 WQMY .3 WTLF WTTO WDBB WTVX WUCW WWHO WZTV .2 MyNetworkTV KMYT-TV KMYU KNSN-TVSecondary KPTH .2 KBVK-LD .2 KRVU-LD KZVU-LD WABM WCIV WDKA** WFGX WMYV WNYO-TV WQMY WRDC WSTR-TV WTCN-CD WTVZ-TV WUXP-TV Other Antenna TV KXVU-LD WYME-CD Comet KTES-LD Catchy Comedy WVAH-TV** Roar KBTV-TV KBVU KCVU KENV-DT** KFXA KMEG KMTW** KMYS** KOKI-TV** KRNV-DT** KXVO WDCO-CD WIAV-CD WEMT WEYI-TV WLNE-TV** WMYA-TV** WNAB** WNBW-DT WPFO WPMI-TV** WRGT-TV** WSJV WTTE** WTVH** WUTB WWHB-CD WWMB WYDO Independent KJZZ-TV KOCB KUNP WJTC** UniMás KKTF-LD Univision KEUV-LD KUCO-LD KUNW-CD KVVK-CD KORX-CD WXBU Networks Subchannel networks Charge! Comet The Nest Roar Cable Marquee Sports NetworkJV Tennis Channel Tennis (magazine) WJLA 24/7 News Defunct American Sports Network Programming News Full Measure w/ Sharyl Attkisson The National News Desk Defunct Circa News KidsClick News Central Acquisitions Act III Broadcasting Allbritton Communications Barrington Broadcasting Bonten Media Group Dielectric Communications Fisher Communications Four Points Media Group Fox Sports Networks Freedom Communications Guy Gannett Communications Heritage Media Newport Television Ring of Honor Wrestling River City Broadcasting ** Owned by third parties and managed by Sinclair through various operating agreements. *** Owned by Sinclair and operated by Marquee Broadcasting. JV Joint venture.

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