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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">October 24, 1953<span class="noprint"><br />(71 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1953-10-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former channel number(s)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Analog:</b> 7 (VHF, 1953–2009)</li><li><b>Digital:</b> 32 (<a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a>, 2001–2009)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Former affiliations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> (1953–1980)</li><li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> (secondary; 1953–1980s)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> (DT2; 2007–2014)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Assigned randomly to the formerly co-owned radio stations in 1947<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6869</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25.4 <a href="/wiki/KW" class="mw-redirect" title="KW">kW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">293 m (961 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WTRF-TV&params=40_3_41.3_N_80_45_7.3_W_type:landmark_scale:2000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°3′41.3″N</span> <span class="longitude">80°45′7.3″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.061472°N 80.752028°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.061472; -80.752028</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WTRF-TV">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=6869">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wtrf.com/">www<wbr />.wtrf<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WTRF-TV</b> (channel 7) is a <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a> licensed to <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>, United States, serving the Wheeling, West Virginia–<a href="/wiki/Steubenville,_Ohio" title="Steubenville, Ohio">Steubenville, Ohio</a> <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">market</a> as an affiliate of <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>. The station is owned by <a href="/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group" title="Nexstar Media Group">Nexstar Media Group</a> and maintains studios on 16th Street in downtown Wheeling; its transmitter is located in <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Ohio" title="Bridgeport, Ohio">Bridgeport, Ohio</a>. </p><p>WTRF-TV was the first station to specifically serve Wheeling and Steubenville, beginning broadcasting in 1953. It was originally an NBC affiliate before switching to CBS in January 1980. In the 2000s, it expanded to add two new subchannel services. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WTRF-TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tri-City Broadcasting Corporation, owner of radio stations <a href="/wiki/WLYV" title="WLYV">WTRF (1290 AM)</a> and <a href="/wiki/WOMP_(FM)" title="WOMP (FM)">WTRF-FM 100.5</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bellaire,_Ohio" title="Bellaire, Ohio">Bellaire, Ohio</a>, applied to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> on April 13, 1948, for a construction permit to build a television station on channel 12, then assigned to Wheeling. Another application was made by the <a href="/wiki/Storer_Communications" title="Storer Communications">Fort Industry Company</a>—owner of <a href="/wiki/WWVA_(AM)" title="WWVA (AM)">WWVA</a>—but before a hearing could be held, the FCC declared a freeze on TV construction permits that was to last four years. The WTRF stations moved to Wheeling proper in 1950, and the application was amended to follow suit; it also was changed to specify channel 7 after the FCC lifted the freeze. WWVA instead opted to pursue channel 9 in <a href="/wiki/Steubenville,_Ohio" title="Steubenville, Ohio">Steubenville, Ohio</a>, but two other groups—one consisting of radio station <a href="/wiki/WBBD" title="WBBD">WKWK (1400 AM)</a> and the News Publishing Company and the other being Polan Industries of <a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a>—also sought channel 7 after the freeze. Polan opted to abandon the hearing and won a permit for UHF channel 51; to expedite the construction of a station in Wheeling, Tri-City and WKWK merged their applications, with the two groups combining.<sup id="cite_ref-Time531019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time531019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction permit was granted on April 22, 1953, and broadcasting began six months later, on October 24.<sup id="cite_ref-hc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station made its start date despite fears that it would not be able to begin airing programming because of several parts that failed at the last minute.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primary affiliation was <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>; some CBS programming was aired until WSTV-TV (channel 9, now <a href="/wiki/WTOV-TV" title="WTOV-TV">WTOV-TV</a>) started, and from the start the station also was a secondary outlet of <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Time531019_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time531019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The radio stations were sold off in 1954 to <a href="/wiki/John_Kluge" title="John Kluge">John Kluge</a>, with Tri-City retaining WTRF-TV and the call sign.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dix family, stockholders in Tri-City and publishers of several Ohio newspapers and owners of radio stations in Ohio and Virginia, acquired majority control in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-hc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WTRF-TV was sold along with the second <a href="/wiki/WEGW" title="WEGW">WTRF-FM</a> (107.5) in 1969 to Forward Communications of <a href="/wiki/Wausau,_Wisconsin" title="Wausau, Wisconsin">Wausau, Wisconsin</a>, for $7 million.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hc_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1970s, two reporters with futures in network news started their careers at WTRF-TV: <a href="/wiki/Faith_Daniels" title="Faith Daniels">Faith Daniels</a>, later an anchor for NBC and CBS, and Bob Orr, later of <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in this decade, the station was carried on the cable system in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton, Ohio</a>, because it aired <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> games that Cleveland-area stations had to black out under <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_television_blackout_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League television blackout policies">National Football League blackout rules</a> of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, citing the erosion of NBC's ratings in the preceding years, WTRF-TV announced it would switch to CBS on April 1, 1980. It ruled out ABC, then the leading network, because 56 percent of its market was served by cable systems that put Pittsburgh's ABC affiliate, <a href="/wiki/WTAE-TV" title="WTAE-TV">WTAE-TV</a>, next to WTRF-TV on subscribers' dials.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General manager Charles E. Sherman, citing the loyalty of many viewers to NBC, called the change the hardest decision he'd ever had to make.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change was brought forward to January 7, 1980; WTOV-TV switched from CBS to NBC, deciding against a bid from ABC.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, WTRF-TV was the leading station in the market.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A three-story addition was built to the studio facility in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Forward was sold in late 1984 to <a href="/wiki/Wesray_Capital_Corporation" title="Wesray Capital Corporation">Wesray Capital Corporation</a>, which retained the Forward name for its media holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-Waus850103_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waus850103-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wesray sold the Forward stations to Adams Communications in 1988,<sup id="cite_ref-Chic871016_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chic871016-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the deal left Adams highly leveraged and ill-prepared to confront declines in the value of broadcast properties, prompting it to default on $283 million of debt in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-Wisc910612_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wisc910612-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brissette Broadcasting was formed the next year when Paul Brissette, who had been the vice president of Adams Communications's television stations division, bought out the business for $257 million.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four years later, in a $270 million merger, Brissette was folded into <a href="/wiki/Benedek_Broadcasting" title="Benedek Broadcasting">Benedek Broadcasting</a> after the company was unable to expand by adding stations.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before Benedek declared bankruptcy in 2002, a weak advertising market in the <a href="/wiki/Early_2000s_recession" title="Early 2000s recession">early 2000s recession</a> had already led the company to sell WTRF-TV to <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Media_Holdings" title="West Virginia Media Holdings">West Virginia Media Holdings</a> (WVMH).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WVMH was a new group led by <a href="/wiki/Bray_Cary" title="Bray Cary">Bray Cary</a> that was buying media properties, primarily in television, in major West Virginia markets.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May of that year, WVMH closed on the $18.5 million purchase of the Wheeling station and the $40.5 million acquisition of <a href="/wiki/WOWK-TV" title="WOWK-TV">WOWK-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, WTRF launched its second <a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">digital subchannel</a>, "Fox Ohio Valley", as a <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> and secondary <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> affiliate. WVMH added Fox subchannels to WTRF-TV and <a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-TV</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bluefield,_West_Virginia" title="Bluefield, West Virginia">Bluefield</a>/<a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley</a> market; Cary had known the executives from his prior sports media work with <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Events" title="ESPN Events">Creative Sports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, the region's first full-time ABC affiliate, "ABC Ohio Valley", launched as an additional subchannel.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 1, 2014, WTRF lost the Fox affiliation on 7.2 to WTOV.<sup id="cite_ref-tvs-wtovfox_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvs-wtovfox-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subchannel's secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV then became its primary, rebranding as "My Ohio Valley".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These subchannels were originally broadcast in standard definition from the WTRF-TV transmitter and in high definition to the immediate Wheeling area on <a href="/wiki/WVTX-CD" title="WVTX-CD">WVTX-CD</a> (channel 28), which WTRF leased for this purpose until its spectrum was sold in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-fcc-wvtxfoxabc_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcc-wvtxfoxabc-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 17, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Nexstar_Broadcasting_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Nexstar Broadcasting Group">Nexstar Broadcasting Group</a> announced that it would purchase the West Virginia Media Holdings stations, including WTRF-TV, for $130 million.<sup id="cite_ref-tvnc-saletonexstar_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvnc-saletonexstar-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the terms of the deal, Nexstar assumed control of the stations through a <a href="/wiki/Local_marketing_agreement" title="Local marketing agreement">time brokerage agreement</a> in December 2015, with the sale of the license assets completed on January 31, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="News_operation">News operation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WTRF-TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: News operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WTRF-TV produces morning, noon, early evening and late newscasts from its Wheeling studio. The My Ohio Valley subchannel airs a dedicated 10 p.m. newscast.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ABC subchannel simulcasts the weekday editions of <i>7News</i> at 6 a.m., noon, 6 and 11 p.m. The news staff has been unionized since 1988, when workers voted to join the <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Television_and_Radio_Artists" title="American Federation of Television and Radio Artists">American Federation of Television and Radio Artists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subchannels">Subchannels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WTRF-TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Subchannels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station's signal is <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexed</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Subchannels of WTRF-TV<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel#United_States" title="Digital subchannel">Channel</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Res.</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">Aspect</a> </th> <th scope="col">Short name </th> <th scope="col">Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7.1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a></td> <td>WTRFCBS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7.2 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/720p" title="720p">720p</a></td> <td>WTRFMY</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7.3 </th> <td>WTRFABC</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7.4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></td> <td>Escape</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WTRF-TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_7_digital_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 7 digital TV stations in the United States">Channel 7 digital TV stations in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_7_virtual_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 7 virtual TV stations in the United States">Channel 7 virtual TV stations in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WTRF-TV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWVW-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WWVW-LD">WWVW-LD 8</a> (.1 silent)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVTX-CD" title="WVTX-CD">WVTX-CD 28</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">.1</a> <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">.2</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>West Virginia Broadcast television</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Bluefield_TV" title="Template:Bluefield TV">Bluefield/Beckley</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:CharlestonHuntington_TV" title="Template:CharlestonHuntington TV">Charleston/Huntington</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarksburg/Weston_TV" title="Template:Clarksburg/Weston TV">Clarksburg/Weston</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Parkersburg_TV" title="Template:Parkersburg TV">Parkersburg, WV/Marietta, OH</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Wheeling_TV" title="Template:Wheeling TV">Wheeling, WV/Steubenville, OH</a></dd></dl> </div> <div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>Ohio broadcast television</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Cincinnati_TV" title="Template:Cincinnati TV">Cincinnati</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Cleveland_TV" title="Template:Cleveland TV">Cleveland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Columbus_TV" title="Template:Columbus TV">Columbus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Dayton_TV" title="Template:Dayton TV">Dayton</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Lima_TV" title="Template:Lima TV">Lima</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Parkersburg_TV" title="Template:Parkersburg TV">Marietta, OH/Parkersburg, WV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Wheeling_TV" title="Template:Wheeling TV">Steubenville, OH/Wheeling, WV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Toledo_TV" title="Template:Toledo TV">Toledo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Youngstown_TV" title="Template:Youngstown TV">Youngstown</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Zanesville_TV" title="Template:Zanesville TV">Zanesville</a></dd></dl> </div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Pittsburgh_TV" title="Template:Pittsburgh TV">Pittsburgh</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_West_Virginia508" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Virginia</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WOAY-TV" title="WOAY-TV">WOAY-TV 4</a> (Oak Hill–Beckley–Bluefield)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAE-TV" title="WTAE-TV">WTAE-TV 4</a> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJLA-TV" title="WJLA-TV">WJLA-TV 7</a> (Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WTRF-DT 7.3</a> (Wheeling/Steubenville, OH)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCHS-TV" title="WCHS-TV">WCHS-TV 8</a> (Charleston–Huntington)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBOY-TV" title="WBOY-TV">WBOY-DT 12.2</a> (Clarksburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSET-TV" title="WSET-TV">WSET-TV 13</a> (Lynchburg–Roanoke, VA)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KDKA-TV" title="KDKA-TV">KDKA-TV 2</a> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDTV" title="WDTV">WDTV 5</a> (Weston–Clarksburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDBJ" title="WDBJ">WDBJ 7</a> (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WTRF-TV 7</a> (Wheeling/Steubenville, OH)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUSA_(TV)" title="WUSA (TV)">WUSA 9</a> (Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOWK-TV" title="WOWK-TV">WOWK-TV 13</a> (Huntington–Charleston)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIYE-LD" title="WIYE-LD">WIYE-LD 26</a> (Parkersburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-TV 59</a> (Lewisburg)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTTG" title="WTTG">WTTG 5</a> (Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCHS-TV" title="WCHS-TV">WCHS-DT 8.2</a> (Charleston–Huntington)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOV-TV" title="WTOV-TV">WTOV-DT 9.2</a> (Steubenville, OH/Wheeling)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVFX" title="WVFX">WVFX 10</a> (Clarksburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOVA-LD" title="WOVA-LD">WOVA-LD 22</a> (Parkersburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXR" title="WFXR">WFXR 27</a> / <a href="/wiki/WWCW" title="WWCW">WWCW-DT 21.2</a> (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPGH-TV" title="WPGH-TV">WPGH-TV 53</a> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-DT 59.2</a> (Lewisburg)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSAZ-TV" title="WSAZ-TV">WSAZ-TV 3</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (Huntington–Charleston)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRC-TV" title="WRC-TV">WRC-TV 4</a> (Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVVA" title="WVVA">WVVA 6</a> (Bluefield–Beckley)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOV-TV" title="WTOV-TV">WTOV-TV 9</a> (Steubenville, OH/Wheeling)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSLS-TV" title="WSLS-TV">WSLS-TV 10</a> (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXI" title="WPXI">WPXI 11</a> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBOY-TV" title="WBOY-TV">WBOY-TV 12</a> (Clarksburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAP-TV" title="WTAP-TV">WTAP-TV 15</a> (Parkersburg)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadcast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WVVA" title="WVVA">WVVA 6.2</a> (Bluefield–Beckley)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVFX" title="WVFX">WVFX 10.2</a> (Clarksburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWCW" title="WWCW">WWCW 21</a> / <a href="/wiki/WFXR" title="WFXR">WFXR-DT 27.2</a> (Lynchburg–Roanoke, VA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPNT" title="WPNT">WPNT 22</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQCW" title="WQCW">WQCW 30</a> (Portsmouth, OH/Huntington–Charleston)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCW" title="WDCW">WDCW 50</a> (Washington, D.C.)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cable-only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">WBPB 3/80/97</a> (Parkersburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">WBWO 18</a> (Wheeling–Steubenville, OH)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSAZ-TV" title="WSAZ-TV">WSAZ-DT 3.2</a> (Huntington–Charleston)*</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WTRF-DT 7.2</a> (Wheeling/Steubenville, OH)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCA" title="WDCA">WDCA 20</a> (Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPNT" title="WPNT">WPNT 22</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZBJ" title="WZBJ">WZBJ 24</a> / <a href="/wiki/WZBJ-CD" title="WZBJ-CD">WZBJ-CD 19</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (Danville–Lynchburg, VA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIYE-LD" title="WIYE-LD">WIYE-LD 47.2</a> (Parkersburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-DT 59.2</a> (Lewisburg–Beckley–Bluefield)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTAP-TV" title="WTAP-TV">WTAP-DT 15.5</a> (Parkersburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WINP-TV" title="WINP-TV">WINP-TV 16</a> (Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLPX-TV" title="WLPX-TV">WLPX-TV 29</a> (Charleston–Huntington)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXR-TV" title="WPXR-TV">WPXR-TV 38</a> (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLFG" title="WLFG">WLFB 40.3</a> (Bluefield–Beckley)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWPX-TV" title="WWPX-TV">WWPX-TV 60</a> (Martinsburg)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Public_Broadcasting" title="West Virginia Public Broadcasting">WVPB</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>WSWP 9 (Grandview)</li> <li>WNPB 24 (Morgantown)</li> <li>WVPB 33 (Charleston–Huntington)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWVW-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WWVW-LD">WWVW-LD 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jewelry_Television" title="Jewelry Television">JTV</a>, Wheeling)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVAH-TV" title="WVAH-TV">WVAH-TV 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catchy_Comedy" title="Catchy Comedy">Catchy</a>, Charleston–Huntington)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFDC-DT" title="WFDC-DT">WFDC-DT 14</a> (<a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>, Arlington, VA/Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUSV-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WUSV-LD">WUSV-LD 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, Clarksburg)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPKD-TV" title="WPKD-TV">WPKD-TV 19</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, Jeannette–Pittsburgh, PA)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDVM-TV" title="WDVM-TV">WDVM-TV 25</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, Hagerstown, MD)**</li> <li>W26EW-D 26 (<a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a>, Huntington)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLFG" title="WLFG">WLFB 40</a> (Ind., Bluefield–Beckley)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPCB-TV" title="WPCB-TV">WPCB-TV 40</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cornerstone_Television" title="Cornerstone Television">CTVN</a>, Greensburg–Pittsburgh, PA)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZDC-CD" title="WZDC-CD">WZDC-CD 44</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, Washington, D.C.)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTSF" title="WTSF">WTSF 61</a> (<a href="/wiki/Daystar_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daystar (TV network)">Daystar</a>, Ashland, KY/Huntington–Charleston)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJAL" title="WJAL">WJAL 68</a> (<a href="/wiki/ShopHQ" title="ShopHQ">ShopHQ</a>, Silver Spring, MD/Washington, D.C.)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>(*) – indicates station is in one of West Virginia's primary <a href="/wiki/Media_market#Television" title="Media market">TV markets</a><br />(**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of West 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title="KCAU-TV">KCAU-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMID" title="KMID">KMID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KODE-TV" title="KODE-TV">KODE-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSVI" title="KSVI">KSVI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTKA-TV" title="KTKA-TV">KTKA-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVX" title="KTVX">KTVX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WATE-TV" title="WATE-TV">WATE-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAWV-TV" title="WAWV-TV">WAWV-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBOY-TV" title="WBOY-TV">WBOY-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDHN" title="WDHN">WDHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEHT" title="WEHT">WEHT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGNO" title="WGNO">WGNO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHTM-TV" title="WHTM-TV">WHTM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIVT" title="WIVT">WIVT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJBF" title="WJBF">WJBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJET-TV" title="WJET-TV">WJET-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJHL-TV" title="WJHL-TV">WJHL-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKRN-TV" title="WKRN-TV">WKRN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAJ" title="WLAJ">WLAJ</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBB" title="WMBB">WMBB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">WOTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRIC-TV" title="WRIC-TV">WRIC-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSYR-TV" title="WSYR-TV">WSYR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTEN" title="WTEN">WTEN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTNH" title="WTNH">WTNH</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WTRF-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVO" title="WTVO">WTVO</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUTR" title="WUTR">WUTR</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNY" title="WVNY">WVNY</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWTI" title="WWTI">WWTI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYTV" title="WYTV">WYTV</a> <sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="11" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nexstar_Media_Group_logo_(color).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Nexstar_Media_Group_logo_%28color%29.svg/250px-Nexstar_Media_Group_logo_%28color%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Nexstar_Media_Group_logo_%28color%29.svg/330px-Nexstar_Media_Group_logo_%28color%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="223" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KCLO-TV" title="KCLO-TV">KCLO-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGPE" title="KGPE">KGPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLAS-TV" title="KLAS-TV">KLAS-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLBK-TV" title="KLBK-TV">KLBK-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLFY-TV" title="KLFY-TV">KLFY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLST" title="KLST">KLST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOIN" title="KOIN">KOIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOLR" title="KOLR">KOLR</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KREX-TV" title="KREX-TV">KREX-TV / KREY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRQE" title="KRQE">KRQE</a> / <a href="/wiki/KBIM-TV" title="KBIM-TV">KBIM-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KREZ-TV" title="KREZ-TV">KREZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTAB-TV" title="KTAB-TV">KTAB-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVEO-TV" title="KVEO-TV">KVEO-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXMB-TV" title="KXMB-TV">KXMB-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KXMC-TV" title="KXMC-TV">KXMC-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KXMD-TV" title="KXMD-TV">KXMD-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KXMA-TV" title="KXMA-TV">KXMA-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WANE-TV" title="WANE-TV">WANE-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCIA" title="WCIA">WCIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFRV-TV" title="WFRV-TV">WFRV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHBF-TV" title="WHBF-TV">WHBF-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHNT-TV" title="WHNT-TV">WHNT-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHLT" title="WHLT">WHLT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIAT" title="WIAT">WIAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIVB-TV" title="WIVB-TV">WIVB-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJHL-TV" title="WJHL-TV">WJHL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJTV" title="WJTV">WJTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBN-TV" title="WKBN-TV">WKBN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKRG-TV" title="WKRG-TV">WKRG-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLNS-TV" title="WLNS-TV">WLNS-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBD-TV" title="WMBD-TV">WMBD-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCN" title="WNCN">WNCN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCT-TV" title="WNCT-TV">WNCT-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOWK-TV" title="WOWK-TV">WOWK-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRI-TV" title="WPRI-TV">WPRI-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRBL" title="WRBL">WRBL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WREG-TV" title="WREG-TV">WREG-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WROC-TV" title="WROC-TV">WROC-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAJ-TV" title="WTAJ-TV">WTAJ-TV</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WTRF-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTTV" title="WTTV">WTTV / WTTK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYOU" title="WYOU">WYOU</a> <sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a> (<a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">O&O</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KASN" title="KASN">KASN</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAUT-TV" title="KAUT-TV">KAUT-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAZT-TV" title="KAZT-TV">KAZT-TV / KAZT-CD</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KCLO-TV" title="KCLO-TV">KCLO-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDAF" title="KDAF">KDAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGCW" title="KGCW">KGCW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGET-TV" title="KGET-TV">KGET-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHON-TV" title="KHON-TV">KHON-TV / KHAW-TV / KAII-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIAH" title="KIAH">KIAH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLFY-TV" title="KLFY-TV">KLFY-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNVA" title="KNVA">KNVA</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPLR-TV" title="KPLR-TV">KPLR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRCW-TV" title="KRCW-TV">KRCW-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRON-TV" title="KRON-TV">KRON-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSVI" title="KSVI">KSVI</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTKA-TV" title="KTKA-TV">KTKA-TV</a> <sup>1, 2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTLA" title="KTLA">KTLA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUCW" title="KUCW">KUCW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWBQ" title="KWBQ">KWBQ / KRWB-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWGN-TV" title="KWGN-TV">KWGN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXMB-TV" title="KXMB-TV">KXMB-TV</a> <sup>2</sup> / <a href="/wiki/KXMC-TV" title="KXMC-TV">KXMC-TV</a> <sup>2</sup> / <a href="/wiki/KXMD-TV" title="KXMD-TV">KXMD-TV</a> <sup>2</sup> / <a href="/wiki/KXMA-TV" title="KXMA-TV">KXMA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXTU-LD" title="KXTU-LD">KXTU-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBDT" title="WBDT">WBDT</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBRL-CD" title="WBRL-CD">WBRL-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCBD-TV" title="WCBD-TV">WCBD-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCW" title="WDCW">WDCW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNA_(TV)" title="WFNA (TV)">WFNA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXV" title="WFXV">WFXV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGN-TV" title="WGN-TV">WGN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHDF" title="WHDF">WHDF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHLT" title="WHLT">WHLT</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJTV" title="WJTV">WJTV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAJ" title="WLAJ">WLAJ</a> <sup>1, 2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBB" title="WMBB">WMBB</a><sup>1, 2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNAC-TV" title="WNAC-TV">WNAC-TV</a> <sup>1, 2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCT-TV" title="WNCT-TV">WNCT-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNLO_(TV)" title="WNLO (TV)">WNLO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOL-TV" title="WNOL-TV">WNOL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">WOTV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPIX" title="WPIX">WPIX</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPHL-TV" title="WPHL-TV">WPHL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSAV-TV" title="WSAV-TV">WSAV-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTTA" title="WTTA">WTTA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVW" title="WTVW">WTVW</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWCW" title="WWCW">WWCW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWLP" title="WWLP">WWLP</a> / <a href="/wiki/WFXQ-CD" title="WFXQ-CD">WFXQ-CD</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWTI" title="WWTI">WWTI</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCW" title="WYCW">WYCW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KARD_(TV)" title="KARD (TV)">KARD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCIT" title="KCIT">KCIT</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDVR" title="KDVR">KDVR / KFCT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFQX" title="KFQX">KFQX</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFTA-TV" title="KFTA-TV">KFTA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFXK-TV" title="KFXK-TV">KFXK-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHON-TV" title="KHON-TV">KHON-TV / KHAW-TV / KAII-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHMT" title="KHMT">KHMT</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJTL" title="KJTL">KJTL</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLJB" title="KLJB">KLJB</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLRT-TV" title="KLRT-TV">KLRT-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMSS-TV" title="KMSS-TV">KMSS-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPEJ-TV" title="KPEJ-TV">KPEJ-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRBK" title="KRBK">KRBK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRQE" title="KRQE">KRQE</a> / <a href="/wiki/KBIM-TV" title="KBIM-TV">KBIM-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KREZ-TV" title="KREZ-TV">KREZ-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSWB-TV" title="KSWB-TV">KSWB-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTMJ-CD" title="KTMJ-CD">KTMJ-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVI" title="KTVI">KTVI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTXL" title="KTXL">KTXL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWKT-TV" title="KWKT-TV">KWKT-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXRM-TV" title="KXRM-TV">KXRM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAF-TV" title="WDAF-TV">WDAF-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDKY-TV" title="WDKY-TV">WDKY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFFF-TV" title="WFFF-TV">WFFF-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXP" title="WFXP">WFXP</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXR" title="WFXR">WFXR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXV" title="WFXV">WFXV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGHP" title="WGHP">WGHP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGMB-TV" title="WGMB-TV">WGMB-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJKT" title="WJKT">WJKT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJW_(TV)" title="WJW (TV)">WJW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAX" title="WLAX">WLAX / WEUX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNAC-TV" title="WNAC-TV">WNAC-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNTZ-TV" title="WNTZ-TV">WNTZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQRF-TV" title="WQRF-TV">WQRF-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXIN" title="WXIN">WXIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXXA-TV" title="WXXA-TV">WXXA-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFX-LD" title="WYFX-LD">WYFX-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYZZ-TV" title="WYZZ-TV">WYZZ-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KARZ-TV" title="KARZ-TV">KARZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KASY-TV" title="KASY-TV">KASY-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBVO_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="KBVO (TV)">KBVO / KBVO-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCPN-LD" title="KCPN-LD">KCPN-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGJT-CD" title="KGJT-CD">KGJT-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHII-TV" title="KHII-TV">KHII-TV / KGMD-TV / KGMV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJBO-LD" title="KJBO-LD">KJBO-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOZL-TV" title="KOZL-TV">KOZL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSHV-TV" title="KSHV-TV">KSHV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTPN-LD" title="KTPN-LD">KTPN-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXNW" title="KXNW">KXNW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYLE-TV" title="KYLE-TV">KYLE-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCIX" title="WCIX">WCIX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCTX" title="WCTX">WCTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WMYT-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNTZ-TV" title="WNTZ-TV">WNTZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPNY-LD" title="WPNY-LD">WPNY-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRI-TV" title="WPRI-TV">WPRI-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSAV-TV" title="WSAV-TV">WSAV-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSNN-LD" title="WSNN-LD">WSNN-LD</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WTRF-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVO" title="WTVO">WTVO</a> <sup>1, 2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNS-TV" title="WVNS-TV">WVNS-TV</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WXSP-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYTV-DT2" class="mw-redirect" title="WYTV-DT2">WYTV-DT2</a> <sup>1, 2</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KAMR-TV" title="KAMR-TV">KAMR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARK-TV" title="KARK-TV">KARK-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KETK-TV" title="KETK-TV">KETK-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFDX-TV" title="KFDX-TV">KFDX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFOR-TV" title="KFOR-TV">KFOR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGET-TV" title="KGET-TV">KGET-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNWA-TV" title="KNWA-TV">KNWA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRBC-TV" title="KRBC-TV">KRBC-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSAN-TV" title="KSAN-TV">KSAN-TV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSEE" title="KSEE">KSEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSNF" title="KSNF">KSNF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSNT" title="KSNT">KSNT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSNW" title="KSNW">KSNW</a> / <a href="/wiki/KSNC" title="KSNC">KSNC</a> / <a href="/wiki/KSNG" title="KSNG">KSNG</a> / <a href="/wiki/KSNK" title="KSNK">KSNK</a> / <a href="/wiki/KSNL-LD" title="KSNL-LD">KSNL-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTAL-TV" title="KTAL-TV">KTAL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTSM-TV" title="KTSM-TV">KTSM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVE" title="KTVE">KTVE</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVEO-TV" title="KVEO-TV">KVEO-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXAN-TV" title="KXAN-TV">KXAN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVY-TV" title="WAVY-TV">WAVY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBGH-CD" title="WBGH-CD">WBGH-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBOY-TV" title="WBOY-TV">WBOY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBRE-TV" title="WBRE-TV">WBRE-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCBD-TV" title="WCBD-TV">WCBD-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCMH-TV" title="WCMH-TV">WCMH-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDTN" title="WDTN">WDTN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WETM-TV" title="WETM-TV">WETM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFLA-TV" title="WFLA-TV">WFLA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHO-DT" title="WHO-DT">WHO-DT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">WOOD-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSAV-TV" title="WSAV-TV">WSAV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTWO" title="WTWO">WTWO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVLA-TV" title="WVLA-TV">WVLA-TV</a> 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