List of The CW affiliates (table)
The following is a list of affiliates of The CW, which launched on September 18, 2006. The network is currently owned by a consortium of Nexstar Media Group, which owns a majority 75 percent stake, with Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, each with 12.5 percent interests. Nexstar and Paramount Global also own stations affiliated with the network.
The CW covers just over 98 percent of television homes in the United States, with over-the-air coverage in all of the top 100 Nielsen-ranked markets. Remaining markets include over-the-air and cable-only stations utilizing The CW Plus and its network; four markets (Glendive, Lima, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) have no dedicated affiliate.[1][2]
A blue background indicates a station transmitting in the ATSC 3.0 format over-the-air; details about the station's alternate availability in the original ATSC format are contained in its article.
Affiliate stations
Current affiliates
CW Sports-only affiliates
Seventeen of The CW's regular affiliates have declined to carry the network's coverage of LIV Golf branded under the CW Sports banner, which – as weekend afternoon programming – is not specified, nor mandated, under the network's existing affiliation contracts. In all of the affected markets, the network has made secondary affiliation arrangements with other stations, several of which are owned by network majority owner Nexstar, including one former full-time CW affiliate, Chicago's WGN-TV.[6]
All but one of the initial affiliates declining coverage are owned by either CBS News and Stations (whose parent network is a rightsholder of the rival PGA Tour) or Tegna Inc. (which has not publicized its reasons for declining coverage). The remaining station, WCIU, is one of the two CW affiliates owned by Weigel Broadcasting, and may have declined coverage due to prior commitments to its existing schedule of syndicated programming and Illinois High School Association sports coverage; Weigel's other CW affiliate WCWW-LD South Bend is carrying coverage.[7][8]
Stations owned by Lilly Broadcasting ran the first airing of LIV Golf, but they, along with WFQX-DT2 in the Cadillac/Traverse City, Michigan market, owned by Cadillac Telecasting Company and operated by Heritage Broadcasting Group, dropped subsequent coverage without public notice. Lilly also owns several CBS affiliates itself, while WFQX's sister station, WWTV, is also a CBS affiliate.
| Market | CW Sports affiliate |
Channel | Owner | Regular affiliation |
CW primary affiliate |
Primary affiliate owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | WPCH-TV | 17 | Gray Television | Independent | WUPA | CBS |
| Chicago | WGN-TV | 9 | Nexstar Media Group | Independent | WCIU-TV | Weigel |
| Des Moines/Ames | WHO-DT2/DT3 | 13.2/13.3 | Nexstar Media Group | Rewind TV/Antenna TV | KCWI-TV | Tegna |
| Detroit | WDIV-DT3/DT4 | 4.3/4.4 | Graham Media Group | MeTV/Cozi TV | WKBD-TV | CBS |
| Elmira | WETM-DT2 | 18.2 | Nexstar Media Group | Antenna TV | WENY-DT3 | Lilly |
| Erie | WFXP-DT4 | 66.4 | Mission Broadcasting | Antenna TV | WSEE-DT2 | Lilly |
| Hartford | WCTX | 59 | Nexstar Media Group | MyNetworkTV | WCCT-TV | Tegna |
| Memphis | WMC-DT3/DT5 | 5.3/5.5 | Gray Television | Circle/News loop | WLMT | Tegna |
| Philadelphia | WPHL-TV | 17 | Nexstar Media Group | MyNetworkTV | WPSG | CBS |
| Pittsburgh | WPNT | 22 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | MyNetworkTV | WPCW | CBS |
| Sacramento/Stockton | KQCA | 58 | Hearst Television | MyNetworkTV | KMAX-TV | CBS |
| San Diego | KUSI-TV | 51 | McKinnon Broadcasting | Independent | KFMB-DT2 | Tegna |
| San Francisco | KRON-TV | 4 | Nexstar Media Group | MyNetworkTV | KBCW | CBS |
| Seattle/Tacoma | KOMO-DT2/DT3 | 4.2/4.3 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Comet/Charge! | KSTW | CBS |
| Spokane | KAYU-DT2 | 28.2 | Imagicomm Communications | Antenna TV | KSKN | Tegna |
| Tampa | WTTA | 38 | Nexstar Media Group | MyNetworkTV | WTOG | CBS |
| Traverse City/Cadillac | WMNN-LD | 26 | Bridge Media Networks | NewsNet | WFXQ-DT2 | Cadillac |
Former affiliates
Notes
- Satellite of WTTO.
- Satellite of KWBQ.
- Cable-only channel.
- On October 2, 2019, the day after the sale of WVIR to Gray Television was completed, translator W30CT-D (which, along with W22EX-D, formerly served as a translator of WVIR-TV in Charlottesville) became WSVW-LD. On December 1, 2019, WSVW-LD/W22EX-D was converted to a dual NBC/CW+-affiliated television station.[3][4]
- Served by WBDT, Springfield OH.
- Translator of KCWH-LD.
- Served by KBZK-DT2, Bozeman MT[5]
- Previously a part of The WB 100+ Station Group.
- Analog terrestrial simulcast of "KWVB".
ATSC 1.0 simulcasts
- Simulcasts on KPRC-TV for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on KNXV-TV for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on KDVR for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on KATU for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on KTVI for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on WMPT and WMPB for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts
- Simulcasts on WTIC-TV for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on WTTE for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on KSNV for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on WTEN for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on WEYI-TV for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
- Simulcasts on WKRN-TV for ATSC 1.0 broadcasts.
Operational agreements
- Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
- Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
- Operated by New Age Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
- Operated by Heritage Broadcasting Group.
- Operated by Morgan Murphy Media.
- Operated by Marianas Media.
- Operated by Journal Communications.
- Operated by Gray Television.
- Operated by Pappas Telecasting.
- Operated by Block Communications.
- Operated by Quincy Media.
- Operated by Bay City Television.
- Operated by News-Press & Gazette Company.
References
- "CW PLUS Market Clearance (as of September 1, 2019)" (PDF). © 2019 The CW Television Network. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- "ABOUT US - The CW PLUS TV". © 2019 The CW Television Network. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- WHSV announces launch of NBC and CW Plus affiliations 'NBC 3 in the Valley'
- The Official Logo Of WSVW-LD/W22EX-D (NBC) & WSVW-LD2/W22EX-D2 (CW+)
- "Mid-Rivers CommunicationsCable TVEastern Montana's Internet and WiFi Provider". Mid-Rivers Communications. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- Rice, Lynette (February 14, 2023). "LIV Golf Tour Clears 100 Percent Of US Markets (But Not All CW Stations)". Deadline. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- Rice, Lynette; Hayes, Dade (February 24, 2023). "LIV On CW: Behind Nexstar's Drive To Secure TV Stations For Controversial Golf League". Deadline. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- "TV Schedule for CW (WCWW) South Bend, IN HD - Sunday, February 26". TV Passport. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- "LIV Golf: How To Watch Live". The CW. 2023-02-12. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- "KX Adds The CW to Western North Dakota". Dakotawire. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- "Gray Renews All Its NBC, CW Affiliations". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- "The CW and Media General Announce Long-Term Affiliation Agreements". Business Wire. December 23, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2016.