List of MyNetworkTV affiliates
The following is a list of affiliates of MyNetworkTV, a former network which is now defined as a programming service.
History
MyNetworkTV launched on September 5, 2006, with a reach of 96 percent of the United States. The network was created by Fox Television Stations Group to fill the void left on their UPN affiliates after The WB and UPN merged to form The CW on January 24, 2006. A month later, the MNTV formation was announced on February 22.
MyNetworkTV is based around nine UPN affiliates and one Independent station owned by FTSG (a division of News Corporation). From March 1, 2006 to present, 157 affiliates came to an agreement to carry it, bringing MyNetworkTV's total distribution to 167 stations. The largest of these additional affiliate groups is the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has committed broadcast stations in 17 markets in which it operates. On May 15, 2006, Tribune Company announced that it would commit three WB stations in markets where a CBS Corporation-owned UPN station took The CW affiliation, to MyNetworkTV.[1] All of Tribune's other WB stations had already joined The CW—since Tribune held a minority stake in The WB Television Network. Also, Univision, the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, committed its only English-language station, KUVI-TV in Bakersfield, California.
These two stations were once dual affiliates of both The CW and MyNetworkTV since their 2006 debuts: KWKB in Iowa City, Iowa, owned by KM Communications, which carried both The CW (as a primary) and MyNetworkTV (as a secondary), but dropped MyNetwork in September 2011; KNVA in Austin, Texas, owned by LIN Television, was the other, until it dropped the network on October 20, 2009. However, in March 2014, WKTC in Columbia, South Carolina, a locally owned station, switched its main channel's primary affiliation from MyNetworkTV to The CW, retaining MyNetwork as a secondary affiliation, making it one of two stations in the country that currently carry both The CW and MyNetwork on the same feed (WKTC would be joined in September 2016 by FTS-owned WPWR-TV in Chicago, licensed to Gary, Indiana, in carrying both netlets on its primary channel). In addition, WTVY in Dothan, Alabama, a CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television, now carries MyNetworkTV on a digital subchannel which was previously affiliated with UPN, and also added a third digital subchannel for The CW. WTOK-TV in Meridian, Mississippi, also owned by Gray, has added a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation to its then-Fox-affiliated digital subchannel and added another digital subchannel for The CW, in addition to ABC on its main channel.
On July 12, 2006, the network announced the affiliation of CBS Corporation-owned UPN affiliates WBFS-TV in Miami, Florida and WUPL in New Orleans, Louisiana (the latter has since been sold to Belo) and WB affiliate WTCN-CA in West Palm Beach, Florida (now owned by Sinclair).[2] This agreement is surprising considering that MyNetworkTV came to be as a retaliatory move to the merger of UPN and The WB into The CW. Also announced on the same day were affiliation agreements in four additional markets, including Denver's KTVD, a Gannett-owned station. In late July, MNTV added WZMY (now WBIN-TV) in Derry, New Hampshire (Boston-Manchester area), ending the long search for an affiliate in the Boston market; however, WBIN dropped the network and reverted to Independent status on September 19, 2011, with the programming service moving to CBS-owned WSBK-TV (which had shunned MyNetworkTV at its formation in 2006).
On August 11, 2006, MNTV announced on its affiliates' website the addition of four new stations—WNAC (which has since moved MyNetworkTV to their DT2 subchannel after carrying the programming service as secondary to its primary Fox affiliation), WNGT-LP (now WMNT-CD), WEPX/WPXU, and KMMF (now defunct).
On August 22, 2006, UPN station KAUT of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (previously owned by CBS Corporation, and owned by The New York Times Company at the time of MyNetworkTV's launch, now owned by Local TV), which was erroneously announced in the original CW press release as an affiliate for that network, was listed on MyNetworkTV's site as an affiliate. Shortly thereafter, an email from the station confirmed the same, and two days later MyNetworkTV confirmed it in the industry press. This officially gave the network full distribution in the top 50 markets. MyNetworkTV now had broadcast or cable affiliation in all of the top 100 markets; ironically, The CW was still missing three markets in the top 100 (see List of CW affiliates).
Though KFDF-CA (UPN) had previously been announced as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Fort Smith, Arkansas market (and is still listed as such on the MyNetworkTV website), its sister station KPBI-CA, which is losing its Fox affiliation, will assume the MyNetworkTV affiliation instead; KFDF-CA will instead join Retro Television Network. (Due to the ownership change at KPBI, KFSM has picked up My Network for 5.2 as of Oct 1,2009. KFSM's owner, Local TV, closed on its purchase of full-power KPBI on January 5, 2012 through a "failing station" waiver and changed its call letters to KXNW; on that date KXNW's primary channel began simulcasting KFSM-DT2 (which also took on a secondary affiliation with Antenna TV in addition to its primary MyNetworkTV affiliation) and its DT2 subchannel began simulcasting KFSM's primary channel to expand the digital coverage of both stations to the entire Fort Smith–Fayetteville market.)
In the summer of 2009 as the network converted to a syndicated programming service, the network lost several affiliates due to two factors. The first was the aftermath of the digital transition of June 12 and the Equity Media Holdings bankruptcy, where several stations which had not completed their digital facilities ended broadcasting and had also been purchased at auction by the religious broadcaster Daystar Television Network. Those stations which were low-power and unaffected by the transition were quickly converted to Daystar or sold by Daystar to a second party, with the remainder to follow once the digital facilities were built. Several also went off the air completely upon not being sold.
The network also nullified all affiliation agreements to convert to a programming service, leading Ion Media Networks to end their carriage of the service on September 28, 2009 on three stations and resume carrying Ion Television full-time (those stations had been owned by another party which agreed to carry the network at the time of MyNetworkTV's launch, although they were managed by Ion directly). This led to MyNetworkTV's first agreement with CW affiliate WLMT in Memphis, Tennessee, where that station would only air WWE SmackDown and disregard the other four nights of their schedule in order to keep that program airing in one of WWE's strongest markets. Additionally, Pappas Telecasting-owned KDMI in Des Moines, Iowa also dropped MyNetworkTV and became a full-time This TV affiliate; sister station KCWI-TV, the market's CW affiliate, then began airing SmackDown in a similar arrangement to WLMT. The arrangements ended in October 2010 when the show moved to cable channel Syfy; thereafter, WLMT's Retro Television Network (RTV)-affiliated second digital subchannel picked up the entire MyNetworkTV lineup as a secondary affiliation. KDMI later rejoined MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation; however, effective December 1, 2014 the MyNetworkTV agreement in Des Moines transferred to KCCI's new subchannel 8.3. WLMT briefly dropped MyNetworkTV in June 2013 on the subchannel (MeTV had since replaced RTV for the remainder of the day) during a move to a new studio facility after an ownership change, leaving Memphis again without MyNetworkTV service; the service's programming has since returned to its lineup.
Sinclair-owned KMYS in San Antonio, Texas, swapped affiliations with former CW affiliate KCWX, becoming the first known instance of an affiliation swap between a CW affiliate and a MyNetworkTV affiliate in the same market since the formation of both "networks" in 2006.
For more information about the affiliation process, refer to the main network article.
Affiliates
Current affiliates
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- A This column indicates the station's (or subchannel's, where applicable) network affiliation prior to MyNetworkTV's launch. All networks shown were the station's full, primary affiliation unless noted otherwise.
- 1 These stations carry MyNetworkTV on a digital subchannel viewable to anyone with a digital television; their digital mapping locations are shown.
- 2 These stations carry MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.
- 3 This market's Fox affiliation switched from WUFX-TV to WDBD-TV on July 3. (Note: Chip cites a story in the Clarion-Ledger.)
- 4 Will also be carried on a digital subchannel of KFXK-TV.
- 5 Station became a 100% repeater of KREX-TV in January 2008, following a fire at that station's studios; KGJT returned to its own schedule in Fall 2008.
- 6 This station's subchannel launched on September 1, 2011, replacing TheCoolTV. The MyNetworkTV affiliation is secondary to the subchannel's primary Fox affiliation.
- 7 Moved from a cable-only station, which launched on July 1, 2012 upon WXXV digital subchannel 25.2 changing its affiliation from MyNetworkTV to NBC.[19]
- 8 This station added a primary Fox affiliation on July 1, 2012 while retaining MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.[20]
- 9 KSBI replaced KAUT-TV as Oklahoma City's MyNetworkTV affiliate, effective September 17, 2012; KAUT reverted into an Independent station with an informal secondary Antenna TV affiliation.[21][22]
- 10 WISE-DT2 relinquished its primary Fox affiliation to WFFT-TV (the network's original Fort Wayne affiliate from 1986 to 2011) on March 1, 2013; WISE-DT2 reverted to a sole MyNetworkTV affiliate on that date.
- 11 Became a CW affiliate on September 1, 2016. WPWR-TV continues to carry MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.[23][24]
Former affiliates
DMA # |
Market | Station | Former NetworkA | Ownership | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | Boston-Manchester-Derry, N.H. | WBIN-TV 50 | Independent | Carlisle One Media (managed by New Age Media, LLC) |
Ended agreement with network and resumed Independent status on September 19, 2011; replaced by WSBK-TV |
| 21. | East St. Louis-St. Louis | WRBU 46 | UPN | Roberts Broadcasting | Became Ion Television owned-and-operated station on February 10, 2014; affiliation moved to KMOV-DT3 on November 17, 2014. |
| 32. | Salt Lake City | KJZZ-TV 14 | Independent | Larry H. Miller Communications Corp. | Ended agreement with network and resumed Independent status on August 18, 2008; network was programmed after midnight on this station due to sports and news coverage, and station never explicitly branded with the network |
| Cedar City-St. George-Salt Lake City | KCSG 14 | America One | Southwest Media, LLC | Affiliation moved to KMYU/KUTV-DT2 in fall 2010; later affiliated with RTV full-time; now a MeTV affiliate | |
| 37. | San Antonio | KMYS 35 | WB | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Swapped affiliations with KCWX and became a CW affiliate on August 30, 2010. |
| 42. | Las Vegas | KVMY 21 | WB | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Affiliation transferred to KVCW's second digital subchannel on November 1, 2014; now an Antenna TV affiliate |
| 44. | Austin | KNVA 54 | WB | LIN Television | Became affiliated solely with The CW on October 21, 2009; was a secondary affiliate airing the network immediately after CW programming. Mother station KXAN-TV converted its Llano satellite station KBVO to a full MyNetworkTV station serving the Austin market on September 28, 2009. |
| 45. | Oklahoma City | KAUT-TV 43 | UPN | Local TV | Affiliation moved to KSBI on September 17, 2012; reverted to Independent status thereafter and added informal secondary affiliation with Antenna TV |
| 48. | Memphis | WPXX-TV 50 | ION Television | ION Media Networks | Returned to airing Ion Television full-time September 28, 2009 |
| 48. | Memphis | WLMT-DT2 30.2 | Variety Television RTV |
Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Returned to airing MeTV full-time October 2016. As of October 2016, KPMF-LD (in Paragould, Arkansas) has since assumed the MyNetworkTV affiliation (from WLMT-DT2) for the Memphis, Tennessee market; as a result, WLMT-DT2 has resumed airing the full MeTV schedule.[25][26] |
| 58. | Albany-Schenectady- Troy, N.Y. |
WNYA-CA 15 | UPN | Venture Technologies Group | Former repeater for WNYA's primary channel; switched to Antenna TV, via WNYA's secondary channel, on April 19, 2011. The station became WEPT-CA in 2013. |
| 63. | Lexington, Kentucky | WBLU-LP 62 | Independent | Equity Broadcasting | Became a full-time Retro Television Network affiliate in 2008;[27] temporarily went dark on or about July 22, 2008 due to "intermittent signal delivery issues".[28] Went dark permanently on March 4, 2009. Station was sold to the Daystar Television Network but never resumed broadcasting since that time. The station's license was cancelled on June 25, 2010. |
| 65. | Fort Myers/Naples, Florida | "WNFM 8" (cable only) |
UPN (This TV was secondary) |
Comcast | Ceased broadcasting in July 1, 2015; MyNetworkTV no longer has an affiliation in the Naples/Fort Myers market. The July 1, 2015 sign-off of "WNFM 8" leaves Naples/Fort Myers as the largest media market to not have a MyNetworkTV affiliate. |
| 73. | Des Moines | KDMI 19 | N/A | Pappas Telecasting Companies | Became a full-time This TV affiliate in 2014 when affiliation moved to KCCI's subchannel. |
| Des Moines-Ames, Iowa | KCWI-TV 23 | N/A | Station aired only WWE SmackDown from the network until September 11, 2010 (when it reverted to being a sole CW affiliate) and declined the remainder of the network's lineup. | ||
| 74. | Springfield, Missouri | KWBM 31 | WB | Equity Broadcasting | Sold in bankruptcy to Daystar and switched to that network in July 2009. |
| 75. | Spokane, Washington | KXMN-LP KXLY-DT2 11 / 9.2 4.2 |
New digital subchannel | Morgan Murphy Media | Switched affiliation to MeTV in October 2012. |
| 88. | Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA | KWKB 20² | WB | KM Communications | Dropped network and became a full-time CW affiliate in September 2011 |
| 91. | Tri-Cities, TN-VA | WAPK-CD | UPN | Glenwood Communications Corporation | Affiliation transferred to sister station WKPT-TV February 1, 2016 when WKPT-TV lost its ABC affiliation to WJHL-DT2; switched affiliations to MeTV. |
| 95. | Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, N.Y. | WGMU-LP 39 | UPN | Equity Broadcasting | Station was silent for several months in 2009 due to financial difficulties of Equity. Station was later sold in an auction to Convergence Media and became a satellite of RTV affiliate WNMN. Network affiliation moved to a new WNMN subchannel in mid-2010. WNMN-DT3 would later drop MyNetworkTV, as well as its other digital subchannels; MyNetworkTV no longer has an affiliation in the Burlington-Plattsburgh market. WGMU-LP's license was cancelled by the FCC on March 12, 2015 for failure to broadcast for a year. Burlington-Plattsburgh is now the second-largest media market to not have any MyNetworkTV (with Naples/Fort Myers being the largest, ever since the July 1, 2015 sign-off of "WNFM 8"). |
| 101. | Greenville-New Bern-Washington, N.C. | WEPX 38 WPXU 35 |
ION Television | ION Media Networks | Returned to airing Ion Television full-time September 28, 2009 |
| 103. | Evansville, Indiana | WTSN-LP 63 | UPN | Evansville Low Power Partnership | Ended partnership with WEVV-TV in May 2009, with WEVV-DT2 taking over as affiliate for the market. Station flash-cut to digital as WTSN-CD (on channel 36) and affiliated with America One full-time in June 2009; switched to MeTV in mid-November 2011. |
| 113. | Boise-Nampa, Idaho | KTRV-TV 12.21 | New digital subchannel | Block Communications | Affiliation transferred to KTRV's primary channel on January 23, 2012; now a full MeTV affiliate.[29] |
| 117. | Montgomery, Alabama | WRJM-TV 67 | UPN | Josie Park Broadcasting | Converted to American Music Video Network (now The Country Network) in April 2009, then switched to WeatherNation in 2011. The station was subsequently renamed WIYC. |
| 123. | Lafayette, Louisiana | KLAF-LD 46 | UPN | Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Affiliation transferred to a third digital subchannel of sister station KADN July 1, 2015; now a NBC affiliate. |
| 126. | Yakima-Kennewick, WA | KAPP-DT2 KVEW-DT2 35.21 42.21 |
New digital subchannel | Morgan Murphy Stations | Switched affiliation to MeTV in October 2012. |
| 127. | Columbus, Georgia | WXTX 54 | Fox | American Spirit Media (operated through shared services agreement by Raycom Media) |
Dropped network and reverted to a sole Fox affiliate in early 2012; MyNetworkTV no longer has an affiliation in the Columbus, GA market. |
| 138. | Monroe, Louisiana | KEJB 43 | UPN | KM Communications | Left the air June 4, 2010 due to equipment failure. License canceled on December 22, 2010 for not filing for a license to cover its digital facilities. |
| 141. | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | KUMY-LD 22 | Independent | Minority Broadcasting Company, LLC | Converted to the Retro Television Network (RTV) on October 1, 2010 |
| 143. | Salisbury, Maryland-Dover, Delaware | WRDE-LD 31 | America One | Price Hill Television LLC | Primary affiliate, with Retro Television Network (later Cozi TV) as a secondary affiliation. Affiliation transferred to WRDE-LD's second digital subchannel in June 2014; now affiliated with NBC. |
| 163. | Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi | WXXV-DT2 | New digital subchannel | Morris Multimedia | Affiliation transferred to cable-only status in June 2012; now affiliated with NBC. |
| EXXV-TV | New cable-only station | Shut down in January 2015 when WXXV acquired CW affiliate "WBGP" from Cable ONE and moved it to both a new third digital subchannel and the cable channel spot formerly occupied by EXXV-TV. MyNetworkTV was then moved to WXXV as a secondary affiliation. | |||
| 166. | Missoula, Montana | KMMF 17² | Fox | Equity Broadcasting | Station's intellectual assets sold in April 2009 to Max Media, which purchased the assets at auction solely for acquiring the Fox affiliation. Fox moved to a KTMF subchannel in July 2009, and KMMF was shut down on June 12, 2009 due to lack of digital facilities constructed by Equity, with MyNetworkTV not picked up. |
| 173. | Rapid City, South Dakota | KKRA-LP 24 | ION Television | Rapid Broadcasting | Became a repeater of the main signal from full-power NBC affiliate KNBN in 2009. MyNetworkTV transferred to that station's new third subchannel (see above). |
| 190. | Great Falls, Montana | KLMN 26 | UPN | Equity Broadcasting | Became a Fox affiliate in May 2007. Station sold in April 2009 to Max Media at auction, which bought the station solely for acquiring the Fox affiliation. Fox moved to a KFBB-TV subchannel in July 2009, and KLMN was shut down on June 12, 2009 due to lack of digital facilities constructed by Equity. The MyNetworkTV affiliation is now on KFBB's Fox subchannel as its secondary affiliation. |
| 197. | Cheyenne, Wyoming | KDEV-LP 40 | ABC | Fusion Communications | Became a MeTV affiliate in 2011. |
| 201. | Lima, Ohio | WOHL-CA 25² | Fox | West Central Ohio Broadcasting (operated by Block Communications) |
Disaffiliated from MyNetworkTV due to Fox's intentions to affiliate with rival NBC affiliate WLIO's second digital subchannel, which operated at full-power. A dispute filed against the change by Metro Video Productions, WOHL-CA's owners, was settled when the company agreed to sell its stations (WOHL-CA, WLMO-LP and WLQP-LP) to Block Communications, WLIO's owners. Flash-cut to digital as WOHL-CD on June 12, 2009 and became an ABC affiliate (with CBS on DT2) on September 28, 2009 when Block Communications temporarily ceased analog operations on those networks' respective affiliates, WLQP-LP and WLMO-LP. |
| 205. | Victoria, Texas | KXTS-LD 41 | UPN | Saga Communications | Became a CBS affiliate on September 12, 2011; MyNetworkTV no longer has an affiliation in the Victoria market. |
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