CBS Television Stations
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| Type | Division of CBS Corporation |
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| Industry | Television |
| Predecessor(s) | Westinghouse Broadcasting Paramount Stations Group |
| Founded | May 24, 2000 |
| Headquarters | New York City, USA |
| Key people | Peter Dunn, President |
| Owner(s) | CBS Corporation |
| Website | Website |
The CBS Television Stations are a group of American television stations owned by CBS Corporation. As of February 2013, CBS Corporation owns twenty-nine stations, broken down as follows: sixteen are the key stations of the CBS Television Network; eight are aligned with the CW Television Network, which is co-owned by CBS with Time Warner; three independent stations; two stations affiliated with MyNetworkTV.[1]
The group was founded on May 24, 2000, after the merger of Viacom and the previous CBS Corporation, as the Viacom Television Stations Group; it was a merger of the Paramount Stations Group with CBS's owned and operated stations division. It was rebranded to its current name on January 3, 2006, after Viacom split itself into two publicly traded companies. However, the "new" Viacom is still controlled by National Amusements.
Currently many of CBSTS' stations, especially CBS outlets, use a common look in branding. One example is so-called "CBS Mandate" involving most CBS stations calling themselves "CBS [Channel number]" (e.g. WWJ-TV, which is allocated on virtual channel 62, brands as "CBS 62"). This is the same practice as many other O&O groups across the U.S. Only five CBS-owned stations do not use such a branding convention.
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Stations[edit]
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
Notes:
- 1) Two boldface asterisks appearing following the call letters (**) indicates WCBS-TV as the only station built and signed-on by CBS;
- 2) Two boldface plus signs appearing following a station's call letters (++) indicate a station that was owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting prior to its acquisition of CBS in 1995;
- 3) Two boldface hashmarks appearing following a station's call letters (##) indicate a station that was owned by the original Viacom prior to its acquisition of CBS in 2000.
Current[edit]
| City of license/Market | Station | Channel TV (DT) |
Owned since | Affiliation |
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| Los Angeles | KCBS-TV | 2 (43) | 1951 | CBS |
| KCAL-TV | 9 (9) | 2002 | Independent | |
| Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto | KOVR | 13 (25) | 2005 | CBS |
| KMAX-TV ## | 31 (21) | 2000 | The CW | |
| San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose | KPIX ++ | 5 (29) | 1995 | CBS |
| KBCW | 44 (45) | 2002 | The CW | |
| Denver | KCNC-TV | 4 (35) | 1995 | CBS |
| Miami- Fort Lauderdale | WFOR-TV | 4 (22) | 1989 | CBS |
| WBFS-TV ## | 33 (32) | 2000 | MyNetworkTV | |
| St. Petersburg - Tampa | WTOG ## | 44 (44) | 2000 | The CW |
| Atlanta | WUPA ## | 69 (43) | 2000 | The CW |
| Chicago | WBBM-TV | 2 (12) | 1953 | CBS |
| Indianapolis | WBXI-CA 47 Analog Class A LPTV |
N/A | N/A | Tr3́s |
| Baltimore | WJZ-TV ++ | 13 (13) | 1995 | CBS |
| Boston | WBZ-TV ++ | 4 (30) | 1995 | CBS |
| WSBK-TV ## | 38 (39) | 2000 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Detroit | WKBD-TV ## | 50 (14) | 2000 | The CW |
| WWJ-TV | 62 (44) | 1995 | CBS | |
| Alexandria, Minnesota | KCCO-TV (satellite of WCCO-TV) |
7 (7) | 1992 | CBS |
| Minneapolis - St. Paul | WCCO-TV | 4 (32) | 1992 | CBS |
| Walker, Minnesota | KCCW-TV (satellite of WCCO-TV) |
12 (12) | 1992 | CBS |
| New York City | WCBS-TV ** | 2 (33) | 1941 | CBS |
| Riverhead, New York | WLNY-TV [2] | 55 (47) | 2012 [3] | Independent |
| Philadelphia | KYW-TV ++ | 3 (26) | 1995 | CBS |
| WPSG ## | 57 (32) | 2000 | The CW | |
| Pittsburgh | KDKA-TV ++ | 2 (25) | 1995 | CBS |
| WPCW ## | 19 (11) | 2000 | The CW | |
| Fort Worth - Dallas | KTVT | 11 (19) | 1999 | CBS |
| KTXA ## | 21 (18) | 2000 | Independent | |
| Tacoma - Seattle | KSTW ## | 11 (11) | 2000 | The CW |
Former[edit]
- Note: This list also contains stations that were owned and operated by CBS prior to the founding of CBS Television Stations in 2000.
| City of license/Market | Station | Channel TV / DT |
Years owned | Current Status |
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| Los Angeles | KTTV 1 | 11 (11) | 1949–1951 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| Hartford - New Haven, CT | WGTH-TV/WHCT-TV (now WUVN) |
18 (46) | 1955–1958 | Univision affiliate owned by Entravision Communications |
| Washington, D.C. | WTOP-TV 2 (now WUSA) |
9 (9) | 1950–1954 | CBS affiliate owned by Gannett Company |
| WDCA ## | 20 (35) | 2000–2001 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations | |
| Fort Pierce - West Palm Beach, FL | WTVX 3 | 34 (34) | 2001–2008 | CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| WTCN-CA | 34.3 | 2005–2008 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Still broadcasts in analog on channel 50. |
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| WWHB-CA | 34.2 | 2005–2008 | Azteca America affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Still broadcasts in analog on channel 48. |
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| Indianapolis | WNDY-TV ## | 23 (32) | 2000–2005 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by LIN Media |
| Slidell - New Orleans, LA | WUPL ## | 54 (24) | 2000–2007 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Belo Corporation |
| Escanaba - Marquette, MI | WJMN-TV (satellite of WFRV-TV) |
3 (48) | 1992–2007 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| St. Louis | KMOX-TV (now KMOV) |
4 (24) | 1958–1986 | CBS affiliate owned by Belo Corporation |
| Philadelphia | WCAU-TV | 10 (34) | 1958–1995 | NBC owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| Chillicothe - Columbus, Ohio | WWHO | 53 (46) | 2000–2005 | CW affiliate owned by Manhan Media (operated via SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| Oklahoma City | KAUT-TV ## | 43 (40) | 2000–2005 | Independent station/secondary Antenna TV affiliate owned by Local TV |
| Providence, R.I. - New Bedford, MA | WPRI-TV | 12 (13) | 1995–1996 | CBS affiliate owned by LIN Media |
| WLWC 3 | 28 (22) | 2001–2008 | CW affiliate owned by OTA Broadcasting, LLC | |
| Austin, Texas | KEYE-TV | 42 (43) | 2000–2008 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Houston | KTXH | 20 (19) | 2000–2001 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations |
| Salt Lake City | KUTV | 2 (34) | 1995–2008 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| St. George, Utah | KUSG (now KMYU) |
12 (9) | 1999–2008 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Portsmouth - Norfolk - Newport News | WGNT ## | 27 (50) | 2000–2010 | CW affiliate owned by Local TV |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | WFRV-TV | 5 (39) | 1992–2007 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Milwaukee | WXIX-TV (now WVTV) |
18 (18) | 1955–1959 | CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
- 1Co-owned with the Los Angeles Times in a joint venture (49% owned by CBS, 51% owned by the Times).
- 2Co-owned with the Washington Post in a joint venture (45% owned by CBS, 55% owned by the Post).
- 3Operated by the original Viacom through its Paramount Stations Group via local marketing agreement (LMA) from 1997 until Viacom/CBS acquired the station outright in 2001.
References[edit]
- ^ "CBS Television Stations: Our Portfolio". cbscorporation.com. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ CBS Buying WLNY New York, TVNewsCheck, December 12, 2011.
- ^ WLNY/Ch. 10/55 to suspend newscasts March 29 as part of merger deal with WCBS/Ch. 2, New York Daily News, March 15, 2012.
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