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This is a list of stations which were affiliated with The WB Television Network in the United States at the time of the network's closure. The WB shut down September 17, 2006. Former affiliates of The WB became affiliates of The CW, MyNetworkTV, reverted to independent status, or shut down entirely. Some WB affiliates dropped WB programming on September 5, 2006 in favor of MyNetworkTV.

As previously mentioned, from January 1995 to September 2006, Tribune Broadcasting was an investor in The WB Television Network, along with the Warner Bros. division of Time Warner. Tribune held an initial 12.5 percent stake in the network at its launch, and later increased it to 22 percent; most of Tribune's television properties were key WB affiliates but not owned-and-operated stations of the network as Time Warner had controlling interest in it. On January 24, 2006, Warner Bros. Television announced that they would merge The WB with the CBS-owned United Paramount Network to form a new programming service called the CW. All but three of Tribune's WB stations joined the CW on September 18, 2006, through ten-year agreements. Tribune does not have an ownership interest in the CW. In late March 2008 Tribune announced that San Diego affiliate KSWB-TV would switch its network affiliation to Fox in August of that year. The future status of the CW affiliation in San Diego remained unclear until early July when the network named the soon-to-be-displaced Fox affiliate, Tijuana-licensed XETV, as its new affiliate. Stations in bold are Tribune owned and operated stations.

Alabama

  • Birmingham WTTO1 21/WDBB 171
  • Dothan WBDO Cable 3/63
  • Huntsville/Decatur/Florence WAWB2 (no analog channel; broadcast only on digital subchannel of WZDX and on area cable systems)
  • Mobile WBPG1 55
  • Montgomery WBMY Cable 14

Alaska

  • Anchorage KWBX
  • Fairbanks KWBX
  • Juneau KWJA

Arizona

  • Phoenix KASW1 61
  • Tucson KWBA1 58
  • Yuma KWUB Cable 6

Arkansas

  • Fort Smith KBBL-TV2 34
  • Jonesboro KJOS Cable 60
  • Little Rock KWBF2 42

California

  • Bakersfield KWFB cable 12
  • Chico KIWB cable 10
  • Eureka KWBT
  • Los Angeles KTLA-TV1 5
  • Monterey KMWB cable 14
  • Palm Springs KCWB
  • San Diego KSWB-TV1 69 (cable 5)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose KOFY-TV3 20
  • Sacramento-Stockton KQCA-TV2 58
  • Sanger-Fresno KFRE-TV1 59
  • Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/San Luis Obispo KWCA Cable 5

Colorado

  • Denver KWGN-TV1 2
  • Grand Junction KWGJ

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

  • Ft. Myers - Naples WTVK1 46 (cable 6)
  • Gainesville WBFL cable 10
  • Jacksonville WCWJ1 17 (formerly WJWB 1997-2006)
  • Miami - Ft. Lauderdale WDZL/WBZL/WSFL1 39
  • Orlando - WKCF1 18
  • Panama City WBPC
  • Tallahassee WFXU / WTLF1 57 / 24
  • Tampa Bay Area WWWB WB32 (now WMOR-TV1996-1998) WTTA2 WB38
  • West Palm Beach WTCN2 43

Georgia

  • Albany WBSK
  • Atlanta WATL2 36
  • Augusta WBAU cable 23
  • Columbus WBG
  • Macon WBMN cable 3
  • Savannah WBVH cable 13

Hawaii

Idaho

  • Boise KWOB1 Cable 13
  • Idaho Falls KPIF 15
  • Twin Falls KWTE

Illinois

  • Champaign-Urbana-Springfield WBUI1 23
  • Chicago WGN-TV1 9 (nationwide from 1995-1999)
  • Peoria WBPE
  • Quincy WEWB cable 6
  • Rockford WBR cable 14

Indiana

  • Bloomington (Indianapolis) WTTV1 4
  • Evansville (Madisonville, KY) WAZE-TV1 19
  • Fort Wayne WBFW1 37 (part of the WB 100+ station group)
  • Kokomo WTTK1 29
  • South Bend WMWB-LP1 25
  • Terre Haute WBI cable 3

Iowa

  • Burlington/Quad Cities KGCW1 26
  • Des Moines KPWB1 23/KCWI1 56 (DT22 MyNetworkTV on 56.2)
  • Iowa City/Cedar Rapids KWKB-TV12 20
  • Ottumwa KWOT
  • Sioux City KXWB The WB 100+

Kansas

  • Topeka WBKS cable 5
  • Wichita KWCV1 33

Kentucky

  • Bowling Green WBWG1 cable 12
  • Campbellsville-Columbia-Louisville WBKI-TV1 34
  • Madisonville WAZE-TV1 19
  • Paducah WDKA2 49

Louisiana

  • Alexandria KBCA 41
  • Baton Rouge WBRL-CD1 21
  • Lafayette KLAF-LP 46 (shared with UPN, 1995-1999), KLWB (TV) 50 (2006)
  • Lake Charles WBLC
  • Monroe KWMB cable 12
  • Morgan City KWBJ 39
  • New Orleans WNOL1 38 (originally a FOX affiliate until 1995)
  • Shreveport KSHV2 45, KPXJ 21 (Shared affiliation with UPN on KSHV from 1997-2003 & on KPXJ in September 2006)

Maine

Maryland

  • Baltimore WNUV1 54
  • Salisbury WBD cable 3

Massachusetts

Michigan

  • Alpena WBAE-TV5 cable 21 (through The WB 100+ Station Group)
  • Battle Creek WZPX4 43 (secondary affiliation; Pax TV (now Ion Television) was primary affiliation)
  • Detroit WMYD2 20
  • Lansing WBL1 cable 30
  • Marquette WBMK
  • Saginaw WBSF1 46
  • Traverse City WBVC-TV1 cable 61 (through The WB 100+ Station Group)

Minnesota

  • Duluth KWBD Cable 2
  • Mankato KWYE Cable 23
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul WUCW1 23
  • Rochester KWBR Cable 18

Mississippi

  • Biloxi WBGP
  • Columbus WBWP
  • Greenwood WBWD
  • Hattiesburg WBH Comcast Cable 59
  • Jackson WUFX2 35
  • Meridian WBMM

Missouri

  • Columbia-Jefferson City KJWB Cable 5
  • Joplin-Pittsburg KSXF
  • Kansas City KSMO-TV2 62
  • St. Joseph WBJO
  • St. Louis KPLR-TV1 11
  • Springfield KWBM2 31

Montana

  • Billings KWBM
  • Butte KWXB
  • Glendive KWZB
  • Great Falls KWGF
  • Helena KMTF 10
  • Missoula KIDW

Nebraska

  • Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney KWBL (The WB 100+)
  • North Platte KWPL
  • Omaha KXVO-TV1 15

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

  • Albuquerque KWBQ1 19

New York

North Carolina

  • Charlotte WMYT-TV2 55 (formerly WWWB 2001-2006)
  • Greenville-New Bern-Washington WGWB-TV5 The WB 100+
  • Lexington-Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem WCWG1 20 (formerly WTWB-TV 2000-2006)
  • Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville WLFL-TV1 22
  • Wilmington WBW1 cable 29

North Dakota

  • Fargo/Grand Forks WBFG1 Cable 8
  • Bismarck KWMK1 Cable 14

Ohio

  • Cincinnati WSTR-TV2 64
  • Cleveland WBNX1 55
  • Columbus WWHO1 53 (shared affiliation with UPN)
  • Dayton WBDT-TV1 26
  • Lima WBOH cable 3
  • Toledo WT051 Cable 5
  • Youngstown WBCB1 Digital/Cable (WFMJ 21.2)
  • Zanesville WBZV

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma City KOCB1 34
  • Tulsa KQCW1 19 (formerly KWBT 1999-2006)

Oregon

  • Bend KWBO1 Cable 14
  • Eugene-Springfield KZWB1 Cable 11
  • Medford KMFD
  • Portland-Salem-Vancouver, WA KRCW-TV1 32 (formerly KWBP 1995-2006)

Pennsylvania

  • Erie WBEP 3
  • Philadelphia WPHL-TV2 17
  • Pittsburgh WCWB (now WPNT2) 22
  • Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton WSWB1 38 (shared affiliation with UPN)
  • Williamsport WQMY2 53 (formerly WILF, a repeater of WSWB)

Rhode Island

  • Providence WLWC1 28 (shared affiliation with UPN)

South Carolina

  • Charleston WBLN5 26/Cable 14
  • Elgin-Columbia WKTC2 63/Cable 4
  • Florence-Myrtle Beach WFWB5
  • Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson-Asheville, NC WMYA-TV2 40

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

  • Abilene KWAW
  • Amarillo KDBA cable 11
  • Austin KNVA12 54
  • Beaumont/Port Arthur KWJB (cable WB10)
  • Corpus Christi KWDB cable 16/23
  • Dallas/Ft. Worth KDAF1 33
  • Harlingen/Weslaco/Brownsville/McAllen KMHB Cable 53 (formerly KHWB 1998-2003)
  • Houston KHTV/KHWB/KHCW1 39
  • Laredo KTXW cable 19
  • Lubbock KWBZ 22
  • Odessa/Midland KWWT1 30 "WB30"
  • San Angelo KWSA cable 14
  • San Antonio/Kerrville KMYS2 35 (now a CW affiliate)
  • Sherman KSHD
  • Tyler/Longview KWTL (as part of The WB 100+)
  • Victoria KWVB
  • Waco KWKT2 44 (dual Fox/WB affiliate) (now Fox/MNTV affiliate)
  • Wichita Falls KWB

Utah

  • Salt Lake City KUCW1 30

Vermont

  • Burlington WFFF-TV4 44 (shared affiliation with FOX)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

  • Bluefield-Beckley WBB1 The WB 100+
  • Charleston-Huntington-Portsmouth, Ohio WQCW1 30/WOCW-LP 21/WVCW-LP 45 (shared affiliation with UPN) (formerly WHCP/WOWB/WBWV 1995-2006)
  • Clarksburg WVWB
  • Parkersburg WBPB
  • Wheeling WBWO 18 (cable)

Wisconsin

  • Green Bay WCWF1 14
  • La Crosse WBCZ cable 15
  • Madison WBUW1 57
  • Milwaukee WVTV1 18
  • Wausau WBWA cable 15

Wyoming

  • Casper KWWY
  • Cheyenne KCHW

Notes

Key:
1 = affiliate that joined The CW Television Network
2 = affiliate that joined MyNetworkTV
3 = affiliate that became an independent station
4 = affiliate that dropped secondary WB affiliation
5 = affiliate status uncertain
Key affiliates of The WB that were owned by Tribune Broadcasting during their time as a WB affiliate are denoted in bold.

See also

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