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Cozi TV
TypeFree-to-air television network (classic TV)
Country
United States
AvailabilityNationwide via digital terrestrial television, Cable TV (U.S. coverage: 62%)[1]
Founded2012
HeadquartersNew York City, New York
ParentNBC Owned Television Stations
(NBCUniversal Television and Streaming)
Key people
Launch date
  • March 9, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-09) (as NBC Nonstop)
  • January 1, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01-01) (as Cozi TV)
Former names
NBC Nonstop (2009–2012)
Picture format
16:9 (HDTV; widescreen)
AffiliatesList of affiliates
Official website
www.cozitv.com

Cozi TV (stylized on-air as COZI TV[3]) is an American free-to-air television network that is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal. The network airs classic television series from the 1950s to the 2000s.[2][4][5]

The network originated as a local news and lifestyle programming format that was launched between 2009 and 2011 and was seen on digital subchannels operated by nine owned-and-operated television stations of the NBC television network in the United States under the brand NBC Nonstop.[2] The sitcoms and drama series now appearing on Cozi are primarily from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution program library. Cozi is also available Satellite via Orby TV, cable TV & via streaming services FuboTV, YouTubeTV, and Hulu + Live TV.

History

NBC Nonstop

After NBCUniversal shut down NBC Weather Plus in December 2008 (shortly after the company, along with Blackstone Group and Bain Capital, purchased The Weather Channel), the company's flagship television station WNBC in New York City replaced Weather Plus' successor, automated local weather service, NBC Plus, on digital subchannel 4.2 on March 9, 2009, with NBC New York Nonstop, a channel that featured a mix of locally produced news and lifestyle programming.[6]

In June 2010, NBC Local Media appointed former WNBC general manager Tom O'Brien in the newly created position of executive vice president of Nonstop Network.[7] In October, WNBC sister stations WCAU and WRC-TV respectively launched their own versions of the Nonstop channel in the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. markets. Chicago's WMAQ-TV launched its own local version in November 2010. NBC's three owned-and-operated stations in California (KNBC in Los Angeles, KNTV in San Jose-San Francisco and KNSD in San Diego) collaborated to launch the only regional Nonstop channel, NBC California Nonstop, in January 2011; Nonstop channels were also launched by KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth and WTVJ in Miami that same month. Each station's Nonstop subchannel carried eight hours of locally produced programming (usually in the form of additional local newscasts exclusive to the subchannel that were produced by each station for their respective market, and some lifestyle or talk-oriented programs), along with core programming from affiliated production company LXTV (such as Talk Stoop, First Look and Open House – the latter two of which were later picked up by NBC for its Saturday late-night lineup).[8]

Cozi TV

NBC Station hired in October 2011 Meredith McGinn as a vice president to leading the development and launch of the network.[9] On November 3, 2011, NBC Owned Television Stations announced that its seven local Nonstop subchannels would become a single national network under the proposed name NBC Nonstop Network (also to have been called NBC Nonstop or Nonstop Network); the format of the national network was originally planned to feature a format similar to the local Nonstop channels, which would have placed the network in direct competition with the Live Well Network.[2][10] An NBC executive indicated that the independently formatted Nonstop channels were performing well, but needed separate programming. NBC stated that the network would carry reruns of classic television series during daytime hours and lifestyle programming at night, and that local stations would be able to preempt the national Nonstop Network programming to carry their own local content. By July 2012, it was announced that NBC was considering using a different name for the national network, with "Bob TV" among the names being put under consideration.[11]

On October 17, 2012, Time Out Chicago reported that NBCUniversal would launch a new classic television network (similar to MeTV) called Cozi TV. This turned out to actually be the new name of the retooled national version of NBC Nonstop.[4][12][13] NBC soft launched Cozi TV on its owned-and-operated stations as well as some charter affiliates on December 20, 2012; the network officially launched on January 1, 2013.[14] McGinn was promoted to senior vice president of Cozi TV and LXTV in July 2013.[9]

Programming

Cozi TV permits its local affiliates the option of preempting up to 13 hours of the network's programming each week in order to carry newscasts or other locally produced programming; this is a remnant of the format originated by NBC Nonstop, in which most of NBC's O&Os carried additional newscasts on their Nonstop subchannels.[15] The network also carries The More You Know E/I block which airs on NBC Saturday mornings from Litton Entertainment on late Sunday mornings to allow their affiliates to be freed of commitments to purchasing E/I programming off the open market.

Affiliates

NBCUniversal broadcasts Cozi TV in most markets served by a station owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations group, either on subchannels of NBC or Telemundo stations. The network is also available on the digital subchannels of other television stations, primarily those affiliated with NBC.[4][5] The network is available to stations on a barter basis, in which Cozi TV and its affiliates split the responsibility of selling advertising inventory as well as the commercial time allocated each hour.

The network soft-launched on NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated stations in most markets (with NBC O&Os carrying the network in most markets where the company owns stations and Telemundo O&Os carrying it in markets where an NBC O&O is not present). The network's initial affiliates outside of the core NBC O&O group included KAIL-TV in Fresno, California, KVOA in Tucson, KSNV-DT in Las Vegas and eight Texas stations owned by London Broadcasting Company (including KCEN-TV in Waco and its semi-repeater KAGS-LD in College Station), with a total initial reach of 26% of U.S. television households.[16] By July 2013, the network's reach had expanded to 42% of the U.S. (or an estimated 47.5 million households with at least one television set), through affiliation deals with WMFP in Boston, KUBE-TV in Houston and the E. W. Scripps Company's KSHB-TV in Kansas City.[17]

On June 2, 2014, Cozi TV's programming was made available on AT&T U-verse channel 578 and Dish Network channel 82 on a part-time basis, through a deal with LeSEA Broadcasting's Family Entertainment Television (FETV) network. LeSEA's relationship with Cozi TV was extended to its stations on June 17, 2014, when it signed an affiliation deal to carry the network on its stations in South Bend, Honolulu, Colorado Springs, Tulsa, St. Croix and New Orleans (WHMB-TV in Indianapolis was exempted from the agreement due to an existing affiliation contract with Dispatch Broadcast Group's WTHR and WALV-CD); the network also announced a deal with OTA Broadcasting, LLC to affiliate with KFFV in Seattle and WEPA-CD in Pittsburgh. Both deals expanded the network's reach to 60% of the U.S.[18][19] The deals expired on June 26, 2017; with WEPA-CD going off the air shortly afterwards due to that station selling its spectrum; ABC affiliate WTAE-TV picked up Cozi TV on January 8, 2018, replacing This TV.[20] FETV now carries its own schedule of acquired programming.

List of affiliates

City Station[21] Virtual
channel 		Primary affiliation Owner Notes

Alabama

Athens/Huntsville WTZT-CD 11.1 1 Jamie Cooper Television
Birmingham WUOA-LD 46.3 Infomercials DTV America Corporation
Dothan WDHN 18.4 ABC Nexstar Media Group
Mobile/Pensacola, FL WALA-TV 10.2 Fox Meredith Corporation
Troy/Montgomery WIYC 48.1 1 Woods Communication Corporation

Alaska

Anchorage KTBY 4.3 Fox Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC

Arizona

Phoenix KPHO-TV 5.2 CBS Meredith Corporation [23]
KTAZ 39.3 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations
Tucson KVOA 4.2 NBC Quincy Media

Arkansas

Fort Smith/Fayetteville KFDF-CD 44.2 Estrella TV Pinnacle Media, LLC

California

Eureka KBVU-TV 28.2 Fox Sinclair Broadcast Group
Fresno KAIL 7.4 MyNetworkTV Aperio Communications, LLC
Los Angeles KNBC 4.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Sacramento KAHC-LD 43.3 CBN News HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
Salinas/Monterey K15CU-D 15.1 1 NBC Owned Television Stations Former translator of KSTS.
San Diego KNSD 39.2 NBC Formerly used Nonstop branding.
San Jose/San Francisco/Oakland KNTV 11.2 Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Santa Barbara KVMM-CD 41.3 Azteca América DTV America Corporation

Colorado

Denver KDEN-TV 25.3 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations
KUSA-TV 9.2 NBC Tegna Inc. Replaced Weather Nation TV on 12/29/18
Grand Junction KGBY-TV 20.1 1 Chang Media Group

Connecticut

New Britain/Hartford/New Haven WVIT 30.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Originally planned to launch a Nonstop network.

Delaware

Rehoboth Beach/Dover/Salisbury, MD WRDE-LD 31.2 NBC Draper Holdings Business Trust Partial schedule; MyNetworkTV is primary affiliation

District of Columbia

Washington WRC-TV 4.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.

Florida

Fort Myers/Naples WGPS-LP 22.1 1 WGPS of Southwest Florida, LLC Replaced Estrella TV on November 29, 2016.
Jacksonville WRCZ-LD 35.3 Grit DTV America Corporation
Miami/Fort Lauderdale WTVJ 6.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Orlando WKMG-TV 6.3 CBS Graham Media Group Originally on 6.2; replaced Decades on 6.3 in September 2019.[24]
Tampa/St. Petersburg WTTA 38.2 MyNetworkTV Nexstar Media Group [25]
Wabasso/West Palm Beach WXOD-LD 33.4 Buzzr DTV America Corporation

Georgia

Atlanta WGCL-TV 46.2 CBS Meredith Corporation

[23]

Columbus WLGA 66.1 1 CNZ Communications, LLC
Dublin/Macon W21DA-D 21.2 Azteca América HC2 Holdings

Hawaii

Honolulu KUPU 15.1 1 Hawaii Catholic TV, Inc.

Idaho

Boise KKJB 39.2 Telemundo Cocola Broadcasting
Pocatello KVUI 31.4 Ion Television Ventura Broadcasting

Illinois

Chicago WMAQ-TV 5.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Decatur WAND 17.2 Block Communications

Indiana

Evansville WEHT 25.3 ABC Nexstar Media Group February 3, 2018
Fort Wayne WFWC-CD 45.1 Tran Star
Kokomo/Indianapolis WTTK 29.3 CBS Nexstar Media Group Satellite of WTTV
Terre Haute WTWO 2.4 NBC May 15, 2018

Iowa

Ames WOI-DT 5.4 ABC Tegna Inc.
Davenport KWQC-TV 6.3 NBC Gray Television
Des Moines KCYM-LD 45.6 Newsmax TV DTV America Corporation

Kansas

Sublette KDGL-LD 23.1 1 High Plains Broadcasting, LLC.
Dodge City KDDC-LD
Garden City KGCE-LD
Liberal KSWE-LD
Ulysses KDGU-LD
Wichita KGPT-CD 26.1 Great Plains Television Network, LLC.

Kentucky

Bowling Green WCZU-LD 39.7 Antenna TV
MyNetworkTV		 DTV America Corporation
Beattyville (Lexington) WLJC-TV 65.1 1 Hour of Harvest, Inc.
Louisville WBKI 58.2 The CW Block Communications

Louisiana

Baton Rouge WGMB-TV 44.3 Fox Nexstar Media Group January 25, 2018
Lafayette K18JF-D/K21OM-D 20.2 Azteca America HC2 Holdings May 4th, 2020
Monroe KARD-TV 14.4 FOX Nexstar Media Group February 5, 2018
New Orleans WTNO-LP 22.3 Azteca America HC2 Holdings
Shreveport KTAL-TV 6.3 NBC Nexstar Media Group February 5, 2018

Maryland

Baltimore WQAW-LP 69.3 Azteca America HC2 Holdings

Massachusetts

Boston WYCN-LD 8.3 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations [26]
Springfield WSHM-LD 3.6 CBS Meredith Corporation [23]

Michigan

Detroit WDIV-TV 4.4 NBC Graham Media Group Began January 3, 2020
Flint WNEM-TV 5.3 CBS Meredith Corporation [23]
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek WXSP-CD 15.2 MyNetworkTV Nexstar Media Group [25]
Traverse City/Cadillac/Sault Ste. Marie WXII-LP 12 (analog) P&P Cable Holdings Cozi TV is aired whenever MNTV programming is not being aired.

Minnesota

Minneapolis–Saint Paul K33LN-D 33.4 Bounce TV HC2 Holdings

Mississippi

Cleveland WHCQ-LD 8.4 MyNetworkTV Ellington Broadcasting

Missouri

St. Louis KMOV 4.2 CBS Meredith Corporation Replaced MeTV on February 1, 2018. On that date MeTV moved to KNLC channel 24.
Kansas City KSMO-TV 62.4 MyNetworkTV
Joplin KSNF 16.4 NBC Nexstar Media Group
Springfield KYCW-LD 33.2 Gray Television

Montana

Helena KTVH-DT 12.3 NBC E. W. Scripps Company

Nebraska

Omaha WOWT 6.2 NBC Gray Television

Nevada

Las Vegas KBLR 39.4 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations

New Hampshire

Merrimack WNEU 60.4 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations Both stations part of WYCN-LD's "NBC Boston" network.[27][28]
Nashua WBTS-CD 15.2 NBC

New Mexico

Albuquerque KASY-TV 50.4 MyNetworkTV Nexstar Media Group

New York

Buffalo WBXZ-LP 56.1 1 Steven Ritchie
Cobleskill (Albany/Schenectady/Troy) WYBN-LD 14.2 Buzzr Cable Ad Net New York
New York City WNBC 4.2 (RF28) 4.4 (RF36) NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Syracuse WSYT 68.2 Fox Northwest Broadcasting
Utica WVVC-LD 40.4 Antenna TV Northeast Gospel Broadcasting, Inc.

North Carolina

Charlotte WCCB 18.8 The CW Bahakel Communications Began January 2020
Greenville/Kinston WTMH-LD 21.4 Heartland Tutt Media Group
Raleigh WRAL-TV 5.2 NBC Capitol Broadcasting Company
Wilmington WTMV-LD 29.1 1 Tutt Media Group

North Dakota

Fargo/Grand Forks/Valley City KRDK-TV 4.1 (38) 1 Major Market Broadcasting Relaunch

Ohio

Cincinnati WBQC-LD 25.1 1 Block Broadcasting
Cleveland WKYC 3.3 NBC Tegna Launched 9/30/2017[29]

Previously carried on WEWS 5.2 (April 8, 2015 - April 15, 2017).

Columbus WCSN-LD 32.2 Biz TV Columbus Television, LLC
Portsmouth (Huntington, West Virginia) WTZP-LD 50.1 1 Eagle Broadcasting Group Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Toledo WMNT-CD 48.4 MyNetworkTV Community Broadcast Group, Inc.
(pending a sale to Novia Communications, LLC)
Zanesville WHIZ-TV 18.2 NBC Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City KAUT-TV 43.4 Independent Nexstar Media Group December 2019
Tulsa KUOC-LD 48.7 Buzzr DTV America

Oregon

Klamath Falls KOTI 2.2 NBC California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. Satellite of KOBI, Medford
Medford KOBI 5.2
Portland KPTV 12.2 Fox Meredith Corporation

Pennsylvania

Erie WJET-TV 24.4 ABC Nextstar Media Group January 12, 2018
Philadelphia WCAU-TV 10.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations
Pittsburgh WTAE-TV 4.2 ABC Hearst Television Replaced This TV on January 1, 2018
Scranton WYOU 22.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group January 12, 2018

Puerto Rico

Aguadilla WSJP-LD 18.1 1 LKK Group

South Carolina

Charleston WBSE-LP 20.2 Cheddar HC2 Holdings
Florence/Myrtle Beach WFXB 43.7 Fox Bahakel Communications Began January 2020
Greenville WHNS 21.2 Meredith Corporation [23]
Sumter WKTC 63.3 The CW
MyNetworkTV		 WBHQ Columbia, LLC

South Dakota

Sioux Falls KTTW 7.3 Fox Independent Communications, Inc.

Tennessee

Chattanooga WYHB-CD 39.6 Court TV HC2 Holdings
Jackson WYJJ-LD 27.7 MyNetworkTV
Antenna TV		 DTV America Corporation
Kingsport/Johnson City/Bristol WKPT-TV 19.1 1 Glenwood Communications Corporation
Knoxville WATE-TV 6.4 ABC Nexstar Media Group
Memphis WATN-TV 24.3 Tegna Inc. January 23, 2018
WQEK-LD 36.1 1 DTV America Corporation
Nashville WSMV-TV 4.3 NBC Meredith Corporation [23]

Texas

Abilene KXVA 15.3 Fox Tegna Inc. [30][31][32]
Beaumont KBMT 12.3 ABC
Amarillo KAMR-TV 4.4 NBC Nexstar Media Group
Austin KXAN-TV 36.2 [25]
Bryan/College Station KAGS-LD 23.2 Tegna Inc.
Corpus Christi KIII 3.4 ABC
Dallas/Fort Worth KXAS-TV 5.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Harlingen KTLM 40.3 Telemundo Previously carried on KMBH until 2017
Houston KUBE-TV 57.4 Independent WRNN-TV Associates Originally on 57.5, then previously carried on KTMD 47.3 until May 2018
Longview/Tyler KPKN-LD 33.5 Buzzr DTV America Corporation
Lubbock KMYL-LD 14.4 MyNetworkTV Ramar Communications
San Angelo KIDY 6.3 Fox Tegna Inc.
San Antonio KVDA 60.3 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations
Waco KCEN-TV 6.2 NBC Tegna Inc.
Wichita Falls KFDX-TV 3.4 Nexstar Media Group January 23, 2018

U.S. Virgin Islands

St. Croix WCVI 23.3 World Harvest Television Family Broadcasting Corporation

Utah

Salt Lake City KSL-TV 5.2 NBC Bonneville International

Virginia

Lynchburg/Roanoke WZBJ-CD 24.2 MyNetworkTV Gray Television Previously carried on WFFP-TV 24.1 in Danville until September 1, 2018
Richmond WFWG-LD 30.2 Azteca America HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
Virginia Beach WVBT 43.2 Fox Nexstar Media Group January 25, 2018

Washington

Seattle KYMU-LD 6.1 Cozi TV Seattle 6 Broadcasting LLC
Yakima KYPK-LD 32.5 Azteca America

West Virginia

Summersville WZTS-LD 16.1 1 TTV, LLC

Wisconsin

Fond du Lac/Milwaukee WIWN 68.1 1 CNZ Communications/Milwaukee Media In the past carried by WTMJ-DT2 and WTSJ-LD3 before WIWN assumed affiliation on June 22, 2017.
Madison WZCK-LD 8.1 DTV America Corporation

References

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