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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, or reverted to independent status. 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

  • Washington WDCW¹ 50

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
  • 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

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

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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