Catchy Comedy

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Catchy Comedy
Catchy Comedy logo.svg
Logo used since 2023
Type
Country United States
Broadcast area
[1]
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Programming
Picture format 720p (HDTV; widescreen)
Ownership
Owner Weigel Broadcasting
ParentDecades LLC
Key people
Sister channels
History
FoundedOctober 21, 2014;9 years ago (2014-10-21)
Launched
  • January 16, 2015;9 years ago (2015-01-16)
  • (soft launch)
  • May 25, 2015;8 years ago (2015-05-25)
  • (official launch) [2]
  • March 27, 2023;11 months ago (2023-03-27)
  • (as Catchy Comedy)
Former namesDecades (2015–2023)
Links
Website catchycomedy.com
Availability
Terrestrial
See List of affiliates
Streaming media
Service(s) Frndly TV, Philo

Catchy Comedy, formerly known as Decades, is an American digital broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. [2] [3] The network, which is mainly carried on the digital subchannels of television stations, primarily airs classic television sitcoms from the 1950s through the early 1990s. Established in 2015, the network was previously called Decades.

Contents

Through its ownership by Weigel, Catchy Comedy is a sister network to MeTV, and is carried in 480i widescreen.

Since fall 2019, the network is carried on Fox-owned stations in 12 markets as part of a multi-year agreement with Fox Television Stations, after switching from CBS-owned stations. [4]

History

On October 21, 2014, CBS Corporation and Weigel Broadcasting announced the launch of the network, then known as Decades, with plans to debut the network in 2015. Through its part-ownership by CBS Corporation, Decades announced that owned-and-operated stations of the CBS television network would serve as its initial charter network affiliates. [5] [6]

The network was the first national multicasting venture by CBS News and Stations. The group did not carry subchannels on any of its television stations prior to 2013. And at the time of the Decades announcement, only three of its stations even maintained subchannels (CBS O&Os WCBS-TV in New York City and KYW-TV in Philadelphia carried rolling news channels under the "CBS Plus" brand on their respective secondary subchannels, while independent station KTXA in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas carried MeTV on its second subchannel). In addition, CBS Television Distribution had already maintained a content distribution agreement with Weigel Broadcasting's classic television network MeTV, which sourced much of its programming from that library.

Decades logo, used from January 13, 2015 to March 27, 2023. Decades Logo.svg
Decades logo, used from January 13, 2015 to March 27, 2023.

On January 13, 2015, Weigel Broadcasting confirmed that its Milwaukee CBS affiliate WDJT-TV would carry the network on its fourth digital subchannel. [7] It would replace the digital news service TouchVision.

Decades officially launched at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time Zone on May 25, 2015, with the series premiere of Through the Decades as its inaugural telecast. At the time, the network was available in over 45% of all American households with a television set. [8]

Times for the programming are televised across all six time zones. For example, a show that begins at 8 PM Eastern Time, begins at 5 PM Pacific Time.

On March 27, 2023, Decades re-branded as Catchy Comedy, focusing on primarily classic sitcoms and sketch comedy variety shows weekdays with comedy marathons on weekends. [9]

Programming

Decades (2015–2023)

Launch

Decades relied primarily on programming from the extensive content library owned by CBS Television Distribution, [5] which includes the pre-2006 Paramount Television library – which CBS had acquired as a result of absorbing Paramount's syndication unit in 2006 through its split from Viacom into a separate company (CBS and Viacom re-merged to form ViacomCBS in 2019) – along with series from Desilu Productions, Bing Crosby Productions, Don Fedderson Productions, QM Productions, Spelling Television and Republic Pictures Television. Decades also carries series and movies from NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Disney (20th Century Studios), Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lionsgate, Sonar Entertainment, the Peter Rodgers Organization, Shout! Factory, The Carsey-Werner Company and the public domain.

In an early effort to stand out from other "retro-TV" multicast services (such as MeTV and Antenna TV), the Monday through Friday schedule initially featured a block of programming based on a daily theme, with interstitial programs to highlight the theme. Each six-hour block of programming was repeated four times a day and typically included a feature film, episodes of theme related TV programs, and biographical programs featuring celebrities, actors and actresses, musicians, athletes, and public figures of interest. The theme blocks were bookended with Through the Decades, an hour-long program hosted and narrated by Bill Kurtis (who formerly served as a presenter for Chicago CBS O&O WBBM-TV and CBS News) that explores the events and news from a particular day or period in history, using archival footage that CBS owns via services such as CBS News and CBS Television Distribution's syndicated newsmagazine program Entertainment Tonight . [3] [5] [10]

As Decades, the network's Saturday and Sunday schedules featured marathon of classic television series. Beginning on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. (ET), forty-two consecutive hours are devoted to a particular series, which is usually sourced from either the CBS Television Distribution library of shows or a show Weigel Broadcasting has a contract to carry (such as one of the shows it broadcasts on MeTV). [11]

Airings of The Dick Cavett Show were added to the schedule February 1, 2016, within the daily themed block, as appropriate. Episodes from Cavett's late-night ABC talk show from 1969 to 1974 as well as his later interview series on PBS, USA, and CNBC were all made available for airing. [12]

On November 1, 2016, a major change was made to the programming lineup, with the daily programming block reduced to two airings daily (one from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, the other in overnight) as the 2:00 p.m. to midnight (ET) time period was converted to a "daily binge" with a different show airing each day. During the month of November, a different "cop show" was aired each weekday. [13]

A further shift in direction from the original channel concept came on December 5, 2016, when the network added two daily airings of the NBC series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In , the first breaking the daily binge in half at 6:00 p.m. (ET) and a different episode at the conclusion of the binge time block. [14]

Through the Decades

Through the Decades, hosted by Bill Kurtis, [15] is a retrospective-type show on the American TV channel Decades. Each day's edition of the show features events that happened on that date in history.

The show debuted in September 2016. [16] After the network rebranded to Catchy Comedy on March 27, 2023, the program was no longer shown.

2017–2023

In 2017, the theme and binge programming on weekdays was stopped altogether and the network became mostly sitcom-focused, featuring the "Television Across the Decades" block, where comedies from the 1950s through the 1980s air weekdays from mid-morning into early evening, and late evenings through the overnight hours featuring the "Smart Comedy" block – highlighted by classic sitcoms such as The Dick Van Dyke Show , Cheers , Taxi , The Honeymooners , and The Abbott and Costello Show .

While the bulk of the lineup was primarily sitcoms, there were deviations – most notably in prime time – which featured the classic variety program The Ed Sullivan Show , Through the Decades and The Dick Cavett Show . Also, the weekend binge marathons continued, with a single series (regardless of genre) airing for 42 hours straight on Saturdays and Sundays.

The final program to air under the Decades name was The Mod Squad , which was the featured show of the March 25–26, 2023 weekend binge.

Catchy Comedy (2023–present)

At 6 a.m. Eastern Time on March 27, 2023, Decades changed its name to Catchy Comedy, focusing primarily on sitcoms (with some variety shows featuring sketch comedy thrown in), with the series premiere episode of Full House as the first program shown.

The weekend "binge" marathons carried over, but now are strictly comedy-focused.

The only deviation from comedy programming comes from the network fulfilling their FCC obligations by airing E/I programming Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. until noon (ET). [17]

Affiliates

As of May 2015, Decades has current or pending affiliation agreements with 35 television stations covering at least 44% of the United States. [8] Weigel Broadcasting handles the responsibility of affiliate distribution to stations outside the core CBS O&O group. [3]

Decades is offered to stations on a barter basis, in which the network and the local affiliate will share the responsibility of selling advertising inventory and split the allocated hourly commercial time. CBS affiliates and their owners hold the right of first refusal to carry the network in their local market, before it is offered to other network-affiliated stations. [3] The network is also available on local cable television providers (most likely through their digital cable tiers, as is the case with most multicast networks) and other multichannel television in the United States at the discretion of the affiliate's parent station. [18]

CBS Television Stations initially planned to launch Decades on all 16 CBS owned-and-operated stations (including two that operate as satellite stations of Minneapolis O&O WCCO-TV). Not all of the CBS Television Stations outlets were announced to carry Decades initially, as CW owned-and-operated stations in markets where CBS Corporation does not own a CBS Television Stations (such as WTOG and KSTW) were originally excluded from its initial list of affiliates. The standalone CW O&Os were later added as charter stations by late April 2015. In the Chicago market, where CBS Television Stations and Weigel Broadcasting each own television stations, the network was carried on CBS O&O WBBM-TV, instead of one of Weigel's three stations in that market – WCIU-TV, WWME-CD and WMEU-CD. (A similar situation existed in that market with Movies!, in which WPWR-TV – owned by Weigel's partner in that network, Fox Television Stations – carries the network in lieu of any of Weigel's outlets.) Conversely, Weigel-owned WBME-CD carries the network in the Milwaukee market. [7] WMYS-LD in South Bend, Indiana is the other Weigel-owned station to carry the network.

On January 9, 2015, Decades reached its first affiliation agreement with a station outside the core CBS Television Stations, through a deal with Media General for its Green Bay, Wisconsin ABC affiliate WBAY-TV (which was previously affiliated with CBS from 1953 to 1992). WBAY planned to carry the marathon blocks on its third subchannel as a replacement for the Live Well Network. [2] However, on January 13, as a result of Walt Disney Television's decision to temporarily continue Live Well Network's national operations, WBAY announced that its 2.3 subchannel would not switch to Decades until after LWN's new March 2015 shutdown date. [19] It eventually picked up Ion Television as part of a group deal with WBAY owner Media General to carry the network in markets without an Ion station. When the E.W. Scripps Co. purchased the Ion Television network in 2020, Ion moved to a newly-assigned digital subchannel, 26.5, on competitor WGBA-TV. A few days later, WBAY-TV started airing Decades on channel 2.6.

On September 3, 2018, Decades was replaced on CBS-owned stations with Start TV, a new Weigel-owned diginet focusing on crime dramas with female leads. [20] Weigel maintained its commitment to Decades, with the company's owned-and-operated stations taking over in Los Angeles and Chicago. When it began airing on Fox-owned television stations, Decades moved to KTTV in Los Angeles. In Chicago, Decades continues to be seen on Weigel-owned WMEU-CD and WCIU-TV.

On April 19, 2022, Decades began airing on the Frndly TV live streaming service. [21]

List of current affiliates

City of license/market Station [22] Affiliate Virtual
channel (RF)		OwnerLaunch dateNotes

Alaska

Anchorage KDMD Ion 33.9 (32)Ketchikan TelevisionDecember 2020

Arizona

Phoenix KUTP MyNetworkTV 45.4 (10) Fox Television Stations October 2019Previously on KASW from 2015 to 2018

Arkansas

Fort Smith KFLU-LD The Country Network 20.3 (35) DTV America March 2017

California

Fresno-Visalia KKDJ-CD Charge!8.2 (18.2)Cocola Broadcasting
Los Angeles KPOM-CD 14.1 (27.3) Weigel Broadcasting May 26, 2022Previously on KCBS-TV 2/3/15 to 9/2/18
KTTV Fox 11.4 Fox Television Stations
Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto KOVR CBS 13.5 CBS News and Stations August 2023Previously on 13.2 from 2/3/15 to 9/2/18
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose KAXT-CD 1.2 (22)Weigel BroadcastingApril 2019Previously on KPIX-TV 2/9/15 to 9/2/18
San Jose–Oakland-San Francisco KICU-TV Independent 36.4Fox Television Stationslate 2019Previously on KPIX-TV 2/9/15 to 9/2/18.

Channel 36.4 was previously Heroes & Icons (H&I).

Colorado

Denver KCNC-TV CBS 4.5 (35) CBS News and Stations August 2023Previously on 4.2 from 1/23/15 to 9/2/18
Glenwood Springs, Colorado KREG-TV H&I3.5 (23)Weigel Broadcasting

Connecticut

Hartford and New Haven WHCT-LD MeTV35.5Weigel BroadcastingSeptember 30, 2020

District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. WDME-CD MeTV48.3 (20)Weigel BroadcastingPreviously on WRZB-LD until April 2022

Florida

Gainesville, Florida WOGX Fox51.4 (31)Fox Television StationsComing soon (per Decades website)
Jacksonville WJAX-TV CBS47.3 (19) Cox Media Group June 1, 2015
Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida WFOR-TV CBS4.5 (22)CBS News and StationsJuly 4, 2023Previously on 4.2 from 3/7/15 to 9/2/18
Orlando, Florida WKMG-TV CBS6.5 (26) Graham Media Group December 12, 2016Previously on 6.3 from 2016 to 2019
St. Petersburg–Tampa WTOG Independent44.5 (19)CBS News and StationsJuly 2023Previously on 44.2 from 3/7/15 to 9/2/18

Georgia

Atlanta WAGA-TV Fox5.5 (27)Fox Television StationsComing soonPreviously on WUPA 5/8/15 to 9/2/18
Toccoa, Georgia–Athens, Georgia WGTA MeTV 32.3 (24) Marquee Broadcasting

Idaho

Boise, Idaho KRID-LD H&I 22.4 (22)Idaho TV 22July 1, 2017
Idaho Falls, Idaho KPVI-DT NBC 6.2 (23) Imagicomm Communications January 13, 2016

Illinois

Chicago WCIU-TV The CW26.6 Weigel Broadcasting September 3, 2018Previously on WBBM-TV 1/29/15 to 9/2/18
WMEU-CD Independent48.4 (18)2017Simulcast of WCIU-TV 26.6

Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana WBXI-CD Start TV 47.2 (36) CBS News and Stations
South Bend, Indiana WMYS-LD MyNetworkTV 69.3 (28)Weigel BroadcastingPreviously TouchVision
Evansville, Indiana WZDS-LD H&I 5.4 (18)Weigel Broadcasting

Kansas

Wichita, Kansas KSCW-DT The CW33.2 (12) Gray Television Sister station to KWCH-DT, in which KSCW does not have a separate website and is instead integrated with KWCH-DT's website

Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky WTVQ-DT ABC36.8 (27)Morris Multimedia
Louisville, Kentucky WBNA Independent21.5 (8)Evangel World Prayer CenterReplaced Retro TV

Maine

Bangor, Maine WABI-TV CBS5.3 (13)Gray TelevisionOctober 1, 2015

Maryland

Baltimore WJZ-TV CBS13.5CBS News and StationsComing SoonPreviously on WJZ-TV 13.2 until 9/2/18

Massachusetts

Boston WBZ-TVCBS4.5CBS News and StationsOctober 2023Previously on WBZ-TV 4.2 as Decades 2/26/15 to 9/2/18

Michigan

Detroit WJBK Fox2.5 (7)Fox Television StationsOctober 2019Previously on WWJ-TV 2/10/15 to 9/2/18
Kalamazoo, Michigan WLLA 64.4Christian Broadcasting Ministries

Minnesota

Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota KMSP-TV Fox9.6 (9)Fox Television StationsOct 16, 2019Previously on WCCO-TV 2/10/15 to 9/2/18

Missouri

St. Louis KNLC MeTV24.5 (14)Weigel Broadcasting

Nevada

Las Vegas KHSV MeTV21.6 (2) Howard Stirk Holdings June 1, 2022Displaced from channel 21.2 by H&I

New Mexico

Albuquerque KOB NBC4.7 (26) Hubbard Broadcasting November 23, 2021Previously on 4.4 from May to October 2021; replaced Newsy on 4.7
Farmington KOBF 12.4 (12)April 30, 2021
Roswell KOBR 8.4 (8)

New York

Albany, New York/Pittsfield, Massachusetts WNYA MyNetworkTV51.3 (7)Hubbard BroadcastingDecember 31, 2015
Buffalo, New York WBBZ-TV Independent67.7 (7)Philip A. ArnoJuly 1, 2020
New York City WNYW Fox5.5 (27)Fox Television StationsOctober 2019Previously on WCBS-TV 1/16/15 to 9/2/18
Olean WVTT-CD This TV 25.2 DTV America June 1, 2018Affiliation agreement signed under Vision Communications ownership
Rochester, New York WBGT-CD MyNetworkTV46.5Vision CommunicationsJune 1, 2018
Saranac Lake, New York WYCI MyNetworkTV40.2 (34)Gray Television2018
Syracuse, New York WTVU-CDCornerstone TV22.5Rennard Comm. Corp.2021

Ohio

Cincinnati WBQC-LD Telemundo 25.6 (28)Gray Television
Cleveland WOCV-CD Catchy Comedy35.1 (27)Weigel BroadcastingNovember 1, 2022Previously on WBNX-TV 55.6 (17)
Columbus WCBZ-CD Ind.22.5 (18)Columbus Broadcasting Corp.January 1, 2020Previously on WBNS-TV 10.3 (21)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City KUOK Univision 36.4 Tyler Media Group 2023
Tulsa KUTU-CD 25.5

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia WDPN-TV MeTV2.6 (2)Maranatha Broadcasting CompanySeptember 3, 2018Previously on KYW-TV 1/16/15 to 9/2/18
Pittsburgh KDKA-TV CBS2.5CBS News and Stations2023Previously on 2.2 from 2015 to 2018
Johnstown-Altoona WTOO-CD Heroes & Icons50.3 (22)Sonshine Family Television, Inc.

South Carolina

Columbia WLTX CBS19.3 (15)TEGNA Inc.April 1, 2020Previously Antenna TV
Greenville-Spartanburg WDKT-LD GEB Network31.6 (15)CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING

Tennessee

Jackson WYJJ Court TV27.6 (27)HC2 Holdings
Lebanon/Nashville WJFB MeTV44.4 (25)Weigel Broadcasting
Memphis WQEK-LDCozi TV36.2 (30)HC2 HoldingsPreviously on WHBQ-TV

Texas

Austin KTBC Fox7.5 (7)Fox Television Stations
Dallas- Fort Worth KAZD Simulcast of Spectrum News 1 55.6 (31)Weigel BroadcastingMay 14, 2021Previously on KTVT 2/3/15 to 9/2/18 and KDFW 2019 to 5/14/21
Fredericksburg/San Antonio KCWX MyNetworkTV2.4 (5)Corridor Television, L.L.P. February 3, 2020 [23]
Houston KRIV Fox26.2 (26)Fox Television StationsNovember 29, 2020Previously on KTXH from 2015 to 2020 [24]
Odessa/Midland KWWT MeTV30.3 (22)JB Broadcasting2018

Utah

Cedar City/St. George KCSG H&I8.2 (14)Weigel BroadcastingNovember 27, 2017Previously Back Country TV

Washington

Bellingham KVOS Univision12.4 (35.4)Weigel Broadcastingadded January 17, 2018
Tacoma–Seattle KFFV MeTV44.4 (16)Weigel BroadcastingSeptember 3, 2018Previously on KSTW 5/9/15 to 9/2/18

Virginia

Danville/Roanoke WZBJ-CD MyNetworkTV24.3 (19) Gray Television September 1, 2018

West Virginia

Charleston/Huntington WVAH-TV 11.1 (24) Sinclair Broadcasting February 1, 2021Previously Fox

Wisconsin

Crandon WMOW The CW4.3 (13)Allen Media BroadcastingSeptember 2, 2015Previously This TV
Green Bay WBAY-TV ABC2.6 (23)Gray TelevisionNovember 1, 2021Previously Ion Television

(Decades was originally planned to replace Live Well Network on WBAY-TV 2.3 in January 2015, before those plans were aborted.)

Madison WKOW 27.2 (26)Allen Media BroadcastingSeptember 2, 2015Previously This TV
Milwaukee WMLW-TV Independent49.4 (17)Weigel BroadcastingJanuary 16, 2015Previously TouchVision
Wausau WAOW ABC9.3 (9)Allen Media BroadcastingSeptember 2, 2015 [25] Previously This TV

Former affiliates

MarketStationChannelCurrent ownerYears of affiliationNotes
Phoenix
(Arizona)		 KASW 61.2 E. W. Scripps Company
(Was owned at the time by Nexstar Media Group)		2015-2018
Los Angeles
(California)		 KCBS-TV 2.2 CBS News and Stations 2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto
(California)		 KOVR 13.22015-2018Replaced by Start TV
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose
(California)		 KPIX-TV 5.22015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Denver
(Colorado)		KHDT-LD26.2/28.3Syncom Media Group ?-2023Replaced by Jewelry Television
Tampa–St. Petersburg
(Florida)		 WTVT 13.5 Fox Television Stations 2019-2023Subchannel currently blank
Atlanta
(Georgia)		 WUPA 69.2 CBS News and Stations 2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Chicago
(Illinois)		 WBBM-TV 2.22015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Indianapolis
(Indiana)		 WBXI-CD 47.12018Replaced by Start TV
Sioux City
(Iowa)		 KMEG 14.2Waitt Broadcasting, Inc.
(Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)		2015-2016
New Bedford
(Massachusetts)		 WLWC 28.3Inyo Broadcast Holdings
(at the time owned by OTA Broadcasting)		2015-2017
Detroit
(Michigan)		 WWJ-TV 62.2 CBS News and Stations 2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Roscommon
(Michigan)		 WURO-LD 18.4 (18)Station now defunct
(was owned at the time by M33 Media LLC)
West Branch
(Michigan)		 WUWB-LD 20.4Station now defunct
(was owned at the time by M33 Media LLC)
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
(Minnesota)		 WCCO-TV 4.2 CBS News and Stations 2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
New York City
(New York)		 WCBS-TV 2.2 CBS News and Stations 2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Charlotte
(North Carolina)		 WCNC-TV 36.3 Tegna Inc. 2015-2018Replaced by Court TV
New Bern
(North Carolina)		 WCTI-TV 12.2Sinclair Broadcast Group2015-2018
Fargo-Valley City
(North Dakota)		 KRDK-TV 4.4Major Market Broadcasting2015-2016
Cincinnati
(Ohio)		 WOTH-CD 20.2Station now defunct
(was owned at the time by Block Broadcasting)		2015-2018
Cleveland
(Ohio)		 WBNX-TV 55.6Winston Broadcasting2018-2022Deactivated after Decades moved to WOCV-CD
Columbus
(Ohio)		 WBNS-TV 10.3Tegna Inc.2015-2018Replaced by Dabl
Tulsa
(Oklahoma)		 KUOC-LD 48.3DTV America Corporation201?-2023
Portland
(Oregon)		 KOIN 6.3Nexstar Media Group2016-2019
Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania)		 KYW-TV 3.2CBS News and Stations2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Pittsburgh
(Pennsylvania)		 WOSC-CD 61.1The Videohouse, Inc.
Memphis
(Tennessee)		 WHBQ-TV 13.3 Imagicomm Communications
(was owned at the time by Cox Media Group)		2016-2018
Nashville
(Tennessee)		 WJDE-CD 31.3Word Broadcasting Network2015-2019
Fort Worth–Dallas
(Texas)		 KTVT 11.2CBS News and Stations2015-2018Moved to KDFW 4.2 to accommodate Start TV launch in 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth

(Texas)

 KDFW 4.2 Fox Television Stations 2019-2021Moved to KAZD 55.2 to accommodate MyNetworkTV launch in 2021.
Houston
(Texas)		 KTXH 20.32015-2020Was the only affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations prior to 2019. Moved to KRIV to accommodate theGrio launch on January 15, 2021.
Bristol
(Virginia)		 WCYB-TV 5.3Sinclair Broadcast Group
(was owned at the time by Bonten Media Group)		2015-2017
Roanoke
(Virginia)		 WDBJ 7.3 Gray Television 2015-2018
Spokane
(Washington)		 KREM 2.3Tegna Inc.2015-2018Replaced by Court TV
Tacoma–Seattle
(Washington)		 KSTW 11.2CBS News and Stations2015-2018Replaced by Start TV
Eagle River
(Wisconsin)		 WYOW 34.3 Allen Media Broadcasting 2015-2021
Eau Claire
(Wisconsin)		 WQOW 18.32015-2020
La Crosse
(Wisconsin)		 WXOW 19.32015-2020

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Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American diginet television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Usually carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, the network airs classic television series from the 1950s through the 2000s, with a focus on action/adventure, westerns, crime dramas, sci-fi, and superhero programming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laff (TV network)</span> American digital multicast television network

Laff is an American digital multicast television network headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network specializes in comedy programming, featuring mainly sitcoms from the 1990s through the 2020s.

Start TV is an American free-to-air television network owned as a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and the CBS News and Stations subsidiary of Paramount Global. Predominantly carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, it primarily airs classic television drama series from the 1980s through the 2010s, with a focus on women-led dramas, police and legal procedurals. The network originates from Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dabl</span> American digital multicast TV network

Dabl is an African American-oriented digital multicast television network owned by the CBS Media Ventures subsidiary of Paramount Global and operated by Weigel Broadcasting.

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