Fave TV

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Fave TV
Logo of Fave TV.png
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide (available on OTA digital television covering 40.58% of the U.S. as of August 19,2024) [1]
Programming
Picture format
Ownership
Owner Paramount Global
Parent CBS Entertainment Group
History
LaunchedDecember 15, 2020;3 years ago (2020-12-15)
Links
Website favetv.com

Fave TV is an American digital multicast television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Global. The channel soft-launched in the markets covered by CBS Television Stations on December 15, 2020, usually as a DT4 subchannel. [2] [3]

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Programming

The network's programming is mostly taken from the program archives of Paramount Global's adult networks, alongside carrying rerun syndicated sitcoms which are available through Paramount's cable networks: BET, MTV2, and VH1. The network also carries overnight paid programming.

Affiliates

Current

City of license / Market StationChannel
TV (RF)
Atlanta WUPA 69.5 (36)
Baltimore WJZ-TV 13.4 (11)
Boston WBZ-TV 4.4 (20)
Chicago WBBM-TV 2.4 (12)
Dallas - Fort Worth KTVT 11.4 (19)
Detroit WWJ-TV 62.4 (21)
Los Angeles KCBS-TV 2.4 (31)
Miami - Fort Lauderdale WFOR-TV 4.4 (22)
Minneapolis - St. Paul WCCO-TV 4.4 (32)
KCCW-TV
(Satellite of WCCO-TV)
12.4 (12)
New York City WCBS-TV 2.4 (36)
Philadelphia WPSG 57.5 (33)
Pittsburgh KDKA-TV 2.4 (25)
Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto KOVR 13.4 (25)
San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose KPIX-TV 5.4 (29)
Seattle - Tacoma KSTW 11.3 (11)
Tampa - St. Petersburg WTOG 44.3 (19)

Former

MarketStationChannelYears of affiliationNotes
Denver KCNC-TV 4.42020-2021In-market simulcast of Weigel Broadcasting's KREG-TV/MeTV
Philadelphia KYW-TV 3.42020-2024

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References

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