Heroes & Icons

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Heroes & Icons
Type Digital broadcast television network
Country United States
Broadcast areaNationwide coverage: 83% [1]
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
480i (SDTV On most OTA affiliates)
Ownership
Owner Weigel Broadcasting
ParentH&I National Limited Partnership [2]
Key people
Sister channels Catchy Comedy
Dabl
MeTV
MeTV+
MeTV Toons
Movies!
Start TV
Story Television
History
LaunchedSeptember 28, 2014;10 years ago (2014-09-28)
Links
Website www.handitv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
See List of affiliates
Streaming media
Service(s) Frndly TV, Philo, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream

Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American digital multicast 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.

Contents

H&I operates from Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois, and is essentially an offshoot of MeTV the general classic TV digital networks also owned by Weigel. [3]

History

Heroes & Icons was soft-launched with limited advanced promotion on September 28, 2014, as a diginet of Weigel-owned stations WWME-CD (channel 23.2) and WCIU-TV (channel 26.4) in Chicago, and WMLW-TV (channel 49.3) in Milwaukee. Heroes & Icons was created at the request of the affiliates of Weigel's existing networks, to increase their programming options. [3]

The network also launched in the South Bend, Indiana market, along with the major cable providers in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets (including Comcast Xfinity, RCN and Time Warner Cable) using existing carriage. [3] Weigel opted to soft launch H&I in order to fine-tune its schedule, along with adding additional programming to the fledgling network. [4] With the network having settled on a more stabilized schedule, Weigel moved the Heroes & Icons affiliation in Milwaukee to the third subchannel of CBS affiliate WDJT-TV (channel 58) on March 5, 2015, with This TV – which previously occupied the 58.3 space – moving to WMLW-DT3 in its place. [5] Fox Television Stations expanded its relationship with Weigel beyond Movies!, adding it to eleven of their stations in the fourth quarter of 2015. [6] A list of 2019 Nielsen ratings published by Variety indicated that Heroes & Icons averaged 196,000 viewers in prime time, up 18% from the 2018 average. [7]

Programming

H&I's program schedule features a mix of police procedurals, westerns, science fiction, superhero and action/adventure-themed programs. [3] The network also carries a three-hour block of children's programming on Sunday mornings to fulfill FCC mandated E/I obligations.

Since 2016, a prominent staple in H&I's lineup is the airing of five live action classic Star Trek series ( The Original Series , Next Generation , Deep Space Nine , Voyager , and Enterprise ) Sunday through Friday evenings.

Weekdays feature a western block in the morning, followed by the "Day Shift" binge block of various crime dramas and action/adventure shows through the afternoon (a different show every day), a three-hour block of Walker, Texas Ranger early evenings, and the Star Trek block primetime through late evenings.

Weekends feature a morning DC Comics-based superhero block, featuring The Adventures of Superman , Batman , and Wonder Woman . [8]

A military block airs Saturday nights, with war themed programs such as Black Sheep Squadron , Combat! , Rat Patrol , and Tour of Duty .

Affiliates

As of July 2016, Heroes & Icons has current affiliation agreements with television stations in 63 media markets encompassing 33 states, covering 69.21% of the United States. [9] The network is carried on the digital subchannels of television stations in most of its markets (with current exceptions including St. George, Utah O&O KCSG, which has widespread cable and satellite coverage in the Salt Lake City market and throughout Utah. The network is also carried on cable television providers through their digital tiers at the discretion of the affiliate's parent station in certain markets, and in 2020, Heroes & Icons is available nationwide on DISH Network channel 293.

In South Bend, Indiana, where Weigel Broadcasting owns three television stations (ABC affiliate WBND-LD, CW affiliate WCWW-LD and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYS-LD), the network is instead carried by former Fox affiliate WSJV through an agreement with that station's owner Gray Television (it took over the main signal on October 1, 2016, as that station was under consideration to sell its spectrum in that year's spectrum auction, though it ultimately remained on the air). The network added additional stations by early December 2014, which in addition to WSJV, included KCSG in the Salt Lake City market (a station Weigel eventually purchased in 2017) and a digital subchannel of Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI. [10]

On September 18, 2015, Weigel signed an affiliation agreement with Fox Television Stations to carry the network on subchannels of the group's Fox and MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated stations in eleven markets, including New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., beginning in the fourth quarter of 2015. Once all of the stations involved in the agreement affiliated with the network, H&I will expand its coverage to 52% of all U.S. households and availability in eight of the 10 largest Nielsen markets. [6] Weigel also maintains a secondary agreement with Spectrum to carry the network nationwide on that cable service, slotting the network's national feed on systems where a terrestrial affiliate does not exist or is not under contract to be carried.[ citation needed ]

In October 2020, Heroes & Icons was made available on Sling TV. [11] On April 19, 2022, Heroes & Icons began airing on the Frndly TV live streaming service. [12] On August 9, 2022, Heroes & Icons became available on Philo. [13]

On December 28, 2023, Heroes & Icons was made available nationwide also on DirecTV. [14]

Current affiliates

City of license/market Station [9] Virtual
channel
Primary affiliationOwnerDate of affiliationNotes

Alabama

Anniston (Birmingham) WGWW 40.1- Howard Stirk Holdings October 1, 2015Replaced Heartland as primary affiliate;
maintains secondary affiliation with ABC
Montgomery WALE-LD 17.6Montgomery Weather Channel (local weather) Allen Media Broadcasting August 11, 2015
Tuscaloosa (Birmingham) WSES 33.1-Howard Stirk HoldingsOctober 1, 2015
Alaska
Anchorage KTUU-TV 2.2 NBC Gray Television September 1, 2019Previously carried on co-owned KYES-TV 5.3 since October 1, 2018 (with a soft launch on September 21, 2018).

Arizona

Phoenix KSAZ-TV 10.3 Fox Fox Television Stations November 1, 2015
Tucson KTTU 18.3 MyNetworkTV Tegna

California

Bakersfield KNXT-LD 53.4MyNetworkTVMy Central Valley, LLC2022
Los Angeles KCOP 13.4Fox Television StationsOctober 1, 2015
KSFV-CD 27.2 Jewelry Television Weigel BroadcastingFebruary 28, 2022
Fresno KAIL 7.3MyNetworkTVAperio Communications, LLC
Monterey KBNY-LD19.1-Cocola Television
San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose KTLN-TV 68.1- Weigel Broadcasting April 17, 2019
StocktonSacramento KQCA 58.2 The CW Hearst Television October 1, 2018

Colorado

Denver KTVD 20.2 MyNetworkTV TegnaFebruary 1, 2020Replaced MeTV
Colorado SpringsPueblo KRDO-TV 13.7 ABC News-Press & Gazette Company May 1, 2017Switched to 13.7 from 13.3 in May 1, 2024 because KRDO 13 News started airing on 13.3.
Glenwood Springs KREG-TV 3.1MeTV Weigel Broadcasting July 2017

Connecticut

Hartford and New Haven WHCT-LD 35.2MeTVWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 30, 2020

District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. WDCA 20.3MyNetworkTVFox Television StationsOctober 3, 2015

Florida

Fort Myers WBBH-TV 20.2NBCHearst Television
Jacksonville WFOX-TV 30.3Fox Cox Media Group June 3, 2015
Miami WPLG 10.3ABC BH Media January 2018
Orlando (Daytona Beach) WRBW 65.3MyNetworkTVFox Television StationsOctober 1, 2015
Panama City WECP-LD 18.3 CBS Gray Television January 2017
Tampa (Saint Petersburg/Clearwater) WTVT 13.4FoxFox Television StationsNovember 1, 2015

Georgia

Bainbridge (Tallahassee) WTLH 49.1-New Age MediaApril 30, 2018
Columbus WXTX 54.5Fox American Spirit Media September 1, 2022
Perry/Macon WPGA-TV 58.2 MeTV Gray Television2017
Toccoa/Atlanta (Athens) WGTA 32.2 Marquee Broadcasting

Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii KITV 4.5ABC Allen Media Group March 11, 2019

Idaho

Boise KRID-LD22.3NewsMax TVKarlo MaaloufMarch 2, 2017Began formally broadcasting on March 20, 2017
Pocatello/Idaho Falls KPIF 15.2MeTVPocatello Channel 15, LLCOctober 2, 2017

Illinois

Chicago WWME-CD 23.2MeTVWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 28, 2014 [3] Flagship station
WCIU-TV 26.4-December 29, 2014Full-power simulcast of WWME-CD2
Harrisburg WSIL-TV 3.2ABCAllen Media BroadcastingJanuary 3, 2018
Rockford WFBN-LD 35.1 Telemundo (on DT2)Weigel Broadcastingmid-2016Replaced TouchVision
Springfield, Illinois
(St. Louis, Missouri)
WODK-LD 45.2 Cozi TV DTV America Dec 2016 or Jan 2017Station is licensed to Springfield but transmits from suburban St. Louis; it does not transmit any signal to Springfield.

Indiana

Evansville WZDS-LD 5.1-Weigel Broadcasting
Elkhart (South Bend) [3] WSJV 28.1Gray Television2016Formerly a Fox affiliate
Indianapolis WALV-CD 46.6 MeTV TegnaJune 1, 2022Carriage on WUDZ-LD ended on April 29, 2022, begins on WTHR 46.6 June 1, 2022

Iowa

Cedar Rapids KWWL 7.2NBCAllen Media BroadcastingAugust 2, 2021Replaced The CW, which moved to KCRG-TV 9.3
Des Moines KCCI 8.3CBS Hearst Television December 2014Subchannel maintains secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV, pre-empting H&I prime time programming on weeknights [10]

Kansas

Hutchinson/Wichita KWCH-DT 12.3CBSGray TelevisionJune 2017
Topeka WIBW-TV 13.3February 28, 2019
KCMN-LD 42.2Catchy ComedyDTV America Corporation

Kentucky

Bowling Green WBGS-LD 34.3 Telemundo Gray TelevisionJanuary 31, 2023
Hazard (Lexington) WYMT-TV 57.2CBSJanuary 2017
Louisville WBNA 21.6IndependentEvangel World Prayer CenterJuly 2015

Louisiana

Alexandria KBCA 41.1-Wilderness CommunicationsJuly 1, 2015Switched to 41.1 from 41.3 in September 2016 when the CW moved to a subchannel of NBC's KALB-TV due to an agreement between CW and Gray Television
Columbia/Monroe/El Dorado KMLU 11.2 MeTV Legacy BroadcastingJanuary 2018
Lafayette/New Iberia/Baton Rouge KDCG-CD & KLWB 22.1 & 50.2Delta Media CorporationJuly 1, 2015replaced Antenna TV
New Orleans WUPL 54.3MyNetworkTVTegna

Maine

Poland Spring (Portland) WPXT 51.2The CWHearst Television
Dedham (Bangor) WBGR-LD 33.2MeTVJames McLeod(Maine Family Broadcasting, Inc.)September 2019

Maryland

Baltimore WMJF-CD 39.6 Ion Television HME Equity Fund II, LLC
Salisbury WGDV-LD 32.3 Azteca America Marquee Broadcasting

Massachusetts

Boston WSBK-TV 38.2IndependentCBS News and StationsOctober 6, 2016

Michigan

Detroit WJBK 2.4FoxFox Television StationsNovember 1, 2015
Flint WJRT 12.5ABCAllen Media GroupAugust 30, 2019
Kalamazoo WLLA 64.3MeTVChristian Broadcasting MinistriesJune 1, 2020Replaced Retro TV (now on 64.5)
Lansing WILX-TV 10.2NBCGray TelevisionOctober 1, 2016Replaced WeatherNation TV
Marquette WZMQ 19.5MeTV Lilly Broadcasting

Minnesota

Chisholm, Minnesota KRII-TV 11.3NBCGray TelevisionMarch 2017Subchannel maintains secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV, pre-empting H&I prime time programming on weeknights [15] [16]
Duluth-Superior, Wisconsin KBJR-TV 6.3
MinneapolisSt. Paul KSTP-TV 5.7ABC Hubbard Broadcasting
Rochester KTTC 10.3NBCGray TelevisionMarch 2015 [17] Also carried on translator W50DR-D in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Missouri

Poplar Bluff KPOB-TV 15.2ABCAllen Media BroadcastingJanuary 3, 2018Full-power satellite of WSIL-TV
St. Louis KNLC 24.3MeTVWeigel BroadcastingDecember 12, 2017 [18]

Nebraska

Omaha WOWT 6.3NBCGray TelevisionJanuary 2019

Nevada

Las Vegas KHSV 21.2MeTVHoward Stirk HoldingsJune 1, 2022Displaced from channel 21.1 by MeTV

New Jersey

Secaucus (New York City) WWOR-TV 9.4MyNetworkTVFox Television StationsOctober 3, 2015

New Mexico

Albuquerque KOB 4.2NBCHubbard BroadcastingOctober 2021
Farmington KOBF12.2Satellites of KOB
Roswell KOBR 8.2

New York

Albany WNYA 51.2MyNetworkTVHubbard BroadcastingSeptember 1, 2024
Buffalo WBBZ-TV 67.2MeTVPhil ArnoMarch 2017
Rochester WHEC-TV 10.5NBC Hubbard Broadcasting May 2019
Saranac Lake WYCI 40.1MyNetworkTVCross Hill Communications2017
Syracuse WTVU-CD22.3 Cornerstone TV Renard Communications 2021

North Carolina

Charlotte WCCB 18.5The CWBahakel CommunicationsOctober 2, 2023
Greenville WTMQ-LD29.3 Heartland Tutt Media GroupAugust 15, 2015Replaced Tuff TV on DT3.
Raleigh WIRP-LD 27.4 Estrella TV DTV America2017
WRAZ 50.4Fox Capitol Broadcasting Company 2022
Smithfield WARZ-LD 21.3 Heartland Tutt Media GroupAugust 15, 2015Replaced Tuff TV on DT3.
Washington (Greenville) WITN-TV 7.5NBCGray Television
Wilmington WTMV-LD39.3HeartlandTutt Media GroupAugust 15, 2015Replaced Tuff TV on DT3.

North Dakota

Bismarck KNDB 24.1-BEK Communications CooperativeJuly 2015
Minot KNDM 26.1 Satellite of KNDB
Fargo KVLY-TV 11.4NBCGray TelevisionSeptember 12, 2016
KXJB-LD 30.3/28.3CBS

Ohio

Cincinnati WXIX-TV 19.2FOXGray TelevisionJanuary 1, 2020
Cleveland WBNX-TV 55.4IndependentWinston Broadcasting NetworkDecember 30, 2015
Portsmouth (CharlestonHuntington) WQCW 30.2The CWGray Television

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City KUOK 36.5 Univision Tyler Media Group
Tulsa KMYT-TV 41.4MyNetworkTV Imagicomm Communications
Oregon
Medford KFBI-LD 48.1MyNetworkTVImagicomm CommunicationsMaintains the Primary Affiliation With MyNetworkTV pre-temping H&I prime time programming on weeknights [19]

Pennsylvania

Allentown (Philadelphia) WFMZ-TV 69.3IndependentMaranatha Broadcasting Company
Erie, Pennsylvania WSEE-TV 35.4CBSLilly BroadcastingMarch 4, 2019
Jeannette (Pittsburgh) WPKD-TV 19.2IndependentCBS News and Stations

Puerto Rico

Añasco W34FK-D 33.1-TV Red de Puerto Rico, Inc.

South Carolina

Charleston WGWG 4.5-Howard Stirk HoldingsAugust 1, 2015Replaced ZUUS Country
Columbia WOLO-TV 25.5ABC Bahakel Communications January 1, 2019Replaced Start TV which moved to 25.2, replacing This TV
Greenville-Spartanburg WDKT-LD 31.5GEB NetworkCarolina Christian Broadcasting

Tennessee

Jackson WYJJ-LD 27.5 Antenna TV
MyNetworkTV
DTV America Corporation
Kingsport WAPK-CD 36.4MeTVHolston Valley Broadcasting Group
Knoxville WBXX-TV 20.3The CWGray Television
Memphis WHBQ-TV 13.2FoxImagicomm Communications
Nashville WJFB 44.2MeTVWeigel Broadcasting

Texas

Amarillo KEYU 31.2TelemundoGray Television2018
Austin KBVO 14.3MyNetworkTVNexstar Media GroupOctober 29, 2018
Corpus Christi KQSY-LD 30.2HeartlandChannel 7 of Corpus Christi, Inc.Fall 2020
DallasFort Worth KDFW 4.3FoxFox Television StationsMay 14, 2021
Houston KPRC-TV 2.3NBC Graham Media Group December 1, 2015Replaced LATV, vacant since 2012
Lubbock KLBB-LD 48.2MeTVGray Television
Odessa KTLE-LD 7.7Telemundo2017
Snyder KABI-LD 42.1-
San Antonio KSAT-TV 12.4ABCGraham Media GroupJanuary 2019

Utah

Cedar City/St. George KCSG 8.4 (14.6)MeTVWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 29, 2014Replaced MeTV as primary affiliation.

Virginia

Norfolk/Virginia Beach WVEC 13.7ABCTegna
Roanoke/Lynchburg WDBJ 7.2CBSGray TelevisionSeptember 1, 2018

Washington

Bellingham KVOS-TV 12.1UnivisionWeigel BroadcastingAlso serving Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, and much of Canada via Cable and Satellite.
Seattle KFFV 44.3MeTV
Spokane KXLY-TV 4.3ABC Morgan Murphy Media

West Virginia

Weston WDTV 5.3CBSGray TelevisionFebruary 2019

Wisconsin

Eau Claire WEAU 13.6NBCGray TelevisionOctober 2015Replaced Antenna TV, which moved to channel 13.2
Green Bay WBAY-TV 2.4ABCFebruary 1, 2019 [20]
Janesville (Madison) WIFS 57.8 Ion Television Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC
Milwaukee WMLW-TV 49.3IndependentWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 29, 2014 (moved from WDJT-DT3 to WMLW-DT3 on January 8, 2018) [5]
Wausau WZAW-LD 33.4FoxGray Television

Former affiliates

MarketStationChannelOwnerYears of affiliationStatus
San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose KICU-TV 36.4Fox Television StationsNovember 2015 – May 2019Now a Catchy Comedy affiliate
Bridgeport, Connecticut (New York) WZME 43.1NRJ TV, LLC2015–2016Now a Sonlife Broadcasting Network affiliate
Chicago, Illinois WWME-CA (Analog)23 (Analog)Weigel BroadcastingMarch–September 2015Analog signal was terminated due to FCC mandate on September 1, 2015
Danville
(Roanoke/Lynchburg)
WFFP-TV 24.2 Liberty University 2015–2018Affiliation moved to WDBJ following WFFP-TV's sale to Gray Television
Hagerstown (Washington, D.C.) WDVM-TV 25.1 Nexstar Media Group July 1, 2016 – July 1, 2019Now an independent station.
Poland Springs
(Portland, Maine)
WMTW 8.2 Hearst Television 2015–2018Now a MeTV affiliate
Racine, Wisconsin (Milwaukee) WMLW-TV 49.3Weigel Broadcasting2014–2015 [3] This TV moved from WDJT-DT3 in channel map shuffle
Springfield, Illinois
(St. Louis, Missouri)
WODK-LD 45.2 DTV America Dec 2016 – Jan 2018Contract terminated upon Weigel's assumption of ownership of KNLC and move to KNLC-DT3; station transmits from St. Louis antenna farm and has no signal radius into the Springfield market proper.
Wausau, Wisconsin WSAW-TV 7.3Gray Television2014–2015Now a simulcast of Fox affiliate WZAW-LD
Albany, New York WNYT 13.3Hubbard BroadcastingDecember 29, 2015 – June 1, 2019Now a Start TV affiliate
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas KDFI 27.4Fox Television Stations2015-2021Moved to sister station KDFW 4.3 in May 2021
Virginia Beach WVBT 43.3Nexstar Media GroupNovember 2, 2018 - October 30, 2021Now a Rewind TV affiliate
Santa Fe (Albuquerque) KASA-TV 29.1 Telemundo Station Group
(NBCUniversal)
January 2017 - October 2021Switched to Cozi TV after NBC purchased station from Ramar Communications
Hobbs (Albuquerque) KUPT 29.1February 2015 - October 2021Switched to Cozi TV after NBC purchased station from Ramar Communications
Cedar Rapids KCRG-TV 9.4 Gray Television March 2019 - August 2021Moved to KWWL 7.2 in an affiliation swap with The CW
Salt Lake City KTVX 4.4Nexstar Media GroupNovember 2018-November 2022Switched to TheGrio
Charlotte, North Carolina WJZY 46.5October 1, 2015-October 2, 2023
Roscommon, Michigan WURO-LD 18.1M33 Media LLCMarch 2017–December 7, 2023Station is defunct

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