Independent station

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An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast network. As such, it only broadcasts syndicated programs it has purchased; brokered programming, for which a third party pays the station for airtime; and local programs that it produces itself.

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In North American and Japanese television, independent stations with general entertainment formats emerged as a distinct class of station because their lack of network affiliation led to unique strategies in program content, scheduling, and promotion, as well as different economics compared to major network affiliates. The Big Three networks in the United States — ABC, CBS, and NBC — traditionally provided a substantial number of program hours per day to their affiliates, whereas later network startups—Fox, UPN, and The WB (the latter two were succeeded by The CW and, to a lesser extent, MyNetworkTV)—provided substantially fewer shows to their affiliates. Through the early 1990s, Fox affiliates were often considered independents.

Programming

The term independent station most often is used to refer to stations with general entertainment formats. Historically, these stations specialized in children's programming, syndicated reruns or first-run shows, and sports coverage.

Some independent stations, mostly those once having been affiliated with a major network, produce substantial amounts of news and public affairs programming. The model for these stations was WSVN in Miami, an NBC affiliate that switched to Fox in January 1989 and dramatically expanded its news output. Further affiliation changes and news expansions from the 1990s onward have produced a number of additional stations, such as KTVK in Phoenix (an ABC affiliate until 1995); WJXT in Jacksonville, Florida (a CBS affiliate until 2002); and WHDH in Boston (an NBC affiliate until 2017), as well as stations such as WGN-TV in Chicago and KUSI-TV in San Diego that never held a major network affiliation.

However, in a broader sense, there are independent stations that focus on a specific genre of television programming. For instance, religious independent stations buy and schedule, or produce locally, evangelism and study programs, and ethnic independent stations purchase or produce programs in specific languages or catering to specific communities.

Overview

Early history

During the 1950s and 1960s, independent stations filled their broadcast hours with movies, sports, cartoons, filmed travelogues, and some locally produced television programs, including in some instances newscasts and children's programs. Independents that were on the air during this period would sign-on at times later than that of stations affiliated with a television network, some not doing so until the early or mid-afternoon hours. Another source of programming became available to independent stations by the mid-1960s: reruns of network programs which, after completing their initial runs, were sold into syndication.

As cable television franchises began to be incorporated around the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, independent stations from large and mid-sized markets were imported by these systems via wire or microwave relay to smaller media markets, which often only had stations that were affiliated with the Big Three television networks (ABC, NBC and CBS); these independents became the first "superstations," which were distributed on a statewide or regional basis. In December 1976, Ted Turner decided to uplink his struggling Atlanta, Georgia station WTCG to satellite for national distribution. Soon, other companies decided to copy Turner's idea and applied for satellite uplinks to distribute other stations; WGN-TV in Chicago, KTVU in Oakland-San Francisco, and WPIX and WOR-TV in New York City would begin to be distributed nationally during the late 1970s and early 1980s (in the case of KTVU, it would revert to being a regional superstation by the early part of the latter decade).

By the start of the 1970s, independent stations typically aired children's programming in the morning and afternoon hours, and movies and other adult-oriented shows (some stations aired paid religious programs) during the midday hours. They counterprogrammed local network-affiliated stations' news programs with syndicated reruns – usually sitcoms and hour-long dramas – in the early evening, and movies during prime time and late night hours. In some areas, independent stations carried network programs that were not aired by a local affiliate.

In larger markets such as New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, independent stations benefited from a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that barred network-affiliated stations within the top 50 television markets from airing network-originated programs in the hour preceding prime time. This legislation, known as the Prime Time Access Rule, was in effect from 1971 to 1995, and as a result independents faced less competition for syndicated reruns. Some stations in larger markets (such as WGN-TV in Chicago; KTLA, KCOP-TV and KHJ-TV in Los Angeles; KWGN-TV in Denver; and (W)WOR-TV, WPIX and WNEW-TV in New York City) ventured into local news broadcasts, usually airing at 10:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific time zones, and 9:00 p.m. in the Central and Mountain time zones. Network stations aired their late newscasts an hour later.

From the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, independent stations in several U.S. cities, particularly those that had yet to receive a cable franchise, carried a form of a network affiliation through subscription television networks (such as ON TV, Spectrum and SelecTV); these services – which were formatted very similarly to their pay cable counterparts – ran sports, uncut and commercial-free movies (both mainstream and pornographic, broadcasts of the latter often created legal issues that were eventually largely cleared up due to an FCC regulation that legally allowed the broadcast of programs featuring content that would otherwise be deemed indecent when broadcast "in the clear" if the encrypted signal was not visible or audible to nonsubscribers), and on some services, television specials. Independents usually ran the services during the evening and overnight hours in lieu of running movies and other programs acquired off the syndication market by the station, although a few eventually began to carry these services for most of the broadcast day. The services required the use of decoder boxes to access the service's programming (some of which were fairly easy to unencrypt due to the transmission methods stations used to scramble the signal during the service's broadcast hours); some required the payment of an additional one-time fee to receive events and adult films. As cities added cable franchises, thus allowing people to subscribe to conventional premium television networks like HBO and Showtime, nearly all of the over-the-air subscription services had shuttered operations by the end of the 1980s.

Until the late 1970s, independent stations were usually limited to the larger American television markets, due to several factors. Most smaller markets did not have a large enough population to support four commercial stations. Even in markets that were large enough to support a fourth station, the only available license was on a UHF channel allocation. During the analog television era, the reception quality of UHF stations was not nearly as good as stations on the VHF band, especially in areas with rugged terrain (the reverse is true in the present day with the transmission of digital signals) or in markets that cover large geographic areas. Since independent stations had to buy an additional 16 hours of programming per day – a burden not faced by network-affiliated stations – these factors made prospective owners skittish about signing on a television station as an independent. By the 1970s, however, cable television had gained enough penetration to make independent stations viable in smaller markets. This was especially true in markets that were either located in rugged terrain or covered large areas; in these regions, cable (and later satellite) are all but essential for acceptable television. Nearly 300 independent stations existed in the United States by the mid-1980s, in markets of varying sizes, [1] up from fewer than 100 in 1980. They could buy new shows without cash using barter syndication. [2] Many stations belonged to the Association of Independent Television Stations (INTV), a group similar to the National Association of Broadcasters, and which lobbied the FCC on behalf of independents.

In the 1980s, television syndicators began offering original, first-run series such as Solid Gold , Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous , Star Search , Independent Network News and Star Trek: The Next Generation (as well as canceled network series revived for first-run syndication such as Fame , Too Close for Comfort , Charles in Charge , It's a Living and Baywatch ), and made-for-television movies and miniseries like Sadat . This trend primarily benefited independent stations. Independents scheduled these first-run programs during prime time and on weekends.

In the United States, many independent stations were commonly owned. Companies that operated three or more independents included:

Decline

In 1986 several independent outlets, led by the Metromedia stations, formed the Fox Broadcasting Company, [3] [4] the first major venture at a fourth U.S. broadcast television network since the DuMont Television Network shut down in August 1956 (which resulted in some of its affiliates, including those owned by Metromedia, becoming independents). Fox made efforts, slowly at first, to have its affiliates emulate a network programming style as much as possible; but in turn, Fox only carried a late-night talk show at its launch in October 1986, and beginning in April 1987, offered one night of prime time programming a week (on Sundays). The network only programmed two hours of prime time programming each night (and, beginning in the 1990s, some children's programming through Fox Kids), but gradually expanded its prime time lineup to all seven nights until January 1993. Fox's owned-and-operated stations left INTV in March 1992. [5]

The lack of programming in other dayparts forced most Fox affiliates to maintain the same programming model as independent stations during non-prime time slots, and during its early years, on nights without prime time programming from the network. Fox coerced most of its affiliates to air prime time newscasts (there were some holdouts as late as 2013, while many others opted to run outsourced local newscasts from a competing network affiliate) as well as news programming in other dayparts common with other major network affiliates. When a complicated six-station affiliation switch in South Florida saw WSVN in Miami switch from NBC to Fox in 1989, the station adopted a news-intensive format unlike any independent station or Fox affiliate prior, a scheduling choice initially ridiculed in local media but which quickly attracted industry attention and saw ratings success. This model was copied by stations owned by New World Communications and SF Broadcasting that switched to Fox in the mid-1990s, and to other news-producing Fox and minor network affiliates, and independent stations, by the 2000s.

In September 1993, many independents began carrying the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN), an ad-hoc programming service that emulated a network model, which featured drama series and made-for-TV movies intended for first-run syndication. In January 1995, many remaining independents, including those that carried PTEN, joined upstart networks The WB [6] and the United Paramount Network (UPN). The WB, UPN and their affiliates used a very similar programming model to that initially used by Fox and its stations during their first four years of existence (although neither network would expand their prime time lineups to all seven nights); the launch of those networks resulted in PTEN's demise in 1997, as most stations that became affiliates of UPN and The WB (whose respective founding parents, Chris-Craft Industries and Time Warner, jointly owned PTEN) either dropped the service or moved its lineup out of prime time when those networks launched. Other stations banded together to become charter outlets of the Pax TV (now Ion Television) network in August 1998, although some of the stations that aligned with Pax had earlier affiliated with its predecessor, the Infomall TV Network (inTV), two years before.

The launches of these networks drastically reduced the number of independent stations in the United States; some mid-sized markets would not regain a general entertainment independent until the early 2000s, through sign-ons of unaffiliated stations and disaffiliations by existing stations from other commercial and noncommercial networks. In 2001, Univision Communications purchased several English language independents in larger markets (which mostly operated as Home Shopping Network affiliates until the late 1990s) from USA Broadcasting to form the nuclei of the upstart Spanish language network Telefutura (now UniMás), which launched in January 2002. Several stations affiliated with The WB and UPN became independent again when the respective parent companies of those networks (Time Warner and CBS Corporation) decided to shut them down to form The CW, which launched in September 2006 with a schedule dominated by shows held over from and an affiliate body primarily made up of stations previously aligned with its two predecessors. [7] Some of the newly independent stations subsequently found a new network home through MyNetworkTV, itself created out of the prospect that the UPN affiliates of corporate sister Fox Television Stations would become independents due to The CW choosing to affiliate with CBS Television Stations and Tribune Broadcasting stations in overlapping markets. [8]

Today

As a result of the various network launches that have occurred since the 1986 launch of Fox, true independent stations have become a rarity. The smallest stations, which in the past would have been forced to adopt a locally originated independent program schedule, now have other options – 24-hour-a-day networks that require no local or syndicated programming for the station to carry; some of these networks, such as AMG TV or America One, follow a full-service variety format, while others are devoted primarily to classic television (such as MeTV) and/or films, or carry mainly niche programming. Many stations that are affiliated with the larger post-1980s networks still behave much like independents, as they program far more hours a day than a station affiliated with one of the Big Three networks.

This is especially the case with MyNetworkTV, whose efforts to offer first-run programming were largely unsuccessful. By 2009, the network had abandoned its first-run programming efforts and became a "programming service", with its programming now focused upon off-network reruns of drama series. [9] [10] After this transition, many of MyNetworkTV's affiliates began to downplay their affiliation with the network and move the block to alternate timeslots (such as late-night); network owner Fox Television Stations rebranded most of its MyNetworkTV stations as offshoots of their parent Fox stations (such as "Fox 11 Plus" for KCOP-TV) [11]

Current independents follow a very different program format from their predecessors. While sitcom reruns are still popular, expanded newscasts and other syndicated programs such as talk shows; courtroom shows; reruns of recent scripted comedy and drama series; and no-cost public domain programming are common. Another type of content being added to many independent station lineups in recent years has been brokered programming, including infomercials, home shopping and televangelist programs; the Federal Communications Commission did not allow infomercials to be broadcast on American television until 1984, but since then, it has proven to be a lucrative, if somewhat polarizing with viewers, way to fill airtime. During the 1990s when infomercials gained popularity, many stations began broadcasting 24 hours a day rather than signing off at night. By filling the overnight hours with infomercials, the station would be able to generate extra revenue where they had previously been off the air. Home shopping programs (mainly simulcasts of cable services that also have over-the-air distribution such as QVC and the Home Shopping Network) or syndicated programs fill overnight time periods on stations that do not run infomercials during that day part.

Since the FCC revised its media ownership rules to permit station duopolies in August 1999, independents that operate on a standalone basis have become quite rare in the United States and, in turn, independents that are senior partners in duopolies are fairly uncommon. With the proliferation of duopolies and local marketing agreements since that point, most independent stations are operated alongside a major network affiliate (more commonly, one of either ABC, NBC, CBS or Fox), which may share syndicated programming with and/or produce newscasts in non-competitive timeslots for its unaffiliated sister. This is because in most markets, independents tend to have lower viewership than that of a network affiliate, and usually fall within part of the FCC's duopoly criteria (which allows a company to own two stations in the same market if one is not among the four highest-rated at the time of an ownership transaction).

List of notable independent stations, past and present

List of notable U.S. independent stations

Media market StateStationsFirst air dateLast air dateCurrent network
Albany-Schenectady-Troy New York WXXA-TV 23July 30, 1982 Fox
WUSV 45 (now WCWN)March 22, 1982 The CW
WOCD 55 (now WYPX-TV)December 14, 1987 Ion
AlbuquerqueSanta Fe New Mexico KSAF-TV/KNMZ-TV/KKTO-TV 2 (now KASA-TV)October 31, 1983 Telemundo
Anchorage Alaska KTBY 4December 2, 1983Fox
KCFT-CD 35July 17, 1984
KDMD 33October 1, 198933.1 Ion
33.2 Telemundo
KYES-TV 5 (now KAUU)January 21, 19905.1 CBS

5.4 MyNetworkTV

Atlanta Georgia WQXI-TV 36 (now WATL)December 18, 1954 (original incarnation)

August 16, 1969 (2nd incarnation)

July 5, 1976 (current incarnation)

May 31, 1955 (original incarnation)

April 1, 1971 (2nd incarnation)

MyNetworkTV
WJRJ-TV/WTCG/WTBS 17 (now WPCH-TV)September 1, 1967The CW
WGNX 46 (now WANF)June 6, 1971CBS
WVEU/WUPA 69August 22, 1981
WSWS-TV 66 (now WGBP-TV)May 23, 1982 Merit Street
WHOT 34 (now WUVG-DT)April 18, 1989 Univision
WATC-DT 57April 14, 1996
Austin Texas KBVO 42 (now KEYE-TV)December 4, 1983CBS
K13VC 13November 30, 1989March 29, 2003
Baltimore Maryland WMAR-TV 2October 27, 1947 ABC
WBFF 45April 11, 1971Fox
WNUV-TV 54July 1, 1982The CW
Baton Rouge Louisiana KBTR-CD 36May 1, 1987
KZUP-CD 20November 26, 2002
Beaumont Texas KBMT-LD 64 (now KUIL-LD 12.5)2003MyNetworkTV
Birmingham Alabama WTTO 21April 21, 1982The CW
WCAJ 68 (now WABM)January 31, 198668.1 MyNetworkTV

68.2 ABC

WOTM-LD 19November 15, 1996
Bloomington-Peoria Illinois WBLN 43 (now WYZZ-TV)October 18, 1982Fox
Boise Idaho KTRV-TV 12October 18, 1981Ion
Boston Massachusetts WJZB-TV 14December 4, 1953May 1969
WSBK-TV 38October 12, 1964
WKBG-TV 56 (now WLVI)December 21, 1966The CW
WXNE-TV 25 (now WFXT)October 10, 1977Fox
WSMW-TV/WHLL 66 (now WUNI)February 12, 1985Univision
WQTV/WABU 68 (now WBPX-TV)January 2, 1979Ion
WSMW-TV/WHLL 27 (now WUTF-TV)January 1, 1970 UniMás
WWDP 46December 6, 1986 ShopHQ
WDPX-TV 58January 16, 1984 Grit
WMFP 62October 16, 1987 OnTV4U
WHDH 7May 22, 1982
Buffalo New York WUTV 29December 21, 1970Fox
WNLO 23May 13, 1987The CW
WNYO-TV 49September 1, 1987MyNetworkTV
WBBZ-TV 67March 12, 1993 MeTV/Independent
Charlotte North Carolina WCCB 18September 5, 1961 (2nd incarnation)

November 1, 1964 (current incarnation)

May 16, 1963 (2nd incarnation)The CW
WRET-TV 36 (now WCNC-TV)July 9, 1967 NBC
WHKY-TV 14 (now WWJS)February 14, 1968 Sonlife
WJZY 46March 9, 1987Fox
WAXN-TV 64October 15, 1994
Chicago Illinois WGN-TV 9April 5, 1948The CW
WCIU-TV 26February 6, 1964
WFLD 32January 4, 1966Fox
WSNS-TV 44April 5, 1970Telemundo
WGBO-TV 66 (now WGBO-DT)September 18, 1981Univision
WPWR-TV 60 (now WPWR-TV 50)April 4, 1982MyNetworkTV
WMEU-CD 48October 28, 1987
WJYS 62March 2, 1991
Chico California KCVU-TV 20May 14, 1986Fox
Christiansted U.S. Virgin Islands WCVI-TV 23May 16, 199723.1 CBS

23.2 ABC

Cincinnati Ohio WXIX-TV 19August 1, 1968Fox
WIII-TV/WSTR-TV 64January 29, 1980MyNetworkTV
Cleveland-Akron Ohio WUAB 43September 15, 1968The CW
WBNX-TV 55December 1, 1985
WKBF-TV 61January 19, 1968April 25, 1975
WCLQ 61March 3, 1981Univision
WOIO 19May 19, 198519.1 CBS

19.2 MeTV/MyNetworkTV

WMFD-TV 68January 10, 1986
WGGN-TV 52December 5, 1982
Colorado Springs-Pueblo Colorado KXRM 21January 22, 1985Fox
KXTU 57November 5, 1999The CW
KWHS 511992 CTN
Columbus Georgia WXTX 54August 29, 1983Fox
Columbus Ohio WTTE 28June 1, 1984 TBD
WWAT 53 (now WWHO)August 31, 1987The CW
Concord-Manchester New Hampshire WXPO-TV/WNDS/WZMY-TV/WBIN-TV 50 (now WWJE-DT)September 5, 1983 True Crime Network
WNHT 21April 16, 1984March 31, 1989
WNEU 60August 14, 1987Telemundo
Corpus Christi Texas K47DF 47 (now K22JA-D)June 28, 199119.1 Telemundo

19.2 Independent

Dallas-Fort Worth Texas KDFI 27January 26, 1981MyNetworkTV
KFWD 52September 1, 1988Shop LC
KLDT 55 (now KAZD)March 18, 199755.1 Spectrum News 1

55.2 MeTV

KMEC-TV/KBFI-TV/KXTX-TV/KRLD-TV 33 (now KDAF)September 29, 1980The CW
KSTR-TV 49 (now KSTR-DT)April 17, 1984UniMás
KTVT 11September 11, 1955CBS
KTXA 21January 4, 1981
KMPX/KFAA-TV 29September 15, 1993
KDTV 39 (now KXTX-TV)February 5, 1968Telemundo
Davenport
-Rock Island
Iowa
-Illinois
KLJB 18July 28, 1985Fox
Dayton Ohio WSWO-TV 26July 14, 1968December 6, 1972
WKTR-TV/WOET-TV 16 (now WPTD)March 20, 1967PBS
WTJC/WDPX 26 (now WBDT)September 7, 1980The CW
WRGT-TV 45September 23, 1984 Dabl
Denver Colorado KWGN-TV 2July 18, 1952The CW
KCDO-TV 3December 18, 1963
KDVR 31August 10, 1983Fox
KTVD 20December 1, 1988MyNetworkTV
K34QB-D 45January 26, 2004
Detroit Michigan WKBD-TV 50January 10, 1965The CW
WMYD 20September 15, 1968
WGPR-TV 62 (now WWJ-TV)September 29, 1975CBS
WADL 38May 20, 1989MyNetworkTV
Des Moines Iowa KCBR 17 (now KDSM-TV)March 7, 1983Fox
El Paso Texas KILT 13 (now KVIA-TV 7)September 1, 19567.1 ABC

7.2 The CW

KCIK-TV 14 (now KFOX-TV)August 1, 1979Fox
KJLF-TV 65 (now KTFN)June 22, 1991UniMás
Evansville Indiana WTVW 7August 21, 1956The CW
Fargo North Dakota KVRR 15February 14, 1983Fox
KNRR 12January 1, 1986Fox
KBRR 10September 1985Fox
Fresno-Visalia California KAIL 53 (now KAIL 7)December 18, 1961TCT
KMPH-TV 26October 11, 1971Fox
KNXT 49 (now KIFR)November 2, 1986 Classic Arts Showcase
Fort Wayne Indiana WFFT 55December 21, 1977Fox
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Michigan WLLA 64June 30, 1987Fox
WXMI 17March 18, 1982Fox
Green Bay-Appleton Wisconsin KFIZ-TV 34August 1, 1968November 30, 1972Independent/NET/PBS
WXGZ-TV/WACY-TV 32March 7, 1984 (original incarnation)

June 1994 (current incarnation)

February 14, 1992 (original incarnation)
WSCO/WPXG/WIWB 14 (now WCWF)February 22, 1984 (original incarnation)

April 30, 1997 (current incarnation)

1987 (original incarnation)The CW
WLRE 26 (now WGBA-TV)December 31, 1980NBC
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point North Carolina WGNN-TV/WJTM/WNRW-TV 45 (now WXLV-TV)September 22, 1979ABC
WGGT 48May 9, 1981MyNetworkTV
WRDG/WAAP 16

(now WGPX-TV)

August 7, 1984Ion
WEJC 20 (now WCWG)October 30, 1985The CW
WLXI 61 (now WLXI 43)March 5, 1984TCT
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville South Carolina
North Carolina
WAXA/WFBC-TV 40

(now WMYA-TV)

December 11, 1953Dabl
WGGS-TV 16October 29, 1972
WHNS 21April 1, 1984Fox
WASV-TV 62 (now WYCW)October 31, 1984The CW
WNEG-TV 32 (now WGTA)September 9, 1984MeTV
Harrisburg-Lancaster-York Pennsylvania WPMT 43December 21, 1952Fox
WLYH 49April 28, 1979
Hartford-New Haven Connecticut WHCT 18 (now WUVN)September 25, 1954Univision
WCCT-TV 20September 10, 1953The CW
WTIC-TV 3 (now WFSB)September 23, 1957CBS
WTIC-TV 61September 17, 1984Fox
WTWS 26 (now WHPX-TV)September 15, 1986Ion
WWAX-LD 27March 11, 2013
Hilo Hawaii KOHA-TV/KHBC-TV 13

(now KSIX-TV)

August 22, 198313.1 NBC13.2 Independent13.3 CBS
Honolulu Hawaii KIKU-TV/KHNL 13July 4, 196213.1 NBC13.2 Independent13.3 Telemundo
KHAI-TV/KIKU 20December 30, 1983
KFVE 5/KFVE 9

(now KHII-TV)

February 7, 1988MyNetworkTV
KWHE 14August 23, 1986
KUPU 50October 1, 2003
Houston Texas KHTV 39 (now KIAH)January 6, 1967The CW
KRIV 26August 15, 1971Fox
KTXH 20November 7, 1982MyNetworkTV
KCVH-LP 30

(now KCVH-LD 6)

November 2, 1988
KNWS-TV 51

(now KYAZ)

November 3, 1993MeTV
KTBU 55July 15, 1998 Quest
KUBE-TV 57May 18, 1988 Shop LC
Indianapolis Indiana WURD/WHMB-TV 40February 22, 1971Univision
WTTV 4November 11, 19494.1/29.1 CBS

4.2/29.2 Independent

WWKI-TV/WTTK 29May 1, 1988
WXIN 59February 1, 1984Fox
WMCC-TV 23

(now WNDY-TV)

October 19, 1987MyNetworkTV
Jackson Mississippi WDBD 40November 30, 1984Fox
Jacksonville Florida WJXT 4September 15, 1949
WXAO-TV/WNFT/WTEV-TV 49

(now WJAX-TV)

August 1, 1980CBS
WAWS 30 (now WFOX-TV)February 15, 198130.1 Fox30.2 MyNetworkTV/MeTV30.4 Telemundo
Kansas City Missouri KBMA-TV/KSHB-TV 41September 28, 1970NBC
KZKC 62 (now KSMO-TV)December 7, 1983MyNetworkTV
KMCI-TV 38February 1, 1988
KUJH-LP 31April 23, 1996June 9, 2014
Knoxville Tennessee WKCH-TV/WTNZ-TV 43December 31, 1983Fox
WMAK/WKNX-TV 7July 31, 2004
Lafayette Louisiana KADN-TV 15March 1, 1980Fox
Lansing Michigan WSYM-TV 47December 1, 198247.1 Fox

47.4 MyNetworkTV

Las Vegas Nevada KVVU-TV 5September 10, 1967Fox
KHSV 21July 31, 1984MeTV
KFBT 33 (now KVCW)July 30, 198933.1 The CW

33.2 MyNetworkTV

KTUD-CA 25February 12, 1999October 10, 2013
KMCC 34August 21, 2003
Louisville Kentucky WDRB-TV 41February 21, 1971Fox
WGRB/WWWB/WBKI-TV 34July 27, 1983October 25, 2017The CW
WBNA 21April 2, 1986
Los Angeles California KTLA 5January 22, 1947The CW
KFI-TV/KHJ-TV/KCAL-TV 9October 6, 1948
KLAC-TV 13 (now KCOP-TV)September 17, 1948MyNetworkTV
KTTV 11January 1, 1949Fox
KCET 28September 28, 1964PBS
[[KWHY-TV|KIIX/KPOL-TV/KWHY-TV 22March 29, 1965
KSCI 18June 30, 1977Shop LC
KDOC-TV 56October 1, 1982TCT
KBEH 63August 17, 1985Canal de la Fe
KMTW-TV/KBSC-TV 52 (now KVEA)June 29, 1966Telemundo
KXLA 44December 2000
Madison Wisconsin WISC-TV 3.2

(branded as "TVW")

September 2000MyNetworkTV
WHPN-TV/WBUW/

WIFS 57

June 30, 1999Ion
WMSN-TV 47June 8, 1986Fox
WZCK-LD 8June 9, 1992OnTV4U
Memphis Tennessee WPTY-TV 24

(now WATN-TV)

September 10, 1978ABC
WMKW-TV/WLMT 30April 18, 1983The CW/MyNetworkTV
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Florida WCIX 6

(now WFOR-TV 4)

September 20, 1967CBS
WBFS-TV 33December 9, 1984The CW
WDZL/WBZL/WSFL-TV 39October 16, 1982
WYHS/WYHS-TV/

WAMI-TV 69 (now WAMI-DT)

August 10, 1988UniMás
WSMS-TV/WKID 51 (now WSCV)December 6, 1968Telemundo
Milwaukee Wisconsin WOKY-TV/WXIX 19/

WXIX/WUHF/WVTV 18

October 3, 1953 (original incarnation)July 20, 1959 (current incarnation)April 1, 1959 (original incarnation)18.1 The CW24.1 MyNetworkTV
WCGV-TV 24 (now WVTV-DT2 24)March 24, 1980January 8, 2018MyNetworkTV
WDJT-TV 58November 10, 1988CBS
WJJA/WBME-TV/WMLW-TV 49January 27, 1990
W65BT 65/W41CI/WMLW-CA 41 (now WBME-CD)1983MeTV
Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota WTCN-TV/WUSA 11

(now KARE)

September 1, 1953NBC
KEYD-TV/KMGM-TV/|KMSP-TV 9 (now KMSP-TV 9.9)January 9, 19559.9 Fox9.10 MyNetworkTV (SD simulcast)
KTMA/KLGT/KMWB 23

(now WUCW)

September 22, 1982The CW
WFBT/KITN-TV 29

(now WFTC 9.2)

October 11, 19829.1 Fox (SD simulcast)9.2 MyNetworkTV
KXLI 41 (now KPXM-TV)November 24, 1982Ion
KVBM/KSTC-TV 45 (now KSTC-TV 5.2)June 19, 1994
K34HO-D 34.21998
K21GN-D 21
Mobile
-Pensacola
Alabama
Florida|WPMI 15
March 12, 1982NBC
WJTC 44December 24, 1984
WFGX 35April 7, 1987MyNetworkTV
Nashville Tennessee WMCV/WTLT/WZTV 17August 5, 196817.1 Fox

17.2 The CW

WCAY-TV/WXMT 30

(now WUXP-TV)

February 18, 1984MyNetworkTV
Lafayette Louisiana KMCT-TV 15March 1, 1980Fox
New Orleans Louisiana WWOM-TV/WGNO-TV 26October 14, 1967ABC
WNOL-TV 38March 25, 1984The CW
WLAE-TV 32July 8, 1984
KFOL-CD 30August 28, 1989
New York City New York WNYE-TV 25April 5, 1967
WABD/WNEW-TV 5

(now WNYW)

May 2, 1944Fox
WOR-TV/WWOR-TV 9October 11, 1949MyNetworkTV
WPIX 11June 15, 1948The CW
WATV/WNTA-TV 13

(now WNET)

May 15, 1948PBS
WLIG/WLNY-TV 55April 28, 1985
WNJU-TV 47May 16, 1965Telemundo
WTZA/WRNN-TV 48December 15, 1985Shop LC
WVVH-CD 181988 YTA TV/Outside TV
WMBC-TV 63April 26, 1993Merit Street
Norfolk Nebraska KNEN-LD 352015
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News Virginia WYAH-TV/WGNT 27October 1, 1961
WTVZ 33September 24, 1979MyNetworkTV
WVBT 43March 22, 1993Fox
WSKY-TV 4October 19, 2001
Oklahoma City Oklahoma KOKH-TV 25February 2, 1959Fox
KAUT-TV 43October 15, 1980The CW
KGMC/KOCB-TV 34August 28, 1979
KSBI 52October 3, 1988MyNetworkTV
Orlando-Daytona Beach Florida WCEU/WDSC-TV 15February 8, 1988
WRES/WBCC/WEFS 68June 18, 1987
WESH 2June 11, 1956NBC
WSWB/WOFL 35March 31, 1974 (original incarnation)

October 15, 1979 (current incarnation)

September 30, 1976 (original incarnation)Fox
WKCF 68 (now WKCF 18)December 8, 1988The CW
WRBW 65June 6, 1994MyNetworkTV
WRDQ 27April 23, 2000
Philadelphia Pennsylvania WACP 4June 18, 2012TCT
WPHL-TV 17July 17, 196017.1 The CW
17.2 Antenna TV/MyNetworkTV
WIBF/WTAF-TV 29 (now WTXF-TV)May 16, 1965Fox
WKBS-TV 48September 1, 1965August 30, 1983
WGTW-TV 48August 13, 1992 TBN
WWSG-TV/WGBS-TV/WPSG 57June 15, 1981
WYBE 35 (now WPPT)June 10, 1990PBS
WFMZ-TV 67December 4, 1954April 15, 1955
WFMZ-TV 69November 25, 1976
WTVE 51May 4, 1980OnTV4U
Phoenix Arizona KPHO-TV 5December 4, 1949CBS
KOOL-TV/KTSP-TV 10 (now KSAZ-TV)October 24, 1953Fox
KTVK 3February 28, 1955
KNXV-TV 15September 9, 1979ABC
KUSK/KAZT-TV 7September 5, 1982The CW
KUTP 45December 23, 1985MyNetworkTV
KPHE-LD 44July 13, 1995
KASW 61September 23, 1995
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania WPGH-TV 53July 14, 1953 (original incarnation)
February 1, 1969 (2nd incarnation)
January 14, 1974 (current incarnation)
July 2, 1954 (original incarnation)
August 16, 1971 (2nd incarnation)
Fox
WPTT-TV/WCWB/WPNT/WCMY/WPNT 22September 26, 1978The CW/MyNetworkTV
WEPA-CD 591995October 25, 2017Cozi TV
WNPA/WPCW/WPKD-TV 19October 15, 1953
Portland Oregon KPTV 27

(now KPTV 12)

September 20, 1952Fox
KPDX 49October 9, 1983MyNetworkTV
KUTF 32

(now KRCW-TV)

May 8, 1989The CW
Providence-New Bedford Rhode Island
Massachusetts
WNET/WSTG-TV/

WNAC-TV 64

August 29, 1953 (original incarnation)

September 5, 1981 (current incarnation)

August 6, 1956 (original incarnation)64.1 Fox

64.2 The CW

Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville North Carolina WFCT 62 (now WFPX-TV)March 1985 Bounce TV
WLFL-TV 22December 18, 1981The CW
WRAY-TV 30August 7, 1995TCT
WRMY 47 (now WRPX-TV)July 8, 1992Ion
WKFT 40 (now WUVC-DT)June 1, 198140.1 Univision

40.2 UniMás

WYED-TV 17 (now WNCN-TV)April 11, 1988CBS
WAUG-LD 81988
WNGT-CD 341988
Richmond Virginia WRLH-TV 35February 20, 198235.1 Fox

35.2 MyNetworkTV/TBD

WZXK/WAWB 65 (now WUPV)March 9, 1990The CW
Reno Nevada KNSN-TV 21October 11, 1981Independent/MyNetworkTV
Rochester
-Mason City
Minnesota
-Iowa
KXLT-TV August 21, 1987Fox
Rochester New York WUHF 31January 27, 1980Fox
WBGT-CD 46February 2, 1998MyNetworkTV
Sacramento-Stockton California KTXL 40October 26, 1968Fox
KMUV/KRBK/KMAX 31October 5, 1974
KSCH 58 (now KQCA)April 13, 1986The CW/MyNetworkTV
KBFT 2001
St. Louis Missouri KPLR-TV 11April 28, 1959The CW
KNLC 24September 12, 198224.1 MeTV

24.2 Religious Independent

KDNL-TV 30June 8, 1969ABC
Salt Lake City Utah KSTU 13October 4, 1978Fox
KAZG/KPNZ 24December 6, 1998TCT
KXIV/KJZZ-TV 14February 14, 1989
KUEN 9December 1, 1986
KUPX-TV 16April 21, 199816.1 Independent

16.4 Ion

San Antonio Texas KCOR-TV/KUAL-TV 41

(now KWEX-DT)

June 10, 1955Univision
KABB 29December 16, 1987Fox
San Diego California KCST-TV 39

(now KNSD)

November 14, 1965NBC
XETV-TV/XETV-TDT 6April 29, 1953 Canal 5
KUSI-TV 51September 13, 1982
KTTY 69

(now KSWB-TV)

September 30, 1984Fox
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose California KCSM-TV/KPJK 60October 12, 1964
KRON-TV 4November 15, 1949The CW/MyNetworkTV
KTVU 2March 3, 1958Fox
KBHK-TV/KBCW/

KPYX 44

January 2, 1968
KGSC-TV/KICU-TV 36October 3, 1967MyNetworkTV
KEMO/KTZO/

KOFY/KBWB/

KOFY-TV 20

April 1, 1968Grit
KFTY 50

(now KEMO-TV)

April 1981 Estrella TV
KQSL 81990 TLN
KNTV 11September 12, 1955NBC
KSTS 48May 31, 1981Telemundo
KTNC-TV 42June 19, 1983TCT
KTSF 26September 4, 1976
San Juan Puerto Rico WKAQ-TV 2March 28, 19542.1 Telemundo

2.2 Independent

2.3 NBC

WAPA-TV 4May 1, 1954
WCCV-TV 54November 15, 1981
WDWL 36May 11, 1987 Enlace
WIDP 461997
WIPR-TV 6January 6, 1958
WSTE-DT 7February 2, 1958
WWXY-LD 382001
WLII-DT 11May 23, 1960Univision
WORO-DT 13November 1, 1984
WJPX 24February 15, 1987 America TeVe
WTCV 18October 1, 1962 (original incarnation)

July 29, 1984 (current incarnation)

1972 (original incarnation) Mega TV
WVQS-LD 201990CTNi
WRFB 51997ABC
WUJA 58July 25, 1983
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania WSWB/WOLF-TV 38

(now WSWB)

June 3, 1981The CW
WERF/WWLF-TV 56

(now WOLF-TV)

June 6, 1985Fox
Seattle-Tacoma Washington KTNT-TV/KSTW 11March 1, 1953
KMO-TV/KTVW/KCPQ 13August 2, 1953Fox
KVOS-TV 12June 3, 1953Univision
KONG 16July 8, 1997
KTZZ-TV/KTWB-TV/

KMYQ/KZJO 22

June 22, 1985MyNetworkTV
Shreveport Louisiana KMSS-TV 33April 11, 1985Fox
KWLB/KSHV-TV 45April 15, 1994MyNetworkTV
Sioux Falls South Dakota KCPO-LD 26March 12, 1999
South Bend Indiana WHME-TV 46August 3, 1974Univision
Spokane Washington KAYU-TV 28October 31, 198228.1 Fox

28.2 Antenna TV/ MyNetworkTV/CW Sports

KNEE-LD 10July 1, 2006February 9, 2023
Springfield-Decatur-Champaign Illinois WBHW/WRSP-TV 55June 1, 1979Fox
WFHL 23 (now WBUI)May 14, 1984The CW
Springfield Missouri KOZL-TV 27September 22, 1968MyNetworkTV
Syracuse New York WSNR-TV/WNYS-TV 43October 26, 1989January 14, 2020
Tampa-St. Petersburg Florida WTOG 44November 4, 1968
WTTA 38June 21, 1991The CW/MyNetworkTV
WMOR-TV 32January 11, 1984
WFTS-TV 28December 14, 1981ABC
WPDS-LD 141990
Toledo Ohio WUPW 36September 22, 1985Fox
Tucson Arizona KZAZ/KMSB-TV 11February 1, 1967Fox
KDTU/KTTU 18December 31, 1984The CW
KPOL 40 (now KHRR)January 5, 1985Telemundo
KWBA-TV 58December 31, 1988
Tulsa Oklahoma KOKI-TV 23October 26, 1980Fox
KGCT-TV/KTFO 41

(now KMYT-TV)

March 18, 1981MyNetworkTV
KRSU-TV 351987
KTCT/KWHB 47June 3, 1985CTN
Washington D.C. WTTG 5December 10, 1946Fox
WDCA-TV 20April 20, 1966MyNetworkTV
WFTY 50 (now WDCW)November 1, 1981The CW
WJAL 68August 1, 1984ShopHQ
WHAG-TV/WDVM-TV 25January 3, 1970
Waterloo-Cedar Rapids Iowa KWWF 22December 1, 2002August 2, 2013Untamed Sports TV
West Palm Beach Florida WTVX April 5, 1966The CW
WFLX October 1, 1982Fox
WTCN-CD October 1988MyNetworkTV
WBEC-TV 1999
WHDT June 1, 2001
Wichita-Hutchinson Kansas KCTU-LD 5October 16, 1992Buzzr
Wilmington North Carolina WILM-LD 10April 3, 1989

List of notable Canadian independent stations

While independent stations were not as common in Canada, there were several notable examples of such:

Media market Province Station(s)First air date
Hamilton Ontario CHCH-DT June 7, 1954
Lethbridge Alberta CJIL-DT January 14, 1996
Montreal Quebec CFHD-DT December 11, 2013
CFTU-DT August 20, 1986
St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador CJON-DT September 6, 1955
Vancouver British Columbia CHNU-DT September 15, 2001
Victoria British Columbia CHEK-DT December 1, 1956
Winnipeg Manitoba CIIT-DT February 6, 2006

Since the mid-1990s, most independent television stations in Canada have merged into television systems (such as CTV Two) by adopting common branding and/or programming, or have become fully owned-and-operated stations of networks with which they had previously had more informal programming arrangements as with CIHF, CICT and CITV, which are all now Global stations. However, this trend was partially reversed in 2009 with the demise of Canwest's E! system, which resulted in three of its stations, with CHCH in Hamilton, CJNT in Montreal and CHEK in Victoria, with CHCH-DT becoming independent; CJNT-DT becoming subsequently affiliated with City in 2012 (later becoming a full-time O&O in 2013) and CHEK-DT becoming independent as well (Although having a secondary affiliation with Yes TV).

CHCH and CHEK are the only television stations in Canada currently operating as independent stations in the American sense of the term. However, since the fall of 2010, these two stations (previously along with CJNT) have resumed sharing some common American programming.

CJON in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, while officially unaffiliated with a network, in practice airs a mix of programming sublicensed from two of Canada's main commercial networks, CTV (which it was formally affiliated with until 2002, with only CTV's news programming being carried on the station since then) and Global, rather than purchasing broadcast rights independently.

CFTU and CFHD in Montreal also operate as independents. However, each of these stations has a specific programming focus: educational programming in the case of the former, and multicultural programming in that of the latter.

Three independent religious stations also exist in Canada: CHNU in the Fraser Valley Regional District, CIIT in Winnipeg, and CJIL in Lethbridge. CIIT and CHNU formerly served as part of the two-station Joytv religious television system from 2005 until the system's dissolution in 2013.

Apart from these, some additional independent stations exist in Canada as community-oriented specialty stations. These stations, such as CFTV-DT in Leamington, Ontario and CHCO-TV in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, transmit at low power.

Independent television in Japan

Chiba TV is one of the members of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations. Chiba Television, headoffice.jpg
Chiba TV is one of the members of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations.

In Japan, independent television stations are generally those not affiliated with one of the national networks based in Tokyo, which supply the vast majority of their affiliates' programs. Independent stations in Japan primarily serve heavily urbanized areas and frequently band together in the purchasing of programs and sale of advertising.

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