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The DuMont Television Network was an American broadcast television network owned and operated by Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, which originated its founding in 1940, its launch in 1946, and its demise in 1956. By 1953, DuMont was affiliated with 126 stations, [1] which grew to around 200 stations in 1954, the network's peak. [2] The network owned three stations: WABD in New York City, WTTG in Washington, D.C., and WDTV in Pittsburgh; the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also regarded two stations owned by minority owner Paramount Pictures—KTLA in Los Angeles and WBKB in Chicago—as network-owned, despite KTLA leaving the network entirely in 1948 and WBKB never having carried a DuMont program. [3]
Many stations in the early years of television affiliated with more than one network. There were not enough local stations in most cities for each of the four major networks to have an affiliate, leading to the four networks (as well as a number of smaller networks) to fight for air time. Local TV stations were free to "cherry-pick" which programs they would broadcast. Many of DuMont's "affiliates" carried very little DuMont programming, choosing to air one or two more popular programs (such as Life Is Worth Living , which was aired by 169 stations during the 1953–1954 season) [4] and/or sports programming on the weekends. Few stations carried the full DuMont program line-up.
DuMont's advertising revenues depended on being able to be viewed nationwide. As a result, the company made affiliation agreements which have been described as "a crazy patchwork of deals". In many cities, DuMont was affiliated with more than one TV station in order to get more of its programming cleared for broadcast. No definitive list of affiliated stations from 1946 to 1956 exists, and many sources contradict one another.
DuMont's owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in yellow. The Paramount owned-and-operated stations, which did not carry DuMont programs but were ruled DuMont O&Os by the FCC, are shown in pink.
Company | No. of Affiliates owned |
---|---|
DuMont Television Network | 4 |
Paramount Pictures | 2 |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
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WAFM-TV | 13 (VHF) | Birmingham | CBS, ABC, DuMont (c. 1952–1955) | Yes | now a NBC affiliate |
WBRC | 4→6 (VHF; secondary) | Birmingham | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1949–1953); CBS/ABC thereafter [5] | Yes | now a Fox affiliate (O&O from 1996 to 2008) |
WMSL-TV | 23 (UHF; secondary) | Decatur | NBC, DuMont (1954–1955); [5] | Yes | now NBC affiliate WAFF-TV 48 |
WALA-TV | 10 (UHF; secondary) | Mobile | NBC, ABC, CBS, DuMont (1953–1954); NBC, DuMont (1954–1956) | Yes | now a Fox affiliate |
WKAB-TV | 48 (UHF) | Mobile | CBS, DuMont (1952-1954) | No | |
WCOV-TV | 20 (UHF; secondary) | Montgomery | NBC/ABC/CBS/DuMont (Apr 1953 – Dec 1954); CBS/ABC/DuMont (Dec 1954–1956) | Yes | now a Fox affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KTVA | 11 (VHF) | Anchorage | NBC, DuMont, ABC (1953–1955) [6] | Yes | now a PBS sister affiliate to KAKM |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KPHO-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Phoenix | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1949–1955) [7] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KTYL-TV | 12 (VHF; secondary) | Phoenix | NBC, DuMont (1953–1956†) | Yes | now KPNX, an NBC affiliate |
KOPO-TV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Tucson | CBS, DuMont (1953–1954) [8] [9] | Yes | now KOLD-TV, a CBS affiliate |
KIVA | 11 (VHF; secondary) | Yuma | NBC, ABC, CBS, DuMont (1953–1956) | No | Signed off January 31, 1970 (frequency occupied by KYMA-TV from 1988 to 2020) |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KFSA-TV | 22 (UHF; secondary) | Fort Smith | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1953–1956) | Yes | now CBS affiliate KFSM-TV on channel 5 |
KARK-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Little Rock | NBC, DuMont (1954–1956) | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
KRTV | 17 (UHF; secondary) | Little Rock | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1954) | No | license returned; call letters currently reside on a CBS affiliate in Great Falls, Montana |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KAFY-TV | 29 (UHF) [10] | Bakersfield | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KHSL-TV | 12 (VHF; secondary) | Chico | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1953–1955); CBS, ABC (1953–1963), NBC (1953–1956) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KIEM-TV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Eureka | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1953–1956) | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
KHJ-TV | 9 (VHF) | Los Angeles | DuMont (1949–1955) [11] | Yes | now CBS-owned independent station KCAL-TV |
KLAC-TV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Los Angeles | Independent, DuMont (1948–1956†) [12] | Yes | now Fox O&O and MyNetworkTV affiliate KCOP-TV |
KTLA | 5 (VHF) | Los Angeles | DuMont (1947–1948); Paramount (1949–1953) | Yes | now a CW O&O station |
KTSL | 2 (VHF) | Los Angeles | DuMont (1948–1951); thereafter CBS [13] | Yes | now CBS O&O and West Coast flagship station KCBS-TV |
KTTV | 11 | Los Angeles | DuMont (1951–1954) [3] | Yes | now a Fox O&O and the network's West Coast flagship station |
KSBW /KMBY-TV [14] [a] | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Monterey | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1953–1956) | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
KCCC-TV | 40 (UHF) | Sacramento | ABC, DuMont (1953–1956) | No | went dark 1957, frequency occupied since 1968 by Fox affiliate KTXL |
KFMB-TV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | San Diego | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1949–1952+) [16] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KFSD-TV [17] | 10 (VHF) | San Diego | NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now a ABC affiliate |
KVEC-TV | 6 (VHF) | San Luis Obispo | DuMont, ABC, CBS (1953–1955) [b] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KSBY |
KPIX | 5 (VHF; secondary) | San Francisco | CBS, NBC, DuMont (1948–1949); CBS, DuMont, Paramount (1949–1953); CBS, DuMont (1953–1956) [16] | Yes | now a CBS O&O station |
KEYT-TV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Santa Barbara | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1953-1955) [18] | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
KOVR | 13 (VHF) | Stockton | DuMont (1953–1955) [c] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KCOK-TV | 27 (UHF) | Tulare | DuMont (1953-1955) [20] [d] | No |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KKTV | 2 (VHF; secondary) | Colorado Springs | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1952–1955) [22] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 11 |
KFEL-TV | 2 (VHF) | Denver | DuMont (1952–1956) [11] | Yes | now KWGN-TV, a CW affiliate; DuMont affiliation was shared with KBTV 1953–1956 |
KBTV | 9 (VHF) | Denver | DuMont, ABC (1953–1956) [11] | Yes | now KUSA, an NBC affiliate; KBTV callsign, previously used by what is now WFAA Dallas during that station's DuMont affiliation, later reassigned to Port Arthur, Texas (KBTV-TV) and Sacramento, California (KBTV-CD); DuMont affiliation was shared with KFEL-TV |
KFXJ-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Grand Junction | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1956) | Yes | now CBS affiliate KREX-TV |
KDZA-TV | 3 (VHF) | Pueblo | DuMont (1955) [22] | No | reassigned to Sterling (now independent station KCDO-TV) |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WICC-TV | 43 (UHF) | Bridgeport | ABC, DuMont (1953–1956) [23] | No | WICC-TV went dark in 1960; channel 43 now MeTV+ O&O WZME |
WGTH-TV | 18 (UHF) | Hartford | ABC, DuMont (1954–1956); thereafter CBS [23] | Yes | now WUVN, a Univision affiliate on channel 18 |
WNHC-TV | 6→8 (VHF) | New Haven | ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont (1948–1955); ABC, DuMont (1955–1956†) [16] [24] | Yes | now ABC affiliate WTNH |
WATR-TV | 53 (UHF) | Waterbury | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [11] | Yes | now WCCT-TV, a CW affiliate on channel 20 |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WDEL-TV | 7→12 (VHF; secondary) | Delaware | NBC, DuMont (1949–1955†) [16] | No | license returned in 1958; now WHYY-TV, a PBS member station on channel 12 (since 1963; previously on channel 35 from 1957 to 1963) |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WTTG | 5 (VHF) | Washington, D.C. | DuMont (1945–1956) [25] | Yes | now a Fox O&O station |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WJHP-TV | 36 (UHF) | Jacksonville | ABC, NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) [e] | No | reassigned to Fort Myers (now Fox affiliate WFTX) |
WMBR-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Jacksonville | CBS, NBC, DuMont, ABC (1949–1955) [16] [11] | Yes | now independent station WJXT |
WTVJ | 4 (VHF) | Miami–Fort Lauderdale | CBS, NBC, DuMont, ABC (1949–1955) [16] [12] | Yes | now an NBC O&O on channel 6 |
WITV | 17 (UHF) | Miami–Fort Lauderdale | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [f] | No | |
WDBO-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Orlando | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) | Yes | now CBS affiliate WKMG-TV |
WSUN-TV | 38 (UHF; secondary) | Tampa | ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) [27] | No | license returned in 1970; now MyNetworkTV affiliate WTTA (since 1991) |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WALB-TV | 10 (VHF; secondary) | Albany | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [b] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
WAGA-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Atlanta | CBS, DuMont (1949–1955) [12] | Yes | now a Fox O&O station |
WLWA-TV | 8 (VHF) | Atlanta | ABC, DuMont (1951–1955) [e] [28] | Yes | now NBC affiliate WXIA-TV |
WJBF | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Augusta | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
WMAZ-TV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Macon | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [1] [29] | Yes | now a CBS and CW Plus affiliate |
WROM-TV | 9 (VHF; secondary) | Rome | DuMont, CBS (1953–1954) | Yes | now ABC affiliate WTVC-TV in Chattanooga |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KONA-TV | 11 (VHF; secondary) | Honolulu | NBC, DuMont (Secondary December 1952 – 1955; selective shows only) [30] | Yes | now KHON-TV channel 2, affiliated with Fox (DT1)/CW (DT2) |
KULA-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Honolulu | ABC, DuMont (April 1954–1955; station was listed as an affiliate when it signed on, but rarely carried its line up) [31] | Yes | now KITV, an ABC affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KBOI-TV | 2 (VHF; secondary) | Boise | CBS, DuMont (Nov 1953–1955) [b] [32] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KTVB | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Boise | NBC, CBS, DuMont (July–Nov 1953); NBC, CBS, ABC thereafter [32] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KTVB |
KID-TV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Idaho Falls | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [b] [33] | Yes | now CBS affiliate KIDK |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WCIA | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Champaign | CBS, NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WGN-TV | 9 (VHF) | Chicago | DuMont, CBS (1948–1952);DuMont (1952–1955) [16] [12] | Yes | now an CW O&O affiliate |
WBKB | 4 (VHF) | Chicago | CBS, Paramount Never carried DuMont but FCC ruled it was a DuMont O&O (1946–1953); CBS thereafter | Yes | now WBBM-TV, a CBS O&O on channel 2; WBKB callsign transferred to channel 7 (WLS-TV), then to WBKB-TV in Alpena, Michigan |
WTVP | 17 (UHF) | Decatur | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [34] [35] | Yes | now WAND, an NBC affiliate; WTVP callsign transferred to Peoria |
WTVH | 19 (UHF; secondary) | Peoria | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now Roar affiliate WHOI-TV; WTVH callsign transferred to Syracuse, New York |
KHQA-TV | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Quincy | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [36] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WHBF-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Rock Island | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1950–1955); [16] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WREX-TV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Rockland | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
WTVO | 39 (UHF; secondary) | Rockland | NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) [37] | Yes | now an ABC affiliate on channel 17 (channel 39 is now Fox affiliate WQRF-TV) |
WICS | 20 (UHF; secondary) | Springfield | NBC, CBS, DuMont, ABC (1953–1955) [36] | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WTTV | 10→4 (VHF; secondary) | Bloomington | ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC (1949–1955) [7] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 4 |
WSJV | 52 (UHF) | Elkhart | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [e] [38] | Yes | now an H&I affiliate on channel 28 |
WFIE | 62 (UHF; secondary) | Evansville | NBC, DuMont, ABC (1953–1955) [39] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate on channel 14 |
WKJG-TV [40] | 33 (UHF) | Fort Wayne | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [38] | Yes | now CW affiliate WISE-TV |
WFBM-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Indianapolis | CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1949–1955) [e] [7] | Yes | now WRTV, an ABC affiliate |
WISH-TV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Indianapolis | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1954–1955) | Yes | now a CW affiliate |
WFAM-TV | 59 (UHF; secondary) | Lafayette | CBS, DuMont (1953–1954) [38] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WLFI-TV on channel 18 |
WLBC-TV | 49 (UHF; secondary) | Muncie | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now PBS member station WIPB |
WSBT-TV | 22 (UHF; secondary) | South Bend | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1952–1955) [38] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WTHI-TV | 10 (VHF; secondary) | Terre Haute | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1954–1955) [11] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WMT-TV | 2 (VHF) | Cedar Rapids | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [41] | Yes | now CBS affiliate KGAN |
WOC-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Davenport | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1949–1950); NBC, ABC, DuMont (1950–1955) | Yes | now NBC affiliate KWQC-TV |
WOI-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Des Moines | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1950–1954); CBS, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955); ABC, DuMont (1955) | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
KGLO-TV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Mason City | CBS, DuMont (1954–1955) [42] [43] | Yes | now CBS affiliate KIMT-TV |
KVTV | 9 (VHF; secondary) | Sioux City | CBS, DuMont, NBC, ABC (1953–1955) [11] | Yes | now ABC affiliate KCAU-TV; KVTV callsign later reassigned to Laredo, Texas (station since transferred to KYLX-LD) |
KTIV [45] | 4 (VHF) | Sioux City | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) | Yes | now a NBC and CW Plus affiliate |
KWWL-TV | 7 (VHF) | Waterloo | NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) [46] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KWWL |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KTVH | 12 (VHF; secondary) | Wichita | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1954); CBS, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955); CBS, DuMont (1955) [47] | Yes | now CBS affiliate KWCH-DT; KTVH callsign reassigned to Helena, Montana |
KOAM-TV | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Pittsburg | CBS, NBC, DuMont, ABC (1953–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAVE-TV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Louisville | NBC, DuMont, ABC (1948–1955) [16] [12] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
WKLO-TV | 21 (UHF) | Louisville | ABC, DuMont (1953–1954) [48] | No | returned to air as WBNA in 1986 |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAFB | 28 (UHF; secondary) | Baton Rouge | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 9 |
KTAG-TV | 25 (UHF; secondary) | Lake Charles | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) | No | went dark in 1961, channel 25 later reassigned to KLPA in Alexandria |
KNOE-TV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Monroe | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) [49] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WDSU-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | New Orleans | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1948–1953); NBC, DuMont (1953–1955) [e] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
WJMR-TV [50] | 61 (UHF) | New Orleans | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now Fox affiliate WVUE-DT |
KCMC-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Shreveport | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now NBC affiliate KTAL-TV |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WABI | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Bangor | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955); CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1955) [51] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WLAM-TV | 17 (UHF) | Lewiston | DuMont, CBS, ABC, NBC (1953–1954) | No | |
WMTW-TV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Poland Spring | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1954–1955) | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
WPMT | 53 (UHF) | Portland | DuMont, CBS, ABC, NBC (1953–1954) | No | WPMT callsign reassigned to York, Pennsylvania |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAAM-TV [52] [g] | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Baltimore | ABC, DuMont (1948–1955) [52] | Yes | now WJZ-TV, a CBS O&O station |
WBOC-TV [53] | 16 (UHF) | Salisbury | DuMont, CBS, NBC, ABC (1954–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WMGT | 74 (UHF; secondary) | Adams | DuMont, WPIX sportscasts (1954–1955); ABC, DuMont (1955) | No | Later ABC affiliate WCDC-TV on channel 19 (satellite of WTEN in Albany, NY); ceased operations in 2017. WMGT-TV callsign reassigned to Macon, Georgia |
WBZ-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Boston | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1948–1955) [e] ) [54] | Yes | now a CBS O&O station |
WNAC-TV | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Boston | Yankee, ABC, CBS, DuMont (1948–1952); ABC, CBS, DuMont (1952–1955) [16] [12] | Yes | now WHDH-TV, an independent station; WNAC-TV callsign reassigned to Providence, Rhode Island |
WTAO-TV | 56 (UHF) | Cambridge | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [e] [55] | No | now WLVI-TV, a CW affiliate (formerly independent WKBG-TV, launched Dec. 21, 1966) |
WHYN-TV | 55 (UHF; secondary) | Holyoke | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [56] | Yes | now WGGB-TV on channel 40, an ABC affiliate |
WWOR-TV | 14 (UHF; secondary) | Worcester | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [57] | No | Call letters WWOR-TV are now used by the MyNetworkTV affiliate in the New York City area. |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WPAG-TV | 20 (UHF) | Ann Arbor | DuMont (1953–1955) | No | Channel 20 reassigned to WXON; now WMYD, a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
WWTV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Cadillac | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [b] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 9 |
WJBK-TV | 2 (VHF; secondary) | Detroit | CBS, DuMont (1948–1955) [12] | Yes | now a Fox O&O station |
WWDT / WWJ-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Detroit | DuMont (1947–1948) | Yes | now WDIV, an NBC affiliate; WWJ-TV callsign reassigned to channel 62 |
WTAC-TV | 16 (UHF) | Flint | ABC, DuMont (1953–1954) | No | Folded in June 1954. Studios now house ABC affiliate WJRT-TV |
WNEM-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Saginaw | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WLAV-TV | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Grand Rapids | ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC (1949–1955) [7] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate on channel 8 |
WKZO-TV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Kalamazoo | ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC (1950–1955) [7] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WWMT |
WILS | 54 (UHF) | Lansing | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [11] | No | reassigned to Muskegon (now TCT O&O WTLJ); WTOM-TV callsign reassigned to Cheboygan |
WJIM-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Lansing | CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1950–1956†) [7] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WLNS-TV |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KMMT | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Austin (Minnesota) | ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont (1953–1956†) [59] | Yes | now ABC affiliate KAAL |
WFTV | 38 (UHF) | Duluth | ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont (1953–1954) [59] | No | Channel 38 reassigned to Green Bay (now PBS member station WPNE); WFTV callsign reassigned to Orlando, Florida |
KEYD-TV | 9 (VHF) | Minneapolis-St. Paul | DuMont (1955) [11] | Yes | now Fox O&O KMSP-TV |
KSTP-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Minneapolis-St. Paul | NBC, DuMont (1948–1949) [12] | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
WCOW | 17 (UHF) | Minneapolis-St. Paul | DuMont (never signed on) | Yes | now PBS member station KTCI-TV |
WTCN-TV [16] [60] [h] | 4 (VHF) | Minneapolis-St. Paul | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1949–1953) | Yes | now CBS affiliate WCCO-TV |
WMIN-TV | 11 (with WTCN-TV) (VHF) | Minneapolis-St. Paul | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [59] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KARE |
WTCN-TV | 11 (with WMIN-TV) (VHF) | Minneapolis-St. Paul | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [7] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KARE |
KROC | 10 (VHF; secondary) | Rochester | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1956†) [59] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KTTC |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WJTV | 25 (UHF; secondary) | Jackson | DuMont (January 1953–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 12 (CW on DT2) |
WTOK-TV | 11 (VHF; secondary) | Meridian | CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1953–1955) | Yes | now an ABC affiliate on channel 11 (MyNetworkTV on DT2, The CW on DT3) |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KFVS-TV | 12 (VHF) | Cape Girardeau | CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1954–1955) [e] | Yes | now an CBS and CW affiliate |
KOMU-TV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Columbia | CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1954–1955) [e] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate |
KCMO-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Kansas City | ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) | Yes | now CBS affiliate KCTV |
KCTY | 25 (UHF) | Kansas City | DuMont (1953-1954) [24] | No | reassigned to Jefferson City (now CTN affiliate KFDR); channel 25 later assigned to Kansas City as a LPTV, KCKS-LD |
WDAF-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Kansas City | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1949–1952) [16] | Yes | now a Fox affiliate (owned by Fox from 1997 to 2008) |
KSD-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | St. Louis | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1947–1956†) [12] | Yes | now NBC affiliate KSDK |
WTVI | 54→36 (UHF; secondary) | St. Louis | DuMont, ABC (1953–1955) [62] | Yes | now Fox affiliate KTVI on channel 2 (owned by Fox from 1997 to 2008); WTVI callsign later reassigned to Fort Pierce, Florida, then Charlotte, North Carolina |
KFEQ-TV | 2 (VHF; secondary) | St. Joseph | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [63] | Yes | now ABC affiliate KQTV |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KOOK-TV | 2 (VHF) | Billings | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [b] ) [64] | Yes | now CBS affiliate KTVQ |
KXLF-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Butte | CBS, NBC, DuMont, ABC (1953–1955) [b] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KFBB-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Great Falls | ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont (1954–1955) [b] | Yes | now an ABC affiliate |
KGVO-TV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Missoula | CBS, DuMont, ABC (1954–1955) [65] | Yes | Now NBC affiliate KECI-TV |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KHOL-TV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Kearney | CBS, DuMont (1953–1955) [66] | Yes | now ABC affiliate KHGI-TV |
KOLN | 12→10 (VHF) | Lincoln | DuMont (1953–1954); CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1954–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 10 |
KMTV | 3 (VHF; secondary) | Omaha | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1949–1955) [e] [7] | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
WOW-TV | 6 (VHF; secondary) | Omaha | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1952–1955) [16] | Yes | now NBC affiliate WOWT |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KLAS-TV [1] | 8 (VHF) | Las Vegas | CBS, DuMont, NBC, ABC (1953–1955) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate |
KZTV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Reno | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1953–1955) [67] [68] | Yes | now ABC affiliate KOLO-TV; KZTV callsign reassigned to Corpus Christi, Texas |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WFPG-TV | 46 (UHF; secondary) | Atlantic City | DuMont, CBS, ABC, NBC (1952–1956†), [69] | No | until years later when WCMC-TV (channel 40, now WMGM-TV) signed on as an affiliate of NBC, now an affiliate of True Crime Network and Univision |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KOB-TV | 4 | Albuquerque | NBC (primary)/DuMont (Sept 1948–1956) [12] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
KSWS-TV | 8 | Roswell | NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont (June 1953 – 1956) | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate KOBR-TV (satellite of KOB) |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WROW-TV | 10 (VHF; secondary) | Albany–Schenectady | CBS, DuMont (1954–1955) [e] | Yes | now ABC affiliate WTEN |
WRGB | 4→6 (VHF; secondary) | Albany–Schenectady | NBC, ABC, CBS, DuMont (1948–1954) | Yes | now a CBS affiliate on channel 6 |
WNBF-TV | 12 (VHF; secondary) | Binghamton | ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC (1949–1955) [7] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WBNG-TV |
WBEN-TV | 4 (VHF; secondary) | Buffalo | CBS, ABC, NBC, DuMont (1949–1954); CBS, DuMont, ABC (1954–1955)) [52] [70] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WIVB-TV |
WGR-TV | 2 (VHF; secondary) | Buffalo | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [e] [70] | Yes | now NBC affiliate WGRZ-TV |
WBUF-TV | 17 (UHF) | Buffalo | ABC, CBS, DuMont (1954–1955) [e] | Yes | now PBS member station WNED-TV |
WTVE | 24 (UHF) | Elmira | DuMont (1953–1954) | No | reassigned to Syracuse (now PBS member station WCNY-TV); WTVE callsign later reassigned to Reading, Pennsylvania (since relicensed to Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) |
WABD | 5 (VHF) | New York City | DuMont (1942–1955) [52] | Yes | now WNYW, a Fox O&O station (East Coast flagship) |
WIRI-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Plattsburgh | NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) | Yes | now NBC affiliate WPTZ |
WHAM-TV | 6→5 (VHF; secondary) | Rochester | NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (1949–1952+); NBC, DuMont (c. 1955) | Yes | now CBS affiliate WROC-TV on channel 8; WHAM-TV callsign since reassigned to channel 13 |
WHEN-TV | 8 (VHF; secondary) | Syracuse | CBS, ABC, DuMont (1948–1955) [12] [70] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WTVH on channel 5 |
WKTV | 13 (VHF; secondary) | Utica–Rome | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1949–1955) [11] | Yes | now an NBC affiliate on channel 2 |
WCNY-TV | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Watertown | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [70] | Yes | now CBS affiliate WWNY-TV; WCNY-TV call letters reassigned to Syracuse |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WBTV | 3 | Charlotte | ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC (July 1949–c. 1951); [7] ABC/NBC/DuMont (1952–1956) [16] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WFMY-TV | 2 | Greensboro | CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont (Oct 1949–1953); [16] CBS/ABC/DuMont (1953–1956†) | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WNCT-TV | 9 | Greenville | CBS/DuMont (Dec 1953–1956†) [7] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WNAO-TV | 28 | Raleigh | ABC/CBS/DuMont (1953–1956†) | no | UHF | channel 28 is now WRDC, a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WDAY-TV | 6 | Fargo | ABC/NBC/DuMont(c. 1955) | yes | VHF | Now an ABC affiliate |
KXJB-TV | 4 | Fargo | CBS/DuMont(July 1954 – 1956†) | yes | VHF | Now Cozi TV affiliate KRDK-TV |
KFYR-TV | 5 | Bismarck | NBC/ABC/DuMont(c. 1955) | yes | VHF | Now an NBC affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WCPO-TV | 7/9 | Cincinnati | ABC/DuMont (July 1949 – 1956†) [12] | yes | VHF | now an ABC affiliate on channel 9 |
WLWT | 4/5 | Cincinnati | NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Feb 1948–1949) [52] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate on channel 5 |
WEWS | 5 | Cleveland | CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont (Dec 1947–1956†) [52] | yes | VHF | now an ABC affiliate |
WXEL-TV | 8/9 | Cleveland | CBS/ABC/DuMont (Dec 1949–1956†) [12] | yes | VHF | now WJW-TV, a Fox affiliate on channel 8 (owned by Fox from 1997 to 2008) |
WLWC | 3/4 | Columbus | DuMont/NBC (Apr 1949–1956†) [52] | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate WCMH-TV on channel 4 (owned by NBC from 1996 to 2006) |
WTVN-TV | 6 | Columbus | ABC/DuMont (Sept 1949–1956†) [7] | yes | VHF | now ABC affiliate WSYX |
WHIO-TV | 13/7 | Dayton | CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont (c. 1952) [16] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate on channel 7 |
WLWD | 2 | Dayton | NBC/ABC/DuMont (1949–1955) [52] | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate WDTN |
WLOK-TV | 73/35 | Lima | ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont (Apr 1953–1956†) [71] | yes | UHF | now WLIO, an NBC affiliate on channel 8 |
WSPD-TV | 13 | Toledo | NBC (primary)/DuMont (c. July 1948); ABC/CBS/Mutual/NBC/DuMont (c. 1952) [16] [12] | yes | VHF | now WTVG, an ABC affiliate |
WKBN-TV | 27 | Youngstown | CBS/DuMont/ABC (Jan 1953–1956†) [72] | yes | UHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WHIZ-TV | 50/18 | Zanesville | NBC(primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont (May 1950 – 1956) [73] | yes | UHF | now an NBC affiliate on channel 18 |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WKY-TV | 4 | Oklahoma City | ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC (June 1949 – 1956†) [7] | yes | VHF | now KFOR-TV, an NBC affiliate |
KCEB-TV | 23 | Tulsa | NBC/DuMont (Mar–Sept 1954); ABC/DuMont (Sept–Dec 1954) [2] | no | UHF | now KOKI-TV, a Fox affiliate |
KOTV | 6 | Tulsa | CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont/Paramount (Oct 1949–1953) [2] [16] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KBES-TV | 5 | Medford | CBS (primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont (Aug 1953–1955) [74] | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate KOBI |
KPTV | 27 | Portland | NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Sept 1952 – Sept 1953); NBC/ABC/DuMont (Sept 1953–1955) | yes | UHF | now a Fox affiliate on channel 12 |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WGLV-TV | 57 | Allentown-Easton | ABC/DuMont (c. 1955) [75] | no | UHF | Channel 57 reassigned to Philadelphia (now WPSG, a CW O&O station) |
WFBG-TV | 10 | Altoona | CBS (primary)/DuMont (1953–c. 1955) [76] | yes | VHF | now CBS affiliate WTAJ-TV |
WICU-TV | 12 | Erie | NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Mar 1949–1956†) [16] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
WHP-TV | 55 | Harrisburg | DuMont(primary)/CBS (July 1953 – 1956†) | yes | UHF | now a CBS affiliate on channel 21 |
WJAC-TV | 6 | Johnstown | NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont (1949–1956†) [16] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
WGAL | 4 | Lancaster | ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC (June 1949 – 1956†) [7] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate on channel 8 |
WFIL-TV | 6 | Philadelphia | CBS/DuMont (Sept 1947–1948); ABC/DuMont (1948–1955) [52] | yes | VHF | now WPVI-TV, an ABC O&O station |
WDTV | 3/2 | Pittsburgh | DuMont (primary)/NBC/CBS/ABC (1949–1955) [52] | yes | VHF | now KDKA-TV on channel 2, a CBS O&O station; WDTV callsign reassigned to Weston, West Virginia |
WILK-TV | 34 | Wilkes-Barre | ABC/DuMont (Sept 1953–1956) [77] | yes | UHF | now ABC affiliate WNEP-TV on channel 16, channel 34 reassigned to Binghamton (now ABC affiliate WIVT) |
WNOW | 49 | York | DuMont [ dead link ] | no | UHF | Channel 49 since reoccupied by WLYH, an independent station in Red Lion |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAPA-TV | 4 | San Juan | NBC/ABC/DuMont/CMQ TV Network (c. 1955) [78] | yes | VHF | now a Spanish-language independent station |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Band | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WJAR | 11/10 | Providence | NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont (July 1949 – 1953); NBC/CBS (1953 – March 1955); NBC thereafter [79] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate on channel 10 |
WNET-TV | 16 | Providence | ABC/DuMont (1953–1956) | yes | UHF | now WNAC-TV, a Fox affiliate on channel 64; WNET callsign reassigned to Newark, New Jersey |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WCSC-TV | 5 | Charleston | CBS (primary)/DuMont (1953–1956) [80] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WNOK-TV | 67 | Columbia | CBS (primary)/DuMont (Sept 1953–1956) | yes | UHF | now CBS affiliate WLTX on channel 19 |
WGVL | 23 | Greenville | DuMont (c. 1955) [81] | no | UHF | call letters reassigned to Conway (now PBS member station WHMC) |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KDLO | 3 | Florence | NBC (primary)/ABC/CBS/DuMont (Sept 1955–1956†) | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate (satellite of KELO-TV) |
KELO-TV | 11 | Sioux Falls | NBC (primary)/ABC/CBS/DuMont (May 1953 – 1956†) | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WDEF-TV | 12 | Chattanooga | CBS(primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont (Apr 1954–1955); CBS(primary)/NBC/ABC thereafter | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WJHL-TV | 11 | Johnson City | CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont (Oct 1953–1955) | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WTVK | 26 | Knoxville | CBS(primary)/DuMont/ABC (Oct 1953–1956) [ dead link ] | yes | UHF | now CBS affiliate WVLT-TV on channel 8 |
WMCT | 5 | Memphis | NBC(primary)/DuMont (Dec 1948–1956) [12] | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate WMC-TV |
WSM-TV | 4 | Nashville | ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC (Sept 1950–1956†) [7] | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate WSMV-TV |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KRBC-TV | 9 | Abilene | CBS/NBC/DuMont (August 1953–c. 1955) [82] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
KGNC-TV | 4 | Amarillo | NBC(primary)/DuMont (Mar 1953–1956†) | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate KAMR-TV |
KTBC-TV | 7 | Austin | CBS(primary)/ABC/DuMont/NBC (Nov 1952–1956†) | yes | VHF | now a Fox O&O station |
KBMT | 31 (now 12) | Beaumont | ABC/DuMont/NBC [83] | yes | UHF | Moved to VHF channel 12 after going dark, now an ABC affiliate (NBC on DT2) |
KVDO | 22 | Corpus Christi | NBC/CBS/DuMont (June 1954 – 1956†) [84] | no | UHF | reassigned to Galveston (now Daystar O&O KLTJ) |
KBTV | 8 | Dallas-Ft Worth | DuMont (Sept 1949–1950); NBC/ABC/DuMont (c. 1952) [16] | yes | VHF | now ABC affiliate WFAA-TV; KBTV callsign reassigned to Denver from 1952 to 1984 (now KUSA), then to both Port Arthur, Texas (KBTV-TV) and Sacramento, California (KBTV-CD) |
KROD-TV | 4 | El Paso | CBS/ABC/DuMont (c. 1955) [85] | yes | VHF | now CBS affiliate KDBC-TV |
KPRC-TV | 2 | Houston | NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Jan 1949–1956†) [16] | yes | VHF | Previously KLEE-TV from 1949 to 1950. Still a primary NBC affiliate. Secondary affiliations relinquished to other Houston stations as primary affiliations at their debuts. |
KNUZ-TV | 39 | Houston | DuMont (Oct 1953 – Nov 1954) [86] | no | UHF | Channel allocation dark from 1954 to 1967. Now KIAH, a CW affiliate |
KDUB-TV | 13 | Lubbock | CBS/DuMont (Nov 1952-c. 1955) [82] | yes | VHF | now CBS affiliate KLBK-TV; callsign later reassigned to Dubuque, Iowa (now KFXB-TV) |
KEYL | 5 | San Antonio | ABC/CBS/DuMont (Feb 1950–1956†) [7] | yes | VHF | now CBS affiliate KENS |
KANG-TV | 34 | Waco | DuMont (November 1953 – December 1955) [87] | no | UHF | later PBS member station KCTF / KWBU-TV, from 1989 to 2010 (when station went dark); license was cancelled in 2012 after becoming KDYW |
KWFT-TV | 6 | Wichita Falls | CBS/DuMont (March 1953–c. 1955) [82] | yes | VHF | now CBS affiliate KAUZ-TV |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Band | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KSL-TV | 5 | Salt Lake City | CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont (June 1949 – 1956†) [16] [12] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSVA-TV | 3 | Harrisonburg | NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Oct 1953–c. 1955) [76] | yes | VHF | now ABC affiliate WHSV-TV |
WLVA-TV | 13 | Lynchburg | CBS/DuMont/ABC (Feb 1953–c. 1955) [88] | yes | VHF | now ABC affiliate WSET-TV |
WTAR-TV | 4/3 | Norfolk | NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Apr 1950–1952); CBS (primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont (1952–1953); CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont (1953–1955†) [16] | yes | VHF | now CBS affiliate WTKR on channel 3 |
WTOV | 27 | Portsmouth | DuMont (Dec 1953–1955) [89] | no | UHF | Channel 27 reassigned to WYAH-TV; now CW affiliate WGNT |
WTVR-TV | 6 | Richmond | CBS (primary)/DuMont/NBC/ABC (Apr 1948–1956) [12] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KRSC-TV | 5 | Seattle | ABC/NBC/CBS/DuMont (c. 1952) [16] | yes | VHF | now NBC affiliate KING-TV |
KTNT-TV | 11 | Tacoma/Seattle | CBS/DuMont (March 1953 – 1955) [16] | yes | VHF | now KSTW, a CW O&O station |
KXLY-TV | 4 | Spokane | CBS/DuMont (Feb 1953 – Apr 1955 or later) [90] | yes | VHF | now an ABC affiliate |
KREM-TV | 2 | Spokane | ABC/DuMont (Oct 1954–1956) | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WKNA-TV | 49 | Charleston | ABC/DuMont (Mar 1953 – Feb 1955) [91] | no | UHF | |
WSAZ-TV | 3 | Huntington | NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont (Nov 1949–1954); NBC/ABC/DuMont (1954–1955); NBC/DuMont (1955–1956) [12] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
WOAY-TV | 4 | Oak Hill | ABC/DuMont (Dec 1954–1956†) | yes | VHF | now an ABC affiliate |
Station | Channel | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Frequency | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WEAU-TV | 13 | Eau Claire | ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont (Dec 1954–1956†) [59] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
WKBT | 8 | LaCrosse | NBC/ABC/CBS/DuMont (Aug 1954–1956†) [92] | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WBAY-TV | 2 | Green Bay | CBS, but cleared some DuMont programs (Mar 1953–1956†) | yes | VHF | now an ABC affiliate |
WNAM / WFRV-TV | 42, then 5 | Green Bay | NBC/ABC/DuMont (May 1955 – 1956†) [11] | yes | UHF, then VHF | now a CBS affiliate |
WMTV | 33 | Madison | ABC/DuMont/NBC (July 1953 – 1956†) | yes | UHF | now an NBC affiliate on channel 15 |
WOKY-TV | 19 | Milwaukee | ABC/DuMont (Oct 1953 – Oct 1954) [93] | yes | UHF | now WVTV, a CW affiliate on channel 18 |
WTMJ-TV | 4 | Milwaukee | NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont (c. 1952) [16] | yes | VHF | now an NBC affiliate |
WTVW / WISN-TV | 12 | Milwaukee | ABC/DuMont (Oct 1954–1956) [11] | yes | VHF | now an ABC affiliate; WTVW callsign reassigned to Evansville, Indiana |
WSAU-TV | 7 | Wausau | CBS/ABC/DuMont/NBC (Oct 1954–1956†) | yes | VHF | now a CBS affiliate WSAW-TV |
Station | Channel and Band | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KFBC-TV | 5 (VHF; secondary) | Cheyenne | CBS, NBC, ABC, DuMont (1954–1955) [94] | Yes | now KGWN-TV, a CW Plus affiliate |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CKLW-TV | 9 (VHF; secondary) | Windsor, Ontario | DuMont/CBC (Sept 1954–1956†) [95] | Yes | now CBET, a CBC Television O&O |
Station | Channel and Frequency | City | Affiliation | On air now? | Now |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
XELD-TV | 7 (VHF; secondary) | Matamoros, Tamaulipas | CBS, ABC, DuMont, NBC (1951–1954) [7] | No | Now Televisa Regional station XHAB-TDT on channel 8 |
† Ending dates tentative; source does not give a date for the end of affiliation with DuMont or states affiliation ended at the end of the network operations. DuMont cancelled most network programs beginning 1 April 1955, and honored network commitments until 6 August 1956.