This is a list of affiliates of Merit Street , a television network and streaming service owned by Merit Street Media, founded by Phil McGraw and launched on April 2, 2024. After they made an agreement with Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), majority of the stations carry the networks on the .2 subchannel. [1]
City | Station [2] | Physical channel | Virtual channel | Primary affiliation (on main station) | Owner (management company) | Date of affiliation |
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Alabama | ||||||
Gadsden (Birmingham) | WTJP-TV | 26 | 60.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Mobile (Pensacola, FL) | WMPV-TV | 18 | 18.2 | |||
Montgomery | WMCF-TV | 18 | 45.2 | |||
Opelika (Columbus–Atlanta, GA) | WGBP-TV | 17 | 66.1 | Merit Street | CNZ Communications, LLC | |
Arizona | ||||||
Phoenix | KPAZ-TV | 20 | 21.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
California | ||||||
San Francisco (Oakland–San Jose) | KOFY-TV | 21 | 20.1 | Merit Street | CNZ Communications | April 2, 2024 |
Santa Ana | KTBN-TV | 33 | 40.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | |
Twentynine Palms (also serving Los Angeles) | KVMD | 23 | 31.1 | Merit Street | KVMD TV, LLC | |
Colorado | ||||||
Greeley (Denver) | KPJR-TV | 17 | 38.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Florida | ||||||
Cocoa (Orlando) | WHLV-TV | 32 | 52.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Miami (Fort Lauderdale) | WHFT-TV | 28 | 45.2 | |||
Georgia | ||||||
Dalton (Chattanooga, TN) | WELF-TV | 28 | 23.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Monroe (Atlanta) | WAGA-TV | 22 | 63.2 | |||
Hawaii | ||||||
Honolulu | KAAH-TV | 27 | 26.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Illinois | ||||||
Bloomington (Normal–Peoria) | WYZZ-TV | 28 | 43.2 | Fox | Cunningham Broadcasting (operated by Nexstar Media Group) | April 2, 2024 |
Galesburg (Moline–Rock Island–Davenport–Bettendorf, IA) | WMWC-TV | 8 | 53.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | |
Naperville (Chicago) | WWTO-TV | 32 | 35.2 | |||
Kansas | ||||||
Wichita | KAGW-CD | 24 | 26.2 | Cozi TV | Great Plains Television | April 2, 2024 |
Maryland | ||||||
Silver Spring (Washington, D.C.) | WJAL | 9 | 68.1 | Merit Street | Entravision Communications | August 21, 2024 |
Mississippi | ||||||
Holly Springs (Memphis, TN) | WBUY-TV | 26 | 40.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Magee (Jackson–Hattiesburg–Meridian) | WRBJ-TV | 34 | 34.2 | |||
Missouri | ||||||
St. Joseph (Kansas City) | KTAJ-TV | 21 | 16.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
New Jersey | ||||||
Jersey City (New York City) | WTBY-TV | 22 | 54.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Millville (Atlantic City, New Jersey–Philadelphia, PA) | WGTW-TV | 36 | 48.2 | |||
Newton (also serving New York City) | WMBC-TV | 18 | 63.1 | Merit Street | Mountain Broadcasting Corporation | |
New Mexico | ||||||
Albuquerque (Santa Fe) | KNAT-TV | 24 | 23.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Oklahoma | ||||||
Bartlesville (Tulsa) | KDOR-TV | 36 | 17.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Oklahoma City | KTBO-TV | 15 | 14.2 | |||
Oregon | ||||||
Portland (Salem–Vancouver, WA) | KNMT | 32 | 24.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Pennsylvania | ||||||
Altoona (Johnstown–State College) | WATM-TV | 31 | 23.4 | ABC | Palm Television, L.P. (operated by Cunningham Broadcasting) | April 2, 2024 |
Tennessee | ||||||
Hendersonville (Nashville) | WPGD-TV | 33 | 50.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Texas | ||||||
Dallas–Fort Worth | KDTX-TV | 21 | 58.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Greenville (also serving Dallas–Fort Worth) | KTXD-TV | 23 | 47.1 | Merit Street | Cunningham Broadcasting | |
Virginia | ||||||
Virginia Beach | WTPC-TV | 7 | 21.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Washington | ||||||
Tacoma (Seattle) | KTBW-TV | 21 | 20.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
Wisconsin | ||||||
Mayville (Milwaukee–Madison) | WWRS-TV | 34 | 52.2 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | April 2, 2024 |
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