List of former The CW television affiliates

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The CW is an American broadcast television network that originated in September 2006. Throughout its history, the network has had many owned-and-operated and affiliated stations.

This article is a table listing of former The CW stations, arranged alphabetically by state, and based on the station's city of license as well as its Designated Market Area; it is also accompanied by footnotes regarding the present network affiliation of the former The CW-affiliated station (if the station remains operational) and the current The CW affiliates in each of the listed markets, as well as any other notes including the reasons behind each station's disaffiliation from the network. There are links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their histories, local programming, and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies.

The station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. In most cases, this is their virtual channel (PSIP) number, which may match the channel allocation that the station originally broadcast on during its prior affiliation with the network.

State/City of license/Market Station/ChannelPrior affiliate before the 2006 launch of The CWOwnerYears of affiliationCurrent affiliationCurrent The CW affiliateNotes
Alexandria, Louisiana KBCA 41 The WB Wilderness Communications, LLC 2006–2016 Heroes & Icons KALB-TV 5.3On December 15, 2015, Gray Television, which owns KALB-TV (channel 5), came to terms on an extension of their existing CW affiliations; the press release announcing the extension also revealed Gray agreed to a new affiliation agreement with The CW for the Alexandria market, placing the network on a new third digital subchannel of KALB-TV in the fall of 2016, meaning KBCA lost their network affiliation at that time. [1]
Atlanta, Georgia WUPA 69 UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(Atlanta Television Station WUPA Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent WPCH-TV 17On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
Bloomington–Indianapolis, Indiana WTTV 4 UPN (1995–January 1998)
The WB (April 1998–2006)		 Nexstar Media Group (Tribune Media Company)2006–2014 CBS WISH-TV 8On August 11, 2014, Tribune Broadcasting announced that CW affiliate WTTV would become the market's CBS affiliate on January 1, 2015, as part of an agreement that also renewed the CBS affiliations on Tribune-owned stations in five other markets. [3]
Branson, Missouri K17DL-D 17.1 UPN Branson Visitors TV, LLC (Gray Television (50.1%)
Market Branson, LLC (49.9%))		2006–2009 Independent KYCW-LD 24 and K17DL-D 17.2N/A
Detroit, Michigan-Windsor, Ontario WKBD-TV 50 UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(Detroit Television Station WKBD Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent WADL 38 (until October 2023)
WMYD 20 (since October 2023)		On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
Fredericksburg–San Antonio, Texas KCWX 2 UPN Corridor Television, L.L.P. 2006–2010 MyNetworkTV WOAI-TV 4.2N/A
Jeannette–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WPCW 19 (now WPKD-TV) UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(Pittsburgh Television Station WPCW Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent WPNT 22On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
Longview–Tyler, Texas KCEB 54 UPN (2003–January 2006)
The WB (January–September 2006)		 Innovate Corp.
(HC2 Station Group, Inc.)		2006–2012 Novelisima KYTX 19.2N/A
Helena, Montana KMTF 10 (now KUHM) UPN (secondary, 1998–2001)
The WB (2005–2006)		 Gray Television (nowMontana State University)2006–2015 PBS N/AOn July 1, 2015, Gray announced that it would sell KTVH to Cordillera Communications, which owns CBS affiliate KXLH-LD (channel 9). KMTF was concurrently donated to Montana State University for integration into the Montana PBS system. [4]
Missoula, Montana KPAX-TV 8.2N/A E. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)		2006–2023 Independent N/AN/A
New Iberia–Lafayette, Louisiana KLWB 50 The WB Delta Media Corporation (Wilderness Communications, LLC)2006–2010 MeTV KATC 3.2KLWB lost its CW affiliation to a subchannel of KATC (channel 3) on June 14, 2010. At that time, the station switched to This TV (which had previously been carried on one of KLWB's subchannels, as well as on sister station KXKW-LD).
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KOCB 34 UPN (1995–1998)
The WB (1998–2006)		 Sinclair Broadcast Group (KOCB Licensee, LLC)2006–2023 Independent KAUT-TV 43On August 31, 2023, Nexstar announced that KAUT would affiliate with The CW beginning September 1, replacing KOCB as part of an agreement with Sinclair to affiliate with two of its stations in Pittsburgh and Seattle; this resulted in KOCB becoming an independent station for the first time since January 1995. [5]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WPSG 57 UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(Philadelphia Television Station WPSG, Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent WPHL-TV 17On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
Reno, Nevada KREN-TV 27 The WB (1995–2000, 2002–2006) Entravision Communications(Entravision Holdings, LLC)2006–April 2009 Univision KOLO-TV 8.3N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California KBCW 44 (now KPYX) UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(San Francisco Television Station KBCW Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent KRON-TV 4On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
St. Petersburg–Tampa, Florida WTOG 44 UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(CBS Operations Investments Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent WTTA 38On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
Tacoma–Seattle, Washington KSTW 11 UPN CBS News and Stations (Paramount Global)
(The CW Television Stations Inc.)		2006–2023 Independent KOMO-TV 4.2 (until December 31, 2023)On May 5, 2023, CBS News and Stations has the right to pull CW-owned stations under the Nexstar buyout deal on September 1, 2023. [2]
Victoria, Texas K39HB 10 The WB N/A2006–2018Closed KVCT 19.3N/A
Walla Walla, Washington KCWK 9N/A Pappas Telecasting Companies 2006–2008Closed KIMA-TV 29.2 and KEPR-TV 19.2On January 16, 2009, it was announced that several Pappas stations, including the license for KCWK, would be sold to New World TV Group after the sale received United States bankruptcy court approval. [6] In the interim, Fisher Communications announced that their CBS affiliates KIMA-TV/KEPR-TV would each launch CW subchannels on March 31, 2009, to fill KCWK's void. [7]

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References

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