This is a list of independent television stations in the United States, ordered by state and city of license. Eventually, there will be links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their local programming, hosts and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies. As of 2023, there are a total of 88 such stations operating in the US and its territories.
The station's advertised channel number follows the callsign. In most cases, this is their over-the-air broadcast frequency.
Excluded from this list are satellite stations and affiliates of secondary television networks. Independent stations with secondary affiliations to major networks, however, are included.
(†) = refers to a Religious independent station
(‡) = refers to a Non-Commercial, Multicultural, Ethnic or Educational independent station
| City of License(s) | State | Station | Channel No. (VC) | Channel No. (RF) | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Alabama | WOTM-LD | 19 | 35 | Broadway Communications, LLC |
| Anchorage | Alaska | KCFT-CD † | 35 | 35 | CBI Media Group (Alaska Broadcast Television, Inc.) |
| Phoenix | Arizona | KTVK | 3 | 24 | Gray Media |
| KAZT-TV / KAZT-CD | 7.2 / 7 | 7.2 / 36 | Londen Media Group (KAZT, L.L.C.) Nexstar Media Group via TBA | ||
| KASW | 61 | 27 | E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) | ||
| Tucson | KWBA-TV | 58 | 21 | ||
| Ceres–Modesto | California | KBSV ‡ | 23 | 15 | Bet-Nahrain, Inc. |
| Los Angeles | KCAL-TV | 9 | 9 | CBS News and Stations | |
| KXLA ‡ | 44 | 30 | Ronald Ulloa (Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc.) | ||
| KJLA † ‡ | 57 | 30 | Costa de Oro Media, LLC (Walter Ulloa) | ||
| Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto | KBTV-CD ‡ | 8 | 27 | Innovate Corp. | |
| KMAX-TV | 31 | 24 | CBS News and Stations | ||
| San Diego | KUSI-TV | 51 | 18 | Nexstar Media Group | |
| San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose | KTSF ‡ | 26 | 20 | Lincoln Broadcasting Company, a California LP | |
| KMTP-TV ‡ | 32 | 33 | Minority Television Project | ||
| KPYX | 44 | 28 (Cable 12) | CBS News and Stations | ||
| KPJK ‡ | 60 | 43 | Northern California Public Media (Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) | ||
| Denver | Colorado | KCDO-TV | 3 | 23 | E. W. Scripps Company |
| KSBS-CD | 10 | 19 | |||
| Hartford – New Haven | Connecticut | WWAX-LD | 27 | 27 | Gray Media |
| Stuart – West Palm Beach | Florida | WHDT | 9 | 34 | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Boca Raton | WBEC-TV ‡ | 63 | 25 | Broward County Public Schools | |
| Jacksonville | WJXT | 4 | 18 | Graham Media Group | |
| Miami – Fort Lauderdale | WMDF-LD | 3 | 4 | Leonard Slazinski (Everclear Network, LLC) | |
| WPLG | 10 | 10 | Berkshire Hathaway | ||
| WSFL-TV | 39 | 27 | E. W. Scripps Company | ||
| Tampa–St. Petersburg | WMOR-TV | 32 | 18 | Hearst Television | |
| WTOG | 44 | 19 | CBS News and Stations | ||
| WPDS-LD ‡ | 14 | 14 | Pinellas County Schools | ||
| WXPX-TV | 66 | 29 | E. W. Scripps Company (Ion Media License Company, LLC) | ||
| Orlando–Daytona Beach | WEFS ‡ | 68 | 30 | Eastern Florida State College | |
| WACX † | 55 | 7 | SuperChannel Worship Ministries, Inc. | ||
| WRDQ | 27 | 14 | Cox Media Group (WFTV, LLC) | ||
| WDSC-TV ‡ | 15 | 24 | Daytona State College, Inc. | ||
| Pensacola | WJTC | 44 | 35 | Deerfield Media (Sinclair Broadcast Group via LMA) | |
| Atlanta | Georgia | WATC-DT † | 57 | 34 | Carolina Christian Broadcasting, Inc. (Community Television, Inc.) |
| WANF | 46 | 19 | Gray Media | ||
| Honolulu | Hawaii | KBFD-DT ‡ | 32 | 33 | The Allen Broadcasting Corp. |
| KALO † | 38 | 10 | KALO TV, Inc. | ||
| KIKU ‡ | 20 | 19 | Allen Media Group (KIKU, LLC) | ||
| KWHE † | 14 | 31 | Family Broadcasting Corporation (LeSEA Broadcasting of Hawaii, Inc.) | ||
| Boise | Idaho | KIVI-TV | 6 | 24 | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Twin Falls | KSAW-LD | 6 | 28 | ||
| Chicago | Illinois | WCIU-TV | 26 | 23 | Weigel Broadcasting (WCIU-TV Limited Partnership) |
| WMEU-CD | 48 | 18 | |||
| WEDE-CD † | 34 | 28 | First United, Inc. | ||
| WJYS † | 62 | 21 | Millennial Telecommunications, Inc. | ||
| Louisville | Kentucky | WBNA † | 21 | 8 | Evangel World Prayer Center (Word Broadcasting Network, Inc.) |
| Richmond – Lexington | WBON-LD | 9 | 9 | Wallingford Broadcasting Co., Inc. | |
| Baton Rouge | Louisiana | KZUP-CD | 20 | 20 | Nexstar Media Group |
| KBTR-CD | 36 | 36 | Manship Family (Louisiana Television Broadcasting, LLC) | ||
| Lafayette | KAJN-CD † | 19 | 19 | - | |
| New Orleans | WLAE-TV ‡ | 32 | 23 | Willwoods Community (50%) Louisiana Educational Television Authority (50%) (Educational Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.) | |
| KFOL-CD † | 30 | 30 | Folse Communications, LLC | ||
| West Monroe – Monroe | KMCT-TV † | 39 | 22 | Carolina Christian Broadcasting (KMCT Holdings, LLC) | |
| Hagerstown – Washington, D.C. | Maryland | WDVM-TV | 25 | 23 | Nexstar Media Group |
| Boston | Massachusetts | WHDH | 7 | 35 | Sunbeam Television (WHDH-TV) |
| WSBK-TV | 38 | 21 | CBS News and Stations | ||
| Detroit | Michigan | WMYD | 20 | 31 | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Kalamazoo–Battle Creek–Grand Rapids | WLLA † | 64 | 22 | Christian Broadcasting Ministries (Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.) | |
| WWMT | 3.2 | 8.2 | Sinclair Broadcast Group (WWMT Licensee, LLC) | ||
| Lansing–Jackson | WSYM-TV | 47.2 | 28.2 | E. W. Scripps Company | |
| Minneapolis–St. Paul | Minnesota | KSTC-TV | 5 | 30 | Hubbard Broadcasting (KSTC-TV, LLC) |
| Kansas City | Missouri | KMCI-TV | 38 | 25 | E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Billings | Montana | KTVQ | 2.2 | 20.2 | |
| Butte | KXLF-TV | 4.2 | 15.2 | ||
| Great Falls | KRTV | 3.2 | 22.2 | ||
| Helena | KTVH-DT | 12.2 | 31.2 | ||
| Kalispell | KAJJ-CD | 18.2 | 18.2 | ||
| Missoula | KPAX-TV | 8.2 | 25.2 | ||
| Las Vegas | Nevada | KMCC | 34 | 32 | |
| Reno | KNSN-TV | 21 | 20 | Deerfield Media (Sinclair Broadcast Group via JSA/SSA) | |
| Santa Fe – Albuquerque | New Mexico | KCHF † | 11 | 10 | Belarmino Gonzalez (Son Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Springville – Buffalo | New York | WBBZ-TV | 67 | 7 | Philip A. Arno (ITV of Buffalo, LLC) |
| New York City | WNYE-TV ‡ | 25 | 24 | NYC Media (New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications) | |
| Riverhead | WLNY-TV | 55 | 29 | CBS News and Stations | |
| Charlotte | North Carolina | WAXN-TV | 64 | 32 | Cox Media Group (WSOC Television, LLC) |
| WCCB | 18 | 18 | Bahakel Communications (North Carolina Broadcasting Partners) | ||
| Reidsville | WGSR-LD | 19 | 19 | Star News Corporation | |
| Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville | WNGT-CD | 34 | 23 | Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. | |
| WAUG-LD | 8 | 4 | St. Augustine's University | ||
| Wilmington | WILM-LD | 10 | 15 | Capitol Broadcasting Company (WILM, Inc.) | |
| Lima | Ohio | WLMA-TV † | 44 | 4 | American Christian Television Services, Inc. |
| Mansfield | WMFD-TV | 68 | 12 | Mid-State Television, Inc. | |
| Sandusky – Cleveland – Toledo | WGGN-TV † | 52 | 3 | Christian Broadcasting Ministries (Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.) | |
| Toledo | WLMB † | 40 | 35 | ||
| Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | KOCB | 34 | 33 | Sinclair Broadcast Group (KOCB Licensee, LLC) |
| Tulsa | KRSU-TV ‡ | 35 | 32 | Rogers State University (Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma/Rogers State) | |
| Portland | Oregon | KUNP | 16 | 16 | Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair LaGrande Licensee, LLC) |
| Allentown – Bethlehem – Easton | Pennsylvania | WFMZ-TV | 69 | 9 | Maranatha Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York | WLYH † | 49 | 10 | Sonshine Family Television, Corp. | |
| Philadelphia | WPSG | 57 | 33 | CBS News and Stations | |
| Jeannette – Pittsburgh | WPKD-TV | 19 | 11 | ||
| Greenville–Spartanburg–Anderson | South Carolina | WGGS-TV † | 16 | 29 | Carolina Christian Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sioux Falls | South Dakota | KCPO-LD | 26 | 26 | Central Plains Media (G.I.G., Inc.) |
| Knoxville | Tennessee | WKNX-TV | 7 | 7 | Lockwood Broadcast Group (Tennessee TV, LLC) |
| Amarillo | Texas | KFDA-TV | 10.2 | 10.2 | Gray Media (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| Corpus Christi | K22JA-D | 47.2 | 22.2 | E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) | |
| El Paso | KSCE † | 38 | 21 | Channel 38 Christian Television | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | KTXA | 21 | 18 | CBS News and Stations | |
| KFAA-TV | 29 | 30 | Tegna Inc. (WFAA-TV, Inc.) | ||
| Houston | KCVH-LD † | 6 | 6 | Daij Media, LLC | |
| Provo – Salt Lake City | Utah | KJZZ-TV | 14 | 19 | Sinclair Broadcast Group (KJZZ Licensee, LLC) |
| KUPX-TV | 16 | 29 | E. W. Scripps Company (Ion Media License Company, LLC) | ||
| Chesapeake–Norfolk–Virginia Beach | Virginia | WSKY-TV | 4 | 13 | Lockwood Broadcast Group (Tidewater TV LLC) |
| WGNT | 27 | 20 | E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) | ||
| Danville–Martinsville, Virginia | WMDV-LD | 23 | 23 | Star News Corporation | |
| Seattle – Tacoma | Washington | KONG | 16 | 31 | Tegna Inc. (KONG-TV, Inc.) |
| KSTW | 11 | 11 | CBS News and Stations | ||
| Green Bay | Wisconsin | WACY-TV | 32 | 36 | E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Milwaukee | WMLW-TV | 49 | 17 | Weigel Broadcasting (TV-49, Inc.) |
| Station/Ana./Dig. | City of License | Market |
|---|---|---|
| WSTE-DT 7/7 | Ponce | Puerto Rico |
| WAPA-TV 4/27 | San Juan | Puerto Rico |