WMTW, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Poland Spring, Maine, United States, and serving the Portland, Maine, television market, including southern Maine and eastern and northern New Hampshire. Owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of New York City–based Hearst Communications, it is part of a duopoly with Portland-licensed CW affiliate WPXT. Both stations share studios on Ledgeview Drive in Westbrook, while WMTW's transmitter is located in West Baldwin, Maine.
In American, Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.
KGAN, virtual channel 2, is a dual CBS/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States and serving the Eastern Iowa television market. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates Dabl affiliate KFXA under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. The two stations share studios at Broadcast Park on Old Marion Road Northeast in Cedar Rapids; KGAN's transmitter is located in Rowley near the junction of Buchanan, Benton and Linn counties.
In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it is a sort of lease or time-buy.
WPCW, virtual channel 19, branded on-air as Pittsburgh's CW, is a CW owned-and-operated television station serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, that is licensed to Jeannette. Owned by the CBS News and Stations subsidiary of Paramount Global, it is part of a duopoly with Pittsburgh-licensed CBS owned-and-operated station KDKA-TV. Both stations share studios at the Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh, while WPCW's transmitter is located in the city's Perry North neighborhood.
KMYS, virtual channel 35, is a Dabl-affiliated television station serving San Antonio, Texas, United States that is licensed to Kerrville. Owned by Deerfield Media, it is operated under joint sales and shared services agreements by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, making it a sister station to Sinclair's duopoly of dual NBC/CW affiliate WOAI-TV and Fox affiliate KABB, both licensed to San Antonio. The stations share studios between Babcock Road and Sovereign Drive in northwest San Antonio, while KMYS' transmitter is located in rural southeastern Bandera County. Despite Kerrville being KMYS' city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.
KFOX-TV, virtual channel 14, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to El Paso, Texas, United States, and also serving Las Cruces, New Mexico. Owned by the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate KDBC-TV. Both stations share studios on South Alto Mesa Drive in northwest El Paso, while KFOX-TV's transmitter is located atop the Franklin Mountains on the El Paso city limits.
WVNY, virtual channel 22, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, United States, serving Northern Vermont's Champlain Valley and Upstate New York's North Country, including Plattsburgh. Owned by Wichita Falls, Texas–based Mission Broadcasting, it is operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Nexstar Media Group, making it a sister station to Fox affiliate WFFF-TV. Both stations share studios on Mountain View Drive in Colchester, Vermont, while WVNY's transmitter is located on Vermont's highest peak, Mount Mansfield. However, master control and some internal operations are based at Springfield, Massachusetts–licensed Nexstar sister station and NBC affiliate WWLP's studios in Chicopee.
KTUZ-TV, virtual channel 30, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station serving Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States that is licensed to Shawnee. It is the flagship station of locally based Tyler Media Group, and is part of a duopoly with Woodward-licensed Univision affiliate KUOK, channel 36. It is also a sister station to low-powered Estrella TV affiliate KOCY-LP. The stations share studios near Southeast 51st Street and Shields Boulevard in south Oklahoma City, while KTUZ-TV's transmitter is located near 86th Street and Ridgeway Road in northeast Oklahoma City.
KTAL-TV, virtual channel 6, is an NBC-affiliated television station serving Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, that is licensed to Texarkana, Texas. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with Shreveport-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KSHV-TV ; Nexstar also operates Shreveport-licensed Fox affiliate KMSS-TV under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The stations share studios on North Market Street and Deer Park Road in northeast Shreveport; KTAL-TV maintains a secondary studio on Summerhill Road in Texarkana, Texas and transmitter facilities northwest of Vivian, Louisiana.
WSYX, virtual channel 6, is an ABC/MyNetworkTV/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Columbus, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by the Hunt Valley, Maryland–based Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates TBD station WTTE under a local marketing agreement (LMA) and Chillicothe-licensed CW affiliate WWHO under a separate shared services agreement (SSA). However, Sinclair effectively owns WTTE as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The stations share studios on Dublin Road in Grandview Heights, while WSYX's transmitter is located in the Franklinton section of Columbus.
KDLT-TV, virtual channel 46, is a dual NBC/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, serving eastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota. Owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, it is part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate KSFY-TV. Both stations share studios in Courthouse Square on 1st Avenue South in Sioux Falls, while KDLT-TV's transmitter is located southeast of the city near Rowena.
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual program stream, and multiplexing to combine them into a single signal. The practice is sometimes called "multicasting".
KNCT is a CW-affiliated television station serving Waco, Killeen and Temple, Texas, United States, that is licensed to Belton. Owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, it is part of a duopoly with dual CBS/Telemundo affiliate KWTX-TV ; it is also sister to Bryan-licensed CBS affiliate KBTX-TV, a semi-satellite of KWTX-TV. KNCT and KWTX-TV share studios on American Plaza in Waco, while KNCT's transmitter is located near Moody, Texas.
WBEA is a Mainstream Top 40 radio station licensed to Southold, New York and serving eastern Long Island. The station is licensed to LRS Radio, LLC, which is owned by WEHM on-air talent Lauren Stone (68.8%) and her father Roger W. Stone (31.2%), the Chairman/CEO of Kapstone Paper & Packaging Company in Northbrook, Illinois. Its transmitter is located in East Quogue, New York.
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station. It expands the broadcast range of a television or radio station beyond the primary signal's original coverage or improves service in the original coverage area. The stations may be used to create a single-frequency network. They may also be used by an AM or FM radio station to establish a presence on the other band.
KOVE-FM is a Spanish-language radio station serving the Houston and Galveston areas from Galveston, Texas. KOVE-FM is owned by Uforia Audio Network, a division of Univision Communications. The studios are in Uptown Houston and the transmitter is in Santa Fe, Texas.
A duopoly is a situation in television and radio broadcasting in which two or more stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service, is, in practice, used to target another country. The term "border blaster" is of North American origin, and usually associated with Mexican AM stations whose broadcast areas cover large parts of the United States, and United States border AM stations covering large parts of Canada. Conceptually similar European broadcasting included some pre-World War II broadcasting towards the United Kingdom, "radio périphérique" around France and the U.S. government-funded station Radio Free Europe, targeting eastern Europe.
KZAI is a radio station broadcasting a Christian Worship format through the nationally programmed Air1 network. The station is licensed to Balcones Heights, Texas, United States, and serves the San Antonio area. The transmitter is located in San Antonio proper, due north of downtown and adjacent to Interstate 10. KZAI is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.
