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- 1 2 Source: KDSM-TV on Facebook (posted 2/13/2017)
- ↑ Source: TBD on Twitter (posted 2/13/2017)
- 1 2 Source: WLUK-TV on Facebook (posted 2/13/2017)
- ↑ "Sinclair Plays a Web TV Hunch With TBD," from MediaVillage.com, 2/2/2017
- 1 2 Affiliate list for TBD on RabbitEars.info (accessed 2/24/2017)
- ↑ "TBD-TV is coming to Channel 23.4," from TheCW23.com, 2/1/2017
- ↑ Source: CW 34 on Facebook (posted 2/24/2017)
- ↑ Source: WRLH-DT2 on TitanTV (accessed 2/27/2017)