List of CW affiliates

The following is a list of affiliates of the CW Television Network, which launched September 18, 2006, following the merger of The WB and UPN networks, both of which began broadcasting in January 1995.

The new network is based around sixteen former WB affiliates owned and eleven UPN affiliates. The WB affiliates were owned by the Tribune Company (which was a joint owner of The WB along with Time Warner) and the UPN affiliates were owned by CBS. The CW covers just more than 95 percent of television homes in the United States.

The largest of the additional affiliate groups are: Pappas Telecasting Companies, with ten affiliates (six broadcast stations, one digital and three local cable channels); Sinclair Broadcast Group, which affiliated eight of its stations to The CW after a reported two month dispute over reverse compensation to the network; and ACME Communications, which committed broadcast stations in all seven markets in which it operates.

KNVA in Austin, Texas owned by LIN Television and KWKB in Iowa City, Iowa owned by KM Communications are the only two stations carrying both The CW (as a primary) and MyNetworkTV (as a secondary). In addition, WTVY in Dothan, Alabama, a CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television, now carries MyNetworkTV on a digital subchannel which was previously affiliated with UPN, and also added a third digital subchannel for the CW. WTOK-TV in Meridian, Mississippi, also owned by Gray, added two more digital subchannels for the CW and MyNetworkTV, in addition to ABC on its main channel and Fox on another subchannel.

Affiliates

Notes

*¹ In areas of the United States where CW programming is not available, WDCW (Washington) is available to subscribers of DirecTV on channel 385.
*² These stations carry the CW on a digital subchannel, which is available to viewers of digital television. Most of these digital subchannels should also be available in their respective markets through local cable television providers.
*³ Cable channel already operational, but not yet broadcasting via a digital subchannel.
*⁴ KCWE is available to cable subscribers in the St. Joseph Market, as are the other Kansas City network affiliates.

References

External links

* [http://cwtv.com/stations Official CW local affiliate list] (requires Adobe Flash to view)