List of former ABC television affiliates
The following table is a list of stations formerly affiliated with the ABC television network.
DMA# |
City of license/Market |
Station and Channel |
Years of affiliation |
Notes |
Current ABC affiliate |
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7. |
Boston |
WHDH 5 |
1957-1961 |
Now a defunct station. Channel currently occupied by WCVB, the city's present ABC affiliate. |
WCVB-TV 5 |
WNAC-TV 7 (now WHDH) |
1961-1972 |
Became a CBS affiliate upon the original WHDH's shutdown and the sign-on of WCVB. Station became a NBC affiliate when CBS moved its affiliation to WBZ-TV in 1995. |
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9. |
Atlanta |
WLTV/WLWA/WAII/WQXI/WXIA 8/11 |
1951-1980 |
Now a NBC affiliate. |
WSB-TV 2 |
12. |
Seattle-Tacoma |
KING-TV 5 |
1953-1959 |
Now a NBC affiliate. |
KOMO-TV 4 |
13. |
Phoenix |
KTVK 3 |
1955-1995 |
Prior to KTVK, ABC had a secondary affilaition with KPHO, from 1949 to 1955. Briefly affiliated with The WB, before becoming an independent station, which is it presently. |
KNXV-TV 15 |
14. |
St. Petersburg-Tampa |
WSUN-TV 38 |
1955-1965 |
Now a defunct station. Channel currently occupied by WTTA, the city's present MyNetworkTV affiliate. |
WFTS 28 |
WLCY/WTSP 10 |
1965-1995 |
Became an ABC affiliate almost upon initial sign-on. Now a CBS affiliate |
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15. |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
WMIN/WTCN-TV 11 (now KARE) |
1953-1961 |
WMIN and WTCN were time-sharing stations occuping the channel 11 frequency, before WTCN took over permanently starting in April 1955. Now a NBC affiliate. This station was also an independent station from 1961 to 1979. |
KSTP-TV 5 |
KMSP 9 |
1961-1979 |
Now a Fox O&O. |
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17. |
Denver |
KBTV/KUSA 9 |
1952-1995 |
Now a NBC affiliate via a three-way affiliation swap between KMGH (CBS to ABC) and KCNC (NBC to CBS) that occurred in 1995. |
KMGH-TV 7 |
18. |
Cleveland |
WXEL 9/8 (now WJW) |
1949-1955 |
Now a Fox affiliate, and was previously a Fox O&O from 1996 to 2008. This station was also affiliated with CBS from 1955 to 1994. |
WEWS 5 |
20. |
Stockton-Sacramento |
KOVR 13 |
1957-1995 |
Now a CBS O&O. Prior to affiliating with KOVR, ABC programming was carried by now-defunct station KCCC, whose frequency is now occupied by Fox affiliate KTXL. |
KXTV 10 |
21. |
St. Louis |
WTVI/KTVI 54/36/2 |
1955-1995 |
Now a Fox affilaite, and previous owned by that network from 1996 to 2008. |
KDNL-TV 30 |
22. |
Portland, OR |
KPTV 12 |
1959-1964 |
Now a Fox affiliate. |
KATU 2 |
24. |
Raleigh-Durham |
WRAL 5 |
1962-1985 |
Held secondary affiliation with ABC beginning in 1958 until becoming full-time affiliate in 1962 . Now a CBS affiliate. |
WTVD 11 (O&O) |
26. |
Indianapolis |
WISH-TV 8 |
1954-1956 |
Now a CBS affiliate. |
WRTV 6 |
WLWI/WTHR 13 |
1957-1979 |
Now a NBC affiliate. |
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27. |
Baltimore |
WJZ 13 |
1948-1995 |
Now a CBS station via a three-way affiliation swap between WBAL (CBS to NBC) and WMAR (NBC to ABC) that occurred in January 1995. WJZ is presently a CBS O&O. |
WMAR 2 |
28. |
San Diego |
XETV 6 |
1956-1973 |
Now a CW affiliate, and previous to that, a charter Fox affiliate. |
KGTV 10 |
KCST 39 (now KNSD) |
1973-1977 |
Became a NBC affiliate upon ABC affiliating with KGTV, and is currently operated and majority-owned by NBC. |
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31. |
Kansas City |
KCMO-TV 5 (now KCTV) |
1953-1955 |
Now a CBS affiliate. |
KMBC 9 |
32. |
Salt Lake City |
KUTV 2 |
1954-1960 |
Now a CBS affiliate. This station was affiliated with NBC from 1960 to 1995, later swapping affiliations with KSL-TV. |
KTVX 4 |
34. |
Milwaukee |
WITI 6 |
1961-1977 |
Now a Fox affiliate, and previous to that, a CBS affiliate. |
WISN 12 |
35. |
Cincinnati |
WKRC 12 |
1961-1996 |
Now a CBS affiliate. |
WCPO 9 |
41. |
Birmingham |
WBRC 6 |
1961-1996 |
Station also had primary affiliations with NBC (1949-1954), CBS (1954-1961), and currently with Fox (1996 to present). WBRC was a Fox O&O from 1996 to 2008. |
WBMA-LD 58/WCFT 33/WJSU 40 |
47. |
Jacksonville |
WJKS 17 (now WCWJ) |
1966-1980; 1988-1997 |
Now a CW affiliate, and was previously a WB affiliate (as WJWB). This station also served as the area's NBC affiliate from 1980 to 1988, only to re-swap affiliations with WTLV (for ABC) in 1988. |
WJXX 25 |
WTLV 12 |
1980-1988 |
Originally a NBC affiliate, and traded the ABC affiliation with then-WJKS in March 1980, only to reverse the swap in April 1988. WTLV has been co-owned with present-day ABC affiliate WJXX since 2000. |
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49. |
Louisville |
WLKY 32 |
1961-1995 |
Now a CBS affiliate |
WHAS 11 |
WKLO 21 |
1953-1954 |
Now a Defunct station. Channel is now occupied by WBNA, an Ion affiliate. |
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55. |
Fresno |
KJEO 47 (now KGPE) |
1956-1985 |
Now a CBS affiliate |
KFSN 30 (O&O) |
91. |
Elkhart-South Bend |
WSJV 28 |
1954-1995 |
Now a Fox affiliate. |
WBND-LD 57 |
104. |
Evansville |
WTVW 7 |
1956-1995 |
Became a Fox affiliate in December 1995 via a three way affiliation swap between WEHT (CBS to ABC) and WEVV (Fox to CBS). As of July 1, 2011, WTVW is an independent station. |
WEHT 25 |
134. |
Rockford, IL |
WREX 13 |
1965-1995 |
Held secondary affiliation with ABC from 1953 to 1965 before becoming a full-time affiliate. Now a NBC affiliate. |
WTVO 17 |
138. |
Columbia-Jefferson City |
KOMU 8 |
1982-1985 |
Originally signed-on as an NBC affiliate from 1953 until 1981. Now in its second stint as an NBC affiliate. |
KMIZ 17 |