List of former CBS television affiliates

This is a table listing of former CBS affiliates.

DMA#

City of license/Market

Station and Channel

Years of affiliation

Notes

Current CBS affiliate

2.

Los Angeles

KTTV 11

1949-1951

Station originally co-owned by CBS and the Los Angeles Times; CBS sold back its shares in KTTV to the Times to pruchase then-KTSL (now KCBS-TV). Later an independent station, then a charter Fox O&O station.

KCBS-TV 2 (O&O)

3.

Chicago

WGN 9

1948-1953

Later an independent station, then a WB affiliate. Now a CW affiliate.

WBBM-TV 2 (O&O)

4.

Philadelphia

WCAU 10

1948-1995

Now an NBC O&O

KYW 3 (O&O)

5.

Dallas-Fort Worth

KDFW 4

1949-1995

Now a FOX O&O

KTVT 11 (O&O)

7.

Boston

WNAC/WNEV/WHDH 7

1948-1961, 1972-1995

Now an NBC affiliate.

WBZ 4 (O&O)

WHDH 5

1961-1972

Now a defunct station. Channel currently occupied by WCVB, an ABC affiliate.

8.

Atlanta

WAGA-TV 5

1949–1994

Now a FOX O&O

WGCL 46

11.

Detroit

WJBK 2

1948–1994

Now a FOX O&O

WWJ 62 (O&O)

12.

Seattle-Tacoma

KTNT/KSTW 11

1953-1961; 1995-1997

Originally a signed-on as a CBS affiliate, and shared primary affiliation with KIRO-TV from 1957 to 1961 before becoming an independent station. Became a CBS affiliate again in 1995, while KIRO took the new UPN affiliation; the two stations swapped again in 1997, with KIRO regaining its CBS affiliation, while KSTW took UPN. Now a CW affiliate owned by CBS.

KIRO-TV 7

13.

Phoenix

KOOL/KTSP/KSAZ 10

1955–1994

Now a FOX O&O

KPHO 5

14.

Tampa - St. Petersburg

WTVT 13

1955–1994

Now a FOX O&O

WTSP 10

16.

Denver

KLZ/KMGH 7

1953–1994

Now an ABC affiliate

KCNC 4 (O&O)

17.

Miami - Fort Lauderdale

WTVJ 4

1949–1989

Now an NBC O&O on Channel 6.

WFOR 4 (O&O)

18.

Cleveland

WEWS 5

1947-1955

Now an ABC affiliate.

WOIO 19

WXEL/WJW/WJKW/WJW 8

1955–1994

Now a FOX affiliate. WJW was a Fox O&O from 1997 to 2008.

20.

Sacramento

KBET/KXTV 10

1955-1995

Now an ABC affiliate.

KOVR 13 (O&O)

26.

Indianapolis

WFBM-TV 6

1949-1956

Became an NBC affiliate, now an ABC affiliate.

WISH-TV 8

27.

Baltimore

WBAL 11

1981-1995

Originally signed-on as an NBC affiliate from 1948 until 1981. WBAL resumed its NBC affiliation in 1995.

WJZ 13 (O&O)

WMAR 2

1948-1981

Later an NBC affiliate. Now an ABC affiliate.

31.

Kansas City

KMBC 9

1953-1955

Now an ABC affiliate. In its first year of operation, WHB-TV and KMBC both shared the channel 9 frequency, in a time-sharing arrangement. KMBC took over full-time in June 1954.

KCTV 5

32.

Salt Lake City

KSL 5

1949-1995

Now a NBC affiliate.

KUTV 2

34.

Milwaukee

WCAN 25

1953-1955

Now a defunct station.

WDJT 58

WXIX 19

1955-1959

This station shifted its channel allocation to 18 in 1958, and later changed call letters to WUHF (1963), and then to the present WVTV (1966). Became an independent station in 1959, and then an affiliate of The WB starting in 1997. Now a CW affiliate.

WITI 6

1959-1961, 1977-1994

Now a Fox affiliate, and was previously owned by that network from 1997 to 2008. WITI was also an ABC affiliate from 1961 to 1977.

WISN 12

1961-1977

Now an ABC affiliate.

35.

Cincinnati

WCPO 9

1961-1996

Now an ABC affiliate.

WKRC 12

38.

West Palm Beach

WTVX 34

1962-1989

Later an independent station, then a UPN affiliate. Now a CW affiliate.

WPEC 12

41.

Birmingham

WBRC 6

1954-1961

Station also had primary affiliations with NBC (1949-1954), ABC (1961-1996), and currently with Fox (1996 to present). WBRC was a Fox O&O from 1996 to 2008.

WIAT 42

43.

Lancaster-Lebanon-Harrisburg-York, PA

WLYH 15

1961-1995

Representing the Lancaster portion of the market as part of the Keystone Network simulcast with WHP and WSBA (now WPMT) during the 1960s until they split from WHP to program separately, although all three stations carried common network and syndicated programs thereafter. Dropped CBS programming, and became a fulltime UPN affiliate in December 1995. WLYH is currently a CW affiliate, and is co-owned with WHP.

WHP 21

WSBA 43

1961-1983

Representing the York portion of the market as part of the Keystone Network simulcast with WHP and WLYH during the 1960s until they split from WHP to program separately, although all three stations carried common network and syndicated programs thereafter. Dropped CBS programming, and became an independent station in 1983 until they became a charter Fox affiliate.

47.

Jacksonville

WJXT 4

1949-2002

Now an independent station.

WTEV 47

48.

Austin

KTBC 7

1952-1995

Now a Fox O&O

KEYE 42

49.

Louisville

WHAS 11

1950-1990

Now an ABC affiliate.

WLKY 32

53.

Providence-New Bedford

WTEV/WLNE 6

1977-1995

Now an ABC affiliate.

WPRI 12

55.

Fresno

KFRE/KFSN 30

1956-1985

Now an ABC O&O.

KGPE 47

67.

Flint-Bay City-Saginaw, MI

WKNX/WEYI 25

1953-1995

Now a NBC affiliate.

WNEM-TV 5

101.

Fayetteville - Fort. Smith

KFTA 24

1978-1980

Later a NBC affiliate. Now a FOX affiliate.

KFSM 5

KFPW/KTVP 40/29

KFPW: 1971-1978 KTVP: 1977-1978

Now an ABC affiliate.

104.

Evansville, IN

WEHT 25

1953-1995

Now an ABC affiliate.

WEVV 44

119.

Montgomery

WCOV 24

1953-1986

Later an independent station. Now a FOX affiliate.

WNCF 32

135.

Rockford, IL

WREX 13

1953-1965

Also carried ABC and Dumont programming as a secondary affiliate. Became a fulltime ABC affilIiate upon the sign-on of then-WCEE-TV (now WIFR), and later switched to its current NBC affiliation in 1995.

WIFR 23

165.

El Centro, CA-Yuma, AZ

KECY 9

1970-1982; 1985-1994

Was an ABC affiliate for two stints, 1968 to 1970, and from 1982 to 1985. Now a Fox affiliate.

KSWT 13