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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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WISN 12 |
1961-1977 |
Now an ABC affiliate. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |