WJHL-TV

Television station in Johnson City, Tennessee

WJHL-TV

*     * Johnson City–
* Kingsport–Bristol, Tennessee
* Bristol, Virginia

* United States

City| Johnson City, Tennessee
Channels|

* Digital: 9 (VHF)
* Virtual: 11

Branding|

* NewsChannel 11
* ABC Tri-Cities (11.2)

Programming
Subchannels|

* 11.1: CBS
* 11.2: ABC
* 11.3: Antenna TV

Ownership
Owner|

* Nexstar Media Group
* (Nexstar Media Inc.)

History

First air date

| October 27, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-10-27)

Former channel number(s)

* Analog: 11 (VHF, 1953–2009)
* Digital: 58 (UHF, 1998–2009), 11 (VHF, 2009–2020)

Former affiliations

* All secondary:
* DuMont (1953–1956)
* NBC (1953–1956)
* ABC (1953–1969)

Call sign meaning

| J Hanes Lancaster (founder of WJHL radio)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 57826
ERP| 38 kW
HAAT| 703.2 m (2,307 ft)
Transmitter coordinates| 36°25′54.7″N 82°8′15.2″W﻿ / ﻿36.431861°N 82.137556°W﻿ / 36.431861; -82.137556
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Website| www.wjhl.com

WJHL-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area as an affiliate of CBS and ABC. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on East Main Street in downtown Johnson City; its transmitter is located on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.

## History

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WJHL-TV began broadcasting on October 27, 1953.[2][3] It was owned by Hanes Lancaster Sr. and his son Hanes Jr., along with WJHL radio (910 AM, now WJCW; and FM 101.5, now WQUT).[4]

Hanes Jr., who was the radio station's sales manager, foresaw the potential of television, and pushed hard for building a television counterpart to WJHL radio even in a time when few people in the area had sets. Hanes Sr. was skeptical, but Hanes Jr. lined up several potential investors and was ready to stake out on his own to build a television station. Ultimately, Hanes Sr. gave in and took the project under his wing. It would be the second time that the Lancasters had taken a gamble on broadcasting; Hanes Sr. had founded WJHL radio in 1938 at the suggestion of his friend, Jay Birdwell, after his auto parts distribution business failed.[5]

The Lancasters applied for a license in 1948, only to be derailed by the nationwide license freeze that had been imposed a few months earlier. After a 4+1⁄2 year wait, they were granted a license in January 1953. Studios were set up in the former main Post Office building in downtown Johnson City; channel 11 is still based there today.[5]

In the summer of 1953, WJHL-TV was on track to be the first television station to sign on in East Tennessee, projecting to begin operations on October 17. At the time, the station's original transmission tower was being constructed on Tannery Knob in downtown Johnson City. With just a few weeks before sign-on, the guy wires snapped, sending the 550-foot (170 m) tower and its antenna crashing to the ground, falling just three inches (8 cm) from the transmission equipment. Despite the damage, only two people were injured.[5] This enabled WROL-TV in Knoxville (now WATE-TV) to beat WJHL-TV to the air by almost a month. Since many advertisers and banks were already skeptical about television's viability (the tower crash did not help), the Lancasters had to scramble for funding. They were able to get the station on the air more than a week later, but had to side-mount a much smaller replacement antenna on a wooden power pole the Johnson City Power Board installed at the last minute.

Originally, WJHL-TV was affiliated with all four television networks of the time—CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont. However, its primary affiliation has always been with CBS, due to that network's long-time affiliation with WJHL radio. In 1954, the WJHL-TV transmitter was relocated to Buffalo Mountain southwest of Johnson City, which is 1,200 feet (366 m) higher than Tannery Knob. From that location, the station was able to better reach Bristol, Kingsport and other areas of Eastern Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Western North Carolina. Meanwhile, NBC moved to WCYB-TV on the Virginia side of Bristol when that station signed on in 1956. WJHL lost Dumont soon afterward when that network shut down. WJHL and WCYB shared ABC until 1969 when WKPT-TV in Kingsport signed on and became the market's ABC affiliate.

The Lancasters sold off their radio interests in 1960, and in turn sold WJHL-TV to Roy H. Park Broadcasting in 1964—earning a handsome return on their original investment from 26 years earlier.[4][6] Around this time, the station adopted a logo featuring a U.S. highway sign with an "11" inside it, which remained in use until around 1987. The logo was already well known in the area, since alternate routes of US 11, US 11E and 11W, pass through most of the major cities and towns in the Tri-Cities. The shields were, and still are, quite prevalent in the area and became an instant promotional link for the station. Park Broadcasting was renamed Park Communications in the 1970s.

Hanes Lancaster, Jr. succeeded his father as station manager in 1954, and remained as station manager after the sale to Park. In 1989, Lancaster, Jr. was succeeded by Jack Dempsey, who held the post until June 2012, when he went to WCYB. Dan Cates was appointed General Manager of WJHL in August 2012, after being the news director of sister station WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Many of its employees have stayed on for thirty years or more, which is unusual for what has always been a small market (it is currently the 93rd market, the smallest in the state with three full big three affiliates).

In 1969, WJHL moved its transmitter once again 800 feet (240 m) higher and further east, this time side by side with WKPT on the lower end of Holston High Point on Holston Mountain. With an antenna now at 2,224 feet (678 m) above average terrain, it was necessary to reduce full power analog visual to 245,000 watts from the normal 316,000 watts allocated to stations between VHF channel 7 to 13 with antennas below 2,000 feet (610 m) above average terrain. To this day, WQUT-FM (the former WJHL-FM) still broadcasts from WJHL-TV's old tower on Buffalo Mountain.

Logo used from 2009 to October 2012.

Media General acquired Park Communications and WJHL in 1997 and dropped its longtime brand of "TV 11" in favor of NewsChannel 11. The station began broadcasting a digital signal on UHF channel 58 in 1998. In May 2009, WJHL switched its branding from NewsChannel 11 to 11 Connects. WJHL reverted to the NewsChannel 11 branding in October 2012.

Under federal must-carry rules, broadcasters can either allow cable systems in their market to carry their signals for free or charge a fee under retransmission consent provisions. On December 3, 2008, it was announced that Inter Mountain Cable (IMC), a cable provider serving parts of Eastern Kentucky, announced that it would drop WJHL from its lineup unless an agreement was reached over retransmission consent.[7] According to The Mountain Eagle, this dispute has caused concern among officials in the city of Fleming-Neon where IMC holds the cable television franchise there.[8] The city council in Fleming-Neon has stated that the removal of WJHL will violate IMC's franchise agreement.[8]

### WJHL-DT2

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WJHL-DT2, branded on air as ABC Tri-Cities, is the ABC-affiliated second digital subchannel of WJHL-TV, broadcasting in high definition on channel 11.2.

WJHL-DT2 was established in late 2006 as a simulcast of its 24-hour cable weather channel. In August 2011, WJHL-DT2 established a general entertainment format as a MeTV affiliate.

On January 4, 2016, Media General and ABC announced that WJHL-DT2 would become the Tri-Cities' ABC affiliate on February 1 of that year, ending that network's affiliation in the Tri-Cities on WKPT-TV and MeTV's affiliation with WJHL-DT2. The move reunited the network with WJHL, which had a secondary affiliation with ABC until WKPT's launch in 1969. MeTV was promptly picked up by WKPT's sister station WAPK-CD, while that station's MyNetworkTV affiliation moved to WKPT.[9][10][11]

## News operation

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WJHL's newscasts were simulcast on WKPT for four years. That station shut down its news department in February 2002. The simulcasts ceased in September 2006 (WKPT later restarted its own news operation, which itself shut down January 29, 2016). In late 2006, WJHL-TV launched a 24-hour cable weather channel. It was seen on most cable outlets in the area via digital cable and on digital channel 11.3; in 2015, the channel was replaced by Ion Television as a result of an affiliation deal between Media General and Ion. On August 11, 2008, Channel 11 debuted a new daytime show, Daytime Tri-Cities. The show is hosted by Chris McIntosh (Morgan King, a former weatherman at WKPT and WCYB, formerly filled his role) and Amy Lynn (who was an anchor at WCYB). In the November 2008 ratings period, WJHL's 11 p.m. news took over the ratings lead from WCYB for the first time in thirty years.

On April 21, 2010, WJHL management announced that the station would convert Channel 11 newscasts to high definition.[12] On October 4, 2010, WJHL became the second station in the Tri-Cities market to convert its newscast in high definition.[13]

When WJHL-DT2 switched from MeTV to ABC on February 1, 2016, WJHL's morning, 11 p.m., and weekend newscasts began simulcasting on the subchannel. In addition, WJHL-DT2 airs newscasts at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with ABC World News Tonight broadcast in between the two local newscasts at 7 p.m. The newscasts are branded ABC Tri-Cities News and are exclusive to WJHL-DT2.

In addition to its Johnson City studios and newsroom, WJHL operates news bureaus in the Progress Building in downtown Kingsport, on State Street in Bristol, Tennessee, and on Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee.

## Technical information

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### Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WJHL-TV[14] Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name  | Programming

|
|
|
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11.1  | 1080i | 16:9 | WJHL-HD | CBS
11.2  | 720p | WJHL D2 | ABC
11.3  | 480i | 4:3 | Antenna | Antenna TV

### Analog-to-digital conversion

[edit]

WJHL-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 58, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 11.[15]

## References

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1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJHL-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ FCC History Cards for WJHL-TV. Federal Communications Commission.
3. ^ "Johnson City TV Station Goes On Air". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Tennessee. October 28, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 268\. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
5. ^ a b c WJHL: Celebrating 60 Years! (Television Production). Johnson City, TN: WJHL-TV. 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
6. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 20, 1964. p. 48.
7. ^ "WKPT, WCYB & WJHL Possible Programming Issue For 2009". Inter Mountain Cable. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
8. ^ a b Farley, William (January 14, 2009). "Neon council upset by threat of TV changes". The Mountain Eagle. p. 2\. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
9. ^ "WKPT, WAPK announce new programming plan". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
10. ^ "Media General Announces ABC Affiliation in Tri-Cities DMA," Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine press release via Yahoo!, January 4, 2016
11. ^ "WKPT's affiliation with ABC coming to an end". January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
12. ^ "11 Connects first to announce local news to be telecast in HD for viewing area". tricities.com. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
13. ^ "WJHL-TV 11 Connects launches hi-def newscasts today | TriCities.com". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010.
14. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WJHL". RabbitEars. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
15. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

## External links

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* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television in the Tri-Cities region (Tennessee/Virginia)

This region includes the following cities: Johnson City/Kingsport, TN
Bristol, TN/VA
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power|

* WETP-TV 2
* .1 PBS
* .2 PBS Kids
* .3 Create
* WCYB-TV 5
* .1 NBC
* .2 CW
* .3 Comet
* .4 Crime
* .5 REW
* WJHL-TV 11
* .1 CBS
* .2 ABC
* .3 ANT
* WKPT-TV 19
* .1 Cozi
* .2 MeTV
* .3 Laff
* .4 Mystery
* .5 Start
* .6 Movies!
* .7 Court
* WEMT 39
* .1 Fox
* .2 Dabl
* .3 Charge!
* .4 TBD
* WLFG 68
* .1 Rel. Ind.
* .2 Ion+
* .3 Ion
* .4 JTV
* .5/.9/.12 [Blank]
* .6 Buzzr
* .7 QVC
* .8 Quest
* .10 Catchy
* .11 Get
* .13 Grio

Low power|

* WOPI-CD 19
* .1 Cozi
* .2 MeTV
* .3 Laff
* .4 Mystery
* .5 Start
* .6 Movies!
* .7 Court
* WAPK-CD 36
* .1 MeTV
* .2 Grit
* .3 Bounce
* .4 H&I

Cable|

* PBS Appalachia Virginia

Defunct|

* WSBN-TV 47 / WMSY-TV 52 (PBS; Norton/Marion, VA)
* W09AX 9 / W66AH 66 / W67AN 67 (PBS/KET via WKHA; Eolia/Whitesburg/Letcher, KY)

See also
Bluefield TV
Charleston/Huntington TV
Charlotte TV
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville TV
Knoxville TV
Lexington TV
Roanoke TV

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Tennessee

ABC|

* WKRN-TV 2 Nashville
* WSIL-TV 3 Harrisburg, IL*
* WATE-TV 6 Knoxville
* WBBJ-TV 7 Jackson
* WTVC 9 Chattanooga
* WJHL-TV 11.2 Johnson City
* WATN-TV 24 Memphis
* WAAY-TV 31 Huntsville, AL*

CBS|

* WREG-TV 3 Memphis
* WTVF 5 Nashville
* WBBJ-TV 7.3 Jackson
* WVLT-TV 8 Knoxville
* WJHL-TV 11 Johnson City
* KFVS-TV 12 Cape Girardeau, MO*
* WDEF-TV 12 Chattanooga
* WHNT-TV 19 Huntsville, AL*

Fox|

* WTVC 9.2 Chattanooga
* WHBQ-TV 13 Memphis
* WJKT 16 Jackson
* WZTV 17 Nashville
* KBSI 23 Cape Girardeau, MO*
* WEMT 39 Greeneville
* WTNZ 43 Knoxville
* WZDX 54 Huntsville, AL*

NBC|

* WRCB 3 Chattanooga
* WSMV-TV 4 Nashville
* WTNX-LD 4.10 Nashville
* WFET-LD 4.10 Lewisburg
* WCYB-TV 5 Bristol, VA
* WMC-TV 5 Memphis
* WANF-LD 5 Dyersburg
* WPSD-TV 6 Paducah, KY*
* WBIR-TV 10 Knoxville
* WNBJ-LD 39 Jackson
* WAFF 48 Huntsville, AL*

The CW|

* WCYB-TV 5.2 Bristol, VA
* KFVS-TV 12.2 Cape Girardeau, MO*
* WHDF 15 Florence, AL*
* WHNT-TV 19.2 Huntsville, AL*
* WZTV 17.2 Nashville
* WBXX-TV 20 Crossville
* WLMT 30 Memphis
* WNBJ-LD 39.2 Jackson
* WFLI-TV 53 Cleveland

MyNetworkTV|

* WVLT-TV 8.2 Knoxville
* WLMT 30 Memphis
* WUXP-TV 30ATSC 3.0 Nashville
* WNBJ-LD 39.3 Jackson
* WDKA 49 Paducah, KY*
* WFLI-TV 53.2 Cleveland
* WZDX 54.2 Huntsville, AL*

Ion Television|

* WRCB 3.3 Chattanooga
* WSIL-TV 3.5 Harrisburg, IL*
* WNPX-TV 28 Franklin
* WAAY-TV 31.2 Huntsville, AL*
* WPXX-TV 50 Memphis
* WPXK-TV 54 Jellico
* WLFG 68.3 Grundy, VA

PBS|

* WETP-TV 2 Sneedville
* WKOP 15 Knoxville
* WNPT 8 Nashville
* WKNO 10 Memphis
* WLJT 11 Lexington/Martin
* WCTE 22 Cookeville
* WTCI 45 Chattanooga

| Out-of-state
members|

* WMAV 18 Oxford, MS
* WNGH-TV 18 Dalton, GA
* WKMU 21 Murray, KY
* WKPD 29 Paducah, KY
* WHIQ 25 Huntsville, AL
* WFIQ 36 Florence, AL

|

Religious|

| TBN|

* WELF-TV 23 Dalton, GA
* WJNK-LD 34 Nashville
* WBUY-TV 40 Holly Springs, MS
* WPGD-TV 50 Hendersonville

|

TCT|

* WTCT 27 Marion, IL*
* WWTW 34 Senatobia, MS

CTN|

* WHTN 39 Murfreesboro
* WVLR 48 Tazewell

Other|

* WTWV 14 Ind., Memphis
* WLFG 68 Ind., Grundy, VA

Other|

* WOOT-LD 6 Heartland, Chattanooga
* WKNX-TV 7 Ind., Knoxville
* WTNX-LD 15 TMD, Nashville
* WFET-LD 29 Lewisburg
* WKPT-TV 19 Cozi, Kingsport
* WUWT-CD 26 Retro, Union City*
* WTNB-CD 27 Heartland, Cleveland
* WAPK-CD 36 MeTV, Kingsport
* WLLC-LD 42 UNI, Nashville
* WJFB 44 MeTV, Lebanon
* WNAB 58ATSC 3.0 Dabl, Nashville
* WDSI-TV 61 Crime, Chattanooga

(*) – Station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee

See also
Alabama TV
Arkansas TV
Georgia TV
Kentucky TV
Mississippi TV
Missouri TV
North Carolina TV
Virginia TV

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the Commonwealth of Virginia

ABC|

* WHSV-TV 3 Harrisonburg
* WOAY-TV 4 Oak Hill, WV*
* WJLA-TV 7 Washington, D.C.
* WRIC-TV 8 Petersburg
* WTVD 11 Durham, NC*
* WJHL-TV 11.2 Johnson City, TN*
* WSET-TV 13 Lynchburg
* W05AA-D Roanoke
* WVEC 13 Hampton
* WVAW-LD 16 Charlottesville
* WXLV-TV 45 Winston-Salem, NC*

CBS|

* WFMY-TV 2 Greensboro, NC*
* WTKR 3 Norfolk
* WTVR-TV 6 Richmond
* WDBJ 7 Roanoke
* WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.
* WJHL-TV 11 Johnson City, TN*
* WNCN 17 Goldsboro, NC*
* WCAV 19 Charlottesville
* WSVF-CD 43.2 Harrisonburg
* WVNS-TV 59 Lewisburg, WV*

Fox|

* WTTG 5 Washington, D.C.
* WGHP 8 High Point, NC*
* WCAV 27 Charlottesville
* WFXR 27 Roanoke
* WWCW 21.2 Lynchburg
* WRLH-TV 35 Richmond
* WEMT 39 Greeneville, TN*
* WSVF-CD 43 Harrisonburg
* WVBT 43 Virginia Beach
* WRAZ 50 Raleigh, NC*
* WVNS-TV 59.2 Lewisburg, WV*

NBC|

* WRC-TV 4 Washington, D.C.
* WCYB-TV 5 Bristol*
* WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh, NC*
* WVVA 6 Bluefield, WV*
* WAVY-TV 10 Portsmouth
* WSLS-TV 10 Roanoke
* WWBT 12 Richmond
* WRID-LD 12.6 Richmond
* WXII-TV 12 Winston-Salem, NC*
* WVIR-TV 29 Charlottesville
* WVIR-CD 29 Charlottesville
* WSVW-LD 30 Harrisonburg

The CW|

* WCYB-TV 5.2 Bristol*
* WVVA 6.2 Bluefield, WV*
* WCWG 20 Lexington, NC*
* WWCW 21 Lynchburg
* WFXR 27.2 Roanoke
* WLFL 22 Raleigh, NC*
* WVIR-TV 29.3 Charlottesville
* WVIR-CD 29.3 Charlottesville
* WSVW-LD 30.3 Harrisonburg
* WVBT 43.2 Virginia Beach
* WDCW 50 Washington, D.C.
* WUPV 65ATSC 3.0 Ashland
* WRID-LD 65.6 Richmond

MyNetworkTV|

* WHSV-TV 3.4 Harrisonburg
* WDCA 20 Washington, D.C.
* WZBJ 24 Danville
* WZBJ-CD 24ATSC 3.0 Lynchburg
* WRDC 28ATSC 3.0 Durham, NC*
* WTVZ-TV 33 Norfolk
* WRLH-TV 35.2 Richmond
* WMYV 48ATSC 3.0 Greensboro, NC*
* WVNS-TV 59.2Secondary Lewisburg, WV*

Ion Television|

* WHSV-TV 3.3 Harrisonburg
* WTVR-TV 6.5 Richmond
* WGPX-TV 16 Burlington, NC*
* WCAV 19.4 Charlottesville
* WPXR-TV 38 Roanoke
* WLFB 40.3 Bluefield, WV*
* WRPX-TV 47 Rocky Mount, NC*
* WPXV-TV 49 Norfolk
* WPXW-TV 66 Manassas
* WWPX-TV 60 Martinsburg, WV
* WLFG 68.3 Grundy*

PBS|

* WUND-TV 2 Edenton, NC
* WBRA-TV 15 Roanoke
* WHRO-TV 15 Hampton–Norfolk
* WCVE-TV 23 Richmond
* WCVW 57ATSC 3.0 Richmond
* WHTJ 41 Charlottesville
* WETA-TV 26 Washington, D.C.
* WHUT-TV 32ATSC 3.0 Washington, D.C.
* WVPT 51.1 Harrisonburg
* WVPY 51.2 Staunton
* PBS Appalachia Virginia Tri-Cities

Religious|

* WTPC-TV 21 TBN, Virginia Beach
* WVAD-LD 25 Daystar, Hampton
* WRAY-TV 30 TCT, Wake Forest*
* WLXI 43 Greensboro, NC*
* WRID-LD 48 Daystar, Richmond
* WLFG 68 Ind., Grundy*

Spanish|

* WFDC-DT 14 .1 UNI, .4 UMás; Arlington
* WUVC-DT 40 UNI, Fayetteville, NC*
* WZDC-CD 44 TMD, Washington, D.C.
* WRTD-CD 54 TMD, Raleigh, NC*
* WJAL 68 LATV, Silver Spring, MD

Other|

* WSKY-TV 4 Ind., Manteo, NC
* WDCO-CD 10 Roar, Woodstock
* WKPT-TV 19 Cozi, Kingsport, TN*
* WDVM-TV 25 Ind., Hagerstown, MD
* WGNT 27 Ind., Portsmouth
* WYAT-LD 40 Ind., Martinsville
* WMDV-LD 44 Ind., Danville
* WDME-CD 48 MeTV, Vienna
* WFPX-TV 62 Bounce, Archer Lodge, NC*

(*) – Station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia

See also
Kentucky TV
Maryland TV
North Carolina TV
Tennessee TV
West Virginia TV

* v
* t
* e

Nexstar Media Group

sorted by primary channel network affiliations

ABC|

* KAMC1
* KCAU-TV
* KMID
* KODE-TV1
* KSVI
* KTKA-TV1
* KTVX
* WATE-TV
* WAWV-TV1
* WBOY-TV2
* WDHN
* WEHT
* WGNO
* WHTM-TV
* WIVT
* WJBF
* WJET-TV
* WJHL-TV2
* WKRN-TV
* WLAJ1
* WMBB
* WOTV
* WRIC-TV
* WSYR-TV
* WTEN
* WTNH
* WTRF-TV2
* WTVO1
* WUTR1
* WVNY1
* WWTI
* WYTV1

CBS|

* KELO-TV / KCLO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV
* KGPE
* KLAS-TV
* KLBK-TV
* KLFY-TV
* KLST
* KOIN
* KOLR1
* KREX-TV / KREY-TV
* KRQE / KBIM-TV / KREZ-TV
* KTAB-TV
* KVEO-TV2
* KXMB-TV / KXMC-TV / KXMD-TV / KXMA-TV2
* WANE-TV
* WBTW
* WCIA
* WFRV-TV
* WHBF-TV
* WHNT-TV
* WHLT
* WIAT
* WIVB-TV
* WJHL-TV
* WJTV
* WKBN-TV
* WKRG-TV
* WLNS-TV
* WMBD-TV
* WNCN
* WNCT-TV
* WOWK-TV
* WPRI-TV
* WRBL
* WREG-TV
* WROC-TV
* WSPA-TV
* WTAJ-TV
* WTRF-TV
* WTTV / WTTK
* WVNS-TV
* WYOU1

The CW (O&O)|

* KASN1
* KAUT-TV
* KAZT-TV / KAZT-CD1
* KELO-TV / KCLO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV2
* KDAF
* KGCW
* KGET-TV2
* KHON-TV / KHAW-TV / KAII-TV2
* KIAH
* KLFY-TV2
* KNVA1
* KPLR-TV
* KRCW-TV
* KRON-TV
* KSVI2
* KTKA-TV1, 2
* KTLA
* KUCW
* KWBQ / KRWB-TV1
* KWGN-TV
* KXMB-TV2 / KXMC-TV2 / KXMD-TV 2 / KXMA-TV
* KXTU-LD
* WBDT1
* WBRL-CD
* WCBD-TV2
* WDCW
* WFNA
* WFXV2
* WGN-TV
* WHDF
* WHLT2
* WJTV2
* WLAJ1, 2
* WMBB1, 2
* WNAC-TV1, 2
* WNCT-TV2
* WNLO
* WNOL-TV
* WOTV2
* WPIX1
* WPHL-TV
* WSAV-TV2
* WTTA
* WTVW1
* WVBT2
* WWCW
* WWLP / WFXQ-CD2
* WWTI2
* WYCW

Fox|

* KARD
* KCIT1
* KDVR / KFCT
* KFQX1
* KFTA-TV
* KFXK-TV1
* KHON-TV / KHAW-TV / KAII-TV
* KHMT1
* KJTL1
* KLJB1
* KLRT-TV1
* KMSS-TV1
* KPEJ-TV1
* KRBK
* KRQE / KBIM-TV / KREZ-TV2
* KSWB-TV
* KTMJ-CD
* KTVI
* KTXL
* KWKT-TV
* KXRM-TV
* WDAF-TV
* WDKY-TV
* WFFF-TV
* WFXP1
* WFXR
* WFXV
* WGHP
* WGMB-TV
* WJKT
* WJZY
* WJW
* WLAX / WEUX
* WNAC-TV1
* WNTZ-TV
* WQRF-TV
* WVBT
* WVNS-TV2
* WXIN
* WXXA-TV1
* WYFX-LD
* WYZZ-TV1

MyNetworkTV|

* KARZ-TV
* KASY-TV1
* KBVO / KBVO-CD
* KCPN-LD
* KELO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV
* KGJT-CD
* KHII-TV / KGMD-TV / KGMV
* KJBO-LD
* KOZL-TV
* KSHV-TV
* KTPN-LD
* KXNW
* KYLE-TV
* WBTW
* WCIX
* WCTX
* WMYT-TV
* WNTZ-TV
* WPNY-LD
* WPRI-TV2
* WSAV-TV2
* WSNN-LD
* WTRF-TV2
* WTVO1, 2
* WVNS-TV2
* WXSP-CD
* WYTV1, 2

NBC|

* KAMR-TV
* KARK-TV
* KETK-TV
* KFDX-TV
* KFOR-TV
* KGET-TV
* KNWA-TV
* KRBC-TV1
* KSAN-TV1
* KSEE
* KSNF
* KSNT
* KSNW / KSNC / KSNG / KSNK / KSNL-LD
* KTAL-TV
* KTSM-TV
* KTVE1
* KVEO-TV
* KXAN-TV
* WAVY-TV
* WBGH-CD
* WBOY-TV
* WBRE-TV
* WCBD-TV
* WCMH-TV
* WDTN
* WETM-TV
* WFLA-TV
* WHO-DT
* WOOD-TV
* WSAV-TV
* WTWO
* WVLA-TV1
* WWLP / WFXQ-CD

Other stations|

* Antenna TV
* KGBT-TV
* Telemundo
* KKEY-LP
* KTAB-TV2
* Independent
* KUSI-TV
* KZUP-CD
* WBNX-TV3
* WDVM-TV
* AM Radio
* WGN

TV channels|

* Broadcast
* Antenna TV
* The CW (75%)
* Rewind TV
* Cable
* Cooking Channel (30%)
* Food Network (30%)
* NewsNation

TV programs|

* Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics
* Banfield
* The Donlon Report
* Eye Opener
* KTLA Morning News
* NewsFix
* NewsNation Prime
* WGN Morning News
* WGN Sports
* Yule Log

Other assets|

* Border Report
* The Hill
* TV CMS company
* Lakana
* LIN Digital
* Online ad company
* Yashi

| Defunct|

* CLTV
* Zap2it
* TV by the Numbers

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Acquisitions|

* Communications Corporation of America
* Grant Broadcasting
* Media General
* LIN Media
* New Vision Television
* Park Communications
* Spartan Communications
* Young Broadcasting
* Newport Television
* Tribune Media
* Tribune Broadcasting
* Local TV LLC
* Renaissance Broadcasting
* WGN America
* West Virginia Media Holdings

* 1 Nexstar operates these stations under an SSA.

* 2 These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.

* 3 Will become a CW O&O in September 2025.

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