List of former NBC television affiliates
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American broadcast television network that originated as a radio network in November 1926, and expanded into television in April 1939. Throughout its history, the network has had many owned-and-operated and affiliated stations.
This article is a table listing of former NBC stations, arranged alphabetically by state, and based on the station's city of license as well as its Designated Market Area; it is also accompanied by footnotes regarding the present network affiliation of the former NBC-affiliated station (if the station remains operational) and the current NBC affiliates in each of the listed markets, as well as any other notes including the reasons behind each station's disaffiliation from the network. There are links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their histories, local programming and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies.
The station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. In most cases, this is their virtual channel (PSIP) number, which may match the channel allocation that the station originally broadcast on during its prior affiliation with the network.
Former affiliate stations
Stations are listed in alphabetical order by city of license.
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.| City of license/Market | Station/Channel | Years of affiliation | Current affiliation | Current NBC affiliate | Notes |
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| Altoona-Johnstown-State College, Pennsylvania | WFBG-TV 10 (now WTAJ-TV) | 1953-1955 (secondary) | CBS | WJAC-TV 6 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1955. (At the time, Altoona/State College was a separate market from Johnstown, who already had a NBC affiliate (WJAC-TV), and WFBG-TV/WTAJ-TV had long claimed the Johnstown market as part of its coverage area.) |
| Anchorage, Alaska | KTVA 11 | 1965-1970 (secondary) | CBS | KTUU-TV 2 (previously with NBC as KFIA/KENI-TV from 1953-1970 (secondary from 1967-1970)) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Shared with ABC affiliate KENI-TV. Lost NBC affiliation when independent station KHAR-TV joined the network in 1970. |
| KHAR-TV 13 (now KYUR) | 1970-1971 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KENI-TV in October 1971, reuniting NBC with its original Anchorage affiliate (KFIA/KENI-TV was a joint primary of NBC and ABC from 1953 to 1967, and a secondary affiliate (with ABC as its primary affiliation) from 1967 until KHAR-TV took the NBC affiliation in 1970). | ||
| Atlanta, Georgia | WSB-TV 2 | 1948–1980 | ABC | WXIA-TV 11 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WXIA-TV due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Atlanta (at the time, ABC had better ratings than NBC, which was in last place among the three major networks). The deal reunited ABC with its original Atlanta affiliate, since WSB-TV carried a secondary affiliation from 1949 until WXIA-TV signed-on (as WLTV) in 1951. |
| WATL 36 | 1976-1983 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (WATL was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WXIA-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1983. | ||
| WVEU 69 (now WUPA) | 1985-1986, 1989-1994 (both secondary) | The CW (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WVEU was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WXIA-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1986 when the station began airing programs from the Home Shopping Network, and again in 1994 due to the impending sign-on of UPN. The station had also recently acquired programming from WGNX, which had just become a CBS affiliate. | ||
| Rome-Atlanta, Georgia | WAWA-TV/WTLK-TV 14 (now WPXA-TV) | 1988-1994 (secondary) | Ion Television (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WAWA-TV/WTLK-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WXIA-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1994 when WTLK-TV became a country music video/infomercial-based station. | |
| Austin, Texas | KTBC 7 | 1952-1966 (secondary) | Fox (O&O) | KXAN-TV 36 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1966 in favor of KHFI-TV, who signed on in February 1965 but could not join NBC for over 1 1/2 years due to contractual obligations. |
| Llano-Austin, Texas | KLNO/KXAM-TV 14 (now KBVO) | 1991-2009 | MyNetworkTV | Semi-satellite of KXAN-TV; used to improve that station's signal in portions of the Hill Country. Broke from its KXAN-TV simulcast and disaffiliated from NBC in 2009 to become a full-time MyNetworkTV affiliate, taking that affiliation from CW affiliate KNVA (which KXAN-TV owners Media General operates under a LMA) who had previously aired MyNetworkTV programming on a secondary basis. | |
| Bakersfield, California | KERO-TV 10/23 | 1953-1984 | ABC | KGET-TV 17 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate KPWR-TV in 1984. KPWR-TV then changed its call letters to the current KGET-TV to reflect the new affiliation. |
| Baltimore, Maryland | WJZ-TV 13 | 1966, 1969-1971 (secondary) | CBS (O&O) | WBAL-TV 11 (previously with NBC from 1948–81) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of World Series in which the Baltimore Orioles participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' flagship stations to simulcast World Series games (WJZ-TV was the Orioles' television flagship at the time). |
| WBFF 45 | 1971-1986 (secondary) | Fox | Secondary affiliation (WBFF was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate WBAL-TV (and later WMAR-TV). Disaffiliated from NBC in 1986 to become a charter affiliate of Fox. | ||
| WMAR 2 | 1981–1995 | ABC | Disaffiliated from NBC through a three-way swap between WMAR, CBS affiliate WBAL-TV and ABC affiliate WJZ-TV; WMAR joined ABC through the E. W. Scripps Company's group affiliation agreement with that network, while WJZ-TV joined CBS through a group affiliation agreement between CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting (and would eventually become a CBS O&O), and NBC rejoined their original Baltimore affiliate WBAL-TV (which disaffiliated from NBC in 1981).[1][2] | ||
| Bangor, Maine | WABI-TV 5 | 1953-1959 | CBS | WLBZ 2 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WLBZ-TV due to WLBZ-TV's association with WCSH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Portland. (WABI-TV had aired CBS programming as a secondary affiliation until WLBZ-TV signed-on as WTWO-TV in 1955.) |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WAFB-TV 9 (now WAFB) | 1953-1955 (secondary) | CBS | WVLA 33 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WBRZ-TV. |
| WBRZ-TV 2 | 1955–1977 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WRBT due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Baton Rouge (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated television network in the country). | ||
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas | KBMT 31 (now on channel 12) | 1954-1956 | ABC | KBMT-DT2 12.2 | Ceased operations in 1956 due to the inability of television sets to tune to UHF channels without an UHF adapter, and returned to the air in 1961 on channel 12 as a full-time ABC affiliate (by then, KPAC-TV had signed-on as a full-time NBC affiliate). |
| Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas | KPAC-TV/KJAC-TV/KBTV-TV 4 | 1957–2009 | Fox | Disaffiliated from NBC as a result of an affiliation deal between the Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Fox for KBTV. | |
| Billings, Montana | KTVQ 2 | 1953-1958, 1968-1982 (both secondary) | CBS | KULR-TV 8 (previously with NBC from 1958-1982 (primary until 1968)) / KYUS-TV 3 (previously with NBC from 1970-1987) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Initially lost its NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KGHL-TV, but regained it when the station, by then called KULR-TV, switched its primary affiliation to ABC in 1968. Left NBC for good in 1982 when independent station KOUS-TV became a full-time affiliate of the network. |
| KOUS-TV 4 (now KHMT) | 1982-1987 | Fox | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KULR-TV due to NBC looking for a stronger affiliate in Billings (at the time, NBC was the highest-rated television network in the country). | ||
| Binghamton, New York | WNBF-TV 12 (now WBNG-TV) | 1949-1957 (secondary) | CBS | WBGH-CD 20 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WINR-TV. |
| WINR-TV/WICZ-TV 40 | 1957–1996 | Fox | Disaffiliated from NBC and joined Fox as the result of an affiliation agreement signed the previous fall between Fox and WICZ's owners, Stainless Broadcasting Company. Between then and April 1996 when WICZ's full-time Fox affiliation began, the station heavily preempted NBC programming in favor of Fox Kids programming. Elmira-based NBC affiliate WETM-TV subsequently launched a cable-only version of the station to serve the Binghamton area under a LMA with Time Warner Cable. This programming would eventually move to W08DL in 1997. | ||
| Birmingham-Tuscaloosa-Anniston, Alabama | WBRC 4/6 | 1949-1954 | Fox (O&O from 1995-2008) | WVTM-TV 13 (O&O from 1996-2006) | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WABT due to WBRC's acquisition by Storer Broadcasting, a company with strong ties to CBS. |
| WBMG 42 (now WIAT) | 1965-1970 (secondary) | CBS | Cleared NBC programming that joint CBS/NBC affiliate WAPI-TV did not. Disaffiliated from NBC and became a full-time CBS affiliate when the Newhouse family signed an exclusive affiliation deal with the network for WAPI-TV. | ||
| Anniston-Birmingham-Tuscaloosa, Alabama | WHMA-TV 40 (now WGWW) | 1969–1970 (secondary) | Heroes & Icons | Station serves the Anniston area (which later merged into the Birmingham market in 1998, when the station was an ABC affiliate). Disaffiliated from NBC when the Newhouse family signed an exclusive affiliation deal with the network for WAPI-TV. | |
| Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Anniston, Alabama | WCFT-TV 33 (now WSES) | 1967–1970 (secondary) | Secondary affiliation (WCFT-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by WAPI-TV. Station serves the Tuscaloosa area (which later merged into the Birmingham market in 1998, when the station was an ABC affiliate). Disaffiliated from NBC when the Newhouse family signed an exclusive affiliation deal with the network for WAPI-TV. | ||
| Talladega-Birmingham-Tuscaloosa-Anniston, Alabama | W47BS 47 (now WOIL-CD) | 1993-1997 (translator of WVTM-TV) | Independent | Translator station of NBC affiliate (later O&O) WVTM-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1997 and became a separate station. | |
| Bloomington - Indianapolis, Indiana | WTTV 10/4 | 1949-1956 | CBS | WTHR 13 | Disaffiliated from NBC as a result of a three-way swap where WTTV affiliated with ABC, CBS affiliate WFBM-TV joined NBC, and ABC affiliate WISH-TV switched to CBS. |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | WISH-TV 8 | 1954-1956 (secondary) | The CW | Carried NBC programming WTTV declined to carry, with ABC as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC as a result of a three-way swap where WTTV affiliated with ABC, CBS affiliate WFBM-TV joined NBC full-time, and WISH-TV switched to CBS. | |
| WFBM/WRTV 6 | 1956–1979 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WTHR due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Indianapolis (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated network in the country). | ||
| Boston, Massachusetts | WBZ-TV 4 | 1948–1995 | CBS (O&O) | WBTS-LD 8/WNEU-DT2 (O&O; as of 1/1/2017) | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WHDH in January 1995, as a result of Group W's affiliation deal with CBS.[3] |
| Worcester-Boston, Massachusetts | WWOR-TV/WJZB-TV 14 | 1953-1955, 1964-1969 (secondary); 1958-1964 (primary) | Defunct | As WWOR-TV, the station carried a secondary affiliation with NBC (WWOR-TV was an independent station) from 1953 until it went dark in 1955, clearing network programming not cleared by NBC's then-affiliate WBZ-TV. Then in 1958, it resumed programming as WJZB-TV, a satellite of Springfield-based NBC affiliate WWLP. WJZB-TV broke from the simulcast and once again became independent (with a secondary NBC affiliation) in 1964. Ceased operations in 1969 when the station's studio and transmitter caught fire. | |
| Boston, Massachusetts | WIHS-TV/WSBK-TV 38 | 1966-1981 (secondary) [4] | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (WSBK-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by NBC's then-affiliate WBZ-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1981. | |
| WHDH-TV 5 | 1967 (secondary) | Defunct | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1967 World Series in which the Boston Red Sox participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (WHDH-TV was the Red Sox's television flagship at the time. Channel 5 allocation now occupied by ABC affiliate WCVB-TV.) | ||
| WQTV 68 (now WBPX-TV) | 1979-1985, 1986-1987 (secondary) | Ion Television (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WQTV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by NBC's then-affiliate WBZ-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in the fall of 1985, but rejoined the network in early 1986 due to financial problems. Disaffiliated from NBC for good in April 1987 when the station was relaunched as a family-friendly independent station. | ||
| Worcester-Boston, Massachusetts | WHLL/WUNI 27 | 1987-1995 (secondary) | Univision (O&O) | Secondary affiliation; in later years Telemundo, and later Univision, was its primary affiliation. Cleared NBC programming not cleared by NBC's then-affiliate WBZ-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 when WUNI became a full-time Univision affiliate. | |
| Lawrence-Boston, Massachusetts | WMFP 62 | 1993-1995 (secondary) | Cozi TV | Secondary affiliation (WMFP was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by NBC's then-affiliate WBZ-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 when the station was sold to the Shop at Home Network and became an O&O of the home shopping network. | |
| Boston, Massachusetts | WHDH 7 | 1995-2017 | Independent (as of 1/1/2017) | Will disaffiliate from NBC and become an independent station on January 1, 2017 due to NBC's intentions to sign-on an owned-and-operated station on WBTS-LD, a satellite of its existing Telemundo O&O WNEU (which will also simulcast WBTS-LD on its DT2 subchannel). | |
| Cambridge-Boston, Massachusetts | WLVI 56 | 2006-2017 (secondary) | The CW | Secondary affiliation, with The CW as primary affiliation. Clears NBC programming not cleared by its existing affiliate (and WLVI's sister station) WHDH. Will disaffiliate from NBC on January 1, 2017 due to NBC's intentions to sign-on an owned-and-operated station on WBTS-LD, a satellite of its existing Telemundo O&O WNEU (which will also simulcast WBTS-LD on its DT2 subchannel). | |
| Buffalo, New York | WBEN-TV 4 (now WIVB-TV) | 1948-1954 (secondary from 1949-1954) | CBS | WGRZ 2 (previously with NBC (as WGR-TV) from 1954-1956) | Was a primary NBC affiliate for its first year of operation, but that affiliation was downgraded to secondary status when WBEN-TV picked up CBS programming in 1949. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WGR-TV. |
| WBUF-TV 17 (O&O from 1955–1958) | 1955–1958 | Defunct | Taken off air September 30, 1958 after WKBW radio won a construction permit for channel 7, and subsequent fears by NBC that the station would not be able to compete against three VHF stations. NBC then returned its channel 17 license to the FCC and signed a new affiliation deal with WGR-TV (who remains with NBC to this day as WGRZ). Channel 17 allocation now occupied by PBS member station WNED-TV. | ||
| Butte, Montana | KXLF-TV 4 | 1955–1966 (secondary from 1960-1966) | CBS | KTVM-TV/KDBZ-CD 6 | Relegated its NBC affiliation to secondary status in favor of CBS in 1960 and left NBC entirely in 1966 when the Butte market was collapsed into the Missoula market, which already had a NBC affiliate (KGVO-TV). |
| Carthage-Watertown, New York | WCNY-TV/WWNY-TV 7 | 1954-1995 (secondary) | CBS | WVNC-LD 45 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as primary affiliation. Dropped its NBC affiliation in 1995 to complete its phase out of non-CBS network programming. |
| Watertown, New York | WJCK/WFYF/WWTI 50 | 1985-1995 (secondary) | ABC | Secondary affiliation, with ABC as primary affiliation. Primarily carried NBC Sports' coverage of NFL football. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 (around the same time that rival CBS affiliate WWNY-TV was also dropping its secondary NBC affiliation) and began airing Fox's NFL coverage. | |
| Casper, Wyoming | KTWO-TV 2 | 1957–2003 (secondary from 1957-1984) | ABC | KCWY 13 | Disaffiliated from NBC due to an affiliation agreement between the network and Pax TV affiliate KCWY. KTWO-TV then announced it would become an ABC affiliate in June 2004 (in the interim becoming an independent station with a secondary Pax TV affiliation), but outgoing ABC affiliate KFNB agreed to end its affiliation early, and KTWO-TV switched in March. KFNB subsequently became a satellite of Cheyenne-based Fox affiliate KLWY and made translator station K26ES a full-time UPN affiliate. |
| Riverton-Casper, Wyoming | KWRB-TV/KTNW 10 (now KFNE) | 1957-1984 | Fox (satellite of KLWY, Cheyenne) | Shared affiliation with CBS affiliate KTWO-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1984 and became a full-time ABC affiliate. | |
| Champaign-Urbana-Springfield, Illinois | WICS 20 | 1953–2005 | ABC | WAND 17 | Both WICS and its satellite station WICD swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WAND due to an affiliation agreement between NBC and WAND's owners, LIN TV (who at the time owned shares in NBC O&O's KXAS-TV in Fort Worth, Texas and KNSD in San Diego, California). |
| WCIA 3 | 1953-1959 (secondary) | CBS | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC when Springfield-based NBC affiliate WICS signed-on WICD to serve Champaign. | ||
| WICD 15 | 1959–2005 | ABC | Operates as semi-satellite of WICS. Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WAND due to an affiliation agreement between NBC and LIN TV, owners of WAND. | ||
| Charleston, South Carolina | WCSC-TV 5 | 1953-1954 (secondary) | CBS | WCBD 2 (previously with NBC from 1954-1962) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WUSN-TV. |
| WCIV 4 (now WGWG) | 1962–1996 | Heroes & Icons | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WCBD in September 1996, as a result of ABC's group affiliation deal with WCIV's then-owner Allbritton Communications Company. | ||
| Charlotte, North Carolina | WBTV 3 | 1949-1957 (secondary) | CBS | WCNC-TV 36 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. From December 1953 to March 1955, WAYS-TV (later WQMC-TV) served as a full-time NBC affiliate; however NBC allowed WBTV to "cherry-pick" its strongest programming because, in addition to its weak signal, television sets were not required to have UHF tuning capabilities at the time. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WSOC-TV. |
| WAYS-TV/WQMC-TV 36 | 1953-1955 | Defunct | Ceased operations in March 1955. Due to its weak signal and because television sets were not required to have UHF tuning capabilities at the time, NBC had allowed CBS affiliate WBTV to "cherry-pick" its strongest programming. Channel 36 allocation is now occupied by NBC's current Charlotte affiliate, WCNC-TV. | ||
| WSOC-TV 9 | 1957–1978 | ABC | Disaffiliated from NBC due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Charlotte (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated television network in the country). NBC then aligned with Ted Turner-owned independent station WRET-TV due to promises by Turner to make station upgrades (including the launch of a news department and transmitter upgrades), while former ABC affiliate WCCB became an independent station. | ||
| WCCB 36/18 | 1964-1967 (secondary) | The CW | Secondary affiliation (WCCB was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate WSOC-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC and became a full-time ABC affiliate in 1967 when WSOC-TV signed a full-time contract with NBC. | ||
| Cheyenne, Wyoming Scottsbluff, Nebraska |
KFBC-TV/KYCU-TV/KGWN-TV 5 KSTF 10 |
1954-1976, 1984-1987 (secondary) (KGWN-TV) 1955-1976, 1984-1987 (secondary) (KSTF) |
CBS | KCHY-LP 13 (satellite of KCWY-DT, Casper) | Secondary affiliation, with ABC (later CBS) as its primary affiliation. In 1976, it disaffiliated from NBC when KEVN in Rapid City, South Dakota signed-on as a full-time ABC affiliate, and KYCU/KSTF also took a full-time affiliation to fill a void in Scottsbluff. Rejoined NBC in 1984 when KOTA-TV, the network's Rapid City affiliate, joined ABC. Disaffiliated from NBC for good in 1987 upon the sign-on of KKTU. |
| Cheyenne, Wyoming | KKTU 33 (now KQCK) | 1987-2003 | CTN | Satellite of KTWO-TV in Casper. Disaffiliated from NBC in 2003 due to an affiliation agreement between the network and Pax TV affiliate KCWY; and a related deal between KTWO-TV and ABC which took effect in March 2004 (three months earlier than originally planned). Although KTWO-TV had to wait until KFNB agreed to end its deal early to switch, KKTU immediately switched. | |
| Chicago, Illinois | WGN-TV 9 | 1959 (secondary) | independent | WMAQ-TV 5 (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1959 World Series in which the Chicago White Sox participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time permitting participating teams' flagship stations to simulcast World Series games. (WGN-TV was the White Sox's flagship station at the time.) |
| Cleveland, Ohio | WXEL 8 (now WJW) | 1954 (secondary) | Fox | WKYC 3 | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1954 World Series in which the Cleveland Indians participated due to Major League Baseball regulations allowing participating teams' flagship stations to broadcast World Series games. (At the time, WXEL was the Indians' television flagship.) |
| WEWS-TV 5 | 1957-1966 (secondary) | ABC | Secondary affiliation, with ABC as its primary affiliation. Cleared The Huntley-Brinkley Report for the 1959-1960 season, and The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1966 (both programs had been preempted by NBC's existing affiliate KYW-TV).[5] | ||
| Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri | KCBJ 17 (now KMIZ) | 1982–1985 | ABC | KOMU 8 (previously with NBC from 1953-1982) | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KOMU (reuniting NBC with its original Columbia affiliate) on January 1, 1986; switch reversed an affiliation swap that took place in January 1982. |
| Columbus, Georgia | WTVM 28/9 | 1953-1970 (secondary from 1960-1970) | ABC | WLTZ 38 | Initially a primary affiliate; NBC was relegated to secondary status (shared with CBS affiliate WRBL) when the station moved to VHF channel 9 in 1960, with ABC as its primary affiliation (then-owners Martin Theaters' station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, WTVC, had been an ABC affiliate since it moved from Rome, Georgia in 1958). Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WYEA. (Channel 28 allocation is now occupied by PBS member station WJSP-TV.) |
| WRBL 3 | 1960-1970 (secondary) | CBS | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WYEA. | ||
| Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | WFAA 8 | 1950-1957 | ABC | KXAS-TV 5 (O&O) | Served as the NBC affiliate for the Dallas portion of the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1957 and upgraded its secondary ABC affiliation to primary status when WBAP-TV (now NBC O&O KXAS-TV), which served the Fort Worth portion, was ordered by the network to move its transmitter eastward to serve the entire market, since their transmitter only provided rimshot coverage to the Dallas area. WBAP-TV promptly moved its transmitter to the Cedar Hill transmitter farm and boosted its power to better serve Dallas. As a result of their compliance, NBC awarded WBAP-TV a full-time affiliation. |
| KTWS-TV/KDFI 27 | 1981-1997 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (KTWS-TV/KDFI was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KXAS-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1997 when the network acquired majority control of KXAS-TV. | ||
| Dayton, Ohio | WKEF 22 | 1980–2004 | ABC | WDTN 2 (previously with NBC from 1949-1980) | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WDTN; which had previously been affiliated with NBC from 1949 to 1980. |
| Denver, Colorado | KFEL-TV 2 (now KWGN) | 1952-1956 (secondary) | The CW | KUSA 9 (previously with NBC (secondary, as KBTV) in 1952) | Secondary affiliation, with DuMont as its primary affiliation; shared with KBTV. Disaffiliated from NBC when DuMont shut down in 1956 and became an independent station. |
| KOA-TV/KCNC-TV 4 (O&O from 1986–1995) | 1952-1995 | CBS (O&O) | Disaffiliated from NBC and joined CBS in September 1995, in an affiliation swap caused by a station trade between CBS and NBC tied to the purchase of NBC's purchase of CBS' Philadelphia O&O WCAU. ABC then signed an groupwide affiliation deal with McGraw-Hill, owners of outgoing CBS affiliate KMGH-TV, leaving NBC to affiliate with ABC's outgoing affiliate KUSA (in the process reuniting NBC with its original Denver affiliate: KUSA (then KBTV) carried NBC on a secondary basis before KOA-TV signed-on). | ||
| Glenwood Springs-Denver, Colorado | KREG-TV 3 | 1987-1996 (secondary) | CBS | Satellite of KREX-TV in Grand Junction. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1996 upon the sign-on of KKCO. | |
| Detroit, Michigan | WJBK-TV 2 | 1968 (secondary) | Fox (O&O) | WDIV-TV 4 | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1968 World Series in which the Detroit Tigers participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (WJBK-TV was the Tigers' television flagship at the time.) |
| WKBD-TV 50 | 1975-1977, Late 1980's-1990's, 1997-1999 (all secondary) | The CW (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WKBD-TV was an independent station before becoming a charter affiliate of Fox in 1986, and then switched to UPN as a charter affiliate in 1995). Cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WWJ-TV/WDIV-TV. | ||
| WGPR-TV 62 (now WWJ-TV) | 1975-1994 (secondary) | CBS (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WGPR-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WWJ-TV/WDIV-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1994 when CBS acquired WGPR-TV as a result of acquisitions stemming from a groupwide affiliation agreement between New World Communications, then-owner of CBS affiliate WJBK-TV, and Fox. | ||
| Mount Clemens-Detroit, Michigan | WADL 38 | 1999-2002, 2013-2014 (secondary) | Independent | Secondary affiliation (WADL was an independent station); cleared the NBC soap opera Passions not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WDIV-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 2002 when WDIV-TV began clearing the program, but rejoined NBC on a secondary basis beginning in 2013 to clear other NBC programming WDIV-TV did not clear. | |
| Durham-Raleigh-Fayetteville, North Carolina | WTVD 11 | 1954-1956 (primary); 1962-1971 (secondary) | ABC (O&O) | WRAL-TV 5 (previously with NBC from 1956-1968 (primary from 1956-1962)) | Lost its NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WRAL-TV. Subsequently joined ABC, but joined CBS in 1958 upon the shutdown of that network's affiliate, WNAO-TV. Rejoined NBC on a secondary basis (shared with WRAL-TV) in 1962 when WRAL-TV switched its primary affiliation to ABC, "cherry-picking" the most popular NBC and CBS programs, even after the sign-on of WRDU-TV as an NBC affiliate in 1968. Left NBC for good in 1971 due to an injunction filed against the station by WRDU-TV. |
| WRDU-TV/WPTF-TV/WRDC 28 | 1968–1995 | MyNetworkTV | Disaffiliated from NBC and became a full-time UPN affiliate (which WRDC had already been airing in late night) due to dissatisfaction by NBC over WRDC's persistent low ratings. | ||
| Goldsboro-Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, North Carolina | WNCN 17 | 1995-2016 (O&O from 1996–2006) | CBS | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WRAL-TV (who had previously been with NBC as a primary affiliate from its sign-on in 1956 to 1962 when it changed its primary affiliation to ABC, and as a secondary affiliate from 1962 to 1968 when WRDU-TV signed-on) due to the inability of Capitol Broadcasting Company, WRAL's owners, to sign a new affiliation deal with CBS. | |
| Ely-Las Vegas, Nevada | KVNV 3 (now WJLP) | 2001–2008 | MeTV | KSNV 3 | Served as a satellite station of Las Vegas sister station KVBC-TV (Ely is part of the Las Vegas television market). The station signed off in 2008, before moving to New Jersey in 2014 following a protracted review of PMCM TV, LLC's application to the Federal Communications Commission to relocate the station through a legal loophole that allows any VHF television station automatic permission to move to a state that does not have any commercial VHF stations of their own. Station is now licensed to Middletown Township, New Jersey, which is part of the New York City television market.[6] |
| Laughlin-Las Vegas, Nevada | KMCC 34 | 2003-2005 | MundoMax | Satellite of NBC's Las Vegas affiliate KVBC (as a temporary agreement). Disaffiliated from NBC, broke from its KVBC simulcast, and joined TeleFórmula in July 2005 after the station was acquired by Cranston II LLC. | |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | KVMY/KSNV 21 (now KHSV) | 2014 | Heroes & Icons | Simulcasted NBC's Las Vegas affiliate KVMY (KSNV's former call letters) from November 4, 2014 to January 1, 2015 due to a gradual signal swap between KSNV and KVMY requested by the FCC as a result of Sinclair Broadcast Group's purchase of KSNV. Within a month of the swap taking place, KSNV reverted to the KVMY call letters, switched its primary affiliation to Antenna TV, and sold to Howard Stirk Holdings. | |
| Eugene, Oregon Roseburg-Eugene, Oregon Coos Bay-Eugene, Oregon |
KVAL-TV 13 KPIC 19 KCBY-TV 11 |
1954-1982 (KVAL-TV) 1956-1982 (KPIC) 1960-1982 (KCBY-TV) |
CBS | KMTR 16 | Disaffiliated from NBC upon the sign-on of KMTR and became a full-time CBS affiliate (KVAL-TV/KPIC/KCBY-TV had been preempting NBC programming since 1978 in favor of CBS, with increasing regularity in the ensuing years due to NBC's persistent low ratings). |
| Fargo-Grand Forks, North Dakota-Moorhead, Minnesota | WDAY-TV 6 | 1953-1983 | ABC | KVLY-TV 11 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KTHI-TV in August 1983. |
| Grand Forks-Fargo, North Dakota | KNOX-TV 10 | 1955-1964 (secondary) | Defunct | Secondary affiliation, with ABC as its primary affiliation. Ceased operations in 1964 when the station merged with KEND-TV in Fargo and the latter station began broadcasting from a transmitter between Fargo and Grand Forks (Grand Forks is part of the Fargo market). Channel 10 allocation is now occupied by KBRR, a satellite of Fox affiliate KVRR. | |
| Pembina-Fargo-Grand Forks, North Dakota-Moorhead, Minnesota-Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | KCND-TV 12 | 1960-1967 (secondary) | Defunct | Secondary affiliation (KCND-TV was a semi-independent station). Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WDAZ-TV. The station ceased operations September 1, 1975 and its assets were moved to a new Winnipeg-based station on channel 9 (now Global O&O CKND-DT). Channel 12 allocation is now occupied by KNRR, a satellite of Fox affiliate KVRR. | |
| Grand Forks-Fargo, North Dakota-Moorhead, Minnesota | WDAZ-TV 8 | 1967-1983 | ABC | Semi-satellite of WDAY-TV serving the Grand Forks area, which is part of the Fargo market. Disaffiliated from NBC in August 1983 and joined ABC, at the same time that WDAY-TV was swapping affiliations with ABC affiliate KTHI-TV. | |
| Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Michigan | WNEM-TV 5 | 1954–1995 | CBS | WEYI 25 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WEYI through a two-station affiliation agreement with WEYI's owners, the Meredith Corporation, tied to the renewal of the latter network's affiliation with Kansas City affiliate KCTV.[7] |
| Florence-Huntsville-Decatur, Alabama | WOWL-TV 15 (now WHDF) | 1957–2000 | The CW | WAFF 48 (previously with NBC from 1954-1968) | Served Florence, Muscle Shoals and northwest Alabama. Disaffiliated from NBC in 2000 as the result of a sale to outside interests and subsequently became a UPN affiliate. |
| Huntsville-Decatur, Alabama | WAAY-TV 31 | 1968–1977 (primary); early 1980's-1988 (secondary) | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WYUR-TV (now WAFF) (thus reversing an affiliation swap that occurred in 1968) due to WAAY-TV looking for stronger programming (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated television network in the country). WAAY-TV regained a secondary NBC affiliation in the early 1980's to clear NBC programming not cleared by WAFF, most notably Late Night with David Letterman and/or Friday Night Videos which WAFF preempted in favor of evangelist Jimmy Swaggart's daily program. Disaffiliated from NBC for good in 1988 when Swaggart's program was cancelled and WAFF replaced the program with Late Night with David Letterman and Friday Night Videos. | |
| Fort Lauderdale-Miami, Florida | WFTL-TV/WGBS-TV 23 | 1954-1956 | Defunct | WTVJ 6 (O&O) (previously with NBC (secondary) from 1949-1956) | Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WCKT. Despite the presence of WFTL-TV/WGBS-TV, NBC had allowed CBS affiliate (and NBC's current O&O) WTVJ to "cherry-pick" their most popular programming as WFTL-TV/WGBS-TV was on UHF, a band which most television receivers of the time were not required to receive. Ceased operations the following year; channel 23 allocation is now occupied by Univision O&O WLTV-DT. |
| Miami, Florida | WCKT/WSVN 7 | 1956–1988 | Fox | Disaffiliated from NBC and switched to Fox in January 1989, in three-way swap with Fox charter affiliate WCIX, which was purchased by CBS, and longtime CBS affiliate WTVJ, which was purchased by NBC. | |
| Fort Myers-Naples, Florida | WINK-TV 11 | 1954-1968 (secondary) | CBS | WBBH-TV 20 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WBBH-TV. |
| Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Arkansas | KFSM-TV 5 | 1953–1980 | CBS | KNWA-TV 51 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate KFTA-TV. |
| KFTA-TV 24 | 1980–2006 (secondary, 2006–2008) |
Fox | Signed-on satellite station KFAA-TV (now KNWA) in 1989. Disaffiliated from NBC, broke from its simulcast with KNWA-TV and sold to Mission Broadcasting (a company whose stations are operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, owners of KNWA-TV). Subsequently took the Fox affiliation from KPBI-CA, who in turn joined MyNetworkTV. | ||
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | WKJG-TV/WISE-TV 33 | 1953-2016 | The CW[8] | WPTA-DT2 21.2 | Swapped affiliations with CW affiliate WPTA-DT2 on August 1, 2016 as the result of a deal between Quincy Newspapers, incoming owners of WPTA-TV, and SagamoreHill Broadcasting, incoming owners of WISE-TV (which WPTA-TV was operating under a SSA), under which WPTA-TV would wind up its SSA with WISE-TV within 9 months and exchange WPTA-DT2's CW affiliation to WISE-TV for that station's existing NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliations. |
| Gainesville, Florida | WCJB-TV 20 | 1971-1973 | ABC | WNBW-DT 9 | Disaffiliated from NBC in 1973 and joined ABC; after that, WESH in Orlando served as the default NBC affiliate on cable. |
| Glendive, Montana | KXGN-TV 5 | 1957-2009 (secondary) | CBS | KXGN-DT2 5.2 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation; KXGN-TV was the last television station in the country to broadcast more than one major network on its main feed. KXGN-TV's NBC affiliation moved to its DT2 subchannel in 2009. |
| Grand Junction, Colorado | KREX-TV 5 | 1954-1996 (secondary) | CBS | KKCO 11 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KKCO. |
| Great Falls, Montana | KTGF 16 | 1986–2005 | JUCE TV/MeTV | KBGF-LD 50 | Disaffiliated from NBC and became a Fox affiliate in 2005. |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | WBAY-TV 2 | 1953-1954 (secondary) | ABC | WGBA-TV 26 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WMBV-TV. |
| WMBV-TV/WLUK-TV 11 | 1954–1959 1983–1995 |
Fox | Became an ABC affiliate in 1959, before returning to NBC in an affiliation swap with WFRV-TV in 1983; swapped affiliations with Fox affiliate WGBA-TV in September 1995 as a result of Fox's affiliation agreement with SF Broadcasting, then-owner of WLUK-TV. | ||
| WFRV-TV 5 | 1959–1983 | CBS (O&O from 1992–2008) | Became an NBC affiliate in 1959, before returning to ABC in an affiliation swap with WLUK-TV in 1983. | ||
| Hagerstown, Maryland-Washington, D.C. | WHAG-TV 25 | 1970-2016 | Independent/Heroes & Icons | WRC-TV 4 (O&O) | Disaffiliated from NBC July 1, 2016 and became an independent station (with select programming from Heroes & Icons) as a result of NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast wanting to maintain market exclusivity for Washington O&O WRC-TV (Hagerstown is part of the Washington market). |
| Fredericksburg, Virginia-Washington, D.C. | WHFV 69 | 1973-1975 | Defunct | Ceased operations May 29, 1975 as the result of financial losses incurred against the station. | |
| Hamilton, Bermuda | VSB-TV 11 | 1991–2014 | Defunct | none; served on cable by select U.S.-based affiliates | Ceased operations on August 31, 2014.[9] |
| Harrisburg-York-Lancaster-Lebanon, Pennsylvania | WTPA 71 (now WHTM-TV 27) | 1953-1954 | ABC | WGAL 8 | Disaffiliated from NBC in 1954 and became an ABC affiliate; after that, Lancaster-based NBC affiliate WGAL-TV claimed the Harrisburg area as part of its coverage area. In 1963, the FCC merged the Lancaster and Harrisburg-York markets, thus returning NBC to the Harrisburg market. |
| Harrisonburg, Virginia | WHSV-TV 3 | 1953-1968 (primary); 1968-1975 (secondary) | ABC | none; served by WVIR-TV, Charlottesville | The station's primary affiliation with NBC was relegated to secondary status in 1968 in favor of ABC (which it had previously been airing as a secondary affiliation). WHSV-TV disaffiliated entirely from NBC in 1975. |
| Hastings-Kearney-Grand Island-Lincoln, Nebraska | KHOL-TV 13 (now KHGI-TV) | 1954-1955 (secondary) | ABC | KSNB-TV 4 | Disaffiliated from NBC in anticipation for the launch of KHAS-TV the following year. |
| KHAS-TV 5 (now KNHL) | 1956–2014 | SonLife Broadcasting Network | Disaffiliated from NBC and sold to Legacy Broadcasting due to growing FCC scrutiny towards "virtual duopolies", after it became known that Gray Television, owners of CBS affiliates KOLN/KGIN and MyNetworkTV/MeTV affiliate KSNB-TV were planning to sell KHAS to the shell company Excalibur Broadcasting and operate KHAS under a shared services agreement. KHAS' programming and news operation were moved to KSNB-TV, while the station itself, along with three other Gray-owned stations, was sold to Legacy. | ||
| Hazard-Lexington, Kentucky | WKYH-TV 57 (now WYMT-TV) | 1969-1985 | CBS | WLEX-TV 18 | Primarily served the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield area (Hazard is part of the Lexington market, and that area's NBC affiliate WLEX-TV could not be clearly received in the area due to its rugged terrain). Disaffiliated from NBC and became a semi-satellite of Lexington-area CBS affiliate WKYT-TV when the station was sold to Kentucky Central Insurance Company, WKYT-TV's owners. |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | KGMB 9 (now on channel 5) | 12/1/1952-12/15/1952 (secondary) | CBS | KHNL 13 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation when KONA-TV signed-on two weeks after KGMB's sign-on. |
| KONA-TV/KHON-TV 2 | 1952–1996 | Fox | Swapped affiliations with Fox affiliate KHNL in January 1996 as a result of Fox's affiliation agreement with SF Broadcasting, then-owner of KHON-TV. | ||
| Alvin-Houston, Texas | KTHT 67 (now KFTH-DT) | 1986-1987 (secondary) | Univision (O&O) | KPRC-TV 2 | Secondary affiliation (KTHT was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KPRC-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1987 to become a full-time Home Shopping Network affiliate as KHSH. |
| Katy-Houston, Texas | KNWS-TV 51 (now KYAZ) | 1996-2001 (secondary) | Azteca | Secondary affiliation (KNWS-TV was an independent station); carried NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KPRC-TV. | |
| Houston, Texas | KTXH 20 | 1997-1999 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV (O&O) | Secondary affiliation, with UPN as its primary affiliation. Cleared the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KPRC-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1999 when Sunset Beach was cancelled. | |
| Hutchinson-Wichita, Kansas | KTVH 12 (now KWCH-DT) | 1953-1954 (secondary) | CBS | KSNW 3 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KAKE-TV. |
| Wichita, Kansas | KEDD 16 | 1953-1956 | Defunct | Signed-off in 1956 due to the expiration of its NBC network contract, coupled with financial troubles. Independent station KARD-TV, who had previously aired NBC programming while KEDD were repairing their transmitter the previous October, assumed the full-time affiliation.[10] | |
| KAKE-TV 10 (now KAKE) | 1954-1956 | ABC | Lost NBC affiliation when KEDD signed-off and independent station KARD-TV, who had previously aired NBC programming while KEDD were repairing their transmitter the previous October, assumed the full-time affiliation. KAKE-TV's secondary ABC affiliation subsequently became its primary affiliation. | ||
| Idaho Falls-Pocatello, Idaho | KID-TV 3 (now KIDK) | 1953-1961 (secondary) | CBS | KPVI 6 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KIFI-TV. |
| KIFI-TV 8 | 1961–1996 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliates KPVI/KJVI due to an affiliation agreement between NBC and KPVI's incoming owners, Sunbelt Broadcasting. In a related move, KPVI satellite KKVI in Twin Falls left the simulcast and joined Fox since Twin Falls already had a NBC affiliate. | ||
| Jackson, Wyoming-Idaho Falls-Pocatello, Idaho | KJVI 2 (now KJWP) | 1990-1995 | MeTV | Semi-satellite of NBC's affiliate in Idaho Falls, KPVI. Disaffiliated from NBC, sold to PMCM TV in 2009 and moved to Wilmington, Delaware as MeTV affiliate KJWP. | |
| Jackson, Mississippi | WJTV 25 (now on channel 12) | 1953-1955 | CBS | WLBT 3 | Disaffiliated from NBC and became a CBS affiliate when WJTV merged with rival CBS affiliate WSLI and moved to WSLI's channel 12 allocation. |
| Jacksonville, Florida | WMBR-TV 4 (now WJXT) | 1949-1957 (secondary) | independent | WTLV 12 (previously with NBC from 1957-1979) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WFGA-TV. |
| WJKS 17 (now WCWJ) | 1979–1988 | The CW | Swapped affiliations with NBC affiliate WTLV in 1980, with WJKS joining NBC and WTLV joining ABC; affiliation swap was reversed in 1988. | ||
| Kansas City, Missouri | WDAF-TV 4 | 1949–1994 | Fox (O&O from 1997–2008) | KSHB-TV 41 | Swapped affiliations with Fox affiliate KSHB-TV in December 1994 as a result of that network's affiliation agreement with New World Communications, then-owner of WDAF-TV.[11] |
| KCIT 50 (now KPXE-TV) | 1969-1971 (secondary) | Ion Television (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (KCIT was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate WDAF-TV. Signed-off in 1971 due to financial difficulties and increasing competition from KBMA-TV (now NBC's current Kansas City affiliate, KSHB-TV) and returned to the air in 1978 as religious independent station KYFC-TV. | ||
| Knoxville, Tennessee | WATE-TV 6 | 1953-1979 | ABC | WBIR 10 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WTVK due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Knoxville (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated network in the country). |
| WTVK 26 (now WVLT-TV 8) | 1979–1988 | CBS | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WBIR-TV, returning CBS to its original Knoxville affiliate. Shortly after re-joining CBS, WTVK moved to channel 8 and became WKXT-TV. | ||
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KLNI 15 (now KADN-TV) | 1968–1976 | Fox | KLAF-LD 46 | Signed-off in 1976 due to financial problems; returned to the air in 1980 under new license as KADN (now the market's Fox affiliate, and ironically sister station to NBC's current Lafayette affiliate KLAF-LD). |
| Lewiston-Moscow, Idaho-Pullman-Clarkston-Spokane, Washington | KLEW-TV 3 | 1955-1965 (secondary) | CBS | KHQ-TV 6 | Semi-satellite of KIMA-TV in Yakima. Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation when ABC affiliate KNDO became a primary affiliate of NBC. |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | KRTV 19 | 1953-1954 | Defunct | KARK-TV 4 | Ceased operations in 1954 due to financial difficulties stemming from the loss of its NBC affiliation to KARK-TV. |
| KWBF 42 (now KARZ-TV) | 1/6/2006-1/20/2006 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation, with The WB as its secondary affiliation. Aired the NBC comedy-drama The Book of Daniel not cleared by NBC's existing affiliate (and eventual sister station) KARK-TV, who cited objections by management over the program's content. Disaffiliated from NBC on January 20, 2006 when The Book of Daniel was cancelled. | ||
| Los Angeles, California | KTTV 11 | 1959, 1963, 1965-1966, 1974, 1978 (secondary) | Fox (O&O) | KNBC-TV 4 (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of World Series in which the Los Angeles Dodgers participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (KTTV was the Dodgers' television flagship at the time.) |
| Macon, Georgia | WMAZ-TV 13 | 1953-1968 (secondary) | CBS | WMGT-TV 41 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WCWB-TV. |
| Mankato, Minnesota | KEYC 12 (now KEYC-TV) | 1960-1961 | CBS | none; served by KARE, Minneapolis or KTTC, Rochester | Disaffiliated from NBC and joined CBS in 1961. |
| Medford-Klamath Falls, Oregon | KMED-TV/KTVL 10 | 1961-1983 | CBS | KOBI 5 / KOTI 2 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate KOBI/KOTI. |
| Memphis, Tennessee | WPTY-TV 24 (now WATN-TV) | 1978-1990 (secondary) | ABC | WMC-TV 5 | Secondary affiliation (WPTY-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WMC-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1990 when WPTY-TV joined Fox. |
| Meridian, Mississippi | WTOK-TV 11 | 1953-1972 (secondary) | ABC | WGBC-DT2 30.2 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation when CBS/ABC affiliate WHTV was acquired by Frank K. Spain, owner of Tupelo-based NBC affiliate WTWV and became a full satellite of WTWV. |
| WHTV 24 (now WMDN) | 1972-1980 | CBS | Full satellite of Tupelo-based NBC affiliate WTWV/WTVA. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1980 and became a stand-alone CBS affiliate. | ||
| WLBM-TV/WGBC 30 | 1982-2009 | Fox | Initially broadcast as a semi-satellite of Jackson-based NBC affiliate WLBT. Signed-off in 1990 due to a fire in its studios and returned to the air as a stand-alone NBC affiliate the following year under new owners. In January 2009, WGBC took the market's Fox affiliation from WTOK-DT2 and moved the NBC affiliation to its DT2 subchannel to allow Fox programming to be offered in HD. | ||
| Midland-Odessa, Texas | KMID 2 | 1953–1981 | ABC | KWES-TV 9 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliates KMOM-TV/KWAB-TV. KMOM-TV then changed its call letters to KTPX-TV to reflect the new affiliation. |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WVTV 18 | 1960-1994 (secondary) [12] | The CW | WTMJ-TV 4 | Secondary affiliation (WVTV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WTMJ-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1994. |
| WCGV-TV 24 | 1981-1995 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (WCGV-TV was an independent station before joining Fox as a charter affiliate in 1986); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WTMJ-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 to become an UPN affiliate. | ||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | KSTP-TV 5 | 1948–1979 | ABC | KARE 11 [13] | Disaffiliated from NBC and joined ABC due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Minneapolis (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated network in the country). NBC then signed an affiliation agreement with Metromedia-owned independent station WTCN-TV, while former ABC affiliate KMSP-TV became an independent. |
| Alexandria-Walker-Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | KCMT 7/KNMT 12 (now KCCO-TV/KCCW-TV) | 1958-1982 | CBS (O&O) (satellites of WCCO-TV) | Part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul television market. Disaffiliated from NBC and joined CBS in 1982. Became semi-satellites of WCCO-TV in 1987 and full satellites in 2002. | |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | KTMA 23 (now WUCW) | 1989-1992 (secondary) | The CW | Secondary affiliation (KTMA was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by KARE. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1992 when the station adopted a family-oriented programming format. | |
| Mobile, Alabama-Pensacola, Florida | WALA-TV 10 | 1953–1996 | Fox | WPMI 15 | Swapped affiliations with Fox affiliate WPMI in January 1996 as a result of Fox's affiliation agreement with SF Broadcasting, then-owner of WALA-TV. |
| Monroe, Louisiana-El Dorado, Arkansas | KNOE-TV 8 | 1953-1974 (secondary) | CBS | KTVE 10 (previously with NBC from 1955-1972) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KLAA. |
| West Monroe-Monroe, Louisiana-El Dorado, Arkansas | KLAA 14 (now KARD) | 1974-1981 | Fox | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KTVE, who had dropped NBC programming in 1972. | |
| Montgomery, Alabama | WCOV-TV 20 | 1953-1954 (secondary) | Fox | WSFA 12 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WSFA-TV. |
| New Haven-Hartford, Connecticut | WNHC-TV 6/8 (now WTNH) | 1948-1955 (secondary) | ABC | WVIT 30 (O&O from 1956-1959 and since 1997) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation when the New Haven market was collapsed into the Hartford market, who already had a NBC affiliate (WKNB-TV). |
| Waterbury-Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut | WATR-TV 20 (now WCCT-TV) | 1966-1982 | The CW | Served areas of southern Connecticut that could not pick up NBC's existing affiliate WHNB-TV (now O&O WVIT). Disaffiliated from NBC in 1982 and became an independent station, a few years after WVIT had increased power to cover the New Haven area. | |
| Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut | WTIC-TV 61 | 1984-1986 (secondary) | Fox | Secondary affiliation (WTIC-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WVIT. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1986 when the station became a charter affiliate of Fox. | |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | WWOM-TV/WGNO 26 | 1967–1980s (secondary) | ABC | WDSU 6 | Secondary affiliation (WWOM-TV/WGNO was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WDSU-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in the 1980s. |
| New York, New York | WABD 5 (now WNYW) | 1947, 1950 (secondary) | Fox (O&O) | WNBC 4 (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of World Series in which the New York Yankees participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (WABD was the Yankees' television flagship at the time.) |
| WCBS-TV 2 | 1947 (secondary) | CBS (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1947 World Series in which the Brooklyn Dodgers participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (WCBS-TV was the Dodgers' television flagship at the time.) | ||
| Bridgeport, Connecticut-New York, New York | KC2XAK 24 | 1949-1952 (O&O) | Defunct | Translator station of NBC's flagship station WNBT; used by NBC and parent company RCA to determine the feasibility of the UHF spectrum for broadcasting. Ceased operations in 1952. | |
| New York, New York | WOR-TV 9 (now WWOR-TV) | 1951-1957, 1969, 1973 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of World Series in which the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers or New York Mets participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (At the time of their World Series appearances, WOR-TV was the television flagship of either the Giants, Dodgers or Mets.) (Note: Station is now licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey.) | |
| New York, New York | WPIX-TV 11 | 1951-1953, 1955-1958, 1960-1964, 1976, 1978 (secondary) | The CW | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of World Series in which the New York Yankees participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (WPIX-TV was the Yankees' television flagship at the time.) | |
| Kingston-New York, New York | WKNY-TV 66 | 1954-1956 | Defunct | Part of the New York City television market. Also carried affiliations with ABC, CBS and DuMont. Left the air in 1956. | |
| Garden City-New York, New York | WLIW 21 | 2001 (secondary) | PBS | Temporarily fed from NBC's flagship station WNBC as a result of the September 11 attacks which destroyed WNBC's transmitter facilities at the World Trade Center. The agreement ended when WNBC established facilities at the former transmitter site of WHSE-TV, and WLIW returned to being a PBS member station. | |
| New York, New York | W26CE 26 | color bars | Temporarily fed from NBC's flagship station WNBC as a result of the September 11 attacks which destroyed WNBC's transmitter facilities at the World Trade Center. The agreement ended when WNBC established facilities at the former transmitter site of WHSE-TV, and W26CE returned to its regular programming. | ||
| Newton, New Jersey-New York, New York | WMBC-TV 63 | independent | Temporarily fed from NBC's flagship station WNBC as a result of the September 11 attacks which destroyed WNBC's transmitter facilities at the World Trade Center. The agreement ended when WNBC established facilities at the former transmitter site of WHSE-TV, and WMBC-TV returned to being an independent station. | ||
| Norfolk, Virginia (Hampton Roads) | WTAR-TV 3 (now WTKR) | 1950-1953 | CBS | WAVY-TV 10 | Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WVEC-TV. WTAR-TV subsequently made its secondary CBS affiliation its primary. |
| Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (Hampton Roads) | WVEC-TV 15 (now WVEC 13) | 1953-1959 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WAVY-TV due to WAVY radio's long-time affiliation with the NBC Radio Network. Later that year, the station moved to VHF channel 13 due to the inability of television sets to receive UHF signals; channel 15 allocation is now occupied by PBS member station WHRO-TV. | |
| Omaha, Nebraska | KMTV 3 | 1956–1986 | CBS | WOWT 6 (previously with NBC from 1949-1956) | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WOWT, reuniting NBC with its original Omaha affiliate (WOWT was previously affiliated with NBC from 1949 to 1956). |
| Orlando, Florida | WDBO-TV 6 (now WKMG-TV) | 1954-1957 (secondary) | CBS | WESH 2 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation when Daytona Beach-based NBC affiliate WESH boosted its signal to cover Orlando. |
| Melbourne-Orlando, Florida | WIRB-TV/WOPX-TV 56 (now on channel 48) | 1993-1998, 2003-2005 (secondary) | Ion Television (O&O) | Secondary affiliation; WIRB-TV was initially an independent station, but eventually joined Pax TV as a charter O&O. Cleared NBC programs not cleared by the network's existing affiliate, WESH. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1998 when it joined Pax TV, but rejoined in 2003. Disaffiliated from NBC for good in 2005 when Paxson Communications ended its relationships with other stations (WOPX-TV was under a JSA with WESH at the time). | |
| Panama City, Florida | WDTB-TV/WMBB 13 | 1973-1982 | ABC | WJHG-TV 7 (previously with NBC from 1953-1972) | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WJHG-TV, reuniting NBC with its original Panama City affiliate (WJHG-TV was affiliated with NBC from 1953 until it switched to ABC in 1972). |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | KYW-TV 3 (O&O from 1956–1965) | 1941–1995 | CBS (O&O) | WCAU 10 (O&O) | Swapped affiliations with CBS O&O WCAU as a result of Westinghouse Broadcasting's group affiliation agreement with CBS. CBS also sold WCAU to NBC (making WCAU a NBC O&O), and in exchange both networks engaged in a station trade where NBC traded its O&O's KUTV in Salt Lake City and KCNC in Denver to CBS/Westinghouse, and CBS and NBC swapped the transmitter facilities of their respective O&O's in Miami, WCIX (now WFOR-TV) and WTVJ. When Westinghouse bought CBS in late 1995, KYW, KUTV and KCNC all became CBS O&O's. |
| Wilmington, Delaware-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WDEL-TV 7/12 | 1949-1955 | Defunct | Disaffiliated from NBC, sold to Paul F. Harron (owner of radio station WIBG) and became an independent station (under the call letters WPFH) when the Wilmington market was collapsed into the Philadelphia market. (NBC were also in the process of acquiring its Philadelphia affiliate WPTZ-TV from Westinghouse Broadcasting, and planned to disaffiliate from WDEL-TV if successful.) Station ceased operations in 1958 due to FCC ownership regulations against then-owner Storer Broadcasting; channel 12 allocation is now occupied by PBS member station WHYY-TV. | |
| Atlantic City, New Jersey-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WFPG-TV 46 | 1952-1954 | Defunct | Ceased operations May 17, 1954 due to dwindling market share as a result of VHF stations in Philadelphia (including NBC's then-affiliate in Philadelphia, WPTZ-TV) increasing transmission power. (Shortly after the demise of WFPG-TV, the FCC collapsed Atlantic City into the Philadelphia market.) | |
| Reading-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WEEU-TV 33 | 1953-1956 | Defunct | Ceased operations in 1956 due to dwindling market share as a result of VHF stations in Philadelphia (including NBC's then-affiliate in Philadelphia, WPTZ-TV) increasing transmission power.[14] | |
| Wildwood-Atlantic City, New Jersey-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WMGM-TV 40 | 1966–2014 | Independent | Disaffiliated from NBC on December 31, 2014 as a result of NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast wanting to maintain market exclusivity for Philadelphia O&O WCAU (Atlantic City is part of the Philadelphia market).[15] | |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WPHL-TV 17 | 1975-1976, 1977-1983 (secondary) [16] | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (WPHL-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate, KYW-TV. | |
| Burlington, New Jersey-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WKBS-TV 48 | 1976-1977 (secondary) | Defunct | Secondary affiliation (WKBS-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate, KYW-TV. Ceased operations August 30, 1983, due to the liquidation of station owners Field Communications and the inability to find a buyer for the station; channel 48 allocation is now occupied by Trinity Broadcasting Network O&O WGTW-TV. | |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WTAF-TV 29 (now WTXF-TV) | 1980-1986 (secondary) | Fox (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WTAF-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate, KYW-TV. | |
| Burlington, New Jersey-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WGTW-TV 48 | 1992-1995 (secondary) | TBN (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (WGTW-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's then-affiliate, KYW-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 when the network acquired WCAU from CBS. | |
| Phoenix, Arizona | KPHO-TV 5 | 1949-1953 (secondary) | CBS | KPNX 12 / KNAZ-TV 2 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KTYL-TV. |
| Kingman-Phoenix, Arizona | KMOH-TV 6 | 1999-2004 | MundoMax | Satellite of NBC's existing affiliate KPNX. Broke from its KPNX simulcast and disaffiliated from NBC in 2004 when the station was sold to Bela Broadcasting and became a Spanish-language independent station. | |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WDTV/KDKA-TV 3/2 | 1949-1957 (secondary) [17] | CBS (O&O) | WPXI 11 | Secondary affiliation, with DuMont (later CBS, which it was already carrying on a secondary basis, upon the demise of the DuMont network in 1955) as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WIIC. |
| WKJF-TV/WPGH-TV 53 | 1953-1954 (primary), 1974-1986 (secondary) | Fox | As WKJF-TV, it was the Pittsburgh area's original NBC affiliate; however due to financial and technical issues it left the air in 1954. The license would remain dormant for 15 years until it returned to the air in 1969 as WPGH-TV, who from 1974 to 1986 would carry NBC programming not cleared by WIIC/WPXI. Disaffiliated from NBC for good in 1986 to become a charter affiliate of Fox. | ||
| WPTT-TV 22 (now WPNT) | 1978-1991 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (WPTT-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WIIC/WPXI. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1991 when WPTT-TV became a full-time Home Shopping Network affiliate. | ||
| WBPA-LP 29 | 1994-1995 (secondary) | Defunct | Secondary affiliation (WBPA-LP was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WPXI. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 to become a charter affiliate of The WB. Channel 29 allocation is now occupied by QVC Over the Air station WBOA-CD. | ||
| Portland, Oregon | KPTV 27/12 | 1952-1959 | Fox (O&O from 2001-2002) | KGW 8 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KGW-TV as a result of an affiliation deal between NBC and KGW-TV owner Dorothy Bullitt. |
| Presque Isle, Maine | WAGM-TV 8 | 1957-2005 (secondary; primary from 1957-1959) | Fox | none; served by WLBZ, Bangor | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC as the result of a phase-out of non-CBS network programming. |
| Rapid City, South Dakota | KOTA-TV 3 (now KHME 23) | 1955–1958 (secondary), 1970-1976 (joint affiliation with ABC), 1976-1981 (primary), 1981–1984 (full-time) | MeTV | KNBN 21 | KOTA-TV had two stints as an NBC affiliate; from 1955 to 1958 it carried a secondary NBC affiliation with CBS as its primary affiliation, and left NBC when KRSD-TV signed on in 1958. Then in 1970, KOTA-TV swapped affiliations with KRSD-TV and rejoined NBC over complaints by the network of its weak signal (a problem that would eventually result in the FCC forcing KRSD-TV off the air in 1976). KOTA-TV left NBC again in 1984 and swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KEVN (who had taken the affiliation from KOTA-TV upon its 1976 sign-on) as a result of NBC's dissatisfaction over the station's constant preempting of network programming. |
| KEVN 7 (now KOTA-TV 3) | 1984–1996 | ABC | Disaffiliated from NBC due to an affiliation agreement between Fox and KEVN's incoming owners, Blackstar LLC. NBC programming was unavailable over-the-air in the Rapid City market until KNBN signed on in 2000. | ||
| Reno, Nevada | KZTV/KOLO-TV 8 | 1953-1962 (secondary) | ABC | KRNV-DT 4 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KCRL-TV. |
| Richmond, Virginia | WXEX-TV 8 (now WRIC) | 1955–1965 | ABC | WWBT 12 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WRVA-TV due to WRVA-TV looking for stronger programming (at the time, ABC was in last place among the three major networks). |
| Rochester, New York | WHAM-TV/WROC-TV 6/5/8 | 1949–1989 | CBS | WHEC-TV 10 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WHEC-TV as a result of NBC's dissatisfaction with WROC-TV's performance and constant pre-emptions of network programming. |
| Rockford, Illinois | WTVO 17 | 1953–1995 | ABC | WREX 13 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WREX due to an affiliation agreement between NBC and WTVO's incoming owners, Quincy Newspapers. |
| Rome, Georgia-Chattanooga, Tennessee | WROM-TV 9 (now WTVC) | 1953-1956 | ABC | WRCB 3 | Lost NBC affiliation to Chattanooga, TN-based WRGP-TV and became an independent station. Station moved its transmitter and city of license to Chattanooga in 1958, and became an ABC affiliate. |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | WDEF-TV 12 | 1954-1956 (secondary) | CBS | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WRGP-TV. | |
| Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, California | KCCC 40 | 1953-1955 | Defunct | KCRA 3 | Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KCRA due to KCRA-AM's affiliation with the NBC Radio Network. Channel 40 allocation is now occupied by Fox affiliate KTXL. |
| St. Louis, Missouri | KDNL-TV 30 | 1968-1976 (secondary) | ABC | KSDK 5 | Secondary affiliation (KDNL-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by its existing affiliate KSD-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1976 when the station adopted a more standard schedule for independent stations of its era. |
| East St. Louis, Illinois-St. Louis, Missouri | WRBU 46 | 2006-2014 (secondary) | Ion Television | Secondary affiliation, with MyNetworkTV as its primary affiliation; cleared NBC programming preempted by its existing affiliate KSDK (in cases of special programming, breaking news, or severe weather coverage). Disaffiliated from NBC in 2014 when then-owners Roberts Broadcasting, by then facing chapter 11 bankruptcy, sold WRBU to a trust with Ion Media Networks as its beneficiary. | |
| St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida | WSUN-TV 38 | 1953-1955 (secondary) | Defunct | WFLA-TV 8 | Secondary affiliation; initially an independent station but eventually made CBS its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WFLA-TV. |
| Sarasota-Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida | WXLT-TV 40 (now WWSB) | 1970's | ABC | Secondary affiliation, with ABC as its primary affiliation. Cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WFLA-TV. | |
| Lakeland-Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida | WTMV 32 (now WMOR-TV) | 1988-1995 (secondary) | Independent | Secondary affiliation (WTMV was an independent station); cleared NBC programs not cleared by either its Orlando affiliate WESH or its Tampa affiliate WFLA-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 when WTMV joined The WB. | |
| St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida | WTTA 38 | 1991-1994 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (WTTA was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WFLA-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1994 when WTTA acquired stronger programming as a result of former Fox affiliate WFTS-TV's affiliation deal with ABC. | |
| Salisbury, Maryland-Dover, Delaware | WBOC-TV 16 | c.1955-1980 (secondary) | CBS | WRDE-LD 31 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1980 upon the sign-on of WMDT. |
| WMDT 47 | 1980-1992 (secondary) | ABC | Secondary affiliation, with ABC as its primary affiliation. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1992; after that, KYW-TV (and later NBC O&O WCAU) in Philadelphia, PA served the Delaware portion of the Delmarva market, while WMAR-TV (and later WBAL-TV) in Baltimore served the Maryland portion. | ||
| Salt Lake City, Utah | KDYL-TV/KTVT/KCPX-TV 4 (now KTVX) | 1948–1960 | ABC | KSL-TV 5 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KUTV. |
| KUTV 2 | 1960–1996 (O&O from 1994–1995; secondary from 1995-1996) | CBS (O&O from 1995–2007) | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate KSL-TV in September 1995, in an affiliation swap caused by a station trade between CBS and NBC tied to the purchase of NBC's purchase of Philadelphia O&O WCAU. KUTV retained the NBC program Saturday Night Live for another five months (since KSL-TV did not clear the program at the time), before it moved to KUWB. | ||
| St. George-Salt Lake City, Utah | KMYU 12 | 9/2011-10/2011 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation, with MyNetworkTV as its primary affiliation. Cleared the NBC program The Playboy Club not cleared by NBC's existing affiliate KSL-TV (who cited that the series was "completely inconsistent" with the station's own mission and branding). Disaffiliated from NBC in early October when The Playboy Club was cancelled. | |
| San Diego, California | KFMB-TV 8 | 1949-1953 (secondary) | CBS | KNSD 39 (O&O) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KFSD-TV due to KFSD radio's affiliation with the NBC Radio Network. |
| KFSD-TV/KOGO-TV/KGTV 10 | 1953–1977 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KCST-TV due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate on VHF in San Diego (at the time, ABC was the highest-rated television network in the country). (Further, ABC were offended by an injunction filed in 1973 by KCST-TV against the network's then-affiliate XETV in Tijuana, Mexico, thus forcing ABC onto an UHF channel.) | ||
| San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California | KPIX-TV 5 | 1948-1949 (secondary) | CBS (O&O) | KNTV 11 (O&O) (previously with NBC (secondary) from 1955-1960) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KRON-TV. |
| KRON-TV 4 | 1949–2001 (primary); 2010-2011 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Disaffiliated from NBC in January 2002 and became an independent station in a bitter dispute between the network and KRON's then-owner Young Broadcasting, after Young outbid NBC to buy the station from the Chronicle Publishing Company as part of a liquidation of Chronicle's assets in November 1999.[18][19] NBC demanded that Young run the station under the conventions of an NBC O&O as a condition of renewing its affiliation;[20] Young refused these demands, along with the affiliation renewal. NBC then affiliated with, and subsequently purchased, San Jose-based KNTV. It rejoined NBC on a secondary basis to clear network programs not aired by KNTV from 2010 to 2011, when independent station KICU-TV assumed those duties. | ||
| Stockton-San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California | KTVU 36 | 4/1955 | Defunct | Simulcasted several NBC programs from its then-affiliate in San Francisco, KRON-TV (At the time, Stockton was part of the San Francisco market). Ceased operations in April 1955 due to the inability of television sets to receive UHF signals without the use of a converter, which resulted in low viewership. After a failed attempt to return to the air as a satellite of ABC O&O KGO-TV, the channel 36 license was returned to the FCC in 1956. (Note: Channel 36 allocation is now licensed to Oakland and operates as independent station KICU-TV, while Stockton is now part of the Sacramento market. | |
| Oakland-San Francisco-San Jose, California | KTVU 2 | 1962, 1973-1974 (secondary) | Fox (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of World Series in which the San Francisco Giants or Oakland Athletics participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (At the time of their appearances, KTVU was the television flagship of the Giants or Athletics.) | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California | KBHK 44 (now KBCW) | 1972 (secondary) | The CW (O&O) | Simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1972 World Series in which the Oakland Athletics participated due to Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowing participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games. (KBHK was the Athletics' television flagship at the time.) | |
| KTZO-TV/KOFY-TV 20 | 1980-1995 (secondary) | Independent | Secondary affiliation (KTZO-TV/KOFY-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programs not cleared by the network's then-affiliate KRON-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC in 1995 when KOFY-TV became a charter affiliate of The WB. | ||
| San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California | KICU-TV 36 | 2008-2009, 2012-2014 (secondary) | Secondary affiliation (KICU-TV is an independent station); cleared NBC programs not aired by the network's O&O KNTV (due to local sports programming, breaking news, etc.). Disaffiliated from NBC in 2014 when rival network Fox acquired KICU-TV as part of its acquisition of its San Francisco affiliate KTVU (who operates KICU-TV as part of a duopoly). | ||
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, California | KEYT-TV 3 | 1953-1964 (secondary) | ABC | KSBY 6 | Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KCOY-TV. |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo, California | KCOY-TV 12 | 1964-1969 | CBS | Disaffiliated from NBC in 1969 when the Santa Barbara market merged with the San Luis Obispo market, and took CBS from KSBY. | |
| Savannah, Georgia-Hilton Head, South Carolina | WTOC-TV 11 | 1954-1956 (secondary) | CBS | WSAV-TV 3 (previously with NBC from 1956-1982) | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WSAV due to WSAV radio's long-time affiliation with the NBC Radio Network. |
| WJCL 22 | 1982–1986 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WSAV-TV, thus reversing an affiliation swap that took place in 1982. | ||
| Schenectady-Albany-Troy, New York | WRGB 6 | 1942–1981 | CBS | WNYT 13 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WAST in search of stronger programming (at the time, NBC was in last place among the three major networks). WAST then changed their call letters to the current WNYT to reflect the new affiliation. |
| Sherman-Denison, Texas-Ada-Ardmore, Oklahoma | KXII 12 | 1956-1985 (secondary from 1977-1985) | CBS | KTEN 10 | Gradually replaced NBC programming with programming from CBS (which it had been airing as a secondary affiliation since 1960) beginning in 1974, and relegated its NBC affiliation to secondary status in favor of CBS in 1977. Disaffiliated from NBC entirely in 1985 to become a full-time CBS affiliate. |
| Shreveport, Louisiana-Texarkana, Texas | KSLA 12 | 1953-1955 (secondary) | CBS | KTAL-TV 6 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KTBS-TV. |
| KTBS-TV 3 | 1955–1960 | ABC | Disaffiliated from NBC when CBS disaffiliated from KCMC-TV, citing that the signal of its Shreveport affiliate KSLA decently covered Texarkana, Texas, KCMC-TV's city of license. Fearing that it would have to make its secondary ABC affiliation its primary (since ABC was in last place among the three major networks at the time), KCMC-TV's owners successfully persuaded the FCC to collapse the Texarkana television market into the Shreveport market. KCMC-TV subsequently elevated its secondary NBC affiliation to primary status, while KTBS elevated its secondary ABC affiliation. | ||
| Sioux City, Iowa | KCAU-TV 9 | 1953-1954 (secondary) | ABC | KTIV 4 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KTIV. |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota Florence-Sioux Falls, South Dakota Reliance-Pierre-Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
KELO-TV 11 KDLO-TV 3 KPLO-TV 6 |
1953-1960 (KELO-TV) 1955-1960 (KDLO-TV) 1957-1960 (KPLO-TV) |
CBS | KDLT-TV 46/KDLV-TV 5 (KDLT-TV previously with NBC (on channel 5) from 1960-1969) | Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-ons of both KDLT-TV and, a month later, KSOO-TV. Upgraded its secondary CBS affiliation to primary status. |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | KSOO/KSFY 13 | 1960–1982 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KDLT-TV due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Sioux Falls (at the time, NBC was in last place among the three major networks). (KDLT-TV had previously been part of a regional network affiliated primarily with NBC (but also broadcasting ABC on a secondary basis) with KSFY-TV, but since the stations were separately owned, the FCC ruled in 1969 that their "network" was illegal and the stations should instead compete.) | |
| South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana | WSBT-TV 22 | 1952-1954 (secondary) | CBS | WNDU-TV 16 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WSJV. |
| Elkhart-South Bend, Indiana | WSJV 28 | 1954-1955 | Heroes & Icons | Lost NBC affiliation when WNDU-TV signed on, and elevated its secondary ABC affiliation to primary status. | |
| Syracuse, New York | WHEN 8 (now WTVH 5) | 1948-1950 (secondary) | CBS | WSTM-TV 3 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WSYR-TV. |
| Tacoma-Seattle, Washington | KCPQ 13 | 1953-1954 (primary); 1980-1986 (secondary) | Fox | KING-TV 5 (previously with NBC (secondary) from 1948-1953) | KMO-TV/KCPQ enjoyed two stints with NBC. In the 1950's, as KMO-TV, it lost the NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KOMO-TV (due to KOMO radio's affiliation with the NBC Radio Network) and became an independent station. Then in the 1980's, as independent station KCPQ, it cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KING-TV. Disaffiliated from NBC for good in 1986 to become a charter affiliate of Fox. |
| Seattle-Tacoma, Washington | KOMO-TV 4 | 1953–1959 | ABC | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KING-TV as the result of an affiliation agreement between NBC and KING-TV owner Dorothy Bullitt. | |
| Tacoma-Seattle, Washington | KSTW 11 | 1967-1969 (secondary) | The CW (O&O) | Secondary affiliation (KSTW was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KING-TV due to KING-TV's coverage of the Seattle SuperSonics. | |
| Thomasville, Georgia-Tallahassee, Florida | WCTV 6 | 1955-1956 | CBS | WTWC-TV 40 | Disaffiliated from NBC and upgraded its secondary CBS affiliation to primary status in 1956. After that, WALB in Albany, Georgia served the Tallahassee/Thomasville area (due to its city-grade signal) until WTWC-TV signed-on in 1983. |
| Toledo, Ohio | WTVG 13 | 1948–1995 (secondary from 1955–1969) | ABC (O&O from 1995–2010) | WNWO 24 | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WNWO as a result of ABC's purchase of WTVG from Lilly Broadcasting. |
| Topeka, Kansas | WIBW-TV 13 | 1953-1967 (secondary) | CBS | KSNT 27 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KTSB. |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOTV 6 | 1949-1954 (secondary) | CBS | KJRH-TV 2 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KVOO-TV due to KVOO radio's affiliation with the NBC Radio Network. |
| KCEB 23 | 3/1954-7/1954 | Defunct | Lost NBC affiliation when KVOO-TV signed on (due to KVOO radio's affiliation with the NBC Radio Network), and elevated its secondary ABC affiliation to primary status. Ceased operations in December 1954; channel 23 allocation is now occupied by Fox affiliate KOKI-TV. | ||
| KGCT-TV 41 (now KMYT-TV) | 1984-1987 (secondary) | MyNetworkTV | Secondary affiliation (KGCT-TV was an independent station); cleared NBC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate KJRH-TV. Left the air in 1987 as a result of freezing rain which caused the tower KGCT-TV was using to collapse, and returned to the air in 1991 (as KTFO) without a NBC affiliation. | ||
| Victoria, Texas | KAVU-TV 25 | 1982-1994 | ABC | KMOL-LD 17 | Disaffiliated from NBC and became a full-time ABC affiliate (KAVU-TV had previously aired ABC programming on a secondary basis), shortly after KAVU-TV had entered into an LMA with KVCT and turned it into a Fox affiliate. |
| K64EQ 64 (now KXTS-LD) | 1994-1995 | CBS | Disaffiliated from NBC and became a charter affiliate of UPN in early 1995. | ||
| KVTX-LP/KUNU-LP 41 (now KUNU-LD) | 1999-2004 | Univision | Disaffiliated from NBC when sister station KMOL-LP signed-on and took KUNU-LP's NBC affiliation. | ||
| Waco-Temple-Killeen, Texas | KXXV 25 | 3/1985-9/1985 | ABC | KCEN-TV 6 (previously with NBC from 1953-3/1985) | Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate KCEN-TV (reuniting NBC with its original Waco affiliate, which was previously affiliated with the network from 1953 to 1985) in September 1985, after taking the network from KCEN-TV that March. |
| Wausau, Wisconsin | WSAU-TV 3 (now WSAW-TV) | 1954-1966 (secondary) | CBS | WJFW-TV 12 | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of WAEO-TV. |
| Weslaco-Harlingen-Weslaco-McAllen-Brownsville, Texas | KRGV-TV 5 | 1954-1976 | ABC | KVEO-TV 23 | Disaffiliated from NBC in 1976 and became a full-time ABC affiliate (KRGV-TV previously aired ABC programming on a secondary basis). CBS affiliate KGBT-TV then picked up a secondary NBC affiliation. |
| Harlingen-Weslaco-McAllen-Brownsville, Texas | KGBT-TV 4 | 1976-1981 (secondary) | CBS | Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Lost NBC affiliation upon the sign-on of KVEO-TV. | |
| Wheeling, West Virginia-Steubenville, Ohio | WTRF-TV 7 | 1953-1980 | CBS | WTOV-TV 9 | Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WTOV-TV in search of stronger programming (at the time, NBC was in last place among the three major networks). |
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- ↑ WVTV also simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1982 World Series in which the Milwaukee Brewers participated due to its status as the Brewers' television flagship (Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowed participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games).
- ↑ As WTCN-TV, the station also simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1965 World Series as the Minnesota Twins' television flagship (Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowed participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games).
- ↑ http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=54325
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- ↑ WPHL-TV also simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1980 World Series in which the Philadelphia Phillies participated due to its status as the Phillies' television flagship (Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowed participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games.)
- ↑ KDKA-TV also simulcasted NBC Sports coverage of the 1960 and 1971 World Series by virtue of its status as the Pittsburgh Pirates' television flagship (Major League Baseball regulations at the time allowed participating teams' television flagships to broadcast World Series games.)
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