The CW is an American television network, which launched on September 18, 2006, as a programming and management consolidation of its two predecessors The WB (majority-owned by Time Warner) and UPN (owned at the time of that network's shutdown by CBS Corporation), both of which began broadcasting in January 1995.
The network currently has over-the-air coverage on thirty-six owned-and-operated stations and 192 affiliates available on analog, low-power or digital broadcast signals (primarily covering the 100 largest Nielsen-designated markets with moderate over-the-air coverage in smaller markets); and 17 additional local affiliates distributed exclusively through cable television providers. Counting only its broadcast affiliates, The CW covers 99.80% of all households in the United States with at least one television set.
The following article is a listing of CW-affiliated television stations, arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license and followed in parentheses by the Designated Market Area if differing from the city of license. There are links to and articles on most of the stations, describing their histories, local programming and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies.
For broadcast affiliates, the station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. In most cases, this is the station's virtual channel (PSIP) number.
Stations listed in boldface are owned and operated by the CW's majority owner Nexstar Media Group. Stations listed with the superscript identification CW+ are broadcast or cable affiliates of The CW Plus, a programming service distributed mainly to areas ranked among the 110 smallest U.S. television markets, which alongside CW network programming, carries syndicated and brokered programs acquired and scheduled by the network.
United States
Alabama
Bessemer – WDBB 17 (satellite of WTTO) Dothan – WRGX-LD2 23.2 / WTVY-DT3 4.3 (simulcast of WRGX-LD2)CW+, 1 Gulf Shores (Mobile) – WFNA 55 Homewood (Birmingham) – WTTO 21 (ATSC 3.0 TV Station) / WIAT (ATSC 1.0 Simulcast) Huntsville – WHDF 15 Montgomery – WBMM 22CW+, 1
Alaska
Anchorage – KYUR-DT2 13.2CW+, 1
Fairbanks – KATN-DT3 2.3CW+, 1
Juneau – KJUD-DT2 8.2CW+, 1
Arizona
Phoenix – KASW 61 (ATSC 3.0 TV Station) / KNXV-TV (ATSC 1.0 Simulcast) Tucson – KWBA-TV 58
Arkansas
Fayetteville – KHOG-DT2 29.2 (satellite of KHBS)CW+, 1
Fort Smith – KHBS-DT2 40.2CW+, 1
Jonesboro – KAIT-DT3 8.3CW+, 1
Little Rock – KASN 38
California
Bakersfield – KGET-DT2 17.2CW+, 1, 4
Chico – KHSL-DT2 12.2CW+, 1
El Centro (Yuma, Arizona) – KECY-DT3 9.3CW+, 1
Eureka – KECA-LD 29.1
Los Angeles – KTLA 5
Monterey – KCBA 35CW+
Palm Springs – KCWQ-LD 2 / KESQ-DT3 2.3 (simulcast of KCWQ-LP)CW+, 1
San Diego – KFMB-DT2 8.2
San Francisco – KRON-TV 4
Sanger (Fresno) – KFRE-TV 59 (ATSC 3.0 TV Station) / KGPE (ATSC 1.0 Simulcast) San Luis Obispo (Santa Barbara) – KSBY-DT2 6.2CW+, 1 Stockton (Sacramento) – KQCA 58
Colorado
Colorado Springs – KXTU-LD 57
Denver – KWGN-TV 2 (ATSC 3.0 TV Station) / KDVR (ATSC 1.0 Simulcast) Grand Junction – KJCT-LD2 8.21
Connecticut
Waterbury (Hartford) – WCCT-TV 20 (ATSC 3.0 TV Station) / WTIC-TV (ATSC 1.0 Simulcast)
Delaware
None; served by WPHL-TV Philadelphia and WMDT-DT2 Salisbury, Maryland
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C. – WDCW 507
Florida
Clermont (Orlando) – WKCF 18
Gainesville – WCJB-DT2 20.2CW+, 1
Jacksonville – WCWJ 17
Miami – WSFL-TV 39
Naples (Fort Myers) – WXCW 46
Panama City – WJHG-DT2 7.21
St. Petersburg (Tampa) – WTTA 38
Tallahassee – WTLF 24CW+
West Palm Beach – WTVX 34
Georgia
Albany – WGCW-LD 36
Atlanta – WPCH 17
Augusta – WAGT-CD2 26.2CW+, 1
Bainbridge – WTLH-DT2 49.2CW+, 1 (simulcast of WTLF/Tallahassee, Florida) Savannah – WSAV-DT2 3.2 Columbus – WLTZ-DT2 38.21 Macon – WMAZ-DT2 13.2CW+, 1, 4