The CW Plus

The CW Plus is the national feed of The CW, owned by The CW Network, LLC (a joint venture between WarnerMedia and the CBS Entertainment Group unit of ViacomCBS, which each maintain a 50% ownership interest),[1] that is primarily carried on digital subchannels and multichannel subscription television providers. The service is intended for areas ranked below the top 100 television markets in the United States designated by Nielsen Media Research. In addition to carrying CW network programming Monday through Friday and Sunday in daytime and prime time, as well as its Saturday morning educational programming block, The CW Plus runs a mix of syndicated and brokered programs.

The CW Plus

Country	United States
Broadcast area	National (available only in smaller television markets)
Network	The CW
Affiliates	(see section)
Slogan	Dare To Defy
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i or 720p (HDTV) (resolution varies depending on the affiliate)
Timeshift service	The CW Plus East The CW Plus Mountain The CW Plus Pacific
Ownership
Owner	The CW Network, LLC[1] (WarnerMedia (50%)/ ViacomCBS (via CBS Entertainment Group) (50%))
History
Launched	September 18, 2006
Replaced	The WB 100+ Station Group (1998–2006)
Links
Website	cwplustv.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 394 (SD only)

The CW handles programming and promotional services for The CW Plus at its corporate headquarters in Burbank, California (marketing services were handled through a separate division for the service until March 2008, when these operations were transferred to The CW's marketing department due to layoffs imposed by the network[2]); centralcasting operations for the CW Plus affiliates are hubbed at the California Video Center in Los Angeles.

Background

Logo for KDLH in Duluth, Minnesota. Similar logos are used by most CW Plus stations as well as some conventional CW affiliates.

One of the predecessors of The CW, The WB Television Network had maintained a similar group of subscription-only affiliate stations in small- and select medium-sized markets called The WB 100+ Station Group,[3][4][5] which began operations on September 21, 1998 and continued to operate until The WB ended operations on September 17, 2006. On February 24, 2006, one month after CBS Corporation and Time Warner announced the launch of the new network, The CW formally released a proposal to prospective affiliates announcing the creation of The CW Plus, a similar single-network feed for smaller markets – covering the same areas that were served by The WB 100+.[6][7] While there was no guarantee that existing affiliates of The WB 100+ would automatically join The CW Plus, most of them (particularly cable-only affiliates) ultimately did join the new service, and programming transitioned seamlessly from The WB 100+ to The CW Plus.

Since The WB 100+ was created before digital television was easily available in the United States, most WB 100+ stations were distributed exclusively via local cable television providers, with a few main channel affiliations on broadcast television stations.[3][5][8] With its launch, The CW (along with MyNetworkTV) became among the first conventional broadcast networks in the U.S. to fully utilize digital multicasting to gain over-the-air coverage in markets that did not have enough television stations to maintain a traditional main channel affiliation (Fox, The WB and fellow CW predecessor UPN had a few subchannel-only affiliates shortly before The CW launched, however over-the-air distribution in this manner was very limited at the time).[9] In several markets served by a CW Plus station, the current affiliate may not be the same as the prior WB 100+ affiliate. Some CW Plus affiliates are carried on a digital subchannel of a local broadcast station, whereas the prior affiliate of The WB 100+ was cable-exclusive. Certain cable-only affiliates of The WB 100+ have been replaced completely by either a subchannel or main channel broadcast affiliation when The CW launched or joined The CW Plus only for a broadcast station that managed or acquired it to begin carrying it over-the-air at some point after its launch.

As with The WB 100+, CW Plus programming is delivered through a data server network that originally digitally transmitted locally and national advertisements, promos, station identifications and customized logo bugs for each individual affiliate to headends within the master control facilities of a local station or the offices of the multichannel television provider operating the local affiliate. That was the case with The WB 100+, promotions for syndicated programs aired on The CW Plus omit affiliate references – either in the form of verbal identification or use of the affiliate's logo – in favor of network branding; the timeslot cards also only list airtimes based on Eastern and Central Time Zone scheduling, with the announcer being used to read the promo's airtime card only identifying that the program airs "[today/tonight/day of week] on The CW."

Programming is relayed to a wireless PC-based system that downloads (through a data feed distributed via satellite), stores and inserts advertising during program breaks controlled via a playlist over the satellite-delivered national feed to the individual affiliate's home market; the units also transfer program feeds via address headers disseminated to each affiliate based on their call letters, transmit advertisements and program promotions, and generate a log of ads that have previously aired. The cost of these units is partially reimbursed by The CW, with no more than 50% of the purchase cost paid by the affiliate. Affiliates sent log files of local advertisements over the Internet to a traffic management system located at The CW's corporate offices in Burbank, which handles trafficking, dissemination of the program feed and specified local insertion of advertisements and promotions to each affiliate. After The CW stopped providing support for the traffic system and commercial server in September 2009, responsibility for ad trafficking and insertion was transferred to The CW Plus' individual affiliates, although The CW continues to handle programming and transmission operations.

CW Plus stations are generally managed and promoted by a local affiliate of a larger over-the-air television station, which may produce some local programming (such as morning and/or prime time newscasts), telecasts of local sports events, or syndicated national sports broadcasts from either ESPN Regional Television or the ACC Network (or on some affiliates, from 2014 to 2016, the American Sports Network); some affiliates, however, are operated by a local cable provider.

CW Plus affiliates each have their own local branding, which is usually a combination of the CW name with either the parent station/cable franchise's city of license or a regional descriptor of the area (such as "Northland" for Duluth and northeastern Minnesota, as seen in the logo to the above left). Unlike its predecessor, The WB 100+ Station Group, The CW Plus does not use call signs used solely for branding and/or supplementary identification purposes in a widespread fashion; while many cable-only WB 100+-turned-CW Plus affiliates have stopped using fictional call signs (which were not assigned by the Federal Communications Commission, as the agency does not issue licenses to cable channels), a few have continued to use the ones they had used while part of The WB 100+ Station Group, mainly doing so merely for identification purposes in local Nielsen diary-tabulated ratings reports.

The CW Plus originally maintained a separate website featuring promotions for CW network programs, search maps for CW Plus affiliates, programming schedules customizable to an affiliate's local time zone, and still promotional ads for CW network shows and syndicated programs are seen on the CW Plus feed. In May 2014, YourCWTV.com was discontinued as a standalone website, redirecting to The CW's main website at CWTV.com. However, the websites of all CW Plus affiliates continue to be hosted on the YourCWTV.com domain, featuring much of the aforementioned content seen on the national website; as well as links to websites and social media pages operated by the affiliate or a parent over-the-air station, and links to the affiliate's contact information, advertising services and (where applicable) the main website of a parent broadcast affiliate. A separate website for the service was reinstated in September 2017, under the CWPlusTV.com domain.

Programming

Like the predecessor WB 100+ Station Group, The CW Plus utilizes a dual programming model differing from CW-affiliated stations in large and medium-sized markets. Dayparts on CW Plus affiliates with no CW programming are programmed by the network – primarily featuring programs currently airing in syndication, with syndicated film packages filling select weekend timeslots, and paid programming filling overnight and some early afternoon timeslots;[6] this relieves the local affiliate's operator from the duty of having to acquire syndicated programming to fill timeslots outside The CW's network schedule. However, some over-the-air CW Plus affiliates may fill paid programming time with content from another subchannel network such as MeTV, This TV or Antenna TV, particularly if the network whose content is sourced does not have an existing full-time affiliate in the market (only one station, KNOE-DT3, carries The CW's most direct competitor, MyNetworkTV in the late-night paid programming slot; late-night slotting has become a common fate for that service). The operator of the CW Plus affiliate handles local advertising sales for the station, cable-only outlet or subchannel, which incorporates local commercial inserts during the CW network and syndicated programming supplied by the service.

Prior to the debut of the Litton Entertainment-produced One Magnificent Morning block on the network in October 2014, the remaining two hours of programming that fulfill FCC educational programming guidelines which were not covered by The CW's predecessor children's program blocks – Kids' WB, The CW4Kids/Toonzai and Vortexx – was also taken care of by The CW Plus. However even with the debut of One Magnificent Morning, The CW Plus continued to carry syndicated E/I programs on early Saturday afternoons immediately after the conclusion of the block, resulting in a net surplus of seven hours of educational programming each week (five provided by The CW, and two by The CW Plus) that far exceeded the three hours required at minimum by the FCC. The supplementary syndicated E/I content was reduced to a single half-hour in September 2015 (consisting solely of Elizabeth Stanton's Great Big World) and shifted to a Saturday late-night timeslot; the supplementary syndication E/I window was eliminated in September 2016, with the required educational programming now coming exclusively through the One Magnificent Morning block.

Syndicated programs broadcast on The CW Plus during non-network programming hours as of September 2019 include Maury, The Steve Wilkos Show, Seinfeld, Black-ish, Elementary, Family Guy, The Goldbergs, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Bob's Burgers and Judge Jerry. Some syndicated programming provided by The CW Plus is substituted by the local affiliate's parent station or cable franchise operator with alternate shows if the rights to that program are held by another station in their market. Many subchannel affiliates also carry local newscasts produced by a co-managed station or through a news share agreement with another station in the same market in one or more of three designated "Live Local News Windows" (Monday through Fridays from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m., and, depending on the time zone, nightly at 10:00 or 9:00 p.m. and weekends at 6:00 or 5:00 p.m. local time). Though The CW Television Network does not carry any national news programming of its own, The CW Plus did carry The Daily Buzz, a syndicated morning news and talk program that had originally aired on its predecessor The WB 100+ beginning in September 2002[10][11] and remained on The CW Plus until September 2014 (eight months prior to the program's April 2015 cancellation).

The CW Plus operates three separate feeds for the Eastern, Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, whose master schedules are designed to align the start time of The CW's primetime programming with the network's broadcast affiliate feed; as such, The CW Daytime and One Magnificent Morning blocks (which are designed to be tape-delayed) are aired an hour early – compared to their preferred scheduling – on affiliates in the Central and Alaska time zones. The CW Plus prime time show names are shown on The CW web site; whereas, only times of prime time shows are on The CW Plus web site.

Availability

A 2017 map of the network's national reach within the designated market areas served by it; from a map provided to the producers of Championship Wrestling from Hollywood announcing their airing on The CW Plus; the map has since been included in the "About Us" section of The CW Plus's website.

The CW Plus has current and pending affiliation agreements with 123 television outlets encompassing 44 states and the U.S. territory of Guam, consisting of 121 broadcast affiliates (107 of which serve as subchannel-only affiliates and the remaining 17 being primary channel affiliations) and six cable-only affiliates. Counting mainly over-the-air affiliates of the service, The CW Plus covers an estimated national audience reach of 72,376,767 U.S. residents or 23.16% of all households with at least one television set.[12]

Availability of CW Plus stations through pay television services varies depending on the provider; while CW Plus outlets are usually carried by major cable, fiber optic and IPTV providers (including multiple-system and private cable operators) in markets served by a subchannel or cable-only affiliate of the service, some rural pay television franchises that do not carry a local CW Plus affiliate via an existing distribution agreement with a broadcast affiliate or through the absence of an agreement with the operator of a cable-only affiliate carry CW stations from adjacent larger markets.

In certain markets, satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network carry stations that maintain primary affiliations with The CW Plus – and in some cases, also carry a subchannel-only affiliate of the service – as part of their local station tiers; however in areas served by a cable-only or subchannel affiliate, subscribers of both providers can only receive out-of-market broadcast affiliates of The CW (DirecTV carries affiliates from neighboring markets that have main channel affiliations with the network in some smaller markets, with the provider's designated coastal network feeds – WDCW in Washington, D.C. (or formerly XETV-TDT in Tijuana/San Diego) – available in lieu of a local or nearby affiliate in others; Dish Network provides CW programming to its subscribers in smaller markets through Nexstar Media Group-owned affiliates KTLA/Los Angeles and KWGN-TV/Denver and E. W. Scripps Company-owned affiliate WPIX/New York City (all of which were previously owned by Tribune Broadcasting until the closure of Nexstar's acquisition of its corporate parent, Tribune Media, in September 2019), which are available as part of its a la carte superstation tier.

Since the conversion of the CW Plus feeds to a high definition schedule in June 2012, many of The CW Plus's stations have converted to carrying the high definition feed on an over-the-air signal, though it is usually transmitted in 720p rather than the network's 1080i master resolution due to technical considerations for their parent station's main network feed – except in the few markets where a CW Plus broadcast affiliate does not also have an affiliation with a major broadcast network – on their primary channel. Before that, the parent stations also carried the main CW signal in HD mixed with the CW Plus schedule to provide high definition programming from the network to local cable and satellite providers.

List of The CW Plus affiliates

Designated market area (DMA) rankings are based on Nielsen estimates since September 2018.[13]

DMA	Market	Station[14]	Year of affiliation	Former affiliation	Ownership
78	Brownsville–McAllen–Harlingen, Texas	KCWT-CD 21 KMBH (LD2) 67.2^1 KXFX (CD2) 67.2^1 XHRIO-TDT 15.1^1	2011 (KCWT-CD) 2006 (KMBH-LD2) 2016 (XHRIO)	Telefutura (KCWT-CD) The WB (KMBH-LD2) MundoMax (XHRIO)	Entravision Communications
94	Charleston, South Carolina	WCBD (DT2) 2.2^1	2006	The WB	Nexstar Media Group
95	Florence–Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	WWMB (DT2) 21.2 ^1, 6	2006	UPN	Howard Stirk Holdings (operated through local marketing agreement with the Sinclair Broadcast Group)
96	Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York	WNNE 31	2018	NBC (as semi-satellite of WPTZ)	Hearst Television
100	Boise, Idaho	KYUU-LD 35.1	2011	RTV	Sinclair Broadcast Group
101	Fort Smith–Fayetteville, Arkansas	KHBS (DT2) 40.2^1 KHOG (DT2) 29.2^1	2008	none	Hearst Television
104	Fort Wayne, Indiana	WISE-TV 33	2016	NBC	Quincy Media
105	Augusta, Georgia	WAGT (CD2) 26.2^1	2016	none	Gray Television
106	Johnstown-Altoona-State College, Pennsylvania	WJAC-TV (DT4) 6.4^1	2019	TBD	Sinclair Broadcast Group
107	Greenville–New Bern– Washington, North Carolina	WNCT (DT2) 12.2^1	2006	Weather radar	Nexstar Media Group
108	Springfield–Holyoke, Massachusetts	WWLP (DT2) 22.2 WFXQ (CD2) 22.2^3	2015	none	Nexstar Media Group
109	Reno, Nevada	KRNS-CD 46 KREN (DT2) 27.2^1	2009 (KRNS-CD) 2006 (KREN-TV, affiliated with DT1 until 2009)	The WB	Entravision Communications
110	Lansing, Michigan	WLAJ (DT2) 53.2^1	2006	The WB	Shield Media, LLC (operated through shared services and joint sales agreements by Nexstar Media Group)
111	Lincoln-Hastings- Grand Island-Kearney, Nebraska	KCWH-LD 18 KNHL (DT3) 5.3^1	2018 (both stations)	NBC (KCWH-LD; as simulcast of KSNB-TV/Superior) none (KNHL-DT3)	Gray Television
112	Tallahassee, Florida–Thomasville, Georgia	WTLF 24 WTLH (DT2) 49.2^1	2006	The WB	WTLF: MPS Media, LLC WTLH-DT2: New Age Media (both operated through master service agreements by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
113	Peoria–Bloomington, Illinois	WEEK (DT3) 25.3^1	2016	none	Quincy Media
114	Tyler–Longview, Texas– Lufkin–Nacogdoches, Texas	KYTX (DT2) 19.2	2012	MeTV	Tegna Media
115	Sioux Falls–Mitchell, South Dakota	KSFY (DT2) 13.2	2012	none	Gray Television
116	Montgomery–Selma, Alabama	WBMM 22	2006	Daystar	Bahakel Communications
117	Fargo, North Dakota	KXJB (LD2) 30.2/28.2^1	2016	none	Gray Television
118	Macon, Georgia	WMAZ (DT2) 13.2^1	2006	The WB	Tegna Media
119	Yakima–Pasco– Richland–Kennewick, Washington	KIMA (DT2) 29.2 ^1 KEPR (DT2) 19.2^1	2009	none	Sinclair Broadcast Group
120	Traverse City–Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	WFQX (DT2) 32.2^1,3	2018	MeTV	Cadillac Telecasting Company (operated under shared services agreement with Heritage Broadcasting Group)
121	Lafayette, Louisiana	KATC (DT2) 3.2^1	2010	none	The E.W. Scripps Company
122	Bakersfield, California	KGET (DT2) 17.2^1	2006	The WB	Nexstar Media Group
123	Eugene, Oregon	KMTR (DT2) 16.2^1	2006	The WB	Roberts Media (operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
124	Santa Barbara–Santa Maria– San Luis Obispo, California	KSBY (DT2) 6.2^1	2006	The WB	Cordillera Communications
125	Youngstown, Ohio	WFMJ (DT2) 21.2	2004	The WB	Vindicator Printing Company
126	Monterey–Salinas, California	KION (DT2) 46.2^1 KMUV (LD2) 46.2^1	2006	none	News-Press & Gazette Company
127	Columbus, Georgia	WLTZ (DT2) 38.2^1	2006	The WB	SagamoreHill Broadcasting
128	Corpus Christi, Texas	KRIS (DT2) 6.2^1	2006	The WB	The E.W. Scripps Company
129	Wilmington, North Carolina	WWAY (DT3) 3.3^1	2017	Cozi TV	Morris Multimedia
130	La Crosse–Eau Claire, Wisconsin	WXOW (DT2) 19.2 ^1 WQOW (DT2) 18^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
131	Amarillo, Texas	KVII (DT2) 7.2^1	2006	none	Sinclair Broadcast Group
132	Chico–Redding, California	KHSL (DT2) 12.2^1	2006	The WB	Heartland Media
133	Columbus–Tupelo, Mississippi	WCBI (DT3) 4.3	2006	The WB	Morris Multimedia
134	Wausau–Rhinelander, Wisconsin	WAOW (DT2) 9.2 ^1 WYOW (DT2) 34^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
135	Medford–Klamath Falls, Oregon	KTVL (DT2) 10.2^1	2006	The WB	Sinclair Broadcast Group
136	Columbia–Jefferson City, Missouri	KOMU (DT3) 8.3^1	2006	The WB	University of Missouri
137	Monroe, Louisiana–El Dorado, Arkansas	KNOE (DT3) 8.3^1	2014	none	Gray Television
138	Salisbury, Maryland	WMDT (DT2) 47.2^1	2006	The WB	Marquee Broadcasting, Inc.
139	Rockford, Illinois	WREX (DT2) 13.2^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
140	Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas	KFDM-TV (DT2) 6.2^1	2006	The WB	Sinclair Broadcast Group
141	Topeka, Kansas	KTKA (DT3) 49.3^1	2009	none	Vaughan Media, LLC (operated under shared services agreement with Nexstar Media Group)
142	Midland–Odessa-Big Spring, Texas	KCWO-TV 4.1	2019	NBC (as satellite of KWES-TV)	Gray Television
143	Lubbock, Texas	KLCW-TV 22	2006	The WB	Woods Communications Corporation
144	Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin	KDLH 3.1	2016	CBS	Quincy Media
145	Palm Springs, California	KCWQ-LD 2 KESQ (DT3) 2.3^2	2006	The WB	News-Press & Gazette Company
146	Bismarck–Minot–Dickinson, North Dakota	KXMA-TV 2.1 KXMB (DT2) 12.2 KXMC (DT2) 13.2 KXMD (DT2) 11.2	2016	none	Nexstar Media Group
147	Anchorage, Alaska	KYUR (DT2) 13.2^1	2006	The WB	Vision Alaska LLC
148	Wichita Falls, Texas–Lawton, Oklahoma	KAUZ (DT2) 6.2^1	2006	none	American Spirit Media (operated under joint sales and shared services agreements with Gray Television)
149	Sioux City, Iowa	KTIV (DT2) 4.2^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
150	Panama City, Florida	WJHG (DT2) 7.2^1	2006	The WB	Gray Television
151	Erie, Pennsylvania	WSEE (DT2) 35.2^1	2006	none	Lilly Broadcasting
152	Albany, Georgia	WGCW-LD 36 WALB (DT4) 10.4^2	2019		Gray Television
153	Joplin, Missouri–Pittsburg, Kansas	KFJX (DT2) 14.2^1	2018	none	SagamoreHill Broadcasting (operated under shared services and joint sales agreements by Morgan Murphy Media)
154	Rochester, Minnesota	KTTC (DT2) 10.2^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
155	Bangor, Maine	WABI (DT2) 5.2^1	2006	The WB	Gray Television
156	Biloxi–Gulfport, Mississippi	WXXV (DT3) 25.3	2015	none	Morris Multimedia
157	Gainesville, Florida	WCJB (DT2) 20.2^1	2006	none	Gray Television
158	Terre Haute, Indiana	WTHI (DT3) 10.3^1	2017	Ion Television	Heartland Media
159	Sherman, Texas–Ada–Ardmore, Oklahoma	KTEN (DT2) 10.2^1, 3	2006	none	Lockwood Broadcasting
160	Binghamton, New York	WBNG (DT2) 12.2^1	2007	none	Quincy Media
161	Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho	KIFI (DT3) 8.3^1	2009	none	News-Press & Gazette Company
162	Wheeling, West Virginia–Steubenville, Ohio	"WBWO" 18 (cable only)	2006	The WB	Turnpike Television
163	Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill, West Virginia	WVVA (DT2) 6.2^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
164	Missoula, Montana	KPAX (DT2) 8.2^1	2006	none	The E.W. Scripps Company
165	Abilene–Sweetwater, Texas	KTXS (DT2) 12.2^1	2006	none	Sinclair Broadcast Group
166	Yuma, Arizona–El Centro, California	KECY (DT3) 9.3^1	2010	none	News-Press & Gazette Company
167	Billings, Montana	KTVQ (DT2) 2.2^1	2006	none	The E.W. Scripps Company
169	Utica, New York	WKTV (DT3) 2.3^1	2017	MeTV	Heartland Media
170	Clarksburg–Weston, West Virginia	WVFX (DT2) 10.2	2006	none	Gray Television
171	Rapid City, South Dakota	KCLO (DT2) 3.2^1	2018	Ion Television	Nexstar Media Group
172	Lake Charles, Louisiana	KPLC (DT2) 7.2^1, 3	2017	none	Gray Television
173	Dothan, Alabama	WRGX-LD2 23.2^1 WTVY-DT3 4.3^1	2006	UPN	Gray Television
174	Quincy, Illinois–Keokuk, Iowa	WGEM (DT2) 10.2^1	2006	The WB	Quincy Media
175	Harrisonburg, Virginia	WSVW (LD2) 30.2^1	2019	none	Gray Television
176	Elmira–Corning, New York	WENY (DT2) 36.2	2006	The WB	Lilly Broadcasting
177	Jackson, Tennessee	WNBJ (LD2) 39.2^1	2018	none	SagamoreHill Broadcasting
178	Watertown, New York	WWTI (DT2) 50.2^1	2006	The WB	Nexstar Media Group
179	Alexandria, Louisiana	KALB (DT3) 5.3	2015	none	Gray Television
180	Jonesboro, Arkansas	KAIT (DT3) 8.3^1	2018	none	Gray Television
181	Bowling Green, Kentucky	WBKO (DT3) 13.3^1	2006	The WB	Gray Television
182	Marquette, Michigan	WBKP 5.1 WBUP (DT2) 10.2	2006	ABC (WBKP) none (WBUP-DT2)	Marks Radio Group
183	Charlottesville, Virginia	WVIR (DT3) 29.2^1 WVIR (CD3) 29.2^1	2006 2019	The WB	Gray Television
184	Laredo, Texas	KYLX (LD2) 13.2^1	2015	none	Gray Television
185	Butte–Bozeman, Montana	KXLF (DT2) 4.2^1 KBZK (DT2) 7.2 ^1	2006	none	The E.W. Scripps Company
186	Bend, Oregon	KTVZ (DT2) 21.2^1	2006	none	News-Press & Gazette Company
187	Grand Junction–Montrose, Colorado	KJCT-LP (DT2) 8.2^1	2014	none	Gray Television
188	Lafayette, Indiana	WLFI (DT2) 18.2^1	2017	none	Heartland Media
189	Twin Falls, Idaho	KMVT (DT2) 11.2^1	2006	none	Gray Television
190	Lima, Ohio	served by WBDT, Dayton, OH (cable only)
191	Meridian, Mississippi	WTOK (DT3) 11.3^1	2006	none	Gray Television
192	Great Falls, Montana	KRTV (DT2) 3.2^1	2006	none	The E.W. Scripps Company
193	Greenwood-Greenville, Mississippi	"WBWD" (cable only)	2006	The WB	Suddenlink Communications
194	Parkersburg, West Virginia	WOVA (LD2) 22.2^1	2018	none	Gray Television
195	Eureka, California	KECA-LD 29^1	2014	none	Sinclair Broadcast Group
196	San Angelo, Texas	KTXE (LD2) 38.2	2006	The WB	Sinclair Broadcast Group
197	Cheyenne–Scottsbluff, Nebraska	KGWN (DT3) 5.3^1	2006–2008, 2011–	none	Gray Television
198	Casper, Wyoming	KCWY (DT2) 13.2^1	2015	none	Gray Television
199	Mankato, Minnesota	KMNF (LD2)^1, 7	2019	none	Gray Television
200	Ottumwa, Iowa-Kirksville, Missouri	KYOU (DT4) 15.4^1	2018	Escape	American Spirit Media (operated under shared services agreement by Gray Television)
201	St. Joseph, Missouri	KNPG (LD2) 21^1, 3, 5	2012	none	News-Press & Gazette Company
202	Fairbanks, Alaska	KATN (DT2) 2.3^1	2006	none	Vision Alaska LLC
203	Victoria, Texas	KVCT (DT3) 19.3^1	2018	This TV	SagamoreHill Broadcasting
204	Zanesville, Ohio	"Zanesville CW 13" (cable only)	2008	none	Spectrum
205	Helena, Montana	KTVH (DT2) 9.2^4	2015	none	The E.W. Scripps Company
206	Presque Isle, Maine	WAGM (DT3) 8.3^1	2018	none	Gray Television
207	Juneau, Alaska	KJUD (DT2) 8.2^1	2006	none	Vision Alaska LLC
208	Alpena, Michigan	"WBAE" (cable only)	2006	The WB	Spectrum
209	North Platte, Nebraska	KIIT (CD2) (simulcast of KCWH-LD/Lincoln)	2018	None	Gray Television
210	Glendive, Montana	served by KBZK (DT2), Bozeman, MT (cable only)
N/A	Tamuning, Guam	KTKB-LD 26.1	2009–2011, 2012–	Independent	KM Communications

• ¹ These stations carry The CW Plus on a digital subchannel. In some of these cases, the channel listed is the actual digital channel (e.g. "13", not a virtual channel such as "27.2", for WKYT).
• ² Cable channel already operational, but not yet broadcasting via a digital subchannel. See also note 1.
• ³ Local affiliate formerly operated as a cable-only channel.
• ⁴ Local affiliate formerly operated as the main channel affiliation.
• ⁵ KCWE is available over-the-air in the St. Joseph market, as are other local stations originating from Kansas City; KNPG-LD formerly operated as cable-only "WBJO" from its 1998 sign-on as part of The WB 100+ Station Group until News-Press & Gazette Company took over operational and advertising control of the channel and added it to KNPN's third digital subchannel in June 2012; it was then spun off into a separately licensed station as KBJO-LD owned by News-Press & Gazette in April 2014.
• ⁶ WWMB's main channel maintains a separate schedule when not airing CW network programming.
• ⁷ In the Mankato market, Consolidated Communications carries cable-only "KWYE" as the CW affiliate for that provider's subscribers, whereas Spectrum carries Quincy Media-owned CW affiliate KTTC-DT2/Rochester, Minnesota as the CW Plus outlet for its subscribers.

Former affiliates

Market	Station	Former affiliation (before The CW Plus)	Ownership	Years of affiliation	Status
Albany, Georgia	WSWG-DT3	The WB	Marquee Broadcasting	2006–2019	Replaced by WGCW-LD & WALB-DT4 on April 22, 2019
Augusta, Georgia	WAGT-DT2	The WB	Gray Television	2006–2017	Defunct, replaced by WAGT-CD2
Biloxi–Gulfport– Long Beach, Mississippi	"WBGP" (cable-only)	The WB	Morris Multimedia	2006–2015	The CW is affiliated with WXXV-DT3
Binghamton, New York	"WBXI"	The WB	Gateway Communications/ Spectrum (Gateway's interest later transferred to SJL Broadcasting in 2000, and Granite Broadcasting in 2006)	2006–2007	Replaced by WBNG-DT2 in September 2007
Bismarck, North Dakota	"KWMK" (cable-only)	The WB	Midcontinent Communications	2006–2016	Cable only; replaced by the KX Television group of stations[15]
Brownsville–McAllen–Harlingen, Texas	KNVO (DT4) 48.4	none	Entravision Communications	2006–2016	Affiliation moved to XHRIO-TDT in October 2016; Now an Ion Television affiliate; This translator was replaced by KXFX-CD2
Burlington, Vermont– Plattsburgh, New York	WPTZ (DT2) 5.2	NBC Weather Plus	Hearst Television	2013–2018	Subchannel is now a MeTV affiliate; The CW is affiliated with sister station WNNE
Cadillac–Traverse City– Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	"WBVC" (cable-only)	NBC Weather Plus	Spectrum	2013–2018	Affiliation moved to WFQX-DT2
Eureka, California	KUVU-LP 9	The WB	Sainte Partners II, L.P.	2006–2014	Defunct; The CW is affiliated with KECA-LD
Fort Smith– Fayetteville, Arkansas	"KCWA" (cable-only)	The WB	Cox Communications	2006–2008	Defunct; replaced by KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 in April 2008
Glendive, Montana	CW Glendive (cable only, formerly KWZB)	The WB	Mid-Rivers Communications	2006–2017	Defunct; The CW is carried on cable only via KBZK-DT2
Grand Junction–Montrose, Colorado	KJCT (DT2) 8.2	none	Gray Television	2006–2014	Replaced by KJCT-LD2; Now a Cozi TV affiliate
Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi	"WBH" 59 (cable-only)	The WB	Waypoint Media	2006–2012	The CW then affiliated with WHPM-LD2
	WHPM-LD2 (DT2)	None	Waypoint Media	2012–2014	The CW moved to WHLT DT 2 in 2014, duplicating the feed on sister station WJTV
Helena, Montana	KMTF 10	The WB	Montana State University	2006–2015	Station went dark on July 2, 2015, after Gray Television donated the station (now KUHM-TV) to Montana State University for pending integration into the Montana PBS member network;[16][17] The CW is affiliated with KTVH-DT2
Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho	KPIF 15	The WB	KM Communications	2006–2009	Defunct; became an RTV after disaffiliating from The CW, station license deleted in February 2011; The CW is affiliated with KIFI-DT3
Jackson, Tennessee	"WBJK" (cable-only)	The WB	Charter Communications	2006–2018	Defunct; replaced by WNBJ-DT2 in August 2018
Jonesboro, Arkansas	"KJOS" (cable only)	The WB	non-ownership (various cable systems)	2006–2018	Defunct; replaced by KAIT-DT3 in September 2018
Joplin, Missouri–Pittsburg, Kansas	"KSXF" (cable-only)	The WB	Cable One	2006–2018	Defunct; replaced by KFJX-DT2 in August 2018
Lafayette, Indiana	"WBI" (cable-only)	The WB	non-ownership (various cable systems)	2006–2017	Defunct; replaced by WLFI-DT2
Lafayette, Louisiana	KLWB 50	The WB	Wilderness Communications, LLC	2006–2010	Operating as a MeTV affiliate; The CW is affiliated with KATC-DT2
Laredo, Texas	"KTXW" 19	The WB	SagamoreHill Broadcasting	2006–2010	Replaced by KGNS-DT2
	KGNS-TV (DT2) 8	The WB	Gray Television	2010–2014	Subchannel became an ABC affiliate, replaced by "Laredo CW 19"
	"Laredo CW 19" (cable-only)	None	Spectrum	2014–2015	Defunct; replaced by KYLX-LD2
Lima, Ohio	"WBOH" (cable-only from 2008-2010)	The WB	Spectrum	2006–2010	Also broadcast on WLIO-DT2 until September 17, 2008 when the station joined Fox and MyNetworkTV Defunct; replaced by WBDT
Lincoln-Hastings- Grand Island-Kearney, Nebraska	"KWBL" (cable only)	The WB	Spectrum	2006–2018	The CW is affiliated with KCWH-LD and simulcast on KNHL-DT3
Macon, Georgia	"WBMN" 3 (cable-only)	The WB	Cox Communications	2006–2013	The CW is affiliated with WMAZ-DT2
Madison, Wisconsin	WBUW 57	The WB	Byrne Acquisition Group	2006–2016	The CW is affiliated with WMTV-DT2
Mankato, Minnesota	"KWYE" 19 (cable-only) (alternately served by KTTC-DT2, Rochester, MN [cable only])	The WB	Consolidated Communications	2006–2019	The CW is affiliated with KMNF-LD2
Midland–Odessa, Texas	KWES-DT2 9.2	None	Raycom Media	2013-2019	The CW is affiliated with Big Spring-based KCWO-TV, a former satellite station for KWES-TV.
North Platte, Nebraska	"KWPL" (cable only)	The WB	non-ownership (various cable systems)	2006–2018	The CW is affiliated with KIIT-CD2
Ottumwa, Iowa-Kirksville, Missouri	"KWOT" (cable only)	The WB	Mediacom	2006–2018	Defunct, replaced by KYOU-DT4
Parkersburg, West Virginia	"WCWP" (cable only)	The WB	Suddenlink Communications	2006–2018	The CW is affiliated with WOVA-LD2
Presque Isle, Maine	"WBPQ" (cable only)	The WB	non-ownership (various cable systems)	2006–2018	Defunct; replaced with WAGM-DT3
Rapid City, South Dakota	KWBH-LP 27	The WB	Rapid Broadcasting	2006–2018	The CW is affiliated with KCLO-DT2
Rio Grande Valley, Texas	"KMHB" (cable only)	The WB	Unknown	2006–2007	Defunct; replaced by KFXV-LD
St. Joseph, Missouri	"WBJO" (cable-only)	The WB	NPG Cablevision/ Suddenlink Communications	2006–2012	Defunct; replaced by KNPN-LD2 on June 2, 2012
	KNPN-LD2 26.2	The WB	News-Press & Gazette Company	2012–2013	Replaced by KNPG-LD2 on March 7, 2013; KNPN-LD2 continued to simulcast CW Plus programming (via KBJO-LD) until November 1, 2016, when it was replaced with a simulcast of CBS affiliate KCJO-LD
	KBJO-LD 21	None	News-Press & Gazette Company	2013–2016	Station relaunched as NBC affiliate KNPG-LD on November 1, 2016 The CW is affiliated with KNPG-LD2
San Angelo, Texas	"KWSA" (cable only)	The WB	Unknown	2006–2006	The CW is affiliated with KTXE-LD2
Springfield–Holyoke, Massachusetts	"WBQT" (cable only)	The WB	Unknown	2006–2015	NBC affiliate WWLP assumed operations of "WBQT" in March 2015 The CW is affiliated with WWLP-DT2/WFXS-CD2
Traverse City–Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	"WBVC" (cable-only)	The WB	Tucker Broadcasting of Traverse City, Inc.	2006–2018	Defunct; replaced by WFQX-DT2
Utica, New York	WKTV-DT2 2.2	The WB (cable only as "WBU")	Heartland Media LLC	2006–2015	Joined CBS November 22, 2015 The CW is affiliated with WKTV-DT3
Victoria, Texas	"KWVB" 10 (cable only)	The WB	Suddenlink Communications	2006–2018	Defunct; replaced by KVCT-DT3
Wilmington, North Carolina	"WBW" 29/WWAY-DT2 3.2	The WB (cable only as "WBW")	Morris Multimedia	2006–2017	Cable-only until 2013, with a shift from DT2 to DT3 on January 1, 2017 to accommodate WWAY's new DT2 CBS subchannel
Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California	KSWT-DT 13.2	The WB	Pappas Telecasting Companies	2006–2010	Subchannel is now silent; The CW is affiliated with KECY-DT3
Zanesville, Ohio	"WBZV" (cable-only)	The WB	WHIZ Media Group	2006–2008	Defunct; shut down in 2008 by WHIZ-TV, later replaced by "Zanesville CW 13"

See also

• The WB 100+ Station Group – a predecessor of The CW Plus; most of the remaining cable-only channels and some over-the-air stations that are outlets of The CW Plus formerly served as affiliates of The WB 100+ Station Group
• CW-W – a standard definition-only feed of KTLA/Los Angeles for markets without a CW affiliate carried on DirecTV
• CW-E – a standard definition-only feed of WDCW/Washington, D.C. for markets without a CW affiliate carried on DirecTV
• WGN America – a general entertainment cable and satellite network in the United States, which originally served as the national superstation feed of Chicago CW affiliate WGN-TV; it served as a de facto affiliate of CW predecessor The WB for U.S. markets without an over-the-air affiliate from January 1995 to October 1999
• Foxnet – a similar cable-only network for markets without a Fox affiliate, that operated from 1991 to 2006
• CTV 2 Alberta – a similar cable-only affiliate of CTV Two in the Canadian province of Alberta; formerly Access
• CTV 2 Atlantic – a similar cable-only affiliate of CTV Two in Atlantic Canada; formerly the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) and A Atlantic
• Citytv Saskatchewan – a similar cable-only affiliate of City in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan

References

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2. Michael Schneider (March 3, 2008). "Strike, ratings slip lead to CW layoffs". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
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4. "The WB 100+ station group hits 8 million, more than doubling its household reach since launch". Time Warner (Press release). January 15, 2002.
5. "A Salute to The WB 100+ Station Group on its Fifth Anniversary" (PDF). TelevisionWeek. September 22, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016 – via RussellMyerson.com.
6. Allison Romano (February 24, 2006). "CW Creates Small-Market Service". Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
7. Allison Romano (February 24, 2006). "The Mating Game". Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
8. Daisy Whitney (January 17, 2005). "100+ Vital to Growth in Markets" (PDF). TelevisionWeek – via RussellMyerson.com.
9. Jay Sherman (June 12, 2006). "CW Plus: Digital for the Little Guy" (PDF). TelevisionWeek – via RussellMyerson.com.
10. Dan Trigoboff (September 15, 2002). "Acme's Buzz to go national". Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
11. Dan Trigoboff (September 16, 2002). "ACME's Buzz grows". Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
12. "Network Search: CW+". RabbitEars. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
13. "Local Television Market Universe Estimates" (PDF). Nielsen N.V. September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
14. "CW PLUS Market Clearance (as of September 11, 2017)" (PDF). The CW Plus. The CW Network, LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
15. "KX Adds The CW to Western North Dakota". Dakotawire. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
16. "Gray in 4 New Deals, Closes 3 Earlier Ones". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. July 1, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
17. "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• CWTV.com – Official website for The CW
• CWTVLink.com (requires log-in information)
• GDMX Broadcast – GDMX Website (performs broadcast origination for The CW Plus)