List of former WB affiliates
This is a list of stations which were affiliated with The WB Television Network in the United States at the time of the network's closure. The WB shut down September 17, 2006. Former affiliates of The WB became affiliates of The CW, MyNetworkTV, or reverted to independent status. Some WB affiliates dropped WB programming on September 5, 2006 in favor of MyNetworkTV.
As previously mentioned, from January 1995 to September 2006, Tribune Broadcasting was an investor in The WB Television Network, along with the Warner Bros. division of Time Warner. Tribune held an initial 12.5 percent stake in the network at its launch, and later increased it to 22 percent; most of Tribune's television properties were key WB affiliates but not owned-and-operated stations of the network as Time Warner had controlling interest in it. On January 24, 2006, Warner Bros. Television announced that they would merge The WB with the CBS-owned United Paramount Network to form a new programming service called the CW. All but three of Tribune's WB stations joined the CW on September 18, 2006, through ten-year agreements. Tribune does not have an ownership interest in the CW. In late March 2008 Tribune announced that San Diego affiliate KSWB-TV would switch its network affiliation to Fox in August of that year. The future status of the CW affiliation in San Diego remained unclear until early July when the network named the soon-to-be-displaced Fox affiliate, Tijuana-licensed XETV, as its new affiliate. Stations in bold are Tribune owned and operated stations.
Alabama
- Birmingham WTTO1 21/WDBB 171
- Dothan WBDO Cable 3/63
- Huntsville/Decatur/Florence WAWB2 (no analog channel; broadcast only on digital subchannel of WZDX and on area cable systems)
- Mobile WBPG1 55
- Montgomery WBMY Cable 14
Alaska
- Anchorage KWBX
- Fairbanks KWBX
- Juneau KWJA
California
- Bakersfield KWFB cable 12
- Chico KIWB cable 10
- Eureka KWBT
- Los Angeles KTLA-TV1 5
- Monterey KMWB cable 14
- Palm Springs KCWB
- San Diego KSWB-TV1 69 (cable 5)
- San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose KOFY-TV3 20
- Sacramento-Stockton KQCA-TV2 58
- Sanger-Fresno KFRE-TV1 59
- Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/San Luis Obispo KWCA Cable 5
Colorado
- Denver KWGN-TV1 2
- Grand Junction KWGJ
District of Columbia
- Washington WDCW1 50
Florida
- Ft. Myers - Naples WTVK1 46 (cable 6)
- Gainesville WBFL cable 10
- Jacksonville WCWJ1 17 (formerly WJWB 1997-2006)
- Miami - Ft. Lauderdale WDZL/WBZL/WSFL1 39
- Orlando - WKCF1 18
- Panama City WBPC
- Tallahassee WFXU / WTLF1 57 / 24
- Tampa Bay Area WWWB WB32 (now WMOR-TV1996-1998) WTTA2 WB38
- West Palm Beach WTCN2 43
Georgia
- Albany WBSK
- Atlanta WATL2 36
- Augusta WBAU cable 23
- Columbus WBG
- Macon WBMN cable 3
- Savannah WBVH cable 13
Hawaii
- Honolulu KFVE2 5
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
- Topeka WBKS cable 5
- Wichita KWCV1 33
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Alexandria KBCA 41
- Baton Rouge WBRL-CD1 21
- Lafayette KLAF-LP 46 (shared with UPN, 1995-1999), KLWB (TV) 50 (2006)
- Lake Charles WBLC
- Monroe KWMB cable 12
- Morgan City KWBJ 39
- New Orleans WNOL1 38 (originally a FOX affiliate until 1995)
- Shreveport KSHV2 45, KPXJ 21 (Shared affiliation with UPN on KSHV from 1997-2003 & on KPXJ in September 2006)
Maryland
- Baltimore WNUV1 54
- Salisbury WBD cable 3
Michigan
Minnesota
- Duluth KWBD Cable 2
- Mankato KWYE Cable 23
- Minneapolis-St. Paul WUCW1 23
- Rochester KWBR
Mississippi
- Biloxi WBGP
- Columbus WBWP
- Greenwood WBWD
- Hattiesburg WBH Comcast Cable 59
- Jackson WUFX2 35
- Meridian WBMM
Missouri
Montana
- Billings KWBM
- Butte KWXB
- Glendive KWZB
- Great Falls KWGF
- Helena KMTF 10
- Missoula KIDW
New Hampshire
New Mexico
- Albuquerque KWBQ1 19
New York
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy WCWN1 45 (formerly WEWB-TV 1999-2006; now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
- Binghamton WBXI1 cable 11
- Buffalo WNYO2 49
- Elmira/Corning WBE1 cable 2
- New York WPIX-TV1 11
- Rochester WRWB1 cable 16 (formerly owned by Time Warner Cable; now owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
- Syracuse WNYS-TV2 43
- Utica WBU1 cable 11
- Watertown WBWT1 cable 14/22
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
- Abilene KWAW
- Amarillo KDBA cable 11
- Austin KNVA12 54
- Beaumont/Port Arthur KWJB (cable WB10)
- Corpus Christi KWDB cable 16/23
- Dallas/Ft. Worth KDAF1 33
- Harlingen/Weslaco/Brownsville/McAllen KMHB Cable 53 (formerly KHWB 1998-2003)
- Houston KHTV/KHWB/KHCW1 39
- Laredo KTXW cable 19
- Lubbock KWBZ 22
- Odessa/Midland KWWT1 30 "WB30"
- San Angelo KWSA cable 14
- San Antonio/Kerrville KMYS2 35 (now a CW affiliate)
- Sherman KSHD
- Tyler/Longview KWTL (as part of The WB 100+)
- Victoria KWVB
- Waco KWKT2 44 (dual Fox/WB affiliate) (now Fox/MNTV affiliate)
- Wichita Falls KWB
Utah
- Salt Lake City KUCW1 30
Vermont
- Burlington WFFF-TV4 44 (shared affiliation with FOX)
Virginia
- Bristol-Kingsport, TN-Johnson City, TN WCYB-DT21 5.2
- Charlottesville WBC
- Harrisonburg WBHA
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News-Hampton-Virginia Beach WTVZ2 33
- Richmond WWBT4 12 (primary affiliation is with NBC)
- Roanoke-Lynchburg WFXR DT21 21.2/WWCW DT2 20.2 (formerly cable "WB 5 (WBVA-TV)", digital subchannel of former WJPR)
Washington
- Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia KTZZ/KTWB-TV/KMYQ/KZJO2 22
- Spokane KSKN-TV1 22
- Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick KWYP
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Casper KWWY
- Cheyenne KCHW
Key:
1 = affiliate that joined The CW Television Network
2 = affiliate that joined MyNetworkTV
3 = affiliate that became an independent station
4 = affiliate that dropped secondary WB affiliation
5 = affiliate status uncertain
Key affiliates of The WB that were owned by Tribune Broadcasting during their time as a WB affiliate are denoted in bold.
See also
- The WB Television Network
- The WB 100+ Station Group