Start TV

Start TV is an American free-to-air television network owned as a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and the CBS News and Stations subsidiary of Paramount Global. Predominantly carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, it primarily airs classic television drama series from the 1980s through the 2000s, with a focus on women-led dramas, police and legal procedurals. The network originates from Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois.[3][4]

Start TV
TypeFree-to-air television network
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide coverage: 80%[1]
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format720p HDTV master feed, can be downscaled to 480i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerStart TV LLC[2]
Key people
Sister channelsMeTV
MeTV+
Catchy Comedy
Heroes & Icons
Movies!
Story Television
History
LaunchedSeptember 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)
Links
Websitewww.starttv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
List of affiliates
Streaming media
Service(s)Frndly TV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV

History

On July 18, 2018, CBS Television Stations and Weigel Broadcasting announced the formation of Start TV, with plans to launch the network on Labor Day of that year (September 3).[3] The network initially debuted on the subchannels of five of Weigel's TV stations, three stations owned by Bahakel Communications, 17 CBS TV stations,[5][6][7] and three CW owned-and-operated stations.

Weigel indicated that CBS suggested the idea for the network to allow more modern programming not being carried by cable networks or streaming services to find a place to air.[8] Start TV officially launched on September 3, 2018, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, with the pilot episode of Touched by an Angel ("The Southbound Bus") as its inaugural broadcast. Variety's 2019 Nielsen ratings list showed that Start TV averaged 114,000 viewers in prime time, up 65% from the 2018 average.[9]

Programming

Similar to its male-targeted sister network Heroes & Icons (H&I), Start TV airs legal/police procedurals and various other dramas - but instead targeting a female audience, featuring shows led by/centered around women. The network features series from the 1980s to the 2000s,[8] and runs a uniform programming schedule with shows airing mainly at the same time seven days a week.[3] Start TV also has a one-hour block of E/I children's programming on Sunday mornings between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Eastern Time in order to fulfill FCC obligations.

Current programs

Source:[5]

E/I programming

Affiliates

As of August 2018, Start TV has affiliation agreements with television stations in 27 media markets encompassing 20 states, covering 45.52% of the United States.[10] The network is carried on the digital subchannels of television stations in most of its markets (with potential exceptions in certain areas where a future affiliate may opt to carry the network on its main feed), and is also carried on cable television providers through their digital tiers at the discretion of the affiliate's parent station in certain markets. The network initially launched primarily on subchannels of stations owned by Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations. (In many of the CBS markets, Start TV displaced Weigel and CBS's classic television network venture Decades, with Weigel assuming the local Decades affiliation rights on stations it owns in certain markets where CBS Television Stations owns a CBS and/or CW owned-and-operated station, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco.) Bahakel Communications also contributed stations to serve as charter affiliates.[3]

In South Bend, Indiana (where Weigel Broadcasting owns ABC affiliate WBND-LD, CW affiliate WCWW-LD and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYS-LD) and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (where Weigel owns CBS affiliate WDJT-TV, independent station WMLW, MeTV owned-and-operated station WBME-CD and Telemundo affiliate WYTU-LD), the network displaced This TV on WCWW-LD2 and WYTU-LD3, effectively leaving that network without an affiliate in either market. (Weigel – which was part-owner of that network from its founding in October 2008 – had continued to hold the This TV affiliation rights for the Milwaukee market after Tribune Broadcasting assumed Weigel's interest and operational responsibilities in the network in November 2013; Tribune's former Milwaukee station, WITI, never claimed the This TV affiliation in the market despite Weigel moving the This affiliation to lower-tier channel slots several times.)[11]

In October 2020, Start TV was made available on Sling TV.[12] On April 19, 2022, Start TV began airing on the Frndly TV live streaming service.[13]

Current affiliates

City of license/market Station Virtual
channel
Physical channel Primary affiliation Owner Date of affiliation Replaced[3][10]

Alabama

MontgomeryWBMM22.318The CWBahakel CommunicationsSeptember 3, 2018Heartland

Alaska

AnchorageKTUU-TV2.310NBCGray Television

Arizona

Phoenix KEJR-LD32.140Start TVWeigel BroadcastingJanuary 1, 2023
KUTP45.526MyNetworkTVFox Television Stations2019[14]
TucsonKTTU18.419Tegna Inc.

California

BakersfieldKNXT-LD53.46MyNetworkTVMy Central Valley, LLC2022
Los AngelesKCBS-TV2.231CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
SacramentoStocktonModestoKOVR13.225
San FranciscoOaklandSan JoseKPIX-TV5.229

Colorado

DenverKCNC-TV4.235CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades

Connecticut

Hartford and New HavenWHCT-LD35.335MeTVWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 30, 2020

District of Columbia

Washington, D.C.WTTG5.336FoxFox Television Stations May 2022MeTV

Florida

TampaSt. PetersburgWTOG44.219IndependentCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
Miami-Fort LauderdaleWFOR-TV4.222CBS
OrlandoWKMG-TV6.426Graham Media GroupDecember 2018
JacksonvilleWJXT4.318Independent2019This TV
West Palm BeachWPTV-TV5.412NBCE. W. Scripps Company2020Ion Mystery

Georgia

AtlantaWUPA69.236IndependentCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
ColumbusWXTX54.624FoxAmerican Spirit Media, LLCSeptember 28, 2022

Hawaii

HonoluluKITV4.320ABCAllen Media BroadcastingOctober 2018

Idaho

BoiseKRID-LD22.622Newsmax TVIdaho TV 22September 3, 2018Untamed Sports TV

Illinois

ChicagoWBBM-TV2.212CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
WMEU-CD48.218IndependentWeigel BroadcastingIndependent
RockfordWFBN-LD35.335Heroes & Icons

Indiana

EvansvilleWZDS-LD5.218H&IWeigel Broadcasting
Fort WayneWISE-TV33.534The CWGray Television
IndianapolisWBXI-CD47.136PrimaryCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
South BendWCWW-LD25.225The CWWeigel BroadcastingThis TV

Iowa

DavenportKWQC-TV6.517NBCFebruary 1, 2019
Des MoinesKDIT-CD45.317Catchy ComedyWeigel Broadcasting

Kansas

TopekaWIBW-TV13.413CBSGray TelevisionFebruary 28, 2019
WichitaKSCW-DT33.412The CWGray Television

Kentucky

LouisvilleWBNA21.28

Louisiana

AlexandriaKBCA41.326Heroes & IconsDelta Media CorporationMay 7, 2021
LafayetteKLWB50.417MeTVDelta Media CorporationMay 7, 2021
MonroeKMLU11.411MeTVLegacy BroadcastingFebruary 2019
New OrleansWVUE-DT8.629FoxGray TelevisionJune 1, 2021
ShreveportKPXJ21.332CWKTBS, LLCMarch 1, 2021

Massachusetts

BostonWBZ-TV4.220CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades

Michigan

DetroitWWJ-TV62.221CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
FlintWJRT12.412ABCAllen Media BroadcastingAugust 30, 2019
Grand RapidsWZZM13.913ABCTEGNA
MarquetteWZMQ19.419MeTVLilly Broadcasting
Lake City/Traverse City/CadillacWMNN-LD26.217NewsNetFreelancer Television Broadcasting, Inc.Antenna TV

Minnesota

MinneapolisSt. PaulWCCO-TV4.232CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
WalkerBemidjiKCCW-TV12.212

Mississippi

MeridianWOOK-LD15.315Gray Television

Missouri

St. LouisKNLC24.614MeTVWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 3, 2018

Nebraska

LincolnKOLN10.210CBSGray Television
OmahaWOWT6.522NBCGray TelevisionFebruary, 2019

New Mexico

AlbuquerqueKASA-TV15.215MeTVTelemundo Station Group
(NBCUniversal)
June 1, 2020New Subchannel

New York

AlbanyWNYT13.312NBCHubbard BroadcastingJune 1, 2019Heroes & Icons
BuffaloWBBZ-TV67.67MeTVNew Subchannel
New York CityWCBS-TV2.236CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
RochesterWHEC-TV10.310NBCHubbard Broadcasting
Syracuse WTVU-CD 22.4 25 Cornerstone TV Rennard Comm. Corp.

North Carolina

CharlotteWCCB18.518The CWBahakel CommunicationsSeptember 3, 2018
RaleighWRAL-TV5.317NBCCapitol Broadcasting CompanyJune 4, 2019

Ohio

ClevelandWBNX-TV55.530IndependentWinston Broadcasting NetworkDecember 1, 2018
CincinnatiWBQC-LD25.428TelemundoElliot BlockDecember 30, 2019Heroes & Icons

Oklahoma

TulsaKMYT-TV41.334MyNetworkTVImagicomm CommunicationsOctober 1, 2020

Pennsylvania

PhiladelphiaKYW-TV3.230CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
PittsburghKDKA-TV2.225
ErieWICU-TV12.412NBCLilly Broadcasting

South Carolina

ColumbiaWOLO-TV25.27ABCBahakel CommunicationsSeptember 3, 2018This TV
Myrtle BeachWFXB43.336Fox2019

Tennessee

Kingsport, TennesseeWKPT-TV19.519Holston Valley Broadcasting GroupOctober, 2019
Lebanon/NashvilleWJFB44.325MeTVWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 2020
Memphis, TennesseeWLMT30.331The CWTEGNA

Texas

DallasFort WorthKTVT11.219CBSCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
Corpus ChristiKQSY-LD30.230HeartlandChannel 7 of Corpus Christi, Inc.Fall 2020
HoustonKPRC-TV2.235NBCGraham Media GroupDecember 1, 2018 (Originally on 2.4 until March 29, 2021)
San AntonioKSAT-TV12.512ABCJanuary 2019
Belton/Killeen/Temple/WacoKNCT46.317The CWGray TelevisionJanuary 2, 2019

Utah

Cedar City, Utah (Salt Lake City)KCSG8.314Heroes & IconsWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 3, 2018

Vermont

Burlington, VermontWCAX-TV3.420CBSGray TelevisionMarch 1, 2019

Virginia

Roanoke/Lynchburg, VirginiaWSLS-TV10.434NBCGraham Media Group2019
RichmondWUPV-TV65.511CWGray Television2022

Washington

Tacoma (Seattle)KSTW11.211IndependentCBS News and StationsSeptember 3, 2018Decades
BellinghamKVOS-TV12.535Heroes & IconsWeigel Broadcasting
Yakima, WashingtonKAPP35.414ABCMorgan Murphy Media

West Virginia

Bluefield, West VirginiaWVVA6.517NBCGray Television
Clarksburg, West VirginiaWVFX10.313FOXGray Television

Wisconsin

Eau ClaireWEAU13.538NBCGray Television
Green BayWBAY-TV2.523ABCFebruary 1, 2019[15]
MadisonWMTV15.519NBCJune 1, 2020
MilwaukeeWDJT-TV58.529CBSWeigel BroadcastingSeptember 3, 2018[11]
WYTU-LD63.216Telemundo

Former affiliates

Market Station Channel Current owner Years of affiliation Notes
Baxley
(Georgia)
WSCG34.10Tri-State Christian Television2019-2020
Cedar Rapids
(Iowa)
KCRG-TV9.5Gray Television2019-2021Dropped due to lack of bandwidth when KCRG began broadcasting The CW in HD
New York City
(New York)
WLNY-TV55.4CBS News and Stations2021Replaced by HSN
Tulsa
(Oklahoma)
KMYT-TV41.5Imagicom Communications2020-2021Replaced by This TV

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