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Most affiliates of one network on one cable system

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ftballfan

What is the most affiliates of one network that can be found on one cable system?

Alma, MI receives three CBS affiliates on cable: WLNS Lansing on channel 5, WNEM Bay City on channel 7, and WWTV Cadillac on channel 10. Alma also receives two NBC affiliates: WEYI Saginaw on channel 4 and WOOD Grand Rapids on channel 16. This also results in the rare cable system on which broadcast stations are received from four different TV markets.
 
Charter in Alma, MI (Flint-Saginaw DMA) also carries three PBS members:
WDCQ Bad Axe (channel 9)
WCMU Mount Pleasant (channel 12)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 18)
Charter in Davison, MI and Fenton, MI (Flint-Saginaw DMA) carries three PBS members:
WKAR East Lansing (channel 10)
WCMZ Flint (channel 12)
WTVS Detroit (channel 18)

Charter in Durand, MI (Flint-Saginaw DMA) carries three NBC affiliates:
WEYI Saginaw (channel 4)
WDIV Detroit (channel 9)
WILX Onondaga (channel 13)

Charter in Oxford, MI (Detroit DMA) carries three PBS members:
WTVS Detroit (channel 10)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 17)
WCMZ Flint (channel 19)

Charter in Rose City, MI (Flint-Saginaw DMA) carries three CBS affiliates:
WNEM Bay City (channel 7)
WWTV Cadillac (channel 10)
WBKB Alpena (channel 11)

Charter in Saginaw, MI (Flint-Saginaw DMA) and surrounding communities carry three PBS members:
WDCQ Bad Axe (channel 9)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 10)
WCMZ Flint (channel 12)

Charter in Saint Johns, MI (Lansing DMA) carries three NBC affiliates:
WEYI Saginaw (channel 4)
WOOD Grand Rapids (channel 8)
WILX Onondaga (channel 10)

Charter in Whitmore Lake, MI (Detroit DMA) carries three PBS members:
WTVS Detroit (channel 10)
WCMZ Flint (channel 12)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 17)

Comcast in Ann Arbor, MI (Detroit DMA) carries three PBS members:
WTVS Detroit (channel 6)
WGTE Toledo (channel 12)
WCMZ Flint (channel 24)

Comcast in Benton Harbor, Saint Joseph, and Three Oaks, MI (South Bend DMA) carries three CBS affiliates:
WBBM Chicago (channel 2)
WSBT South Bend (channel 13)
WWMT Kalamazoo (channel 21)

Comcast in Brighton, MI (Detroit DMA) carries three PBS members:
WTVS Detroit (channel 6)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 22)
WCMZ Flint (channel 24)

Comcast in Brooklyn, MI (Lansing DMA) carries three ABC affiliates:
WLAJ Lansing (channel 3)
WXYZ Detroit (channel 12)
WTVG Toledo (channel 21)

Comcast in Flint, MI (Flint-Saginaw DMA) carries three PBS members:
WCMZ Flint (channel 3)
WDCQ Bad Axe (channel 19)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 21)

Comcast in Hartland, MI (Detroit DMA) carries three PBS members:
WKAR East Lansing (channel 14)
WCMZ Flint (channel 15)
WTVS Detroit (channel 16)

Comcast in Holly and Walled Lake, MI (Detroit DMA) carries three PBS members:
WTVS Detroit (channel 6)
WCMZ Flint (channel 9)
WKAR East Lansing (channel 16)

Comcast in Michigan City, IN (Chicago DMA) carries four PBS members:
WTTW Chicago (channel 11)
WYIN Gary (channel 17)
WYCC Chicago (channel 20)
WNIT South Bend (channel 26)
* – almost all Chicagoland cable systems would qualify as Chicago has three PBS members based in its market

Comcast in Watervliet, MI (South Bend DMA) carries three NBC affiliates:
WOOD Grand Rapids (channel 8)
WNDU South Bend (channel 10)
WMAQ Chicago (channel 23)
 
Jackson Energy Authority cable in Jackson, TN has CBS from three sources: WBBJ 7.3 in Jackson, WREG 3 in Memphis, and WTVF 5 in Nashville. I didn’t realize it until I checked their lineup that they had dropped WSMV in Nashville, so WTVF is the only Nashville station still on JEA cable and considering that WBBJ has CBS on 7.3 I’m surprised that they haven’t pushed to get WTVF dropped.
 
Comcast in Frederick MD (Washington DMA) carries three NBC affiliates:
WRC Washington (channel 4)
WBAL Baltimore (channel 11)
WHAG Hagerstown (channel 12)
 
Time Warner in Falls City Neb (Omaha DMA) has 3 ABC affiliates (KMBC, KQTV, KETV) 2 CBS Affiliates (KOLN, KMTV) 2 NBC Affiliates (WOWT, KSHB) but only 1 Fox affiliate (KPTM), all available in SD

Fidelity in Rolla MO (St. Louis DMA), has 3 CBS affiliate (KRCG, KMOV, KOLR), 2 NBC affiliates (KSDK, KYTV), but 1 ABC (KSPR) and Fox (KTVI) affiliate, all available in SD

only the default affiliate for the DMA is carried in HD (1 per network) on these, don't know how syndex is enforced on these systems,
 
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in the Kansas City area, Comcast and Time Warner carry 2 PBS stations (KTWU, KCPT) on the Kansas side but they only carry KCPT on the Missouri side, KTWU is not carried by Uverse, Google Fiber, or the dishes and only KCPT is available in HD on the Kansas side
 
Comcast in Earle AR (Memphis DMA) (a "cursed" system, BTW) carries three ABC affiliates:
WATN Memphis (Channel 6)
KAIT Jonesboro (Channel 7)
KATV Little Rock (Channel 19)

In fact, it carries all three Jonesboro-licensed stations (the other two are KVTJ - Channel 16 and KTEJ - Channel 18).

KAIT and KATV were carried on Comcast's "not cursed" West Memphis system, but were dropped a few years ago (Syndex?). West Memphis still has KTEJ on Channel 151.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
Time Warner in Falls City Neb (Omaha DMA) has 3 ABC affiliates (KMBC, KQTV, KETV) 2 CBS Affiliates (KOLN, KMTV) 2 NBC Affiliates (WOWT, KSHB) but only 1 Fox affiliate (KPTM), all available in SD

Fidelity in Rolla MO (St. Louis DMA), has 3 CBS affiliate (KRCG, KMOV, KOLR), 2 NBC affiliates (KSDK, KYTV), but 1 ABC (KSPR) and Fox (KTVI) affiliate, all available in SD

only the default affiliate for the DMA is carried in HD (1 per network) on these, don't know how syndex is enforced on these systems,
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Falls City has KOLN in HD instead of KMTV; Rolla has KSPR in HD instead of KDNL (which isn't carried at all).
 
Comcast in Harrisonburg VA (Harrisonburg DMA) carries four NBC affiliates:
WVIR Charlottesville (channel 10/HD 804)
WWBT Richmond (channel 194)
WRC Washington (channel 196)
WSLS Roanoke (channel 197)
 
Comcast's Waukegan system in Lake Co., IL offers four PBS members in both SD and HD, including WTTW-11 Chicago, WYCC-20 Chicago, WMVS-10 Milwaukee and (recently added) WYIN-56 Gary, IN.
 
Country Cablevision in Burnsville NC (Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville DMA) carries three CBS affiliates in SD and HD:
WBTV Charlotte (SD 3/HD 203)
WSPA Spartanburg (SD 7/HD 207)
WJHL Johnson City (SD 11/HD 211)
 
Is it just me or are independent cable providers more likely to carry multiple affiliates of one network in HD than major cable providers?
 
Ludington, MI, as late as 1997, carried three FOX affiliates and three ABC affiliates.
FOX: WGKI Cadillac, WLUK Green Bay, WITI Milwaukee (only WGKI (now WFQX) carried today) [WLUK and WITI were originally Big Three affiliates]
ABC: WZZM Grand Rapids, WGTU Traverse City, WBAY Green Bay (WZZM and WGTU still carried; however, WGTU was dropped and came back recently)
Prior to the New World deal, Ludington carried three affiliates of each Big Three network.
ABC: WZZM, WGTU, WBAY
NBC: WPBN Traverse City, WTMJ Milwaukee, WLUK
CBS: WWTV Cadillac, WITI, WFRV Green Bay
 
DirecTV's Los Angeles local channels include three PBS stations -- KOCE/50 Huntington Beach, KVCR/24 San Bernardino, and KLCS/58 Los Angeles. Used to be four, until KCET/28 dropped its PBS affiliation.
 
Algoma Municipal Utilities in Algoma IA (Des Moines DMA) carries three CBS affiliates in SD and HD:
KIMT Mason City (SD 3/HD 303)
KCCI Des Moines (SD 8/HD 308)
KEYC Mankato (SD 12/HD 312)
 
CMA Cablevision in La Grange, TX (Austin DMA) carries FOUR ABC affiliates:
KVUE Austin (cable 8)
KSAT San Antonio (cable 12)
KTRK Houston (cable 13)
KAVU Victoria (cable 19)

KVUE and KTRK are in HD.
 
ftballfan said:
CMA Cablevision in La Grange, TX (Austin DMA) carries FOUR ABC affiliates:
KVUE Austin (cable 8)
KSAT San Antonio (cable 12)
KTRK Houston (cable 13)
KAVU Victoria (cable 19)

KVUE and KTRK are in HD.
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This system also serves Weimar in Colorado County (Houston DMA). For MNT they get KTXH instead of KBVO, and for Univision they get KXLN instead of KAKW.
 
mvcg66b3r said:
This system also serves Weimar in Colorado County (Houston DMA). For MNT they get KTXH instead of KBVO, and for Univision they get KXLN instead of KAKW.
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Another strange thing: Luling, 50 miles closer to San Antonio along I-10 than Schulenburg, carries no San Antonio stations at all.
 
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