Top-10 Markets that don't have Owned and Operated

[taylorjsdad]

Here is the rest of the list from Market#11 to Market #30.
#11 Detroit - ABC, NBC
#12 Tampa St. Petersburg - ABC, CBS, NBC

In Tampa WFTS(ABC) is owned by Scripps, WTSP (CBS) is owned by Gannett and WFLA-TV(NBC) is owned by Media General.

#13 Phoenix - ABC, CBS, NBC
#14 - Seattle, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
#15 - Minneapolis-St. Paul - ABC, NBC, FOX

I thought FOX owned KMSP.

 

[dhett]

#13 Phoenix - ABC, CBS, NBC
#14 - Seattle, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
#15 - Minneapolis-St. Paul - ABC, NBC, FOX

I thought FOX owned KMSP.

They do.

 

[e-dawg]

Woops, I type to fast and forgot about KMSP FOX 9. FOX Owned and Operated station.

 

[Morgan Wick]

Here is the rest of the list from Market#11 to Market #30.
#11 Detroit - ABC, NBC
#12 Tampa St. Petersburg - ABC, CBS, NBC
#13 Phoenix - ABC, CBS, NBC
#14 - Seattle, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
#15 - Minneapolis-St. Paul - ABC, NBC, FOX
#16 - Miami - Ft. Lauderdale - ABC, FOX
#17 - Cleveland - ABC, CBS, NBC
#18 - Denver - ABC, NBC
#19 - Orlando - ABC, CBS, NBC
#20 - Sacramento, ABC, NBC, FOX
#21 - St. Louis, ABC, CBS, NBC
#22 - Pittsburg ABC, NBC, FOX
#23 - Portland, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
#24 - Baltimore - ABC, NBC, FOX
#25 - Indianapolis - ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
#26 - Charlotte - ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
#27 - San Diego - ABC, CBS, FOX
#28 - Hartford-New Haven - ABC, CBS, FOX
#29 - Raleigh-Durham - NBC, CBS, FOX
#30 - Nashville, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX

So Seattle is the largest market with NO O&O stations not counting the CW, and Portland is the largest market with no O&O stations counting the CW. We get no respect here in the Pacific Northwest!

Charlotte was the largest market with no O&O stations before the CW merger.

Philadelphia is the ONLY market with ALL O&O stations.

 

[formeraa]

Morgan --

I still miss the 10pm news on Channel 11. As I was growing up, I watched the 10 o'clock News every night. In fact, the intro showed a number of people in Seattle. My Grandmother was in there for about 3 or 4 years in the 80's, until they changed the intro.

 

[dhett]

So Seattle is the largest market with NO O&O stations not counting the CW, and Portland is the largest market with no O&O stations counting the CW. We get no respect here in the Pacific Northwest!

I guess if that's how you consider being respected...

Personally, I'd rather see the TV stations affiliate-owned, especially if the affiliates are local. That way, the networks don't decide my market's TV schedule, ramming New York or Los Angeles community standards down my throat. I think it's great that Bonneville decides what's best for KSL-TV and the Salt Lake City market, not NBC, and I may not agree with every decision Bonneville might make.

In my eyes, you're respected more, because the networks leave you alone.