TOP 25 MARKETS WITHOUT A BIG 4 O&O

[gregg75]

The only O&O's in Atlanta are WAGA 5 (FOX) and WUPA 69 CW (owned by CBS).
I'm feeling lazy help me with this.............
What are some of the next/other markets with 1 or less (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC O&O)?

Which market is the largest not to have an O&O?

What Top 25 Markets are without an O&O?

Which market/station is the smallest to have an O&O?

 

[azumanga]

...the DMAs within the top 25 that are without a Big Four O&O are Seattle, Cleveland, St. Louis, Portland, and Charlotte. Both Cleveland and St. Louis lost their recent O&Os in the Fox/Local TV deal.

Cleveland and St. Louis have two TV stations at one time were O&Os, but are now in the hands of others -- in Cleveland there is WKYC (NBC) and WJW (Fox); in St. Louis, KMOX (CBS, now KMOV) and KTVI (Fox).

 

[dave73]

Detroit is a top 25 market where only ABC doesn't own their station. That had to do with Capital Cities buying ABC, & at that time, I believe they could only own 5 or 6 stations in the VHF band, & they chose WXYZ-TV in order to keep WPVI (then a Capital Cities station). All other top 4 network stations are owned by the networks themselves.

 

[azumanga]

Detroit is a top 25 market where only ABC doesn't own their station. That had to do with Capital Cities buying ABC, & at that time, I believe they could only own 5 or 6 stations in the VHF band, & they chose WXYZ-TV in order to keep WPVI (then a Capital Cities station). All other top 4 network stations are owned by the networks themselves.

Are you talking only about Detroit? The only Big 4 O&Os in Detroit today are WJBK (Fox) and WWJ (CBS) -- Scripps owns the aforementioned WXYZ, and Post-Newsweek owns WDIV (NBC).

 

[KeithE4]

What are some of the next/other markets with 1 or less (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC O&O)?

#13 Phoenix only has a Fox O&O - KSAZ/10 - as far as the Big 4 networks are concerned, although NBC owns the Telemundo station here (KTAZ/39). The others are owned by Meredith (CBS/5), Gannett (NBC/12), and Scripps (ABC/15).

 

[azumanga]

What are some of the next/other markets with 1 or less (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC O&O)?

#13 Phoenix only has a Fox O&O - KSAZ/10 - as far as the Big 4 networks are concerned, although NBC owns the Telemundo station here (KTAZ/39). The others are owned by Meredith (CBS/5), Gannett (NBC/12), and Scripps (ABC/15).

Ditto with Tampa Bay, with Fox O&O WTVT. CBS's ownership of WTOG doesn't count, as that station is affiliated with The CW (the CBS affil here, WTSP, is owned by Gannett).

 

[bpatrick]

#25 Raleigh/Durham: WTVD (ABC/11) is the market's only o&o.
WNCN (NBC/17) was an o&o until NBC sold it and its stations in
Birmingham, Columbus, and Providence to Media General. WRAL
(CBS/5) is one of the few stations in the country still locally-owned,
by Capitol Broadcasting, which has at least a management interest
in WRAZ (FOX/50). Univision also owns a station, WUVC/40, and ION
owns WRPX/47.

Off-subject but Raleigh/Durham is one of three markets in the Carolinas
with a Sinclair duopoly: WLFL (CW/22) and WRDC (MyNet/28). The others
are Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point (WXLV ABC/45 and WMYV MyNet/48)
and Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville (WLOS ABC/13 and WMYA MyNet/40).

Baltimore is another with just one o&o: WJZ (CBS/13); WMAR (ABC/2) is owned
by Scripps-Howard, WBAL (NBC/11) by Hearst, and WBFF (FOX/45) by Sinclair.

 

[newsmark]

Dallas (DMA #5)
ABC doesn't own WFAA (Belo)

Houston (DMA #10)
NBC doesn't own KPRC (Post Newsweek)
CBS doesn't own KHOU (Below)

San Francisco/Oakland (DMA #6)
Fox doesn't own KTVU (Cox)

Boston (DMA #7)
NBC doesn't own WHDH (Sunbeam)
ABC doesn't own WCVB (Hearst)

Washington (DMA #8)
ABC doesn't own WJLA (Allbritton)
CBS doesn't own WUSA (Gannett)