Superstation

===Former===
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|+Former television superstations
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! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="175px"|Originating [[city of license]]/[[Media market|market]]
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="115px"|Station
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="125px"|Current affiliation
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="175px"|Current owner
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="65px"|Signed on
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="65px"|Years of<br>availability
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D width="500px"|Distribution
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|| [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]] || '''[[WXIX-TV]]''' 19 || Fox || [[Gray Television]] || 1968 || 1971–1986
|| WXIX maintained regionalized cable distribution in most of [[Ohio]] and [[Kentucky]], along with a few areas of eastern [[Indiana]]. The station began terminating its carriage agreements with cable systems outside of the Cincinnati region when it affiliated with Fox in October 1986.
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|| [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]] || '''[[WUAB]]''' 43 || The CW || Gray Television || 1968 || 1971–1995
|| WUAB maintained regionalized cable distribution in most of [[Ohio]], [[West Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Ontario]]. The station was dropped from most cable providers outside of Cleveland and [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] and Ontario's Lake Erie shoreline region in the 1990s. (The station is still available on Spectrum systems in the suburbs of Erie, Pennsylvania.)
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| rowspan="2"|[[Dallas]]–[[Fort Worth, Texas]] || '''[[KTVT]]''' 11 || [[CBS]] ([[owned-and-operated station|O&O]]) || [[CBS News and Stations]]<br>{{small|([[Paramount Global]])}} || 1955 || 1971–1995
|| KTVT maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of the [[South Central United States]] (concentrated mainly in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, with systems in some larger markets within that footprint dropping KTVT from their lineups upon the re-imposition of SyndEx in January 1990), with some scattered distribution in [[Nebraska]] and [[Kansas]]. The station began terminating its carriage agreements with cable systems outside of [[North Texas]] in the months preceding its assumption of the CBS affiliation from incoming Fox affiliate [[KDFW]] in July 1995.
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|| '''[[KXTX-TV]]''' 39 || [[Telemundo]] (O&O) || [[NBC Owned Television Stations]]<br>{{small|([[NBCUniversal]])}} || 1973 || 1977–1986
|| KXTX maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of the [[South Central United States]] (concentrated mainly in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas); it rolled back its regional distribution gradually between 1983 and 1986, due to effects from the January 1983 distant signal fee increase.
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|| Denver, Colorado || '''[[KDVR]]''' 31 || Fox || [[Nexstar Media Group]] || 1983 || 1983–2000
|| KDVR maintained regionalized cable distribution in portions of the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States. The station's carriage agreements, except in certain markets where an affiliate was not initially available, began to be terminated upon KDVR becoming a charter Fox affiliate in October 1986; the station remained the default Fox affiliate for most of Colorado until 2000.
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|| [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]] || '''[[WKBD-TV]]''' 50 || Independent || CBS News and Stations<br>{{small|(Paramount Global)}} || 1965 || 1968–2006
|| WKBD maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]. The station terminated its carriage agreements with cable systems outside [[Michigan]] when it became a Fox affiliate in October 1986, but continued to remain available in some areas of Michigan through cable providers as the default Fox affiliate for the state until December 1994, when [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]] affiliate [[WFQX-TV]] (then known as WGKI) assumed the role. WKBD would serve as the default UPN affiliate for some areas of the state beginning in January 1995, and was finally removed from cable systems outside Detroit in September 2006 as stations around the state affiliated with its new network, The CW, via cable or digital subchannels; the station wound down its sports and news coverage in the early 2000s due to [[Fox Sports Detroit]] claiming all its former sports rights and the closure of its news department, respectively.
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|| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]] || '''KHTV''' 39<br>{{small|(now '''[[KIAH]]''')}} || The CW (O&O) || Nexstar Media Group || 1967 || 1968–1990
|| KHTV maintained regionalized cable distribution across portions of the South Central United States before it gave up its superstation status in 1990.
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|| [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]] || '''[[WTTV]]''' 4 || CBS || Nexstar Media Group || 1949 || 1971–1987
|| WTTV maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of [[Indiana]], [[Ohio]] and [[Kentucky]]. Due to the [[syndication exclusivity]] rule, it was dropped from most cable systems outside Indiana by 1987.
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|| [[Kansas City, Missouri]] || '''[[KSHB-TV]]''' 41 || [[NBC]] || [[E. W. Scripps Company]] || 1971 || 1976–1986
|| KSHB-TV maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of [[Iowa]], [[Nebraska]], [[Kansas]], and [[Oklahoma]]; KSHB-TV lost its superstation status upon becoming a Fox affiliate in October 1986.
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|| Los Angeles, California || '''[[KTTV]]''' 11 || Fox (O&O) || Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1949 || 1965–1998
|| KTTV maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of the Southwestern United States (concentrated in California, [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Nevada]] and [[Colorado]]); it lost its superstation status (except in areas where an affiliate was not initially available) when it became a charter Fox owned-and-operated station in October 1986.<ref name="b&c-panicbutton"/> The station continued to serve as the Fox affiliate of record for areas of southern California that did not have local affiliates of the network (in lieu of using the [[Foxnet]] national feed) until 1998.
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|| [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] || '''[[WVTV]]''' 18 || The CW || [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] || 1959 || 1972–1997
|| WVTV maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout most of Wisconsin, [[Minnesota]], [[North Dakota]], and [[South Dakota]]; the station's statewide coverage faded out over a period of five years upon becoming a WB affiliate in May 1997, as a result of its decision to not to renew existing carriage contracts.
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| rowspan="3"|[[Minneapolis]]–[[St. Paul, Minnesota]] || '''[[KMSP-TV]]''' 9 || Fox (O&O) || Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1955 || 1979–2002
|| KMSP-TV (which served as the ABC affiliate for the Minneapolis–St. Paul market from its 1955 sign-on until the network shifted to [[KSTP-TV]] in October 1979) was distributed regionally on cable providers across much of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, taking over some of the channel slots previously occupied by WTCN prior to its switch to NBC. KMSP began terminating its carriage agreements with cable systems outside of Minnesota upon the start of its first tenure as a Fox affiliate in October 1986, though it retained sizeable distribution throughout much of Minnesota thereafter (even serving as a default UPN affiliate for the [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]], [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]]–[[Austin, Minnesota|Austin]]–[[Mason City, Iowa|Mason City]] and [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]]–[[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior]] markets beginning in January 1995) until it became a Fox O&O in September 2002.
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| '''WTCN''' 11<br>{{small|(now '''[[KARE (TV)|KARE]]''')}} || NBC || [[Tegna, Inc.]] || 1953 || 1968–1979
|| WTCN was distributed regionally on cable providers across much of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin; all carriage agreements, except in certain markets where a local affiliate of the network was not available, were terminated upon WTCN's assumption of the NBC affiliation from KSTP-TV in October 1979.
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|'''[[WFTC|KITN/WFTC]]''' 29 {{small|(now '''WFTC''' 9.2)}} || MyNetworkTV (O&O) ||Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1982 || 1984–1999
|| KITN (later recalled WFTC) maintained regionalized cable distribution across much of Minnesota; it served as the default Fox affiliate for the entire state from 1988 to 1999, when its carriage agreements were terminated. 
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| New York City || '''[[WNYW|WNEW-TV/WNYW]]''' 5 || Fox (O&O) || Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1944 || 1965–1997
|| WNEW maintained regionalized cable distribution in portions of the Northeastern United States. Its carriage agreements, except in certain markets where an affiliate was not initially available, began to be terminated upon the station (re-called WNYW) becoming a charter Fox owned-and-operated station in October 1986. The station continued to be carried via cable in some areas of upstate New York (which was not served by Foxnet) until 1997.
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|| [[Phoenix, Arizona]] || '''[[KPHO-TV]]''' 5 || CBS || Gray Television || 1949 || 1971–1994
|| KPHO-TV maintained regionalized cable distribution throughout much of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]], as well as parts of California, [[Nevada]], and [[Utah]]; KPHO lost its superstation status upon becoming a CBS affiliate in September 1994.
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|| San Francisco, California || '''[[KTVU]]''' 2 || Fox (O&O) || Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1958 || 1976–1999 || KTVU was distributed as a national superstation in the early 1980s, primarily on [[Cox Communications|Cox Cable]] systems, before reducing its cable coverage to providers in portions of California, Nevada, [[Oregon]], and Utah. KTVU began terminating its carriage agreements with cable providers outside Northern California upon becoming a Fox affiliate in October 1986, and served as the default affiliate for areas of northwestern California that were not served by a local Fox affiliate until mid-1994. At that time, the station began serving as the West Coast Fox network feed on [[Primestar]], effectively regaining national availability for five years during the mid-to-late 1990s, until the satellite provider sold its assets (and effectively, transferred its subscriber base) to [[DirecTV]] in 1999. 
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|| [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] || '''[[KSTW]]''' 11 || Independent || CBS News and Stations<br>{{small|(Paramount Global)}} || 1953 || 1973–1995
|| KSTW maintained regionalized cable distribution across much of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], northern [[Idaho]] and much of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]; KSTW lost its superstation status upon becoming a CBS affiliate (its third affiliation tenure with that network) in March 1995.
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|| [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]] || '''[[KPLR-TV]]''' 11 || The CW (O&O) || Nexstar Media Group || 1959 || 1973–1995
|| KPLR-TV maintained regionalized cable distribution across portions of [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and [[Arkansas]]. KPLR-TV began terminating its carriage agreements in 1989 due to the [[syndication exclusivity]] rule; it lost its superstation status upon becoming an affiliate of The WB in January 1995.
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|| [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]–[[St. Petersburg, Florida]] || '''[[WTOG]]''' 44 || Independent || CBS News and Stations<br>{{small|(Paramount Global)}} || 1968 || 1974–1986
|| WTOG maintained intrastate cable distribution across portions of central and southwestern parts of Florida; it gave up its superstation status after becoming a Fox affiliate in October 1986.
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|| [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]]–<br>[[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]–[[Hampton, Virginia]] || '''WYAH-TV''' 27<br>{{small|(now '''[[WGNT]]''')}} || The CW || E. W. Scripps Company || 1961 || 1972–1986
|| WYAH maintained regionalized cable distribution in most of [[Virginia]] and the eastern half of [[North Carolina]]; the station's distribution outside of the [[Hampton Roads]] area was rolled back throughout the mid-1980s, concluding around 1986.
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| rowspan="2"|Washington, D.C. || '''[[WDCA]]''' 20 || MyNetworkTV (O&O) || Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1966 || 1969–1990
|| WDCA maintained regionalized cable distribution across portions of the [[East Coast of the United States|Eastern Seaboard]]; WDCA gave up its superstation status in the late 1980s.
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| '''[[WTTG]]''' 5 || Fox (O&O) || Fox Television Stations<br>{{small|(Fox Corporation)}} || 1947 || 1966–2006
|| WTTG maintained regionalized cable distribution across portions of the southern half of the [[East Coast of the United States|Eastern Seaboard]]. Its carriage agreements, except in certain markets where an affiliate was not initially available, began to be terminated upon the station becoming a charter Fox owned-and-operated station in October 1986; the station's carriage ended in all markets outside of Virginia and Maryland by 1990. WTTG continued to serve as the default Fox affiliate for the entire states of Maryland and Virginia until the fall of 2006.
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|+Former radio superstations
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! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Originating city of license/market
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Station
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Frequency
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Current owner
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Current format
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Signed on
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Years of<br>availability
! scope="col" style=background:#DCDCDC; color:#FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D33A5D|Availability<br>{{small|(delivery systems)}}
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| Boston, Massachusetts || '''[[WEEI (AM)|WEEI]]''' || 850 AM || [[Entercom]] || [[Sports radio]]<br>{{small|([[ESPN Radio]])}} || 1929 || 1983–2014 || C-band/cable radio
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|rowspan="2"|Chicago, Illinois || '''[[WFMT]]''' || 98.7 FM || Window to the World Communications, Inc. || Classical music || 1948 || 1979–2004 || Cable radio
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|'''[[WGCI-FM]]'''
|107.5 FM
|[[iHeartMedia]]
|[[Urban contemporary]]
|1958
|2011–2013
|Satellite radio<br>{{small|(via Sirius XM Satellite Radio)}}
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| Cincinnati, Ohio || '''[[WLW]]''' || 700 AM || iHeartMedia || [[Talk radio|News/talk]] || 1922 || 2002–2013 || Satellite radio {{small|(via [[XM Satellite Radio]])}}
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| [[Cocoa Beach, Florida]]<br>{{small|([[Orlando, Florida]])}} || '''[[WTKS-FM]]''' || 104.1 FM || iHeartMedia || [[Talk radio|Talk]]/[[Alternative rock]] || 1962 || 2009–2013 || Satellite radio {{small|(via [[Sirius Satellite Radio]])}}
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| [[Freedom, California]]<br>{{small|([[San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area|Greater San Francisco Bay]])}} || '''[[KPIG-FM|KPIG]]''' || 107.5 FM || [[Stephens Media Group]] || [[Freeform radio|Freeform]]/[[Americana (music)|Americana]] || 1987 || 2007–2010 || [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]] {{small|(via [[Westwood One|Dial Global]])}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/tvstations/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003677634|title = Mediaweek| date=April 4, 2022 }}</ref>
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| Houston, Texas || '''[[KHMX]]''' || 96.5 FM || Entercom || [[Hot Adult Contemporary|Hot AC]] || 1948 || 2011–2017 || Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius Satellite Radio)}}
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|Los Angeles, California
|'''[[KIIS-FM]]'''
|102.7 FM
|iHeartMedia
|[[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]]
|1948
|2002–2007,<br>2011–2022
|Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius XM Satellite Radio)}}
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|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
|'''[[WSIX-FM]]'''
|97.9 FM
|iHeartMedia
|[[Country music|Country]]
|1948
|2002–2007,<br>2011–2013
|Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius XM Satellite Radio)}}
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| Nashville, Tennessee || '''[[WSM (AM)|WSM]]''' || 650 AM || [[Ryman Hospitality Properties]] || [[Country music|Country]]/[[Americana (music)|Americana]] || 1925 || 1981–2007 || C-band satellite;<br>Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius Satellite Radio)}}
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|[[Newark, New Jersey]]<br>{{small|(New York City)}}
|'''[[WHTZ]]'''
|100.3 FM
|iHeartMedia
|Contemporary hit radio
|1961
|2011–2020
|Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius XM Satellite Radio)}}
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|[[New York City]]
|'''[[WLTW]]'''
|106.7 FM
|iHeartMedia
|[[Adult contemporary music|Lite AC]]
|1961
|2002–2007,<br>2011–2013
|Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius XM Satellite Radio)}}
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| [[Oakland, California]]<br>{{small|(San Francisco, California)}} || '''[[KNEW (AM)|KNEW]]''' || 960 AM || iHeartMedia || Financial news<br>{{small|([[Bloomberg Radio]])}} || 1925 || 2001–2013 || Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius Satellite Radio)}}
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|[[Pasadena, California]]<br>{{small|(Los Angeles)}}
|'''[[KWVE (AM)|KRDC]]'''
|1110 AM
|[[Disney–ABC Television Group|ABC, Inc.]]<br>{{small|([[The Walt Disney Company]])}}
|Sports radio<br>{{small|(ESPN Radio)}}
|1954
|2014–2017
|Satellite radio {{small|(via Sirius XM Satellite Radio)}}
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