10-27-1947 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting 02-06-1948 KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast 09-29-1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 10-24-1948 WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 01-01-1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 01-02-1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03-15-1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-22-1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast 12-01-1949 WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 07-18-1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting 12-15-1952 KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting 03-17-1953 WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 09-27-1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 09-30-1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins 11-09-1953 KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS-NBC) begins broadcasting 11-26-1953 KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting 12-18-1953 KMID TV channel 2 in Midland & Odessa, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 03-28-1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting 08-14-1954 WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, NY (NBC) begins 09-12-1954 WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-25-1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting 09-26-1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-31-1954 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS-ABC) begins broadcasting 11-28-1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 12-05-1954 KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting 03-01-1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC-NBC) 1st broadcast 04-14-1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 05-02-1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 08-12-1955 WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 05-29-1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast 08-08-1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins 08-12-1956 KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC-CBS) begins broadcasting 10-xx-1956 KDIX TV (now KXMA) channel 2 in Dickinson, ND (CBS) begins 03-01-1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC-ABC-CBS) begins broadcasting 04-15-1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 09-03-1957 KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 03-03-1958 KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast 12-02-1958 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting 07-05-1961 KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 03-15-1962 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting 09-10-1965 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 12-04-1966 KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting 03-15-1967 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville-Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast 06-04-1967 KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting 05-02-1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast 07-xx-1971 WMAB TV channel 2 in Mississippi State, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting =========================================================================== 11-24-1948 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-xx-1948 WKYC TV channel 3 in Cleveland, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 07-15-1949 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting 09-01-1949 KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS-NBC) begins broadcasting 11-15-1949 WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 02-15-1950 WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 04-02-1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting 06-01-1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 04-12-1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 07-24-1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting 10-01-1953 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-25-1953 KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC-CBS-ABC) begins broadcasting 11-14-1953 WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 11-15-1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 12-20-1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting 12-28-1953 WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-xx-1953 WSIL TV channel 3 in Harrisburg, IL begins broadcasting 01-13-1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting 03-14-1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 04-24-1955 KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 05-15-1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 09-01-1955 KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-02-1955 KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-26-1954 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting 09-xx-1955 KDLO TV channel 3 in Florence-Watertown, SD (CBS) begins broadcasting 01-23-1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 07-01-1955 KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 09-03-1955 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 11-21-1955 KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 12-xx-1956 KLEW TV channel 3 in Lewiston, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting 01-01-1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting 02-01-1956 WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting 05-06-1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 06-24-1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 05-22-1957 KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 10-05-1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting 10-27-1958 WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 04-28-1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting 02-08-1962 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-01-1962 KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 01-01-1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 10-01-1964 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting 05-04-1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 03-01-1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 09-06-1965 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 08-29-1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 10-07-1969 WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 02-24-1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting =========================================================================== 03-04-1947 WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 06-27-1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, DC (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-xx-1947 WTMJ TV channel 4 in Milwaukee, WI (NBC) begins broadcasting 04-15-1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 05-14-1948 WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 06-09-1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 11-29-1948 KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting 01-16-1949 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast 03-21-1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC-CBS) begins broadcasting 04-03-1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 06-06-1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast 07-01-1949 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting 09-15-1949 WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting 10-16-1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 11-11-1949 WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast 11-15-1949 KRON (Channel 4, SF) signs on, from 7 to 10 PM 11-15-1949 KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-03-1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins 12-11-1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast 07-01-1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 09-30-1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-14-1952 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 01-16-1953 KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC-CBS) begins broadcasting 03-18-1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 08-14-1953 KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS-ABC) begins broadcasting 09-15-1953 KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-xx-1953 KGBT TV channel 4 in Harlingen, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 12-10-1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 12-24-1953 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-31-1953 WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (NBC) begins 04-15-1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting 05-01-1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC-SFN) begins broadcasting 07-08-1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 09-11-1954 KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-09-1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-14-1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting 01-08-1955 WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 02-12-1955 WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 01-15-1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 04-01-1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 07-13-1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 09-07-1957 WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 10-22-1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast 03-05-1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 09-14-1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting 05-16-1959 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-30-1962 KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-23-1962 WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting 10-xx-1965 KHTL (now KSNB) TV channel 4 in Superior, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 12-31-1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting =========================================================================== 01-01-1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting 01-22-1947 KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 02-08-1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-17-1947 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 01-xx-1948 WMAQ TV channel 5 in Chicago, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 02-09-1948 WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 04-23-1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 09-29-1948 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins 11-25-1948 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 11-25-1948 KING-TV, Seattle, goes on air with 1st Pacific NW telecast 12-11-1948 WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 12-11-1948 WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-22-1948 KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 03-08-1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 06-01-1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting 02-15-1950 KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 02-21-1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC-PBS) begins broadcasting 01-25-1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting 06-13-1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast 06-19-1953 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting 08-01-1953 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-27-1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins 12-19-1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC-ABC) begins broadcasting 02-16-1954 WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 03-21-1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC-CBS-NBC) begins broadcasting 04-10-1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 05-22-1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 07-15-1954 KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 08-06-1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 08-22-1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting 09-29-1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC-ABC) begins broadcasting 12-08-1954 WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 05-21-1955 WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, WI (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 09-05-1955 WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 10-01-1955 WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, PR (TCI) begins broadcasting 01-01-1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting 08-05-1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting 12-03-1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast 12-15-1956 WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting 11-01-1957 KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, MT (CBS-NBC-ABC) begins broadcasting 11-26-1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 05-05-1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting 11-10-1958 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 01-xx-1960 KDSJ (now KIVV) TV channel 5 in Lead-Deadwood, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast 06-01-1960 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting 06-12-1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins 10-16-1962 KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 09-10-1967 KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting =========================================================================== 09-13-1947 WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting 04-22-1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting 12-18-1948 WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting 05-30-1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 07-01-1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 08-30-1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 09-15-1949 WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, PA (NBC-ABC) begins broadcasting 10-31-1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 11-30-1949 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting 05-01-1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 12-20-1952 KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 03-01-1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 05-xx-1953 KSBY TV channel 6 in San Luis Obispo-Salia, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast 06-01-1953 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 08-16-1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 10-01-1953 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC-NBC) begins broadcasting 10-15-1953 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 11-01-1953 KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, TX (NBC-ABC) begins broadcasting 11-23-1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 12-01-1953 WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 04-09-1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC-CBS) begins broadcasting 07-01-1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting 07-06-1954 KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 04-24-1955 KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 07-31-1955 WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast 09-15-1955 WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, FL (CBS) begins 01-30-1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting 02-09-1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 05-21-1956 WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS-ABC) begins broadcasting 05-22-1956 KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 05-28-1957 WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 07-24-1957 KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 07-xx-1957 KPLO TV channel 6 in Reliance, SD (CBS) begins broadcasting 01-06-1958 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting 04-01-1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC-ABC-CBS) begins broadcasting 02-23-1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 03-08-1959 KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting 08-xx-1959 KAVE (now KVIO) TV channel 6 in Carlsbad, NM (ABC) begins broadcasting 10-20-1959 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast 01-01-1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting 09-04-1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS-NBC) begins broadcasting 09-20-1967 WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting 05-12-1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC-ABC) begins broadcasting 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