Start TV

Start TV
Type	Free-to-air television network
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide coverage: 80%
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	720p HDTV master feed, can be downscaled to 480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Start TV LLC; (CBS News and Stations; Weigel Broadcasting; (both owning 50%));
Key people	Neal Sabin; (Vice Chairman, Weigel Broadcasting); Norman Shapiro; (President, Weigel Broadcasting);
Sister channels	MeTV; MeTV+; Catchy Comedy; Heroes & Icons; Movies!; Story Television
History
Launched	September 3, 2018; 5 years ago
Links
Website	www.starttv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
	List of affiliates
Streaming media
Service(s)	Frndly TV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV

Start TV is an American free-to-air television network owned as a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and the CBS News and Stations subsidiary of Paramount Global. Predominantly carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, it primarily airs classic television drama series from the 1980s through the 2010s, with a focus on women-led dramas, police and legal procedurals. The network originates from Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois.^[3]^[4]

History[edit]

On July 18, 2018, CBS Television Stations and Weigel Broadcasting announced the formation of Start TV, with plans to launch the network on Labor Day of that year (September 3).^[3] The network initially debuted on the subchannels of five of Weigel's TV stations, three stations owned by Bahakel Communications, 17 CBS TV stations,^[5]^[6]^[7] and three CW owned-and-operated stations.

Weigel indicated that CBS suggested the idea for the network to allow more modern programming not being carried by cable networks or streaming services to find a place to air.^[8] Start TV officially launched on September 3, 2018, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, with the pilot episode of Touched by an Angel ("The Southbound Bus") as its inaugural broadcast. Variety's 2019 Nielsen ratings list showed that Start TV averaged 114,000 viewers in prime time, up 65% from the 2018 average.^[9]

Programming[edit]

Similar to its male-targeted sister network Heroes & Icons (H&I), Start TV airs legal/police procedurals and various other dramas - but instead targeting a female audience, featuring shows led by/centered around women. The network features series from the 1980s to the 2000s,^[8] and runs a uniform programming schedule with shows airing mainly at the same time seven days a week.^[3] Start TV also has a one-hour block of E/I children's programming on Sunday mornings between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Eastern Time in order to fulfill FCC obligations.

Affiliates[edit]

As of August 2018^[update], Start TV had affiliation agreements with television stations in 27 media markets encompassing 20 states, covering 45.52% of the United States.^[10] The network is carried on the digital subchannels of television stations in most of its markets (with potential exceptions in certain areas where a future affiliate may opt to carry the network on its main feed), and is also carried on cable television providers through their digital tiers at the discretion of the affiliate's parent station in certain markets. The network initially launched primarily on subchannels of stations owned by Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations. (In many of the CBS markets, Start TV displaced Weigel and CBS's classic television network venture Decades, with Weigel assuming the local Decades affiliation rights on stations it owns in certain markets where CBS Television Stations owns a CBS and/or CW owned-and-operated station, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco.) Bahakel Communications also contributed stations to serve as charter affiliates.^[3]

In South Bend, Indiana (where Weigel Broadcasting owns ABC affiliate WBND-LD, CW affiliate WCWW-LD and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYS-LD) and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (where Weigel owns CBS affiliate WDJT-TV, independent station WMLW, MeTV owned-and-operated station WBME-CD and Telemundo affiliate WYTU-LD), the network displaced This TV on WCWW-LD2 and WYTU-LD3, effectively leaving that network without an affiliate in either market. (Weigel – which was part-owner of that network from its founding in October 2008 – had continued to hold the This TV affiliation rights for the Milwaukee market after Tribune Broadcasting assumed Weigel's interest and operational responsibilities in the network in November 2013; Tribune's former Milwaukee station, WITI, never claimed the This TV affiliation in the market despite Weigel moving the This affiliation to lower-tier channel slots several times.)^[11]

In October 2020, Start TV was made available on Sling TV.^[12] On April 19, 2022, Start TV began airing on the Frndly TV live streaming service.^[13]

Current affiliates[edit]

City of license/market	Station	Virtual channel	Physical channel	Primary affiliation	Owner	Date of affiliation	Replaced^[3]^[10]
Alabama[edit]
Montgomery	WBMM	22.3	18	The CW	Bahakel Communications	September 3, 2018	Heartland
Alaska[edit]
Anchorage	KTUU-TV	2.3	10	NBC	Gray Television
Arizona[edit]
Phoenix	KEJR-LD	32.1	40	-	Weigel Broadcasting	January 1, 2023
Phoenix	KUTP	45.5	26	MyNetworkTV	Fox Television Stations	2019^[14]
Tucson	KTTU	18.4	19	MyNetworkTV	Tegna Inc.
California[edit]
Bakersfield	KNXT-LD	53.4	6	MyNetworkTV	My Central Valley, LLC	2022
Los Angeles	KCBS-TV	2.2	31	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto	KOVR	13.2	25
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose	KPIX-TV	5.2	29
Colorado[edit]
Denver	KCNC-TV	4.2	35	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Connecticut[edit]
Hartford–New Haven	WHCT-LD	35.3	35	MeTV	Weigel Broadcasting	September 30, 2020
District of Columbia[edit]
Washington, D.C.	WTTG	5.3	36	Fox	Fox Television Stations	May 2022	MeTV
Florida[edit]
Tampa–St. Petersburg	WTOG	44.2	19	Independent	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Miami-Fort Lauderdale	WFOR-TV	4.2	22	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Orlando	WKMG-TV	6.4	26	CBS	Graham Media Group	December 2018
Jacksonville	WJXT	4.3	18	Independent	Graham Media Group	2019	This TV
West Palm Beach	WPTV-TV	5.4	12	NBC	E. W. Scripps Company	2020	Ion Mystery
Georgia[edit]
Atlanta	WUPA	69.2	36	Independent	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Columbus	WXTX	54.6	24	Fox	American Spirit Media, LLC	September 28, 2022
Hawaii[edit]
Honolulu	KITV	4.3	20	ABC	Allen Media Broadcasting	October 2018
Idaho[edit]
Boise	KRID-LD	22.6	22	Newsmax TV	Idaho TV 22	September 3, 2018	Untamed Sports TV
Illinois[edit]
Chicago	WBBM-TV	2.2	12	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Chicago	WMEU-CD	48.2	18	Independent	Weigel Broadcasting		Independent
Rockford	WFBN-LD	35.3	35	Heroes & Icons	Weigel Broadcasting
Indiana[edit]
Evansville	WZDS-LD	5.2	18	Heroes & Icons	Weigel Broadcasting
Fort Wayne	WISE-TV	33.5	34	The CW	Gray Television
Indianapolis	WBXI-CD	47.1	36	-	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Lafayette	WLFI-TV	18.5	11	CBS	Allen Media Broadcasting	March 1, 2024
South Bend	WCWW-LD	25.2	25	The CW	Weigel Broadcasting	September 3, 2018	This TV
Iowa[edit]
Davenport	KWQC-TV	6.5	17	NBC	Gray Television	February 1, 2019
Des Moines	KDIT-CD	45.3	17	Catchy Comedy	Weigel Broadcasting
Iowa City	KWKB	20.4	25	TCT	TCT	November 2023	Laff
Kansas[edit]
Topeka	WIBW-TV	13.4	13	CBS	Gray Television	February 28, 2019
Wichita	KSCW-DT	33.4	12	The CW	Gray Television
Kentucky[edit]
Louisville	WBNA	21.2	8	Independent	Evangel World Prayer Center
Louisiana[edit]
Alexandria	KBCA	41.3	26	Heroes & Icons	Delta Media Corporation	May 7, 2021
Lafayette	KLWB	50.4	17	MeTV	Delta Media Corporation	May 7, 2021
Monroe	KMLU	11.4	11	MeTV	Legacy Broadcasting	February 2019
New Orleans	WVUE-DT	8.6	29	Fox	Gray Television	June 1, 2021
Shreveport	KPXJ	21.3	32	CW	KTBS, LLC	March 1, 2021
Massachusetts[edit]
Boston	WBZ-TV	4.2	20	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Michigan[edit]
Detroit	WWJ-TV	62.2	21	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Flint	WJRT	12.4	12	ABC	Allen Media Broadcasting	August 30, 2019
Grand Rapids	WZZM	13.9	13	ABC	TEGNA
Marquette	WZMQ	19.4	19	MeTV	Lilly Broadcasting
Lake City/Traverse City/Cadillac	WMNN-LD	26.2	17	NewsNet	Freelancer Television Broadcasting, Inc.		Antenna TV
Minnesota[edit]
Duluth	KCWV	27.5	27	TCT	TCT	November 2023	Twist
Minneapolis–St. Paul	WCCO-TV	4.2	32	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Walker–Bemidji	KCCW-TV	12.2	12	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Mississippi[edit]
Meridian	WOOK-LD	15.3	15		Gray Television
Missouri[edit]
St. Louis	KNLC	24.6	14	MeTV	Weigel Broadcasting	September 3, 2018
Nebraska[edit]
Lincoln	KOLN	10.2	10	CBS	Gray Television
Omaha	WOWT	6.5	22	NBC	Gray Television	February, 2019
New Mexico[edit]
Albuquerque	KASA-TV	15.2	15	MeTV	Telemundo Station Group (NBCUniversal)	June 1, 2020	New Subchannel
New York[edit]
Albany	WNYT	13.3	12	NBC	Hubbard Broadcasting	June 1, 2019	Heroes & Icons
Buffalo	WBBZ-TV	67.6	7	MeTV			New Subchannel
New York City	WCBS-TV	2.2	36	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Rochester	WHEC-TV	10.3	10	NBC	Hubbard Broadcasting
Syracuse	WTVU-CD	22.4	25	Cornerstone TV	Rennard Comm. Corp.
North Carolina[edit]
Charlotte	WCCB	18.5	18	The CW	Bahakel Communications	September 3, 2018
Raleigh	WRAL-TV	5.3	17	NBC	Capitol Broadcasting Company	June 4, 2019
Ohio[edit]
Cleveland	WBNX-TV	55.5	30	Independent	Winston Broadcasting Network	December 1, 2018
Cincinnati	WBQC-LD	25.4	28	Telemundo	Elliot Block	December 30, 2019	Heroes & Icons
Oklahoma[edit]
Oklahoma City	KTUZ-TV	30.6	29	Telemundo	Tyler Media Group
Tulsa	KMYT-TV	41.3	34	MyNetworkTV	Imagicomm Communications	October 1, 2020
Pennsylvania[edit]
Philadelphia	KYW-TV	3.2	30	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Pittsburgh	KDKA-TV	2.2	25	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Erie	WICU-TV	12.4	12	NBC	Lilly Broadcasting
South Carolina[edit]
Columbia	WOLO-TV	25.2	7	ABC	Bahakel Communications	September 3, 2018	This TV
Myrtle Beach	WFXB	43.3	36	Fox	Bahakel Communications	2019	This TV
Tennessee[edit]
Kingsport	WKPT-TV	19.5	19		Holston Valley Broadcasting Group	October, 2019
Lebanon/Nashville	WJFB	44.3	25	MeTV	Weigel Broadcasting	September 2020
Memphis	WLMT	30.3	31	The CW	Tegna, Inc.
Texas[edit]
Dallas–Fort Worth	KTVT	11.2	19	CBS	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Corpus Christi	KQSY-LD	30.2	30	Heartland	Channel 7 of Corpus Christi, Inc.	Fall 2020
Houston	KPRC-TV	2.2	35	NBC	Graham Media Group	December 1, 2018 (Originally on 2.4 until March 29, 2021)
San Antonio	KSAT-TV	12.5	12	ABC	Graham Media Group	January 2019
Belton/Killeen/Temple/Waco	KNCT	46.3	17	The CW	Gray Television	January 2, 2019
Utah[edit]
Cedar City (Salt Lake City)	KCSG	8.3	14	Heroes & Icons	Weigel Broadcasting	September 3, 2018
Vermont[edit]
Burlington	WCAX-TV	3.4	20	CBS	Gray Television	March 1, 2019
Virginia[edit]
Roanoke/Lynchburg	WSLS-TV	10.4	34	NBC	Graham Media Group	2019
Richmond	WUPV-TV	65.5	11	CW	Gray Television	2022
Washington[edit]
Tacoma (Seattle)	KSTW	11.2	11	Independent	CBS News and Stations	September 3, 2018	Decades
Bellingham	KVOS-TV	12.5	35	Heroes & Icons	Weigel Broadcasting	September 3, 2018
Yakima	KAPP	35.4	14	ABC	Morgan Murphy Media
West Virginia[edit]
Bluefield	WVVA	6.5	17	NBC	Gray Television
Clarksburg	WVFX	10.3	13	FOX	Gray Television
Wisconsin[edit]
Eau Claire	WEAU	13.5	38	NBC	Gray Television
Green Bay	WBAY-TV	2.5	23	ABC		February 1, 2019^[15]
Madison	WMTV	15.5	19	NBC		June 1, 2020
Milwaukee	WDJT-TV	58.5	29	CBS	Weigel Broadcasting	September 3, 2018^[11]
Milwaukee	WYTU-LD	63.2	16	Telemundo	Weigel Broadcasting	September 3, 2018^[11]

Former affiliates[edit]

Market	Station	Channel	Current owner	Years of affiliation	Notes
Baxley (Georgia)	WSCG	34.10	Tri-State Christian Television	2019–2020
Cedar Rapids (Iowa)	KCRG-TV	9.5	Gray Television	2019–2021	Dropped due to lack of bandwidth when KCRG began broadcasting The CW in HD
New York City (New York)	WLNY-TV	55.4	CBS News and Stations	2021	Replaced by HSN
Tulsa (Oklahoma)	KMYT-TV	41.5	Imagicom Communications	2020–2021	Replaced by This TV

References[edit]

^ "RabbitEars.Info".
^ "Start TV |". Start TV. © 2020 START TV LLC
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mark K. Miller (July 18, 2018). "Weigel To Launch 'Start TV' Female Diginet". TVNewsCheck. TVNewsCheck Media. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ Robert Feder (July 19, 2018). "Weigel to launch Start TV digital network with CBS Television Stations". RobertFeder.com. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ Tara Bitran (July 18, 2018). "TV News Roundup: Netflix Offers First Look at 'Narcos: Mexico,' Trailer for Rev Run's 'All About the Washingtons'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ Melissa Hudson (July 18, 2018). "Weigel Broadcasting Co. to launch new 'Start TV' network in association with CBS television stations". WBND-LD. Weigel Broadcasting. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ Phil Kurz (July 30, 2018). "Start TV Diginet To Showcase Strong, Resourceful Women". TVTechnology. Future plc. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Chris Foran (July 19, 2018). "New over-the-air TV channel, Start TV, to focus on shows with strong female leading characters". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
^ Schneider, Michael (26 Dec 2019). "Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019's Winners and Losers". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Stations for Network - Start TV". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Chris Foran (August 27, 2018). "TV channel-surfing: Start TV and Justice Milwaukee are in, This TV's out, and Movies! is moving". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Watch Start TV Online". Sling TV. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
^ "Frndly TV Will Add Five New Channels to Its Live Streaming Lineup". Cord Cutters News. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
^ Start TV - Where to Watch https://www.starttv.com/wheretowatch/#AZ
^ "WBAY TV-2 adds H&I and Start TV to channel line up". January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "RabbitEars.Info".

[2] "Start TV |". Start TV. © 2020 START TV LLC

[TVNC07182018-3] Mark K. Miller (July 18, 2018). "Weigel To Launch 'Start TV' Female Diginet". TVNewsCheck. TVNewsCheck Media. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[federstart-4] Robert Feder (July 19, 2018). "Weigel to launch Start TV digital network with CBS Television Stations". RobertFeder.com. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[variety07182018-5] Tara Bitran (July 18, 2018). "TV News Roundup: Netflix Offers First Look at 'Narcos: Mexico,' Trailer for Rev Run's 'All About the Washingtons'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[weigelstart-6] Melissa Hudson (July 18, 2018). "Weigel Broadcasting Co. to launch new 'Start TV' network in association with CBS television stations". WBND-LD. Weigel Broadcasting. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[7] Phil Kurz (July 30, 2018). "Start TV Diginet To Showcase Strong, Resourceful Women". TVTechnology. Future plc. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[mjs-8] Chris Foran (July 19, 2018). "New over-the-air TV channel, Start TV, to focus on shows with strong female leading characters". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 29, 2018.

[9] Schneider, Michael (26 Dec 2019). "Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019's Winners and Losers". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[re-10] "Stations for Network - Start TV". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[js-8272018-11] Chris Foran (August 27, 2018). "TV channel-surfing: Start TV and Justice Milwaukee are in, This TV's out, and Movies! is moving". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[12] "Watch Start TV Online". Sling TV. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

[13] "Frndly TV Will Add Five New Channels to Its Live Streaming Lineup". Cord Cutters News. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-03-28.

[14] Start TV - Where to Watch https://www.starttv.com/wheretowatch/#AZ

[15] "WBAY TV-2 adds H&I and Start TV to channel line up". January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

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v t e Weigel Broadcasting
Network-affiliated stations	ABC WBND-LD CBS WDJT-TV WMEU-CD CW WCIU-TV WCWW-LD Jewelry Television KSFV-CD KVME-TV MyNetworkTV WMYS-LD Spectrum News 1 KAZD Telemundo WYTU-LD / WFBN-LD ¹ Univision KVOS-TV
MeTV and/or MeTV+ O&O stations	KAZA-TV KAZD ⁸ KCSG KFFV KHTV-CD KMOH-TV KNLC KREG-TV KYAZ WBME-CD ² WDME-CD WHCT-LD WJFB WJLP WWME-CD ³
Catchy Comedy and/or H&I O&O stations	KAXT-CD KCSG-LD KDIT-CD KTLN-TV KVOS-TV⁹ KPOM-CD WOCV-CD WZDS-LD
Story TV O&O stations	WNWT-LD WZME
Independent stations	WMEU-CD ³ WMLW-TV ⁷
Radio stations	WRME-LD ⁴
National subchannel networks	Catchy Comedy Dabl ⁶ Heroes & Icons MeTV MeTV+ Movies! ⁵ Start TV ⁶ Story Television
MeTV original programming	Collector's Call Svengoolie Sventoonie Toon In with Me
Former programming	First Business Green Screen Adventures Through the Decades
Defunct	TouchVision
¹ Carried on a digital subchannel of WMLW & WMYS. ² Carried on a digital subchannel of WDJT. ³ Carried on a digital subchannel of WCIU. ⁴ Owned by Venture Technologies Group; operated by Weigel under an LMA as a radio station. ⁵ Joint venture with Fox Television Stations. ⁶ Joint venture with CBS News and Stations. ⁷ Shares spectrum with WBME-CD. ⁸ Carried on a digital subchannel of KAZD ⁹ Carried on a digital subchannel of KVOS

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