American digital multicast television network
Television channel
Buzzr
|
Type
| Digital broadcast
television network
(
classic
game shows
)
|
---|
Country
| United States
|
---|
|
Language(s)
| English
|
---|
Picture format
| 1080i
(
HDTV
)
480i
(
SDTV
)
|
---|
|
Owner
| RTL Group
|
---|
Parent
| Fremantle
|
---|
|
Founded
| January 20, 2015
; 9 years ago
(
2015-01-20
)
|
---|
Launched
| June 1, 2015
; 8 years ago
(
2015-06-01
)
|
---|
Founder
| Thom Beers
|
---|
|
Webcast
| Watch live
|
---|
Website
| www
.buzzrtv
.com
|
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|
|
|
See
list of affiliates
[1]
|
|
Service(s)
| Distro TV,
Freevee
,
Pluto TV
,
Roku Channel
,
Samsung TV Plus
,
Sling TV
,
Stirr
,
Tubi
,
Xumo
|
---|
|
Buzzr
is an American
digital broadcast
television network
owned by Fremantle North America, a unit of the
Fremantle
subsidiary of
RTL Group
. The network serves as an outlet for the extensive library of classic
game shows
owned by Fremantle.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Buzzr marks Fremantle's entry into North American television broadcasting;
[5]
parent company RTL currently operates numerous TV channels in Europe.
Buzzr's
digital subchannel
is seen in 62 U.S. television markets,
cable television
and is available as a channel on streaming services
Pluto TV
,
Stirr
,
Amazon Freevee
(formerly IMDB TV), and
Sling TV
. The network is also available nationwide on free-to-air C-band satellite via Galaxy 19 in the
DVB-S2
format.
The brand is named after the game show
buzzer
, which contestants use on certain game shows to signal their readiness to give an answer.
History
[
edit
]
The Buzzr brand was first used by Fremantle for a
YouTube
channel created and produced by its digital content studio Tiny Riot, which debuted in late 2014. The Buzzr YouTube channel features classic clips, and short-form adaptations of its game show properties (such as
Family Feud
and
Password
), with
internet celebrities
as contestants, primarily aimed towards
millennials
.
[3]
[6]
[7]
On January 20, 2015, FremantleMedia (as it was known then) announced that it would launch Buzzr, a digital multicast network that would serve as an extension of the brand; the network, with the
Fox Television Stations
as its charter station group. Buzzr features classic game shows from the company's programming library.
[8]
[9]
[10]
Thom Beers
, former
CEO
of FremantleMedia North America, stated his interest in launching a network centered on its game show content after he joined the company in 2012, calling such a project a "top priority" for Fremantle as a way to help monetize the value of its library. The company intended to focus Buzzr toward older adults, with Beers citing that the "old-format game shows are really, really hard [for the younger viewership that the Buzzr YouTube channel targets] to watch."
[3]
The Buzzr television network debuted on June 1, 2015, with the launch preceded by a preview reel outlining its initial programming that aired in an eight-hour continuous loop, starting at 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Time Zone
. The network formally launched that evening at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time with the 1963 pilot episode of
Let's Make a Deal
as the first show to be broadcast.
[5]
[11]
[12]
[13]
In 2016, to celebrate the upcoming 75th year of the genre,
[14]
the network created a story arc of the game show with new episodes of favorable classics, along with additional promotions and special marathons all year long. Additionally, that fall, FremantleMedia began leasing select episodes of
Card Sharks
with
Bill Rafferty
and
Family Feud
with
Louie Anderson
for weekend airings on their affiliates' main channels, though this practice ended after a single season.
In October 2016, FremantleMedia and Canadian video game company
Ludia
teamed up to create a
slot machine
app based on Buzzr's programming. The name of the app is called the "Buzzr Casino"
[15]
based on their former prime-time programming block.
On March 27, 2017, Buzzr began airing paid and religious programming from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays, and from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on weekends. On January 1, 2018, paid and religious programming was also added to the 5:00 a.m. hour for both weekdays and weekends. However, Buzzr went back to airing game shows in the 5:00 a.m. hour on June 26, 2018.
In June 2018, Buzzr launched a live stream hosted on their website, which mirrors the network broadcast.
[16]
On November 15, 2021, Buzzr began airing and promoting
The Newlywed Game
for
over the air
and
cable broadcast
only; this was possibly due to licensing issues with
Sony Pictures Television
, the owners of
The Newlywed Game
and the rest of the
Chuck Barris
library, that prohibited Buzzr from streaming it. The online stream instead broadcast
Family Feud
with
Richard Dawson
in its place.
[17]
[18]
[19]
This arrangement continued until January 9, 2022, when
The Newlywed Game
was finally made available for all Buzzr viewers over the air, cable, and streaming.
On January 24, 2022, Mark Deetjen, executive producer of global channels at Fremantle and the general manager of Buzzr, died at the age of 50.
[20]
Programming
[
edit
]
Fremantle
's library of
game shows
spanned 154 series and an estimated 40,000 episodes overall at the time of its launch, from which Buzzr draws its programming.
[21]
The network's regular lineup ? with series produced from the 1950s to 2000 ? includes such programs as
To Tell the Truth
,
Password
,
Family Feud
(encompassing episodes beginning with
Richard Dawson
as host and dating up to
John O'Hurley
's tenure),
What's My Line?
,
I've Got a Secret
,
Beat the Clock
,
Card Sharks
,
Body Language
,
Match Game
[2]
[3]
[4]
(including, beginning in 2019, the
Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
, which, up until then, had never been shown in reruns)
[22]
and the
original 1950s & 1960s version of
The Price Is Right
hosted by
Bill Cullen
.
[23]
In addition to the
Mark Goodson
-
Bill Todman
programs mentioned above, Buzzr's library includes Al Howard Productions (
Supermarket Sweep
),
Bill Carruthers
(
Press Your Luck
),
Reg Grundy
(
Sale of the Century
) and
Stefan Hatos
-
Monty Hall
(
Let's Make a Deal
, and
Split Second
, which would get revived by main competitor
Game Show Network
in April 2023) back catalogs. It occasionally licenses games from other sources, including a syndication deal with
Burt Sugarman
to carry
Whew!
beginning in September 2021.
[24]
As of 2018, almost all of Buzzr's lineup consists of game shows that originally had aired between 1973 and 1993 (
Match Game
,
Password
,
Family Feud
and
Supermarket Sweep
, in particular, air multiple episodes each day), with select blocks of 1950s and 1960s
panel shows
also being featured.
Celebrity Name Game
and
Temptation
are the only recent game shows the network has aired. More obscure programs occasionally air as special program blocks, including the anthology series
Lost and Found,
featuring rare episodes, unsold pilots, and forgotten shows. On October 20, 2017, Buzzr debuted its first original program
Game Changers
. This documentary reviewed the history of the game show genre and featured interviews with game show personalities such as
Alex Trebek
,
Wink Martindale
and
Drew Carey
.
[25]
Buzzr airs a half hour of
educational children's programming
(cut from three hours shortly after the FCC eliminated rules requiring digital subchannels to carry such programs in late 2019), leading out of its weekend morning
infomercial
blocks to minimize interruption;
Chicken Soup for the Soul
's Hidden Heroes
(which originally aired on
CBS
'
Dream Team
and
The CW
's
One Magnificent Morning
blocks) and
Marty Stouffer's Wild America
air one episode each week. The channel carries two hours of infomercials each morning, a block that includes the
televangelism
series
Through the Bible with Les Feldick
(some of the online simulcasts of Buzzr do not carry the infomercials or
Through the Bible
due to restrictions on paid programming on those platforms). Other than these, the only non-game show related programming on Buzzr thus far was between September 14, 2017, and October 6, 2017, when episodes of
Richard Simmons
Dream Maker
briefly appeared on the schedule, and a marathon of
The Great Christmas Light Fight
in November 2018 and on November 28, 2019.
Streaming
[
edit
]
In 2017, Buzzr began streaming its programming to
Amazon Prime Video
and
Twitch
; the Prime Video offering provides
video on demand
, while Twitch offered a linear feed separate from the over-the-air telecast. The Twitch stream would be discontinued on April 22, 2019.
[26]
[27]
[28]
[29]
Buzzr also provided some game show programming to Nosey, a site offering video-on-demand of
daytime television in the United States
reruns. The local Buzzr affiliate sub-channel is carried in some areas on the streaming services
LocalBTV
,
Locast
and iGoCast (the streaming platform of KCKS-LD) as well.
In 2018, as part of their third birthday celebration, Buzzr
[30]
launched a livestream of the over-the-air telecast on their website. Later that year, Buzzr was added to
Pluto TV
.
[31]
[32]
[33]
In 2019,
Stirr
, a free over-the-top service launched by
Sinclair Broadcast Group
, included Buzzr among its offerings.
[34]
In a preliminary assessment released July 2019, Stirr stated that Buzzr was the most-watched national channel on the service and the second-most-watched overall (second only to the combined viewership of its Stirr City local channels).
[35]
On March 18, 2020,
Sling TV
added Buzzr to their service and made available to all its subscribers.
[36]
Dedicated series streaming channels
[
edit
]
On December 1, 2020, Buzzr launched a spin-off channel,
The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
, a 24/7 channel on Pluto TV that exclusively carries episodes of
The Price Is Right
from
Bob Barker
's hosting tenure. The episodes started with Season 11 in 1982, the first year where animal-based products (such as fur coats) were no longer offered on the show at Barker's request.
[37]
In a statement on Buzzr's
FAQ
page, the company stated that this was the only way to distribute the reruns because of an exclusivity agreement with
CBS
that prohibits any network or outlet not owned by CBS or parent company
Paramount
(of which Pluto TV is a subsidiary) from airing episodes of
The Price Is Right
from 1972 onward, meaning Buzzr could not carry the show over-the-air.
[38]
However,
Bill Cullen
-era episodes of
Price
were exempt from this limitation, as those episodes originally aired on NBC/ABC, and thus were allowed to air on Buzzr. As of January 2023, episodes airing on
The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
range from September 13, 1982 (season 11) through October 11, 1985 (season 14, the last episode before
Johnny Olson
's death).
[
citation needed
]
On February 8, 2022,
The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
was added to
The Roku Channel
; on the same day, a dedicated spin-off channel devoted to
Supermarket Sweep
was launched on the same platform.
[39]
On November 27, 2023, three months after Barker's death, 60 episodes from the first season (1972?73) of
The Price is Right
, which hasn't been shown on TV in two decades, were added to the channel's rotation, with the episodes curated from those in which no fur coats were offered as prizes, or whose videotape prints are deemed satisfactory enough to air.
[40]
A second Pluto spin-off channel featuring
Wayne Brady
's era of
Let's Make a Deal
was launched in July 2022, with episodes from the
Monty Hall
era continuing to air on Buzzr.
[41]
To tie in with Buzzr's 8th anniversary as well as National Game Show Day, Buzzr launched two new spin-off channels on Pluto TV on June 1, 2023, with one dedicated to episodes of
The Price is Right
from
Drew Carey
's era, beginning with Season 38 (the first to be broadcast in high definition) and another, entitled
Family Feud Classic
, showcasing episodes of
Family Feud
from the Richard Dawson and
Ray Combs
era.
[42]
They are also a part of the live stream section of the
Amazon Freevee
and
The Roku Channel
apps.
[43]
Streaming channels devoted to the current versions of
To Tell the Truth
and
Press Your Luck
are distributed via the online platforms of
ABC
, which carries the first-run episodes.
[44]
Affiliates
[
edit
]
As of February 2016
[update]
, Buzzr has current subchannel affiliation agreements with television stations in 53 media markets encompassing 26 states and the District of Columbia, covering over 60% of
media markets
in the United States.
[45]
Fox Television Stations
was announced as the network's initial affiliate group, airing Buzzr on 12
Fox
owned-and-operated stations
and five
MyNetworkTV
owned-and-operated stations. Buzzr has affiliates in all 10 of the largest and 15 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including
New York City
,
Los Angeles
,
Chicago
,
Philadelphia
,
San Francisco
,
Boston
-
Manchester, New Hampshire
and
Dallas
?
Fort Worth, Texas
), with an initial reach of 37% of U.S. television homes.
[2]
[8]
[23]
In four of the network's launch markets (New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas?Fort Worth, and
Phoenix, Arizona
), Buzzr is affiliated with stations whose subchannels the network occupies were previously affiliated with
Bounce TV
; as a result of a March 2014 agreement with
Univision Communications
, Bounce TV moved its affiliations in those markets to Univision-owned stations in late May 2015, shortly before Buzzr launched.
[46]
Debmar-Mercury
(which serves as the distribution partner for the current syndicated run of the Fremantle-produced
Family Feud
) was hired by Fremantle to handle responsibility for the recruitment of affiliates through agreements with other broadcasting companies.
[2]
[4]
[23]
[47]
The network hopes to expand its charter affiliate footprint to reach markets covering 50 million U.S. households with at least one television set.
[3]
In September 2016,
Yes TV
, a small Canadian
television system
with stations in Ontario and Alberta, began airing a Buzzr-branded
block programming
of classic game shows called "Buzzr After Hours" overnight Tuesday to Saturday from 1 to 3:30 a.m. (formerly 1-4 a.m.) local time.
[48]
When the block first aired, the schedule were episodes of
To Tell the Truth
,
What's My Line?
and
I've Got a Secret
followed by two episodes of either
Card Sharks
on Tuesday and Saturday,
Double Dare
on Wednesday,
Beat the Clock
on Thursday or
Sale of the Century
on Thursday nights. In April 2017, the block was reduced by a half hour following a schedule of two episodes of
Match Game (78)
, episodes of
Super Password
and
Tattletales
followed by an episode of either
Card Sharks
,
Double Dare
,
Beat the Clock
or
Sale of the Century
. The third and last schedule adopted in October 2017 was
Match Game (75)
,
Super Password
,
Tattletales
,
Blockbusters
(later replaced by
Body Language
) and
Press Your Luck
. Yes TV discontinued the block in September 2018.
In May 2017,
Dish Network
began carrying Buzzr on channel 245.
List of current affiliates
[
edit
]
City of license
/
market
|
Station
[2]
[49]
|
Virtual
channel
|
Owner
|
Notes
|
Alabama
[
edit
]
|
Birmingham
|
WUOA-LD
|
46.2
|
DTV America
|
|
Huntsville
|
W34EY-D
|
38.4
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Montgomery
|
WDSF-LD
|
19.2
|
DTV America
|
Replaced Dr. TV
|
Arizona
[
edit
]
|
Phoenix
|
KUTP
|
45.3
|
Fox Television Stations
|
|
Yuma, Arizona
|
KBFY-LD
|
41.6
|
|
|
Arkansas
[
edit
]
|
Fayetteville
|
KAJL-LD
|
16.4
|
DTV America
|
|
California
[
edit
]
|
Bakersfield
|
KCBT-LD
|
34.8
|
Cocola Broadcasting
|
Launch date TBD
|
Los Angeles
|
KCOP-TV
|
13.2
|
Fox Television Stations
|
Replaced Bounce TV
|
Monterey
|
KMBY-LD
|
27.4
|
Cocola Broadcasting
|
|
Oakland
-
San Francisco
|
KTVU
|
2.4
|
Fox Television Stations
|
|
Reedley
-
Fresno
|
KVBC-LP
|
13.7
|
Cocola Broadcasting
|
|
San Diego
|
KSKT-CD
|
43.4
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Santa Barbara
|
KVMM-CD
|
41.4
|
|
Colorado
[
edit
]
|
Denver
|
KRDH-LD
|
5.6
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Grand Junction
|
KLML
|
20.12
|
Ventura Broadcasting
|
|
Connecticut
[
edit
]
|
Hartford
|
WRNT-LD
|
32.6
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
District of Columbia
[
edit
]
|
Washington, D.C.
|
WTTG
|
5.2
|
Fox Television Stations
|
|
Florida
[
edit
]
|
Fort Myers
|
WGPS-LD
|
22.4
|
DTV America
|
|
Gainesville, Florida
|
WNFT-LD
|
8.6
|
Budd Broadcasting Co., Inc.
|
|
Jacksonville
-
Live Oak
|
WKBJ-LD
|
20.1
|
DTV America
|
|
Miami
-
Fort Lauderdale
|
WSVN
|
7.6
|
Sunbeam Television
|
|
Orlando
|
WOFL
|
35.2
|
Fox Television Stations
|
|
Tampa
-
St. Petersburg
|
WTVT
|
13.3
|
|
West Palm Beach
|
WXOD-LD
|
24.1
|
DTV America
|
|
Georgia
[
edit
]
|
Atlanta
|
WAGA-TV
|
5.3
|
Fox Television Stations
|
|
Augusta, Georgia
|
WJEF-LD
|
47.5
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Macon, Georgia
|
W28EU-D
|
42.3
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Idaho
[
edit
]
|
Boise
|
KKJB
|
39.4
|
Cocola Broadcasting
|
|
Twin Falls
|
KYTL-LD
|
17.3
|
|
|
Illinois
[
edit
]
|
Champaign
|
WBXC-CD
|
18.4
|
Gray Television
|
|
Chicago
|
WFLD
|
32.3
|
Fox Television Stations
|
Relocated from WPWR-TV 50.4
|
Indiana
[
edit
]
|
Evansville
|
WEIN-LD
|
40.1
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Fort Wayne
|
WCUH-LD
|
16.3
|
|
Indianapolis
|
WUDZ-LD
|
28.1
|
DTV America
|
|
Iowa
[
edit
]
|
Cedar Falls
|
KFKZ-LD
|
35.3
|
|
Des Moines
|
KAJR-LD
|
36.5
|
DTV America
|
|
Kansas
[
edit
]
|
Sublette
|
KDGL-LD
|
23.2
|
High Plains Broadcasting, LLC.
|
|
Dodge City
|
KDDC-LD
|
|
Garden City
|
KGCE-LD
|
|
Liberal
|
KSWE-LD
|
|
Ulysses
|
KDGU-LD
|
|
Kansas City
|
KCKS-LD
|
25.1
|
Heartland Broadcasting, LLC.
|
|
Louisburg
|
KMJC-LD
|
|
Topeka
|
WROB-LD
|
|
Wichita
|
KAGW-CD
|
26.9
|
Great Plains TV
|
|
Kentucky
[
edit
]
|
Bowling Green
|
WCZU-LD
|
39.2
|
DTV America
|
|
Louisville
|
WBNM
|
50.1
|
South Central Communications
|
[50]
|
Richmond
|
WBON-LD
|
9.1
|
|
|
Louisiana
[
edit
]
|
Alexandria
|
K29NX-LD
|
29.1
|
|
|
Lafayette
|
KDCG-CD
|
22.3
|
Wilderness Communications
|
Launched January 21, 2022
|
Monroe
|
KMLU
|
11.7
|
Legacy Broadcasting, LLC
|
New Orleans
|
WQDT-LD
|
33.1
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Shreveport
|
KTSH-CD
|
20.1
|
L4 Media Group
|
|
Maryland
[
edit
]
|
Baltimore
|
WQAW-LD
|
69.8
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Salisbury
|
WOWZ-LD
|
33.2
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Massachusetts
[
edit
]
|
Boston
|
WLVI-TV
|
56.2
|
Sunbeam Television
|
Replaced ZUUS Country
|
Michigan
[
edit
]
|
Detroit
|
WJBK
|
2.3
|
Fox Television Stations
|
|
Flint
-
Saginaw
-
Bay City
-
Midland
|
WFFC-LD
|
17.5
|
DTV America
|
|
Lake City
-
Cadillac
|
WMNN-LD
|
26.6
|
Freelancer Television Broadcasting
|
|
Minnesota
[
edit
]
|
Duluth
|
KMYN-LD
|
32.6
|
My Central Valley
|
|
Minneapolis
-
St. Paul
|
KMSP-TV
|
9.4
|
Fox Television Stations
|
Replaced Bounce TV
|
Missouri
[
edit
]
|
Joplin
-
Pittsburg
|
KPJO-LD
|
49.4
|
DTV America
|
|
Kansas City
|
KCKS-LD
|
25.1
|
|
Springfield
|
KRFT-LD
|
8.9
|
Craft Broadcasting
|
|
St. Louis
|
KBGU-LD
|
33.1
|
HC2 Holdings
|
Replaced MundoMax
|
Montana
[
edit
]
|
Kalispell
|
KMJD-LD
|
34.6
|
|
Nebraska
[
edit
]
|
Lincoln
|
KAJS-LD
|
33.1
|
HC2 Holdings
|
|
Nevada
[
edit
]
|
Las Vegas
|
KGNG-LD
|
26.4
|
King Kong Broadcasting
|
|
Reno
|
KGLR-LD
|
35.9
|
New Line Media Communications
|
|
New Jersey
[
edit
]
|
Secaucus
(
New York, New York
)
|
WWOR-TV
|
9.3
|
Fox Television Stations
|
Replaced Bounce TV
|
New Mexico
[
edit
]
|
Albuquerque
|
KRTN-LD
|
39.2
|
Ramar Communications
|
|
New York
[
edit
]
|
Albany
|
WYBN-LD
|
14.1
|
Cable Ad Net New York Inc.
|
Replaced Youtoo America
|
Buffalo
|
WBXZ-LD
|
56.5
|
Steven Ritchie
|
|
Syracuse
|
WMJQ-CD
|
40.2
|
Rennard Comm. Corp.
|
Replaced HSN
|
North Carolina
[
edit
]
|
Fayetteville
-
Raleigh
|
WNCB-LD
|
16.2
|
DTV America
|
|
Asheville
-
Hendersonville
&
Greenville, SC
|
WDKT-LD
|
31.7
|
GEB America
|
|
Lumberton
-
Charlotte
|
WHEH-LD
|
41.4
|
DTV America
|
|
Ohio
[
edit
]
|
Cleveland
-
Canton
-
Akron
|
WBNX-TV
|
55.2
|
Winston Broadcasting
|
Largely replaced the independently owned & operated channel consisting of in-house produced religious programming on January 1, 2022.
|
Columbus
-
Marion
|
WOCB-CD
|
39.2
|
Cen. Ohio Assoc. of Christian Broadcasters
|
|
Portsmouth
|
WTZP-LD
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50.3
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Eagle Broadcasting Group, Inc.
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Replaced Laff
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City
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KBZC-LD
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42.3
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DTV America Corporation
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Tulsa
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KGEB
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53.3
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Oral Roberts University
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Oregon
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Portland
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KOXI-CD
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20.3
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HC2 Holdings
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia
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WTXF-TV
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29.4
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Fox Television Stations
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Pittsburgh
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WOSC-CD
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61.3
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The Video House
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State College
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Johnstown
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WHVL-LP
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29.2
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Channel Communications, LLC
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Replaced YouToo America
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Tennessee
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Nashville
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WCTZ-LD
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35.1
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HC2 Holdings
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Knoxville
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WEZK-LD
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28.5
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Living Faith Ministries, Inc.
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Memphis
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KPMF-LD
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26.4
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DTV America
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Texas
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Amarillo
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KLKW-LD
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22.4
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DTV America
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Austin
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KTBC
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7.3
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Fox Television Stations
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College Station
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Bryan
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Waco
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KZCZ-LD
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34.5
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DTV America
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Dallas
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Fort Worth
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KDFI
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27.3
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Fox Television Stations
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Replaced Bounce TV
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Houston
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KTXH
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20.4
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Fox Television Stations
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Lubbock
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KNKC-LD
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29.7
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HC2 Holdings
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San Antonio
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KOBS-LD
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19.2
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DTV America Corporation
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Tyler
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KPKN-LD
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33.1
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Utah
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Salt Lake City
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KBTU-LD
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23.3
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DTV America
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Launched November 2016
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Virginia
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Richmond
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WUDW-LD
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53.1
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HC2 Holdings
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Washington
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Seattle
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KCPQ
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13.4
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Fox Television Stations
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Relocated from KUSE-LD 46.5
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Yakima, Washington
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KYPK-LD
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32.3
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Hispanavision
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Wisconsin
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La Crosse
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WZEO-LD
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26.1
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My Central Valley
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Madison
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W23BW-D
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23.2
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HC2 Holdings
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Milwaukee
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WTSJ-LD
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38.2
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DTV America
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Wausau
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WRJT-LD
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34.6
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My Central Valley
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West Virginia
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Clarksburg, West Virginia
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W24ER-D
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21.7
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Moorefield, West Virginia
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W24ES-D
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5.2
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List of former affiliates
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See also
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]
- Game Show Network
? An American cable network launched in 1994 and was the original licensor of the Goodson?Todman television library.
- Nickelodeon Games and Sports
- Former American cable network launched in 1999 that primarily aired game shows from
Nickelodeon
.
- GameTV
? A Canadian general entertainment channel that primarily airs
game shows
and competition-related programming.
- Challenge (TV channel)
? A British channel that airs game shows and entertainment programming.
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