SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"

[gregg75]

Let's see where this takes us.............go as deep with info as you want/can

example:
WALB Albany, GA (10 NBC) 10.2 ABC, Raycom
KALB Alexandria LA (5 NBC) 5.2 CBS, Hoak Media Corp.

WNBC New York (4 NBC), 4.2 NY Nonstop, NBC Universal
KNBC Los Angeles (4 NBC), 4.2 California Nonstop, NBC Universal

Now those stations are dead and should not be mentioned again.
Big "fickle finger of fate" award goes to whomever has the longest list!

[KML-224]

By distance, the best example of this is Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Their network has both KLPB-TV (PBS) channel 23 in Lafayette and WLPB-TV (PBS) channel 25 in Baton Rouge. I don't think you're going to get that anywhere else.

I'm not aware of any Connecticut call letters anywhere out west...well almost. There is KHPX-CA (CW) channel 28 of Georgetown, TX (I think it rebroadcasts a station from Austin). Here, we have WHPX-TV (ION) channel 26 of New London.

[Mastaclocksetta]

WCBS New York (2 CBS) 2.2 CBSNY+
KCBS Los Angeles (2 CBS)

WABC New York (7 ABC) 7.2 Live Well HD, 7.3 Live Well SD
KABC Los Angeles (7 ABC) 7.2 Live Well HD, 7.3 Live Well SD

WPXN New York (31 ION) 31.2 Qubo, 31.3 ION Life
KPXN Los Angeles (30 ION) 30.2 Qubo, 30.3 ION Life

[harrisburgpatv]

WUSA - Channel 9 (CBS), Washington DC, Gannett
KUSA - Channel 9 (NBC), Denver CO, Gannett

[RadioDaze]

WTVD, channel 11, Durham, NC (ABC)
KTVD, channel 20, Denver, CO (MyNet)
^{An interesting non-broadcast bit of trivia: Denver and Durham not only share TV stations with the "TVD" call letters, but Durham City Councilman Eugene Brown and Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown are twin brothers.}

WXII, channel 12, Winston-Salem, NC (NBC)
KXII, channel 12, Sherman, TX (CBS)
^{"XII" is the Roman numeral for 12.}

WBTV, channel 3, Charlotte, NC (CBS)
KBTV, channel 4, Port Arthur, TX (Fox)

WCNC, channel 36, Charlotte, NC (NBC)
KCNC, channel 4, Denver, CO (CBS)

WGPX, channel 16, Burlington, NC (Ion)
KGPX, channel 34, Spokane, WA (Ion)

WFPX, channel 62, Fayetteville, NC (Ion)
KFPX, channel 39, Newton, IA (Ion)

WUNP, channel 36, Roanoke Rapids, NC (PBS)
KUNP, channel 16, Portland, OR (Uni)

WTVI, channel 42, Charlotte, NC (PBS)
KTVI, channel 2, St. Louis, MO (Fox)

WNCT, channel 9, Greenville, NC (CBS)
KNCT, channel 46 Belton, TX (PBS)

WMYT, channel 55, Rock Hill, SC (MyNet)
KMYT, channel 41, Tulsa, OK (MyNet)


WJLA, channel 7, Washington, DC (ABC)
KJLA, channel 57, Ventura, CA (Ind)

WETA, channel 26, Washington, DC (PBS)
KETA, channel 13, Oklahoma City, OK (PBS)

WTVZ, channel 33, Norfolk, VA (MyNet)
KTVZ, channel 21, Bend, OR (NBC)

WCBD, channel 2, Charleston, SC (NBC)
KCBD, channel 11, Lubbock, TX (NBC)

WOLO, channel 25, Columbia, SC (ABC)
KOLO, channel 8, Reno, NV (ABC)

[Scott Fybush]

By distance, the best example of this is Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Their network has both KLPB-TV (PBS) channel 23 in Lafayette and WLPB-TV (PBS) channel 25 in Baton Rouge. I don't think you're going to get that anywhere else.

At the risk of detouring the thread, I know of a single tower that carries both Kxxx and Wxxx under the same ownership...but that's FM and not TV.

Is it really possible nobody's mentioned a couple of public TV "twins"?

KQED-TV 9 San Francisco
WQED-TV 13, Pittsburgh

KCET 28 Los Angeles
WCET 48 Cincinnati

Also...

WPVI 6 Philadelphia
KPVI 6 Pocatello, ID

KNIN 9 Boise
WNIN-TV 9 Evansville, IN

WKTV 2 Utica
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs

WCTV 6 Tallahassee
KCTV 5 Kansas City

WDTV 5 Weston WV
KDTV 14 San Francisco

WFTV 9 Orlando
KFTV 21 Fresno

WGTV 8 Athens-Atlanta
KGTV 10 San Diego

WITV 7 Charleston SC
KITV 4 Honolulu

(and so on...)

[Pat Cook]

I was going to mention the Gannett stations but was beaten to the punch (Twice!) so here are some others to chew on.....

KFOR 4 Oklahoma City, OK (NBC)
WFOR 4 Miami, FL (CBS O&O)

KTVT 11 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (CBS O&O)
WTVT 13 Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (FOX O&O)

KPIX 5 San Francisco, CA (CBS O&O)
WPIX 11 New York City, NY (CW)

KNTV 11 San Francisco, CA (NBC O&O)
WNTV 29 Greenville, SC (PBS)

KSVN-CD 49 Ogden, UT (Azteca America) - Wikipedia Page
WSVN 7 Miami, FL (FOX)

KNIN 9 Boise, ID (FOX)
WNIN 9 Tri-State Region (IN, IL & KY - All PBS)

That should keep you all busy

Cheers & 73

[azumanga]

Also worth mentioning, in what could be a two-way trifecta:

WFLA-TV ch.8, Tampa (NBC)
KFLA-LD ch.8 Los Angeles
AND
CFLA-TV ch.8 Goose Bay, Newfoundland (CBC)

[Jim]

WMTV 15 Madison, WI (NBC)
KMTV 3 Omaha (CBS)

WTVO 17 Rockford, IL (ABC)
KTVO 3 Kirksville, IA (ABC) (CBS)

WCCO 4 Minneapolis (CBS O&O)
KCCO 7 Alexandria, MN (CBS O&O)

WVTV 18 Milwaukee (CW)
KVTV 13 Laredo, TX (CBS)

WREX 13 Rockford, IL (NBC)
KREX 5 Grand Junction, CO (CBS)

WMVT 36 Milwaukee (PBS)
KMVT 11 Twin Falls, ID (CBS)

WBME 49 Racine/Milwaukee (MeTV)
KBME 3 Bismarck, ND (PBS)

WPXE 55 Kenosha/Milwaukee (ION)
KPXE 50 Kansas City (ION)

WTTW 11 Chicago (PBS)
KTTW 7 Sioux Falls, SD (FOX)

WYIN 56 Gary, IN (PBS)
KYIN 24 Mason City, IA (PBS)

WLAX 25 La Crosse, WI (FOX)
KLAX 31 Alexandria, LA (ABC)

WFTC 29 Minneapolis (MyTV O&O)
KFTC 26 Bemidji, MN (MyTV O&O)

WPXM 35 Miami (ION)
KPXM 41 St. Cloud/Twin Cities (ION)

WTCI 45 Chattanooga (PBS)
KTCI 2 (17) St. Paul, MN (PBS)

WUCW 23 Minneapolis (CW)
KUCW 30 Ogden/SLC, UT (CW)

WPSD 6 Paducah, KY (NBC)
KPSD 13 Eagle Butte, SD (PBS)

WDKA 49 Paducah (MyTV)
KDKA 2 Pittsburgh (CBS)

[DToTheJ]

How's this for a "two-fer": WTWO in Terre Haute and KTWO in Casper.