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==History==
==History==
Grit was announced by [[Katz Broadcasting]] along with a sister network [[Escape (TV network)|Escape]] on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer with initial affiliates announced at this time being [[Univision Communications]] owned stations.<ref name=bc/> On August 11, 2014, Katz announced that the two networks would launch simultaneously on August 18, 2014. Grit launched at Noon [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on that date,<ref name="Deadline">{{cite news|title=New Grit and Escape Networks Set For August 18 Launch|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/08/new-grit-and-escape-networks-set-for-august-18-launch/|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> with the 1952 film ''[[High Noon]]'' as the network's inaugural broadcast, leading off a week-long festival of [[John Wayne]] films.<ref name="August18">{{cite news|title=Grit, Escape Diginets To Launch Aug. 18|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78360/grit-escape-diginets-to-launch-aug-18|work=TVNewsCheck|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
Grit was announced by [[Katz Broadcasting]] along with a sister network [[Escape (TV network)|Escape]] on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer with initial affiliates announced at this time being [[Univision Communications]] owned stations.<ref name=bc/> On August 11, 2014, Katz announced that the two networks would launch simultaneously on August 18, 2014. Grit launched at Noon [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on that date,<ref name="Deadline">{{cite news|title=New Grit and Escape Networks Set For August 18 Launch|url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/new-grit-and-escape-networks-set-for-august-18-launch-817315/|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> with the 1952 film ''[[High Noon]]'' as the network's inaugural broadcast, leading off a week-long festival of [[John Wayne]] films.<ref name="August18">{{cite news|title=Grit, Escape Diginets To Launch Aug. 18|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78360/grit-escape-diginets-to-launch-aug-18|work=TVNewsCheck|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>


Katz estimated, based on direct response advertising business by September 2015, the network had over 250,000 prime time viewer and available in 91 million homes and 81% of the country. At that time, Grit along with its sister network, Escape, were signing up for [[Nielsen ratings|national ratings]] from [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]]. Previously handling the network's direct response advertising, Marathon Ventures would continue after the change over with advertising and sponsorship sales.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/diginets-grit-and-escape-sign-national-ratings/144198|access-date=October 30, 2015|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=September 15, 2015}}</ref>
Katz estimated, based on direct response advertising business by September 2015, the network had over 250,000 prime time viewer and available in 91 million homes and 81% of the country. At that time, Grit along with its sister network, Escape, were signing up for [[Nielsen ratings|national ratings]] from [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]]. Previously handling the network's direct response advertising, Marathon Ventures would continue after the change over with advertising and sponsorship sales.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/diginets-grit-and-escape-sign-national-ratings/144198|access-date=October 30, 2015|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=September 15, 2015}}</ref>
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==Programming==
==Programming==
Grit's program schedule features [[western (genre)|westerns]] such as ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', [[Laramie (TV series)|''Laramie'']], ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'', ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'' and ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'', along with various western films.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=Grit Network Buys Rights to 'Walker'|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/distribution/grit-network-buys-rights-walker/141436|access-date=February 3, 2016|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media, LLC|date=June 3, 2015}}</ref>
Grit's program schedule features [[western (genre)|westerns]] such as ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', [[Laramie (TV series)|''Laramie'']], ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'', ''[[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[Zorro (1957 TV series)|Zorro]]'' and ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'', along with various western films.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=Grit Network Buys Rights to 'Walker'|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/distribution/grit-network-buys-rights-walker/141436|access-date=February 3, 2016|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media, LLC|date=June 3, 2015}}</ref>


Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of Escape and Grit after Bounce TV, a network Katz co-founded with [[Martin Luther King III]] and [[Andrew Young]] in 2011 that is targeted at [[African-American]] audiences. Katz stated Grit and Escape are "the country’s first ever male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz referred to as "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios."<ref>{{cite news|title=Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77095/classic-tv-diginets-make-the-old-new-again|first=Elizabeth|last=Guider|work=TVNewsCheck|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of Escape and Grit after Bounce TV, a network Katz co-founded with [[Martin Luther King III]] and [[Andrew Young]] in 2011 that is targeted at [[African-American]] audiences. Katz stated Grit and Escape are "the country’s first ever male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz referred to as "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios."<ref>{{cite news|title=Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77095/classic-tv-diginets-make-the-old-new-again|first=Elizabeth|last=Guider|work=TVNewsCheck|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] || '''[[KGTV]]'''|| 10.3 || [[E. W. Scripps Company|E.W. Scripps Company]]|| March 1, 2022 ||
| [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] || '''[[KGTV]]'''|| 10.3 || [[E. W. Scripps Company|E.W. Scripps Company]]|| March 1, 2022 ||
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| [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]] ([[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]) || [[KCOY-TV]] || 12.3 || [[News-Press & Gazette Company]] || March 30, 2018 ||
| [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]] ([[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]) || [[KPMR]] || 38.5 || [[Entravision Communications]] || September 1, 2024 ||
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| [[Stockton, California|Stockton]] ([[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]) || [[KTFK-DT]] || 64.4 || rowspan=2|TelevisaUnivision || ||
| [[Stockton, California|Stockton]] ([[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]) || [[KTFK-DT]] || 64.4 || rowspan=2|TelevisaUnivision || ||
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| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] || '''[[WRTV]]''' || 6.2 || E. W. Scripps Company || October 1, 2016 ||
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] || '''[[WRTV]]''' || 6.2 || E. W. Scripps Company || October 1, 2016 ||
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| [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]] || [[WHME-TV]] || 46.3 || Family Broadcasting Corporation || ||
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| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]] || [[WAWV-TV]] || 38.2 || Nexstar Media Group || August 23, 2016 ||
| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]] || [[WAWV-TV]] || 38.2 || Nexstar Media Group || August 23, 2016 ||
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| [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]/[[El Dorado, Arkansas|El Dorado]] || [[KARD (TV)|KARD]] || 14.3 || Nexstar Media Group || September 12, 2016 ||
| [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]/[[El Dorado, Arkansas|El Dorado]] || [[KARD (TV)|KARD]] || 14.3 || Nexstar Media Group || September 12, 2016 ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[New Orleans]] || [[WVUE-DT]] || 8.3 || Gray Television || August 18, 2014 ||
| [[New Orleans]] || [[WNOL-TV]] || 38.2 || Nexstar Media Group || June 5, 2023 ||
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| [[WNOL-TV]] || 38.2 || Nexstar Media Group || June 5, 2023 ||
|-
|-
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] || [[KSLA]] || 12.2 || Gray Television || December 31, 2015 || Moved to DT4 when Circle was launched January 1, 2020
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] || [[KSLA]] || 12.2 || Gray Television || December 31, 2015 || Moved to DT4 when Circle was launched January 1, 2020
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====Ohio====
====Ohio====
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| [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] || [[WXIX-TV]] || 19.4 || Gray Television || July 2015 ||
| [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]]/[[Akron, Ohio|Akron]]/[[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] || [[WDLI-TV]] || 17.1 || Inyo Broadcast Holdings || November 16, 2024 ||
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| [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] || [[WXIX-TV]] || 19.4 || Gray Television || July 2015 ||
| [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] || '''[[WEWS-TV]]''' || 5.2 || E. W. Scripps Company || April 14, 2017 || Replaced [[Cozi TV]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dawidziak|first1=Mark|title=WEWS replaces Cozi TV programming with Grit on 5.2 channel|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2017/04/wews_replaces_cozi_tv_programming_with_grit_on_52_channel.html|access-date=July 19, 2017|work=The Plain Dealer|date=April 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>The network was originally carried on [[WUAB]] 43.3 from August 18, 2014 until January 5, 2018 when its subchannel was deactivated. WUAB 43.3 continued to carry Grit, even after WEWS 5.2 picked up the network.</ref>
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| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] || [[WCMH-TV]] || 4.2 || Nexstar Media Group || ||
| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] || [[WCMH-TV]] || 4.2 || Nexstar Media Group || ||

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Grit
TypeDigital broadcast television network
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide coverage: 94%[1]
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Programming
Picture format1080i 16:9 widescreen or 480i 4:3 letterbox
Ownership
OwnerE. W. Scripps Company
ParentScripps Networks, LLC
Key peopleJonathan Katz (president
CEO, Katz Broadcasting)
Bill Cox (SVP of programming, Grit)[2]
History
FoundedApril 3, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-03)
LaunchedAugust 18, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08-18)[3]
FounderJonathan Katz
Links
Websitewww.grittv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
List of Grit affiliates

Grit is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.[4] The network features classic westerns, both TV series and films.[5]

The network is available in many media markets via the digital subchannels of free-to-air television stations and on the digital tiers of select cable providers through a local affiliate of the network.

Originally, Katz sold the network to affiliated TV stations via ad split, but by October 2015 had moved to paying carriage fees in exchange for distributing the network's ad inventory.[6]1 Grit used direct response advertising as a meter of viewers before switching to Nielsen rating C-3.[6]3 It is available on Dish Network, DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, U-verse TV, and Frndly TV.

History

[edit]

Grit was announced by Katz Broadcasting along with a sister network Escape on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer with initial affiliates announced at this time being Univision Communications owned stations.[4] On August 11, 2014, Katz announced that the two networks would launch simultaneously on August 18, 2014. Grit launched at Noon Eastern Time on that date,[7] with the 1952 film High Noon as the network's inaugural broadcast, leading off a week-long festival of John Wayne films.[3]

Katz estimated, based on direct response advertising business by September 2015, the network had over 250,000 prime time viewer and available in 91 million homes and 81% of the country. At that time, Grit along with its sister network, Escape, were signing up for national ratings from Nielsen. Previously handling the network's direct response advertising, Marathon Ventures would continue after the change over with advertising and sponsorship sales.[8]

Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media on January 7, 2021, a previous agreement for the network to air on the subchannels of Univision Communications-owned-and-operated stations, was nullified. The network then moved to the stations of Ion Media and Inyo Broadcast Holdings (which acquired stations Scripps could not) as a subchannel, doing so by March 1, 2021 replacing the Ion Plus, Shop Ion and Qubo channels.[9]

Programming

[edit]

Grit's program schedule features westerns such as Death Valley Days, Laramie, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Lone Ranger, Zorro and Tales of Wells Fargo, along with various western films.[10]

Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of Escape and Grit after Bounce TV, a network Katz co-founded with Martin Luther King III and Andrew Young in 2011 that is targeted at African-American audiences. Katz stated Grit and Escape are "the country’s first ever male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz referred to as "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios."[11]

Movies

[edit]

Grit's program schedule features an extensive library of films through multi-year program licensing agreements with several major film studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,[12] Universal Pictures,[13] Paramount Pictures,[14] Sony Pictures Entertainment,[15] Shout! Factory, and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including 20th Century Fox titles).

Grit Xtra

[edit]

Grit also operates Grit Xtra, an Internet FAST streaming service that carries older Western movies and TV series.[16]

Affiliates

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As of June 2016, Grit has current or pending affiliation agreements with television stations covering approximately 78% of the United States.[17]

When the network was first announced, Grit entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which launched the network in 24 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through local marketing agreements with Entravision Communications – giving Grit affiliates in 12 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies,[4] on June 17, 2014, Katz signed group deals to carry Grit on stations owned and/or operated by Raycom Media in 26 markets (Raycom was merged into Gray Television at the start of 2019).[18]

On July 17, 2014, Katz announced affiliation deals with the Cox Media Group to carry Grit on WFTV in Orlando and KMYT-TV in Tulsa, as well as Press Communications-owned KJWP in the Philadelphia market, and Citadel Communications-owned stations in Providence (WLNE-TV) and Lincoln (KLKN). It also expanded its affiliation deal with Univision Communications to add stations in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Phoenix to the network's originally announced Univision-owned charter affiliates.[19][20]

On October 9, 2014, the Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would carry the network on stations it owns and/or operates in 47 markets.[21] The deal lasted for three years, and Sinclair dropped the network on their stations from February 2017 until the start of 2018 in preference for their co-owned network with MGM (and Grit's most direct competitor), Charge!.

On November 16, 2015, Katz announced an affiliation deal with Media General adding the network to five more markets.[22]

On June 15, 2016, Katz announced more affiliation deals with Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Cordillera Communications's KATC-TV.[23]

Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media in January 2021, Scripps moved many of its subchannels, including Grit, to Ion-owned stations.[9]

List of affiliates

[edit]

Starting December 8, 2018

City of license/market Station[24] Virtual
channel 		Owner Launch date Notes †

Alabama

[edit]
Birmingham WIAT 42.2 Nexstar Media Group May 5, 2023
Hoover (Birmingham) WPXH-TV 44.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings
(Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
 March 1, 2021
Huntsville WAFF 48.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Montgomery WSFA 12.3
Mobile-Pensacola-
Fort Walton Beach		 WFNA 55.4 Nexstar Media Group October 2017
Ozark (Dothan) WDFX-TV 34.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014

Alaska

[edit]
Anchorage KDMD 33.4 Ketchikan Television
Fairbanks KATN 2.6 Vision Alaska LLC

Arizona

[edit]
Phoenix KASW 61.3 E.W. Scripps Company August 2016
KTVW-DT 33.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Sierra Vista/Tucson KWBA-TV 58.2 E.W. Scripps Company

Arkansas

[edit]
Fayetteville KNWA-TV 51.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2016
Jonesboro KJBW-LD 35.3 HC2 Holdings
Little Rock KARK-TV 4.3 Nexstar Media Group

California

[edit]
Hanford (Fresno) KFTV-DT 21.4 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Monterey–Salinas KMMD-CD 39.3 Caballero Television January 22, 2018
Ontario (Los Angeles) KFTR-DT 46.4 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto KXTV 10.3 Tegna April 11, 2022
KTXL 40.3 Nexstar Media Group November 1, 2022
San Diego KGTV 10.3 E.W. Scripps Company March 1, 2022
Santa Maria (Santa Barbara) KPMR 38.5 Entravision Communications September 1, 2024
Stockton (Sacramento) KTFK-DT 64.4 TelevisaUnivision
Vallejo (SF–OAK–SJ) KFSF-DT 66.4 August 18, 2014

Colorado

[edit]
Denver KPXC-TV 59.6 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Sterling (Denver) KCDO-TV 3.2 E.W. Scripps Company

Connecticut

[edit]
New London
(Hartford-New Haven)		 WHPX-TV 26.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

District of Columbia

[edit]
Washington WFDC-DT 14.3 TelevisaUnivision

Florida

[edit]
Bradenton (Tampa Bay Area) WXPX-TV 66.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Fort Myers WFTX 36.4 E.W. Scripps Company
Gainesville WCJB-TV 20.6 Gray Television December 1, 2022
Hollywood (Miami) WAMI-DT 69.4 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Jacksonville WRCZ-LD 35.1 DTV America Corporation October 2, 2017
Lake Worth (West Palm Beach) WPXP-TV 67.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Melbourne (Orlando) WOPX-TV 56.4 Ion Media Networks
Miami WPXM-TV 35.3
Orlando WOTF-TV 26.1 Entravision Communications January 1, 2022
Panama City WPGX 28.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014
Tampa–St. Petersburg WFTS-TV 28.3 E. W. Scripps Company April 15, 2015
West Palm Beach WFLX 29.3 Gray Television
(operated by the E. W. Scripps Company)		 August 18, 2014

Georgia

[edit]
Atlanta WANF 46.3 Gray Television [17]
Augusta WFXG 54.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014
Brunswick (Jacksonville, FL) WPXC-TV 21.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Columbus WTVM 9.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Savannah WTOC-TV 11.3 March 18, 2015

Hawaii

[edit]
Honolulu KHNL 13.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Kaneohe (Honolulu) KPXO-TV 66.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Idaho

[edit]
Boise KNIN 9.3 Gray Television March 2, 2017
Idaho Falls/Pocatello KPIF 15.3 Pocatello Channel 15, LLC October 2, 2017
Nampa (Boise) KTRV-TV 12.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Illinois

[edit]
Champaign WCIA 3.4 Nexstar Media Group August 23, 2016
Chicago WGN-TV 9.3 October 3, 2022
East St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) WRBU 46.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Joliet (Chicago) WGBO-DT 66.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Rockford WTVO 17.4 Nexstar Media Group September 1, 2016

Indiana

[edit]
Evansville WFIE 14.3 Gray Television October 28, 2014
Fort Wayne WISE-TV 33.3 May 1, 2019
Indianapolis WRTV 6.2 E. W. Scripps Company October 1, 2016
South Bend WHME-TV 46.3 Family Broadcasting Corporation
Terre Haute WAWV-TV 38.2 Nexstar Media Group August 23, 2016

Iowa

[edit]
Cedar Rapids KPXR-TV 48.2 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Des Moines WOI-DT 5.3 TEGNA
Ottumwa–Keokuk, IA–Kirksville, MO KYOU-TV 15.3 American Spirit Media
(operated by Gray Television)		 August 18, 2014 Moved from 15.2, which joined NBC January 24, 2018

Kansas

[edit]
Derby (Wichita) KDCU-DT 31.2 Entravision Communications July 2, 2018
Lawrence–Kansas City, MO KSHB-TV 41.2 E. W. Scripps Company
Topeka WIBW-TV 13.6 Gray Television November 29, 2022

Kentucky

[edit]
Bowling Green WCZU-LD 39.5 DTV America Corporation September 23, 2016
Lexington WLEX-TV 18.2 E.W. Scripps Company September 30, 2022
Louisville WAVE 3.2 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Newport (Cincinnati, Ohio) WXIX-TV 19.3 July 2015
Richmond (Lexington) WUPX-TV 67.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Louisiana

[edit]
Baton Rouge WBXH-CD 39.3 Gray Television August 1, 2015 Moved to 39.3 from 39.2 when MeTV was added in its old DT2 slot on June 29, 2021
Lafayette KATC-TV 3.3 E. W. Scripps Company June 28, 2016 Scripps (O&O)
Lake Charles KPLC 7.4 Gray Television December 31, 2015 Moved to KPLC-TV DT4 when the CW was added in its old DT2 slot on August 31, 2017
Monroe/El Dorado KARD 14.3 Nexstar Media Group September 12, 2016
New Orleans WNOL-TV 38.2 Nexstar Media Group June 5, 2023
Shreveport KSLA 12.2 Gray Television December 31, 2015 Moved to DT4 when Circle was launched January 1, 2020

Maine

[edit]
Bangor WVII 7.3 Rockfleet Broadcasting
Lewiston (Portland) WIPL 35.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

Maryland

[edit]
Baltimore WMAR 2.2 E.W. Scripps Company January 22, 2022 Replaced Laff
Salisbury WGDV-LD 32.7 Marquee Broadcasting October 2016

Massachusetts

[edit]
New Bedford (Providence, RI) WLNE-TV 6.2 Standard Media August 18, 2014
Woburn (Boston) WDPX-TV 58.1 Ion Media Networks February 25, 2022

Michigan

[edit]
Ann Arbor (Detroit) WPXD-TV 31.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Battle Creek–Kalamazoo–Grand Rapids WZPX-TV 43.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Cadillac–Traverse City WWTV-WFUP-WWUP 9.5/45.5/10.5 Heritage Broadcasting Group/Cadillac Telecasting May 2022 Replaced Grit affiliate WMNN-LD
Marquette WLUC-TV 6.3 Gray Television Group January 2014
Saginaw WAQP 49.6 TCT March 2021

Minnesota

[edit]
Mankato-St. James K16CG-D 16.6 Cooperative Television
Minneapolis-St. Paul KWJM-LD 15.3 HC2 Holdings
Redwood Falls K46FY-D 46.1 Redwood TV Improvement Corporation
St. Cloud (Minneapolis–St. Paul) KPXM-TV 41.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Duluth-Superior WDIO 10.6 Hubbard Broadcasting March 27, 2023
Rochester-Mason City KXLT-TV 47.6 Gray Television

Mississippi

[edit]
Jackson WDBD 40.3 Gray Television October 2014
Biloxi-Gulfport WXVO-LD 7.2 Weathervision, LLC
WXXV-TV 25.5 Morris Multimedia November 2021
Laurel-Hattiesburg WDAM-TV 7.6 Gray Television
Meridian WMDN 24.4 Waypoint Media

Missouri

[edit]
Cape Girardeau–Paducah, KY KFVS-TV 12.3 Gray Television October 6, 2014
Columbia–Jefferson City KQFX-LD 22.3 News-Press & Gazette Company April 6, 2018
Joplin KODE-TV 12.2 Nexstar Media Group August 25, 2016
Kansas City KSHB-TV 41.2 The E.W. Scripps Company February 1, 2020
Springfield KOLR 10.3 Nexstar Media Group August 20, 2016
St. Joseph KNPG-LD 21.5 News-Press & Gazette Company April 6, 2018
St. Louis KTVI 2.3 Nexstar Media Group April 1, 2023

Montana

[edit]
Billings–Hardin KHMT 4.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2, 2016

Nebraska

[edit]
Lincoln KLKN 8.2 Citadel Communications August 18, 2014
Omaha KMTV 3.2 E.W. Scripps Company

New Jersey

[edit]
Middletown Township (New York City) WJLP 33.2 Weigel Broadcasting March 20, 2016

New Mexico

[edit]
Albuquerque KWBQ 19.2 Mission Broadcasting
(operated by Nexstar Media Group)		 January 11, 2016

New York

[edit]
Amsterdam (Albany) WYPX-TV 55.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Batavia (Buffalo) WPXJ-TV 51.3
Binghamton WBNG-TV 12.5 Gray Television 2019
Buffalo WKBW-TV 7.4 E. W. Scripps Company June 2017
New York City WPIX 11.3 Mission Broadcasting
(operated by Nexstar Media Group)		 April 1, 2023
WPXN-TV 31.3 Ion Media
Syracuse WSPX-TV 56.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Utica WUTR 20.3 Mission Broadcasting
(operated by Nexstar Media Group)		 September 3, 2016

North Carolina

[edit]
Burlington (Greensboro) WGPX-TV 16.2 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
High Point (Greensboro) WGHP 8.3 Nexstar Media Group April 1, 2023
Charlotte WJZY 46.4 March 2, 2023 Replaced Movies!
Greenville WEPX-TV 38.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
W35DW-D 45.1 DTV America Corporation Unknown Future
Jacksonville WPXU-TV 35.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021 Operates as a satellite station of WEPX-TV
Goldsboro (Raleigh) WNCN 17.3 Nexstar Media Group November 1, 2017
Wilmington WSFX-TV 26.3 American Spirit Media
(operated by Gray Television)		 August 18, 2014

North Dakota

[edit]
Bismarck/Minot KNDB 26.3 BEK Sports Network, Inc August 2018
KNDM 24.3
Fargo/Valley City/Grand Forks KRDK-TV 4.6 (24) Major Market Broadcasting January 2015

Ohio

[edit]
Canton/Akron/Cleveland WDLI-TV 17.1 Inyo Broadcast Holdings November 16, 2024
Cincinnati WXIX-TV 19.4 Gray Television July 2015
Columbus WCMH-TV 4.2 Nexstar Media Group
Toledo WTOL 11.3 Tegna November 18, 2014

Oklahoma

[edit]
Oklahoma City KOPX-TV 62.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
KSBI 52.4 Griffin Communications Launched October 1, 2018[25][26]
Okmulgee (Tulsa) KTPX-TV 44.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Tulsa KJRH-TV 2.5 E. W. Scripps Company March 27, 2023

Oregon

[edit]
Bend KFXO-CD 39.3 News-Press & Gazette Company October 3, 2022
Portland KRCW-TV 32.3 Nexstar Media Group October 3, 2022

Pennsylvania

[edit]
Erie WFXP 66.3 Nexstar Media Group August 28, 2016
Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York WHTM-TV 27.3 June 2022
Johnstown/Altoona/State College WTAJ-TV 10.4 October 2017
Philadelphia WPHL-TV 17.3 May 1, 2023
Pittsburgh WPKD-TV 19.3 Paramount Global July 1, 2017
Scranton (Wilkes-Barre) WQPX-TV 64.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

South Carolina

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Charleston WCSC-TV 5.3 Gray Television December 31, 2015
Columbia WZRB 47.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Greenville WHNS 21.5 Gray Television 2015
Myrtle Beach WMBF-TV 32.5 August 18, 2014

Tennessee

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Chattanooga WDEF-TV 12.4 Morris Multimedia January 8, 2018
Franklin (Nashville) WNPX-TV 28.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Knoxville WTNZ 43.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014
Memphis WMC 5.3 Gray Television December 31, 2015
WPXX-TV 50.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Texas

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Abilene KRBC-TV 9.2 Nexstar Media Group August 25, 2016
Alvin (Houston) KFTH-DT 67.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Amarillo KCIT 14.2 Nexstar Media Group August 25, 2016 Replaced This TV
Austin KNVA 54.2 January 29, 2016[27]
Arlington (Dallas) KPXD-TV 68.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas KGBT-TV 4.6 Nexstar Media Group January 28, 2020[28]
Conroe (Houston) KPXB-TV 49.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Dallas–Fort Worth KDAF 33.3 Nexstar Media Group April 1, 2023 Replaced Court TV
Del Rio (San Antonio) KYVV-TV 28.1 Stryker Media LLC July 1, 2018
El Paso KINT-TV 26.2 Entravision Communications June 2018
Jacksonville (Tyler–Longview) KETK-TV 56.2 Nexstar Media Group
Laredo KXOF-CD 31.4 Entravision Communications July 23, 2018
Lubbock KCBD 11.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Midland-Odessa KMID 2.4 Nexstar Media Group September 2016
San Angelo KLST 8.3 August 25, 2016
San Antonio KWEX-DT 41.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
Wichita Falls KJTL 18.3 Nexstar Media Group September 1, 2016

Utah

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Provo (Salt Lake City) KUCW 30.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2, 2016
KUPX-TV 16.2 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

Vermont

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Burlington WVNY 22.3 Nexstar Media Group August 23, 2016

Virginia

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Arlington (Washington, D.C.) WFDC-DT 14.3 TelevisaUnivision
(operated by Entravision Communications		 August 18, 2014
Ashland (Richmond) WUPV 65.3 Gray Television

Washington

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Bellevue (Seattle) KWPX-TV 33.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Spokane KGPX-TV 34.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Vancouver (Portland, Oregon) KPDX 49.4 Gray Television February 2017

West Virginia

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Charleston/Huntington WLPX-TV 29.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Clarksburg WFVX 10.5 Gray Television 2022

Wisconsin

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Antigo (Wausau) WTPX-TV 46.2 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Green Bay WGBA-TV 26.3 E. W. Scripps Company December 1, 2021
Kenosha (Milwaukee) WPXE-TV 55.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
La Crosse WLAX 25.4 Nexstar Media Group August 30, 2016
Madison WIFS 57.8 Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC April 30, 2018
Milwaukee WTMJ-TV 4.4 E. W. Scripps Company March 2018 moved to WTMJ from WCGV-DT3 (24.3), which left the air January 8, 2018[29]

Former affiliates

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Market Station Channel Current owner Years of affiliation Notes
Fort Smith
(Arkansas)		 KFLU-LD 20.2 HC2 Holdings 2015-2016 Replaced by Court TV
Inglewood (Los Angeles)
(California)		 KILM 64.1 Ion Media Networks
(Subsidiary of E.W. Scripps Company)
 2021 Replaced by Ion Plus
San Bernardino (Los Angeles)
(California)		 KPXN-TV 30.3 Replaced by Ion Plus
San Diego
(California)		 KFMB 8.3 Tegna 2017-2022 Replaced by Laff
San Jose (SF Bay Area)
(California)		 KOFY-TV 20.2 CNZ Communications, LLC 2022-2024
KKPX-TV 65.4 Ion Media 2021 Replaced by Ion Shop
New Haven
(Connecticut)		 WCTX 59.2 Nexstar Media Group 2015-2021 Replaced by Comet
Wilmington
(Delaware)		 WDPN-TV 2.2 Maranatha Broadcasting Company 2014-2023 Replaced by Court TV
WPPX-TV 61.3 Ion Media 2021 Replaced by Laff
Pensacola
(Florida)		 WJTC 44.2 Deerfield Media 2014-2021
Lewiston
(Idaho)		 KLEW-TV 3.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2018 Replaced by Stadium
Baltimore
(Maryland)		 WUTB 24.2 Deerfield Media 2014-2017
WMJF-CD 39.1/39.4 HME Equity Fund II, LLC 2018-2022
Boston
(Massachusetts)		 WWJE-DT 50.4 Univision Communications 2014-2017
WUNI 66.4 2017-2023 Replaced by Court TV
Battle Creek–Kalamazoo–Grand Rapids WOTV 41.3 Nexstar Media Group January 2016 - 2021 Replaced by Charge!
Bay City
(Michigan)		 WBSF 46.3 Cunningham Broadcasting 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Midland
(Michigan)		 WFKB-LD 38.1 HC2 Holdings 2014-2020 Went off the air
Jefferson City
(Missouri)		 KRCG 13.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Kansas City
(Missouri)		 KMCI 38.4 E.W. Scripps Company 2015-2020 Replaced by Court TV
KPXE-TV 50.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings 2021 Replaced by Defy TV
Las Vegas
(Nevada)		 KMCC 34.6 Nexstar Media Group 2014-2023 Replaced by Bounce TV
Reno
(Nevada)		 KRXI-TV 11.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2014-2018 Replaced by Antenna TV
Buffalo
(New York City)		 WUTV 29.3 2014-2017 Replaced by Charge!
New York City WPXN-TV 31.2 Ion Media Networks 2021 Replaced by Bounce TV
Rochester
(New York City)		 WHAM 13.3 Deerfield Media 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Syracuse
(New York City)		 WTVH 5.2 Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Rocky Mount
(North Carolina)		 WRPX-TV 47.4 Ion Media Network 2021 Replaced by Defy TV
Cleveland
(Ohio)		 WUAB 43.3 Gray Television 2014-2018
Columbus
(Ohio)		 WWHO 53.2 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Dayton
(Ohio)		 WKEF 22.3/22.4 Replaced by TBD
Tulsa
(Oklahoma)		 KMYT-TV 41.3 Imagicomm Communications August 18, 2014 - 2021 Replaced by Start TV
Portland
(Oregon)		 KPDX 49.4 Gray Television 2015-2022 Replaced by Court TV
Lancaster
(Pennsylvania)		 WXBU 15.1 Howard Stirk Holdings 2016-2017 Replaced by Comet and TBD
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
(Pennsylvania)		 WBRE-TV 28.3 Nexstar Media Group August 27, 2016 - September 1, 2021 As of September 1, 2021 "Grit" was dropped from WBRE-TV's DT3, and replaced by "Rewind TV."[30]
Columbia WIS 10.2 Gray Television 2015 - 2019 Replaced by The CW
Nashville
(Tennessee)		 WNAB 58.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
WKRN-TV 2.4 Nexstar Media Group 2017-2021 Replaced by Rewind TV
Beaumont
(Texas)		 KDFM 6.3 2014-2018 Replaced by Charge! and Fox
Brownsville
(Texas)		 KVEO-TV 23.4 Nexstar Media Group 2014-2020
Dallas–Fort Worth KSTR-DT 49.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014 -

April 1, 2023

Replaced by Court TV
Norfolk
(Virginia)		 WTVZ-TV 33.3/33.4 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2014-2017 Replaced by Comet and TBD
Tacoma-Seattle KSTW 11.3 Paramount Global 2017-2022 Replaced by Fave TV
Yakima
(Washington)		 KIMA-TV 29.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2018 Replaced by Stadium
Tri-Cities
(Washington)		 KEPR-TV 19.3 2015-2018
Charleston
(West Virginia)		 WCHS-TV 8.3 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
WOWK-TV 13.4 Nexstar Media Group October 2017 - September 2021 Replaced by Rewind TV
Green Bay
(Wisconsin)		 WACY-TV 32.2 E. W. Scripps Company August 11, 2015 - December 1, 2021 Replaced by Laff (TV network)
Madison
(Wisconsin)		 WMSN-TV 47.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2014-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Saginaw
(Michigan)		 WFKB-LD 38.1 HC2 Holdings 2019-2020 Station off the air

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
  2. ^ "Cox, Naar named Grit, Escape Programmers". TVNewsCheck. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Grit, Escape Diginets To Launch Aug. 18". TVNewsCheck. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Lafayette, Jon (April 3, 2014). "Exclusive: Bounce TV Exec Plans Two New Channels". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Schedule - Grit TV.com
  6. ^ a b Jessell, Harry A. (October 13, 2015). "OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "New Grit and Escape Networks Set For August 18 Launch". August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
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  9. ^ a b "Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations". 14 January 2021.
  10. ^ Lafayette, Jon (June 3, 2015). "Grit Network Buys Rights to 'Walker'". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  11. ^ Guider, Elizabeth (June 18, 2014). "Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  12. ^ Downey, Kevin (June 10, 2014). "Grit, Escape Diginets In Warner Bros. Deal". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  13. ^ "Grit & Escape Add 157 NBCU Movies To Library". TVNewsCheck. June 24, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  14. ^ "Paramount Movies Added to Escape, Grit Networks". Broadcasting & Cable. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
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  16. ^ Lafayette, Jon (January 25, 2023). "Scripps Networks Get Carriage on Google, YouTube Platforms". Broadcasting + Cable. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  17. ^ a b Lafayette, Jon (March 20, 2015). "Meredith To Carry Grit, Escape, LAFF Networks". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
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  21. ^ Lafayette, Jon (October 9, 2014). "Sinclair to Carry New Grit Multicast Network". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  22. ^ "Katz Broadcasting Announces Major Distribution Agreements with Media General and Tribune Media" (Press release).
  23. ^ "Katz, Bounce Boost Diginet Distribution". 15 June 2016.
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  25. ^ "Over-The-Air Viewers Get 4 New Channels Starting Monday". KWTV-DT. Griffin Communications. October 1, 2018.
  26. ^ "New over-the-air TV channels coming to Oklahoma". Guthrie News-Leader. Ramsey Publishing Co. September 25, 2018. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  27. ^ Gary Dinges (November 16, 2015). "Austin viewers get 2 new over-the-air TV networks". Austin American-Statesman.
  28. ^ CBS 4 changing over-the-air signal to 23.2 midnight tonight https://www.kveo.com/news/cbs-4-changing-over-the-air-signal-to-23-2-midnight-tonight/
  29. ^ Foran, Chris (8 March 2018). "Grit TV returns to Milwaukee's airwaves — on Channel 4.4". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  30. ^ Email dated September 2, 2021 from Susan J. Kalinowski, Regional Program Manager, Mission Broadcasting, Inc., Station Manager & Program Director, WYOU-TV, Mission Broadcasting, Inc.
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