This TV - Affiliates

Affiliates

In addition to Weigel-owned stations in Chicago (WCIU) and Milwaukee (WDJT-TV), This TV reached agreements with several ownership groups to add the network to some of its stations in 2009. The group list includes stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Post-Newsweek Stations, Fisher Communications, Hearst-Argyle Television, Tribune Broadcasting, Raycom Media and Belo. This TV's affiliation agreement with Tribune Broadcasting was renewed in May 2010, a move that brought the network to additional Tribune-owned stations in markets such as Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and San Diego and would help This TV's coverage reach 85% of the U.S., making This TV the largest subchannel network by percentage of the population reached (sister network Me-TV has since surpassed This TV in this category). A number of NBC affiliates added This TV as a replacement for the now defunct NBC Weather Plus service, which closed at the end of 2008. Additionally, Equity Media Holdings selected This TV as a replacement for Retro Television Network on some of its stations after Equity dropped its relationship with RTN in January 2009 due to payment disputes; the Equity-owned stations were since sold, with several disaffiliating with This TV or going off the air completely.

Stations that carry This TV have the option to air select programming from the network on their main channels; they also have the option to preempt This TV programming, either via a secondary affiliation deal with another network or with locally produced programming, or in the most used case, moving network programming to the This subchannel to accommodate local sports or breaking news coverage on the main channel. With Tribune Broadcasting taking over operational responsibilities for the network, This TV will become one of the few television networks to move its flagship station from one station to another; the network will move from WCIU to a digital subchannel of Tribune's Chicago flagship WGN-TV (currently the largest Tribune-owned station that does not carry This TV) beginning in the fall of 2013.