List of United States stations available in Canada
This page lists all of the local over-the-air television stations in the United States that are carried in Canada via cable/digital cable or satellite. This list also includes stations that were formerly carried, but have since been dropped.
The stations are organized by market, starting in the east (Maine) and ending in the west (California). Not all stations are available in all areas. A station that has the word "Bumped" next to it means that the station has been replaced by one of the stations from the CANCOM services, most likely either a Buffalo or Detroit local station in the east, or a Spokane or Seattle local station in the west.
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American over-the-air services distributed locally
These channels appear on certain cable systems in Canada. However, the CRTC has not authorized their distribution outside of the areas in which these channels can be picked up over-the-air; hence, they are not available for national distribution. There are other American stations available in Canada near the American border, but they are only available over-the-air and are not carried on any cable system.
- FOX:
- CBS:
- ABC:
- The CW:
- Me-TV:
- KVOS-TV Bellingham (available in Vancouver/Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island)
- MyNetworkTV:
- PBS:
- WMED-TV (available in New Brunswick)
- KFME-TV Fargo (available in Winnipeg/Northwestern Ontario in high-definition)
- KGFE-TV Grand Forks (available in Winnipeg)
- KTCI Minneapolis (available in Thunder Bay)
- WCFE-TV Plattsburgh (available in Montreal)
- WPBS-DT Watertown (available in Ottawa)
- WNED-TV Buffalo (available in Southern Ontario)
Superstations
These stations are listed as superstations, and are carried on many if not most or all cable and satellite systems in Canada.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Boston, Massachusetts | WSBK-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | WSBK is a Superstation |
Atlanta, Georgia | WPCH-TV | IND | Yes | Carried on most cable/satellite providers, from its earlier days as WTBS-TV. Superstation feed was never carried in Canada. Negotiations are in process between CRTC and cable/satellite providers to carry TBS as a separate cable service |
Chicago, Illinois | WGN-TV | The CW | Dropped at station's request | WGN-TV is a Superstation. Also sometimes shows up on NHL Center ICE. Some blackouts may apply to NHL and NBA games on some systems. |
Denver, Colorado | KWGN-TV | The CW | Unknown | Not carried yet; authorized by CRTC but has not been added by any Canadian cable company to date. |
New York City, New York | WWOR-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | WWOR-TV is a Superstation |
New York City, New York | WPIX | The CW | Yes | WPIX is a Superstation |
Los Angeles, California | KTLA | The CW | Yes | KTLA is a Superstation |
Shaw Broadcast Services / nationwide coverage
Seattle and Detroit stations are carried via Shaw Broadcast Services, and are available nationwide to Shaw Direct customers and domestic cable TV operators, as well as to some Northern United States communities.
Bell TV carries Boston and Seattle local stations nationally.
Shaw has announced its intention to drop all Buffalo feeds and coverage of Detroit Fox O&O WJBK, effective end of April 2009.[1]
Bell TV / nationwide coverage
Bell TV carries Boston and Seattle local stations nationally.
Seattle and Detroit stations are carried via Shaw Broadcast Services, and are available nationwide to Shaw Direct customers and domestic cable TV operators, as well as to some Northern United States communities.
Shaw has announced its intention to drop all Buffalo feeds and coverage of Detroit Fox O&O WJBK, effective end of April 2009.[1]
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Boston, Massachusetts | WBZ-TV | CBS | Yes | |
Boston, Massachusetts | WCVB-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Boston, Massachusetts | WHDH | NBC | Yes | |
Boston, Massachusetts | WFXT-TV | Fox | Yes | |
Boston, Massachusetts | WGBH | PBS | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KIRO-TV | CBS | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KOMO-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KING-TV | NBC | Yes | |
Tacoma, Washington | KCPQ-TV | Fox | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KCTS-TV | PBS | Yes | |
Boston, Massachusetts | WSBK-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | WSBK-TV is a Superstation |
Atlanta, Georgia | WPCH-TV | IND | Yes | WPCH-TV is a Superstation |
Chicago, Illinois | WGN-TV | The CW | Dropped at station's request | WGN-TV is a Superstation |
New York City, New York | WPIX | The CW | Yes | WPIX is a Superstation |
Los Angeles, California | KTLA | The CW | Yes | KTLA is a Superstation |
Other stations / local coverage
These other stations are not carried nationally, and may only be available in a certain region or even a few towns. Some stations are available over-the-air only.
Eastern Canada
These stations are carried in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, across many cable systems.
Province of Quebec, Cornwall/Hawkesbury Ontario
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These stations are available to cable and satellite customers in Quebec City, Sherbrooke, and Montreal.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Burlington, VT | WCAX-TV | CBS | Yes | Carried on cable in Montreal and Quebec City |
Burlington, VT | WVNY | ABC | Yes | Carried on cable in Montreal and Quebec City |
Plattsburgh, NY | WPTZ-TV | NBC | Yes | Carried on cable in Montreal and Quebec City |
Burlington, VT | WFFF-TV | Fox | Yes | Carried on cable in Montreal and Quebec City (FOX only) |
Burlington, VT | WETK-TV | PBS | Yes | Carried on cable in Montreal |
Plattsburgh, New York | WCFE-TV | PBS | Yes | Carried on cable in Montreal and Quebec City |
Burlington, VT | WWBI-LP | ION | Dropped | Dropped at CRTC's requests; station ceased operations in 2007 |
Rochester, New York | WUHF | Fox | Dropped | First FOX affiliate to be shown on cable in Montreal. Replaced with WUTV-TV FOX Buffalo |
Buffalo, New York | WUTV | Fox | Dropped | Second FOX affiliate to be shown on cable in Montreal. Replaced with WFFF-TV when it first came on air. |
Eastern Ontario
- Main article: Watertown TV, Ontario TV, and Ottawa-Gatineau TV
These stations are or were carried in the National Capital Region, Pembroke, Ontario, Ottawa, and Kingston, Ontario. This region also includes Peterborough, and towns along the northern shore of Lake Ontario.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Watertown, New York | WWNY-TV | CBS | Yes | Carried in Kingston-Brockville, where it is easily available over-the-air. Was formerly carried in Ottawa, dropped due to signal quality issues from distance. WNYF/Fox 7.2 digital subchannel OTA-only; Watertown digital subchannels are not on cable and not listed in Kingston local TV listings. |
Watertown, New York | WWTI-TV | ABC | Yes | Carried in Kingston; The CW Plus WWTI 50.2 digital subchannel available over-the-air only/not in local TV listings. |
Watertown, New York | WNYF-CD | Fox | No | Low-power HDTV signal only available with full-size rooftop antenna, but a standard-definition WWNY-DT2 digital subchannel provides solid A-grade coverage over-the-air in Kingston, Ontario. Inexplicably, more-distant Syracuse and (later) Buffalo signals are distributed by Kingston's Cogeco cable system instead of the more local and readily available Watertown affiliate. |
Watertown, New York | WPBS-DT | PBS | Yes | Carried in Ottawa and Pembroke (via WNPI-TV), Kingston directly (as WPBS-DT). Digital subchannels (Create/ThinkBright, PBS-HD) not carried by cable operators but readily available over-the-air in Kingston. |
Syracuse, New York | WTVH-TV | CBS | dropped | Was carried in Kingston; had been bumped to higher cable converter channels in favour of WWNY-TV, before being dropped altogether after the United States' digital transition. |
Syracuse, New York | WSYR-TV | ABC | dropped | Was carried in Kingston; had been bumped to higher cable converter channels in favour of commonly owned WWTI-TV, which now occupies the "cable 9" position. Station was dropped altogether after the digital transition, like WTVH, above. |
Syracuse, New York | WSTM-TV | NBC | dropped | Was carried in Kingston; OTA signal was fringe analogue reception, main channel only. Syracuse locals were dropped in favour of Buffalo NY after 2009's digital transition.[2] |
Syracuse, New York | WSYT | Fox | dropped | Was carried in Kingston, although over-the-air availability is weak to limited compared to WWNY-DT2. Despite the ready availability of a Watertown-based Fox TV affiliate, the Syracuse locals were dropped in favour of Buffalo NY after 2009's digital transition.[2] |
Syracuse, New York | WCNY-TV | PBS | No | Intermittently viewable over-the-air in the Kingston-Watertown, New York market but notable by its absence from cable systems, which instead carry WPBS-DT (for Kingston and Ottawa) or WTVS-TV PBS Detroit (for Brockville, Ontario). |
Rochester, New York | WROC-TV | CBS | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Cobourg, and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Bumped from Ottawa-area cable systems. |
Rochester, New York | WHAM-TV | ABC | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Cobourg, and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Bumped from Ottawa-area cable systems. |
Rochester, New York | WHEC-TV | NBC | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Cobourg, and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Bumped from Ottawa-area cable systems. |
Rochester, New York | WUHF | Fox | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Cobourg, and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Bumped from Ottawa-area cable systems. |
Rochester, New York | WXXI-TV | PBS | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Cobourg, and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Was never available on cable in the Ottawa area, due to WPBS-DT. |
Buffalo, New York | WNYO-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Brockville and Cornwall, as well as much of Southern Ontario. |
Southern Ontario
- Main articles: Greater Toronto TV, Ontario TV
These stations are carried throughout the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe on a variety of cable systems.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Rochester, New York | WUHF | Fox | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Belleville, Ontario and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario |
Buffalo, New York | WIVB-TV | CBS | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WKBW-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WGRZ | NBC | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WUTV | Fox | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WNED-TV | PBS | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WNLO | The CW | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WNYO-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | Carried on cable systems in Brockville and Cornwall, as well as much of Southern Ontario. |
London, Ontario
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These stations are carried in the London and St. Thomas area.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Buffalo, New York | WIVB-TV | CBS | No | |
Buffalo, New York | WKBW-TV | ABC | No | |
Buffalo, New York | WGRZ | NBC | No | |
Buffalo, New York | WUTV | Fox | No | |
Buffalo, New York | WNED-TV | PBS | Yes | Carried in London on digital cable television |
Buffalo, New York | WNLO | The CW | Yes | Carried in London on digital cable television |
Buffalo, New York | WNYO-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | Carried in London on digital cable television |
Erie, Pennsylvania | WSEE-TV | CBS | Bumped | Bumped in London and area years ago (1980s) |
Erie, Pennsylvania | WJET-TV | ABC | No | Recently bumped in London (August 18, 2009) |
Erie, Pennsylvania | WICU-TV | NBC | Bumped | Recently bumped in London (August 18, 2009) |
Erie, Pennsylvania | WFXP | Fox | No | |
Erie, Pennsylvania | WQLN | PBS | Yes | Carried in London |
Cleveland, Ohio | WOIO | CBS | Yes | Carried in St. Thomas, was briefly available in London on digital cable in 2006 |
Cleveland, Ohio | WEWS-TV | ABC | Dropped | Replaced with WJET in 1969 (Northern London) and 1977 (southern London) |
Cleveland, Ohio | WKYC | NBC | Dropped | Dropped in 1974, replaced with CIII-DT Toronto when it launched |
Cleveland, Ohio | WJW | Fox | Dropped | Dropped in the 1970s |
Cleveland, Ohio | WVIZ-TV | PBS | No | |
Cleveland, Ohio | WUAB-TV | MyNetworkTV | Yes | Carried in London |
Detroit, Michigan | WWJ-TV | CBS | Yes | Carried in London |
Detroit, Michigan | WXYZ-TV | ABC | Yes | Carried in London |
Detroit, Michigan | WDIV-TV | NBC | Yes | Carried in London |
Detroit, Michigan | WJBK-TV | Fox | Yes | Carried in London |
Detroit, Michigan | WTVS-TV | PBS | Yes | Carried in London |
Windsor, Ontario/Chatham, Ontario
- Main articles: Detroit TV, Toledo TV, Cleveland TV, Lansing TV
These stations are or were carried in the Windsor, Ontario market, serving Windsor, Essex County, Leamington, Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Lambton County and even parts of Middlesex County and Elgin County. Also refer to CRTC decisions archive for details on the Windsor/Leamington-area cable listings.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Cleveland, Ohio | WOIO | CBS | Yes | Listed in local Windsor TV Guides until 1999. May be carried in Chatham-Kent, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. Carried in St. Thomas, and was briefly available to London-area viewers on digital cable television. |
Cleveland, Ohio | WEWS-TV | ABC | Dropped | Bumped from Shaw Cable when Cogeco took over in 2000. Available to southern Essex County only. May be carried in Chatham-Kent, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. Bumped on October 17, 2009, from local TV Guides and replaced with WXYZ-DT 7.2. |
Cleveland, Ohio | WKYC | NBC | Dropped | Bumped from Shaw Cable when Cogeco took over in 2000. Available to southern Essex County only. Bumped on October 17, 2009, from local TV Guides and replaced with WDIV-DT 4.2. |
Cleveland, Ohio | WJW | Fox | Dropped | Bumped from Shaw Cable when Cogeco took over in 2000. Available to southern Essex County only. May be carried in Leamington and Chatham-Kent, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. Bumped on October 17, 2009, from local TV Guides and replaced with WTOL-DT 11.2. |
Cleveland, Ohio | WVIZ | PBS | No | |
Cleveland, Ohio | WUAB | MyNetworkTV | Yes | Still carried in London, Ontario, only Cleveland local still listed in Windsor-area TV Guides. |
Toledo, Ohio | WTOL | CBS | Partial | Listed in local Windsor TV Guides, reception is fair to poor in downtown Windsor, dropped in early 2009 as part of the Digital Transition in the United States. |
Toledo, Ohio | WTOL-DT 11.2 | Me-TV | Partial | Added to Windsor-area TV Guides on October 17, 2009, replaces WJW from Cleveland. Dropped from listings in August of 2011 |
Toledo, Ohio | WTVG | ABC | Partial | Listed in local Windsor TV Guides, reception is fair to poor in downtown Windsor, dropped in early 2009 as part of the Digital Transition in the United States. |
Toledo, Ohio | WNWO-TV | NBC | Dropped | Cogeco dropped this station in Windsor to make room for Canadian Learning Television. Ironically, WNWO-TV had the strongest signal of the "big three" Toledo locals in the analog era. No longer listed in local Windsor TV Guides. May be carried in Leamington, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice. |
Toledo, Ohio | WUPW | Fox | No | Formerly listed in local Windsor TV Guides |
Toledo, Ohio | WTVG-DT 13.2 | LWN | Partial | Added to Windsor-area TV Guides on October 17, 2009, replaces WNWO-TV |
Toledo, Ohio | WGTE-TV | PBS | Dropped | No longer listed in local Windsor TV Guides, reception is fair to poor in downtown Windsor. May be carried in Leamington, at Cogeco (local cable operator)'s choice, dropped in Windsor and Leamington in the late 1980s. Replaced with WTVS-DT2 |
Detroit, Michigan | WWJ-TV | CBS | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WXYZ-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WDIV-TV | NBC | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WJBK | Fox | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WTVS | PBS | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WTVS-DT 56.2 | PBS (alternate programming) | Partial | Added to TV Guides on October 17, 2009 (replaces WGTE-TV), not available on cable |
Detroit, Michigan | WKBD-TV | The CW | Yes | Carried in Windsor and area, not nationally carried otherwise |
Detroit, Michigan | WMYD | MyNetworkTV | Yes | Carried in Windsor and area, not nationally carried otherwise |
Detroit, Michigan | WDIV-DT 4.2 | This TV | Partial | Added on October 17, 2009 (replaces WKYC), not available on cable |
Detroit, Michigan | WXYZ-DT 7.2 | RTV | Partial | Added on October 17, 2009 (replaces WEWS), not available on cable |
Detroit, Michigan | WUDT-LD | Daystar | No | Not listed in local Windsor TV Guides, signal is fair in downtown Windsor. |
Mount Clemens, Michigan | WADL | IND/ The Word Network | Unknown | Not carried in Windsor or Essex County, probably still carried in other parts of Southwestern Ontario, listed in TV Guides |
Mount Clemens, Michigan | WADL-DT2 | Antenna TV | Partial | Added to TV Guides on October 17, 2009 (replaces WNWO-TV), not available on cable |
Lansing, Michigan | WLNS-TV | CBS | No | Listed in local Windsor TV Guides until 1993 |
Lansing, Michigan | WILX-TV | NBC | No | Listed in local Windsor TV Guides until 1993, alongside CFPL-DT, London's channel 10 |
Northeastern Ontario
- Main article: Ontario TV, Northern Michigan TV
These stations are or were carried in Northern Ontario, including Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Rochester, New York | WOKR-TV | ABC | Bumped | Sudbury/North Bay/Timmins; bumped for WXYZ Detroit |
Rochester, New York | WUHF-TV | Fox | Yes | |
Buffalo, New York | WIVB-TV | CBS | Dropped | Bumped for WWTV Traverse City |
Buffalo, New York | WKBW-TV | ABC | No | |
Buffalo, New York | WGRZ | NBC | Dropped | Bumped for WDIV Detroit |
Buffalo, New York | WUTV | Fox | No | |
Buffalo, New York | WNED-TV | PBS | Yes | Sudbury/North Bay/Timmins only |
Detroit, Michigan | WWJ-TV | CBS | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WXYZ-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WDIV-TV | NBC | Yes | |
Detroit, Michigan | WJBK | Fox | No | |
Detroit, Michigan | WTVS | PBS | Yes | Except Sudbury/North Bay/Timmins |
Flint, Michigan | WJRT-TV | ABC | Dropped | Sault Ste. Marie, ON only; bumped for WXYZ Detroit |
Marquette, Michigan | WNMU | PBS | Dropped | Sault Ste. Marie only; bumped for WTVS Detroit |
Alpena, Michigan | WCML | PBS | Dropped | Not carried in Sault Ste. Marie; bumped for WNED-TV Buffalo (Sudbury/North Bay/Timmins) or WTVS Detroit (elsewhere) |
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WWTV/WWUP | CBS | Dropped | Bumped for WWJ Detroit |
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WGTQ | ABC | Dropped | Bumped for WJRT Flint (Sault Ste. Marie only) or WXYZ Detroit (elsewhere) |
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WTOM | NBC | Dropped | Sault Ste. Marie, ON only; bumped for WDIV Detroit |
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WWUP | Fox | No | |
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WCMU-TV | PBS | No |
Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
These stations are carried throughout cities and towns in Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, and in Saskatchewan.
Alberta
- Main articles: Alberta TV
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Spokane, Washington | KREM | CBS | Yes | |
Spokane, Washington | KXLY-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Spokane, Washington | KHQ-TV | NBC | Yes | |
Spokane, Washington | KAYU-TV | Fox | Yes | |
Spokane, Washington | KSPS-TV | PBS | Yes |
Lower Mainland of British Columbia
- Main articles: British Columbia TV, and Seattle-Bellingham TV
These stations are carried throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, including Vancouver, Victoria, and the Lower Fraser Valley.
Market/City | Call sign | Affiliation | Available? | Notes |
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Bellingham, Washington | KBCB | IND | No | Digital over-the-air signal is available in the Lower Mainland. |
Tacoma, Washington | KBTC-TV | PBS | No | Digital over-the-air signal is available in the Lower Mainland from a local repeater. |
Seattle, Washington | KCTS-TV | PBS | Yes | |
Tacoma, Washington | KCPQ | Fox | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KIRO-TV | CBS | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KOMO-TV | ABC | Yes | |
Seattle, Washington | KING-TV | NBC | Yes | |
Tacoma, Washington | KSTW | The CW | Yes | |
Bellingham, Washington | KVOS-TV | Me-TV | Yes | Digital over-the-air signal is available in the lower mainland. Me-TV is available via cable, but subchannel TheCoolTV is not. |
See also
- List of television stations in Canada by call sign
- List of Canadian television networks (table)
- List of Canadian television channels
- List of Canadian specialty channels
- Category A services
- Category B services
- Category C services
- List of foreign television channels available in Canada
- Digital television in Canada
- Multichannel television in Canada
- List of Canadian stations available in the United States
- List of television stations in North America by media market
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.shawbroadcast.ca/docs/bulletins/2009_03_05_Termination_of_buffalo_foxdetroit_shawppv7and8.pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cogeco to replace channels:Syracuse feeds to be lost, MIKE KOREEN, Kingston Whig-Standard, January 2009