List Of United States Broadcast Television Networks

• Commercial broadcasting networks (which air English-language programming to a general audience).

• Educational (non-commercial) broadcasting networks (which air English-language programming to an audience for the purpose of learning).

• Religious broadcasting networks.

• Spanish-language broadcasting networks.

• 54-88 MHz (Channels 2-6) VHF
• 174-216 MHz (Channels 7-13) VHF
• 470-806 MHz (Channels 14-69) UHF

Table of Broadcast Networks

English-language American commercial over-the-air television networks

• America One (a successor to Channel America) A small network comprised of 76 local stations, A1 airs many old films and a few original shows.
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (formerly NBC Blue) The nation's third-largest commercial network, ABC has over 200 affiliate stations and airs original programming seven days a week.
• NBC (originally National Broadcasting Company) (formerly NBC Red) The nation's largest commercial network, NBC has over 200 affiliate stations and airs original programming seven days a week.
• CBS (originally Columbia Broadcasting System) The nation's second-largest commercial network, CBS has over 200 affiliate stations and airs original programming seven days a week. CBS's audience is composed primarily of older viewers.
• Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox) The nation's fourth-largest commercial network, Fox has nearly 200 affiliate stations and airs original programming seven days a week. Fox broadcasts to a younger audience than the "Big Three".
• Omni Broadcasting Network (OBN) A very small network composed of low-power TV stations in around 20 areas.
• PAX Network (PAX) A mid-sized network which airs original family-oriented programming a few days a week. PAX's affiliates number roughly around 100.
• The WB Television Network (WB) A mid-sized network, the WB airs original programming most of the week. It has around 150 affiliate stations, and broadcasts to a mainly teenaged audience.
• Urban America Television (UATV) (a successor to the American Independent Network, AIN) A small network with 60 affiliate stations, UAT airs original programming mixed with old films.
• UPN (originally Paramount Television Service and United Paramount Network) A mid-sized network, UPN broadcasts to a younger audience. The network has over 150 affiliate stations.

• ABC: "Alphabet network"
• NBC: "Peacock network" (after the network's peacock logo)
• CBS: "Tiffany network" or "Eye network" (for the network's high-toned reputation and eye logo, respectively)
• WB: "Frog network" (after network mascot Michigan J. Frog)

Non-English language American commercial over-the-air television networks

• Azteca America (AZT) (Spanish language network)

• TeleFutura (TFT) (Spanish language network)

• Telemundo (TDO) (Spanish language network)

• Univision (UVN) (Spanish language network)

American non-commercial television networks

Public/cultural/educational noncommercial

• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (the largest public broadcasting network, somewhat decentralized, in the U.S.) PBS also has 24-hour/7-day program feeds that some broadcast (both analog and digital) stations affiliate with, for some or all of their dayparts: PBS-X (which has Eastern and Pacific Time feeds, and was originally conceived as a cable channel for areas not served by PBS stations), PBS-XD (created for carriage on home satellite services, such as DirecTV and Dish Network, with primetime programming largely delayed by one day so as not to compete too directly with local PBS affiliates), PBS YOU or "Your Own University" (devoted largely to adult education, crafts, and public-affairs programming), PBS KIDS (devoted to PBS's very popular children's programming), and PBS DT2, PBS's HDTV feed of high-definition and letterboxed standard-definition programming.

• Annenberg/CPB Channel A 24-hour/7-day feed of mostly adult-educational programming that is offered to broadcast stations and cable systems for carriage; many of the broadcast affiliates play its programming in overnights. It shares some programming with PBS YOU

• Deutsche Welle (DW TV) A German noncommercial television service which provides some English-language news programming to public broadcasting stations, and whose programming feed can be seen on a small number of independent public-broadcasting stations for part of their broadcast day.

Religious

• Cornerstone Television

• Daystar Television Network

• FamilyNet

• Golden Eagle Broadcasting (Oral Roberts University)

• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (ecumenical Christian)

• 3 Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) (Seventh-day Adventist)

• Total Living Network (TLN)

• Unity Network (5 low-power stations)

• World Harvest Television (WHT)

Defunct American television networks

• American Independent Network - commercial network, predecessor to UATV

• DuMont Television Network - commercial network, 1946 - 1956

• National Educational Television (NET) - Educational network, 1952 - 1969, predecessor to PBS

• Overmyer Network - commercial network, 1967; also the United Network, not to be confused with UPN.

• Spanish International Network (SIN) - non-English language commercial network, 1961 - 1986, predecessor to Univision

• Channel America - first commercial network intentionally made up of low-power stations, a model for Pax and AIN/UATV, and the predecessor of America One.

See also

• Lists of television channels
• Television in the United States
• List of United States cable and satellite television networks
• List of television stations in the U.S. by call sign (initial letter K)
• List of television stations in the U.S. by call sign (initial letter W)

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