List of Laff affiliates
As of 4 January 2020, Laff has current or pending affiliation agreements with television stations in 168 media markets encompassing 46 states, including Washington, DC (including stations in the top 13 markets), covering 90% of the United States.[1]
Charter affiliates included all 8 ABC Owned Television Stations and 13 E. W. Scripps Company stations.[2][3] The two initial deals gave Laff affiliate clearances in 35% of all U.S. markets, and 13 of the 30 largest television markets (including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, and Houston). On March 13, 2015, Katz Broadcasting announced an affiliation deal with the Cox Media Group to carry Laff on seven of its stations (including WSB-TV in Atlanta and WFXT in Boston), expanding its initial reach to 47% of the country;[4] the following week on March 20, as part of a multi-network affiliation agreement with Katz, the Meredith Corporation announced that it would carry the network on its stations in Portland, Oregon (KPTV) and Hartford (WFSB).[5][6]
Affiliates
List of current affiliates
This is the current list of affiliates for Laff as of February 29, 2020.
List of former affiliates
City of license/market | Station | Virtual channel[1] |
Primary affiliation at the time | Owner | Dates of affiliation[7] | Notes |
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Alabama | ||||||
Birmingham | WUOA-LD | 46.1 | - | HC2 Holdings | July 1, 2016 - June 16, 2019 | |
WIAT | 42.4 | CBS | Nexstar Media Group | November 1, 2017 - May 7, 2019 | Replaced by Court TV | |
Mobile | WKRG-TV | 5.4 | October 16, 2017 - May 7, 2019 | |||
Arkansas | ||||||
Fayetteville | KFLU-LD | 20.4 | Bounce TV (now affiliated with The Country Network) | DTV America Corporation (now owned by HC2 Holdings) | September 19 - October 26, 2016 | Replaced by Infomercials |
Jonesboro | KPMF-LD | 26.3 | Escape (now affiliated with MyNetworkTV) | June 23 - October 26, 2016 | Later replaced by Comet, now airing CBN News Channel | |
California | ||||||
Los Angeles | KMEX-DT | 34.2 | Univision | Univision Communications | September 24 - December 24, 2017 | |
Oxnard-Van Nuys | KSKJ-CD | 45.2 | Court TV (now affiliated with BeIN Sports Xtra) | HC2 Holdings | July 29 - December 22, 2019 | Replaced by Soul of the South Television, now airing Three Angels Broadcasting Network. |
Sacramento | KAHC-LD | 43.1 | - | DTV America Corporation (now owned by HC2 Holdings) | July 20 - November 13, 2016 | Replaced by ASN, which later became Stadium, later aired CBN News, now airing Infomercials. Laff would later affiliate on KMAX-TV's newly launched second digital subchannel after an 8 1⁄2-month absence. |
Hawaii | ||||||
Honolulu | KHON-TV | 2.4 | Fox | Nexstar Media Group | April 16, 2018 - May 7, 2019 | Replaced by Court TV |
Illinois | ||||||
Chicago | WLS-TV | 7.3 | ABC | ABC Owned Television Stations | April 15, 2015 - December 17, 2017 | Entered into a post-auction channel sharing agreement with WXFT-DT; rights moved to WXFT sister station WGBO-DT2. |
Kentucky | ||||||
Louisville | WBNA | 21.8 | Independent | Evangel World Prayer Center | October 12, 2017 - June 10, 2018 | Replaced by This TV. |
Maine | ||||||
Portland | WPME (now WIPL) | 35.3 | MyNetworkTV (now affiliated with Ion Television) | Ironwood Communications (now owned by Ion Media Networks) | November 7, 2016 - April 1, 2018 | Replaced by Ion Plus and the Laff affiliation moved to WPXT's newly launched fifth digital subchannel. |
WPXT | 51.5 | The CW | Hearst Television | April 2 - October 21, 2018 | The Laff affiliation now airs on WMTW's third digital subchannel. | |
Michigan | ||||||
Saginaw, Michigan | WFKB-LD | 38.3 | HC2 Holdings | 2019-2020 | Station off the air | |
Minnesota | ||||||
Mankato-St. James | K35KI-D | 35.1 | - | Cooperative Television | July 3, 2017 - January 27, 2019 | Station was converted to being a translator of KMSP-TV |
K18NE-D | 18.1 | January 28 - October 27, 2019 | ||||
Mississippi | ||||||
Jackson | WJTV | 12.4 | CBS | Nexstar Media Group | November 1, 2017 - May 7, 2019 | Replaced by Court TV |
Missouri | ||||||
St. Louis | KBGU-LP | 33.4 | Buzzr | HC2 Holdings | January 4, 2016 - January 12, 2020 | |
New York | ||||||
Buffalo | WIVB-TV | 4.2 | CBS | Nexstar Media Group | October 16, 2017 - May 7, 2019 | |
North Carolina | ||||||
Charlotte | WSOC-TV | 9.2 | ABC | Cox Media Group | April 15, 2015 - June 1, 2017 | Replaced by Telemundo and the Laff affiliation moved to WAXN-TV's newly launched fourth digital subchannel. |
Greensboro–Winston-Salem– High Point | WCWG | 20.3 | The CW | Lockwood Broadcast Group (now owned by Hearst Television) | June 1, 2015 - July 30, 2017 | WCWG sold its spectrum for $105,731,122 and indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement, resulting in the station dropping the network. Laff would later replace QVC on WGPX-TV's fifth digital subchannel after an 3 1⁄2-year absence. |
Wilmington | WADA-LD | 18.1 | - | HC2 Holdings | January 4, 2016 - October 21, 2018 | |
Oklahoma | ||||||
Oklahoma City | KBZC-LD | 42.2 | Bounce TV (later affiliated with ASN, and then Stadium, now airing Quest) | DTV America Corporation (now owned by HC2 Holdings) | July 26 - November 13, 2016 | Replaced by Infomercials, later aired Tuff TV, then Light TV, now airing CBN News. Laff would later be launched on KTOU-LD's newly launched ninth digital subchannel. |
KTOU-LD | 21.9 | HSN | HC2 Holdings | March 26 - November 18, 2018 | ||
Puerto Rico | ||||||
San Juan | W44CV-D | 44.2 | The Cowboy Channel | TV Red Puerto Rico | February 13, 2017 - March 3, 2019 | |
W16CW-D | 16.4 | Court TV (now a Religious Independent station) | March 4, 2019 - October 8, 2020 | |||
South Carolina | ||||||
Charleston | WBSE-LP | 20.1 | - | DTV America Corporation (now owned by HC2 Holdings) | January 4 - December 13, 2016 | The Laff affiliation now airs on WCBD-TV's newly launched fourth digital subchannel. |
Tennessee | ||||||
Johnson City-Kingsport | WAPK-CD | 36.3 | MeTV | Glenwood Communications Corporation | April 30, 2016 - January 29, 2017 | Replaced by Bounce TV and the Laff affiliation moved to WKPT-TV's third digital subchannel. |
Texas | ||||||
Amarillo | KAUO-LD | 15.3 | Bounce TV (now affiliated with The Country Network) | DTV America Corporation (now owned by HC2 Holdings) | June 23 - October 26, 2016 | Replaced by Infomercials, later aired Tuff TV, now airing Court TV |
Houston | KEHO-LD | 32.3 | Festiva TV (now affiliated with Court TV) | HC2 Holdings | October 26, 2016 - November 18, 2018 | Now airing Soul of the South |
Lubbock | KLBK-TV | 13.2 | CBS | Nexstar Media Group | August 20, 2016 - May 7, 2019 | Replaced by Court TV |
Waco | KZCZ-LD | 34.2 | Bounce TV (now affiliated with The Country Network) | DTV America Corporation (now owned by HC2 Holdings) | September 12 - October 26, 2016 | Replaced by Comet |
Utah | ||||||
Salt Lake City | KTMW | 20.4 | Telemundo | Serestar Communications (now owned by NBCUniversal) | October 7, 2015 - November 18, 2018 | |
West Virginia | ||||||
Charleston-Huntington | WTZP-LP | 50.3 | Cozi TV | Eagle Broadcasting Group | December 1, 2015 - March 5, 2017 | Replaced by Buzzr |
Wisconsin | ||||||
Wausau-Rhinelander | WZAW-LD | 33.4 | Fox | Gray Television | November 12, 2018 - June 23, 2019 | Replaced by Heroes & Icons |
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