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{{short description|Secondary syndication feed of The CW}}
{{About|the syndication service|the broadcast network|The CW}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = The CW Plus
| logo = 2021 The CW Plus Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|09|18}}
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br />[[1080i]] or [[720p]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br />(resolution varies depending on the affiliate)
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]] (75%)<br>[[Paramount Global]] (12.5%)<br>[[Warner Bros. Discovery]] (12.5%)
| parent = The CW Network, LLC
| network = [[The CW]]
| type = [[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programming service
| country = United States
| language = English
| area = National<br />(available only in smaller [[media market|television markets]])
| affiliates = ([[#List of The CW Plus affiliates|see section]])
| headquarters = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| replaced = [[The WB 100+ Station Group]]
| website = {{URL|https://cwplustv.com}}
}}

'''The CW Plus''' is a secondary national [[broadcast television]] [[broadcast syndication|syndication]] service feed of [[The CW]], whose controlling stake of 75% is owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]], with [[Paramount Global]] and [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] holding their own 12.5% stakes. It is intended primarily for [[United States|American]] [[media market#Television|television markets]] ranked #100 and above by [[Nielsen Media Research]] estimates. The service is primarily carried on [[digital subchannel]]s and [[Multichannel television in the United States|multichannel subscription television]] providers, although it maintains primary affiliations on full-power and [[low-power broadcasting|low-power]] stations in certain markets.

Along with airing the network's [[prime time]], [[One Magnificent Morning|Saturday morning]] and [[The CW Sports|live sports]] programming, The CW Plus offers a master schedule of first-run, off-network and [[brokered programming|brokered programs]] available for [[broadcast syndication|syndication distribution]] to fill the network's dark time. The CW handles programming and promotional services for The CW Plus at its corporate headquarters in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], [[California]] (marketing services were handled through a separate division for the service until March 2008, when these operations were transferred to The CW's marketing department due to layoffs<ref>{{cite web|title=Strike, ratings slip lead to CW layoffs|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/strike-ratings-slip-lead-to-cw-layoffs-1117981768/|author=Michael Schneider|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=March 3, 2008|access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref>); [[centralcasting]] operations for the CW Plus affiliates are hubbed at the California Video Center in [[Los Angeles]].

==History==
===Background (The WB 100+ Station Group)===
{{Main|The WB 100+ Station Group}}

The CW Plus traces its existence to The WB 100+ Station Group (initially known as The WeB until March 1999), a similar national feed of CW co-predecessor, [[The WB]], which began operations on September 21, 1998. Conceived under the same concept as [[Foxnet]] (developed by WB network co-founder and original president [[Jamie Kellner]] during his preceding tenure as the original president of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network), The WB 100+ was designed to distribute WB programming to small- and select medium-sized "white area" markets, primarily Designated Market Areas (DMA) ranked #100 and higher under annual Nielsen Market Universe estimates, that had five or fewer commercial television stations [[broadcast license|licensed]] within the designated market area through local [[cable television|cable]] providers (which owned affiliates of the feed individually or in consortiums, often entering into agreements with a local broadcast station to handle advertising and other management services for the WB 100+ outlet), or stations The WB refused to make affiliation offers due to overall low broadcasting quality standards or giving a priority to another network.<ref name="thc-wb100">{{cite web|title=WB 100 Plus Stations Act Locally|url=http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/new_100_stations_act_locally.pdf|author=Jesse Heisiond|periodical=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=BPI|via=RussellMyerson.com|access-date=2015-08-21|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000718/http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/new_100_stations_act_locally.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=The WB 100+ station group hits 8 million, more than doubling its household reach since launch|url=http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2002/01/15/the-wb-100-station-group-hits-8-million-more-than-doubling-its|website=[[Time Warner]]|date=January 15, 2002}}</ref><ref name="tvweek-wb100">{{cite web|title=A Salute to The WB 100+ Station Group on its Fifth Anniversary|url=http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/russ_myerson_television_week2250.pdf|periodical=TelevisionWeek|via=RussellMyerson.com|date=September 22, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061500/http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/russ_myerson_television_week2250.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

By its design, the initial cable-only composition of The WB 100+ Station Group’s affiliate body acted as a workaround to issues that The WB had encountered since its December 1993 founding with securing [[network affiliate|broadcast affiliates]]; these difficulties resulted in The WB having to rely on the national [[superstation]] feed of [[Chicago]] affiliate [[WGN-TV]] (later WGN America, relaunched as [[NewsNation]] in March 2021) to distribute its programming to markets without existing over-the-air WB affiliates. (In certain “white area” markets, the only option for over-the-air carriage was to maintain a secondary affiliation with an existing network outlet, subjecting WB programs to being aired via [[broadcast delay|tape delay]] outside of key timeslots.) Beginning in 2002, The WB 100+ added conventional broadcast affiliations in the few eligible markets that had at least five commercial stations; the feed continued to operate until The WB ended operations on September 17, 2006.

===Development and concept===
[[File:Kdlh dt2 2009.png|thumb|left|150px| Former logo for [[KDLH]] in [[Duluth, Minnesota]]. Similar logos are used by most CW Plus stations as well as some conventional CW affiliates.]]
On February 24, 2006, one month after [[CBS Corporation]] (later ViacomCBS, now [[Paramount Global]]) and Time Warner (later [[WarnerMedia]], now [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]) announced the launch of the new network, The CW formally released a proposal to prospective affiliates announcing the creation of The CW Plus, a similar single-network feed for smaller markets – covering the same areas that were served by The WB 100+.<ref name="b&c=cwplus">{{cite web|title=CW Creates Small-Market Service|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/cw-creates-small-market-service/78970|author=Allison Romano|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=February 24, 2006|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Mating Game|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/mating-game/78993|author=Allison Romano|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=February 24, 2006|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> While there was no guarantee that existing affiliates of The WB 100+ would automatically join The CW Plus, most of them (particularly [[cable television|cable]]-only affiliates) ultimately did join the new service, and programming transitioned seamlessly from The WB 100+ to The CW Plus.

Since The WB 100+ was created before [[digital television]] was easily available in the United States, most WB 100+ stations were distributed exclusively via local cable television providers, with a few main channel affiliations on broadcast television stations.<ref name="thc-wb100"/><ref name="tvweek-wb100"/><ref>{{cite web|title=100+ Vital to Growth in Markets|url=http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/100_vital.pdf|author=Daisy Whitney|periodical=TelevisionWeek|via=RussellMyerson.com|date=January 17, 2005|access-date=August 21, 2015|archive-date=January 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117172249/http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/100_vital.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> With its launch, The CW (along with [[MyNetworkTV]]) became among the first conventional broadcast networks in the U.S. to fully utilize digital multicasting to gain over-the-air coverage in markets that did not have enough television stations to maintain a traditional main channel affiliation (Fox, The WB and fellow CW predecessor [[UPN]] had a few subchannel-only affiliates shortly before The CW launched; however, over-the-air distribution in this manner was very limited at the time).<ref name="tvweek=cwplus">{{cite web|title=CW Plus: Digital for the Little Guy|url=http://russellmyerson.com/media/document/digital_for_the_little_guy1.pdf|author=Jay Sherman|periodical=TelevisionWeek|via=RussellMyerson.com|date=June 12, 2006}}</ref>

In several markets served by a CW Plus station, the current affiliate may not be the same as the prior WB 100+ affiliate. Many local CW Plus outlets located in markets where the predecessor WB 100+ affiliate was cable-exclusive are instead carried on a [[digital subchannel]] of a local broadcast station, usually an affiliate of a competing "[[Big Three television networks|Big Four]]" network ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[NBC]], [[CBS]] or Fox). This distribution method resulted in an unusual quirk for The CW itself in [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]–[[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]], in which [[WWMB]] programmed its main channel as a conventional CW outlet (airing the network’s base schedule, accompanied by syndicated and paid programs that were acquired and slotted by the station)<ref name="bc-wwmbcw">{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/cw-signs-13-more-affils/78158|title=CW Signs 13 More Affils|last=Romano|first=Allison|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=April 10, 2006|access-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref> while simultaneously offering the CW Plus feed (a byproduct of former WWMB owner [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]] inheriting the assets of cable-only WB 100+ affiliate "WFWB”) over its DT2 subchannel. (WWMB’s main CW affiliation moved to the DT2 subchannel of ABC-affiliated sister [[WPDE-TV]] on September 20, 2021, with [[Dabl]] replacing CW network and syndicated programs previously shown on its main channel and [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]] replacing The CW Plus on WWMB-DT2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Channel change to CW & Weather Authority starting September 20|url=https://wpde.com/news/local/channel-change-to-cw-weather-authority-starting-september-20|website=[[WPDE-TV]]|publisher=[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]|date=September 17, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref>) Certain cable-only affiliates of The WB 100+ have been replaced completely by either a subchannel or main channel broadcast affiliation when The CW launched or joined The CW Plus only for a broadcast station that managed or acquired it to begin carrying it over-the-air at some point after its launch.

As with The WB 100+, CW Plus programming is delivered through a [[server (computing)|data server]] network that originally digitally transmitted locally and national advertisements, [[promo (media)|promos]], [[station identification]]s and customized [[digital on-screen graphic|logo bugs]] for each individual affiliate to [[cable television headend|headends]] within the [[master control]] facilities of a local station or the offices of the [[Multichannel television in the United States|multichannel television]] provider operating the local affiliate. That was the case with The WB 100+, promotions for syndicated programs aired on The CW Plus omit affiliate references – either in the form of verbal identification or use of the affiliate's logo – in favor of network branding; the timeslot cards also only list airtimes based on [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]] and [[Central Time Zone]] scheduling, with the announcer being used to read the promo's airtime card only identifying that the program airs "[today/tonight/day of week] on The CW."

Programming is relayed to a wireless [[Personal computer|PC]]-based system that downloads (through a data feed distributed via [[communications satellite|satellite]]), stores and inserts advertising during program breaks controlled via a [[playlist]] over the satellite-delivered national feed to the individual affiliate's home market; the units also transfer program feeds via address headers disseminated to each affiliate based on their [[call letters]], transmit advertisements and program promotions, and generate a [[logfile|log]] of ads that have previously aired. The cost of these units is partially reimbursed by The CW, with no more than 50-percent of the purchase cost paid by the affiliate. Affiliates sent log files of local advertisements over the [[Internet]] to a [[network traffic control|traffic management system]] located at The CW's corporate offices in Burbank, which handles trafficking, dissemination of the program feed and specified [[local insertion]] of advertisements and promotions to each affiliate. After The CW stopped providing support for the traffic system and commercial server in September 2009, responsibility for ad trafficking and insertion was transferred to The CW Plus' individual affiliates, although The CW continues to handle programming and transmission operations.

CW Plus stations are generally managed and promoted by a local affiliate of a larger over-the-air television station, which may produce some local programming (such as morning and/or prime time newscasts), telecasts of local sports events, or syndicated national sports broadcasts from either [[ESPN Events|ESPN Regional Television]] or the [[Raycom Sports#ACC Network|ACC Network]] (or on some affiliates, from 2014 to 2016, the [[American Sports Network]]); some affiliates, however, are operated by a local cable provider.

CW Plus affiliates each have their own local branding, which is usually a combination of the CW name with either the parent station/cable franchise's [[city of license]] or a regional descriptor of the area (such as "[[Iron Range|Northland]]" for [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]] and northeastern [[Minnesota]], as seen in the logo to the above left). Unlike its predecessor, The WB 100+ Station Group, The CW Plus does not use call signs used solely for branding and/or supplementary identification purposes in a widespread fashion; while many cable-only WB 100+-turned-CW Plus affiliates have stopped using fictional call signs (which were not assigned by the [[Federal Communications Commission]], as the agency does not issue [[broadcast license|licenses]] to cable channels), a few have continued to use the ones they had used while part of The WB 100+ Station Group, mainly doing so merely for identification purposes in local [[Nielsen N.V.|Nielsen]] diary-tabulated ratings reports.

The CW Plus originally maintained a separate website featuring promotions for CW network programs, search maps for CW Plus affiliates, programming schedules customizable to an affiliate's local [[time zone]], and still promotional ads for CW network shows and syndicated programs are seen on the CW Plus feed. In May 2014, YourCWTV.com was discontinued as a standalone website, redirecting to The CW's main website at CWTV.com. However, the websites of all CW Plus affiliates continue to be hosted on the YourCWTV.com domain, featuring much of the aforementioned content seen on the national website; as well as links to websites and [[social media]] pages operated by the affiliate or a parent over-the-air station, and links to the affiliate's contact information, advertising services and (where applicable) the main website of a parent broadcast affiliate. A separate website for the service was reinstated in September 2017, under the CWPlusTV.com domain.

On January 5, 2022, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that Paramount Global (at the time ViacomCBS) and WarnerMedia (who was splitting off from [[AT&T]] and merging with [[Discovery, Inc.]]) were exploring a possible sale of either a majority stake or all of The CW, and that Nexstar Media Group, which became The CW's largest affiliate group when it acquired former WB-era network co-owner [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in 2019, was considered a leading bidder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=January 5, 2022 |title=WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS Are Exploring Possible Sale of CW Network |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/warnermedia-and-viacomcbs-are-exploring-possible-sale-of-cw-network-11641436892 |access-date=January 6, 2022 |website=The Wall Street Journal |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106024412/https://www.wsj.com/articles/warnermedia-and-viacomcbs-are-exploring-possible-sale-of-cw-network-11641436892 |url-status=live }}</ref> Network president/CEO [[Mark Pedowitz]] confirmed talks of a potential sale in a memo to CW staffers, but added that "It's too early to speculate what might happen" and that the network "must continue to do what we do best".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |last2=Weprin |first2=Alex |date=January 6, 2022 |title=ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia Exploring Sale of The CW |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/the-cw-for-sale-warnermedia-viacomcbs-1235070616/ |access-date=January 9, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106130003/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/the-cw-for-sale-warnermedia-viacomcbs-1235070616/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=January 6, 2022 |title=The CW CEO Mark Pedowitz Confirms WarnerMedia & ViacomCBS Exploring "Strategic Opportunities" As Majority Stake In Network Is Shopped With Nexstar Among Suitors" As Majority Stake In Network Is Shopped With Nexstar Among Suitors – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/the-cw-sale-warnermedia-viacomcbs-nexstar-1234905157 |access-date=January 6, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106063426/https://deadline.com/2022/01/the-cw-sale-warnermedia-viacomcbs-nexstar-1234905157/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nexstar CEO [[Perry Sook]], for his company's part, hinted only that "I wouldn’t be surprised if we owned a broadcast network" and other cable networks that could "layer on top of our local content foundation" (Nexstar's network properties include the [[NewsNation]] cable network and [[diginet|broadcast diginets]] [[Antenna TV]] and [[Rewind TV]]).<ref>[https://www.nexttv.com/news/perry-sook-sees-nexstar-owning-a-broadcast-network-in-the-future "Perry Sook Sees Nexstar Owning a Broadcast Network in the Future,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630121856/https://www.nexttv.com/news/perry-sook-sees-nexstar-owning-a-broadcast-network-in-the-future |date=June 30, 2022 }} from ''Broadcasting & Cable'', 6/10/2022 (accessed 6/30/2022)</ref> In late June 2022, the ''WSJ'' indicated a purchase of The CW by Nexstar was close, with the company acquiring a 75-percent majority, while the remaining 25-percent would be shared equally by Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=June 29, 2022|title=Nexstar Nears Deal to Acquire Majority Control of CW Network|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nexstar-nears-deal-to-acquire-majority-control-of-cw-network-11656537393|access-date=June 29, 2022|website=The Wall Street Journal|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629235344/https://www.wsj.com/articles/nexstar-nears-deal-to-acquire-majority-control-of-cw-network-11656537393|url-status=live}}</ref> Nexstar confirmed the deal on August 15; on the same day, it took over The CW's operations as the sale did not need any regulatory approval.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Mark |date=2022-08-15 |title=Nexstar Management Of CW Is Immediate |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/nexstar-management-of-cw-is-immediate/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=TV News Check |language=en}}</ref> Nexstar intended to make The CW profitable by 2025 by broadening the network's appeal - including sitcoms, older-targeting dramas, and procedurals in the lineup - and seeking cost-conscious programming, such as unscripted and syndicated programming.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2022-08-15 |title=The CW Will Be A Profitable Network By 2025, With Broader And Cheaper Programming, New Owners At Nexstar Signal |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-cw-will-become-profitable-network-2025-broader-cheaper-programming-nexstar-1235092173/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Jon Lafayettelast |date=2022-08-15 |title=Nexstar Expects The CW To Be Profitable by 2025 |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/nexstar-expects-the-cw-to-be-profitable-by-2025 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Broadcasting Cable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2022-08-29 |title=The CW Widens Programming Scope To Include Sitcoms & Procedurals, Begins Testing Outside Studio Deals With 'The Hatpin Society' From EP Rachel Bloom |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-cw-programming-plans-nexstar-future-the-hatpin-society-1235101264/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> The CW Plus was included in the deal, which was closed on October 3.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2022-10-03 |title=New Day Dawns For Broadcast TV As Nexstar Closes Deal For Control Of The CW |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/nexstar-closes-deal-for-control-of-the-cw-mark-pedowitz-exits-top-job-1235133428/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Programming ==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast by The CW Plus}}
{{For|a list of CW programming seen on the service during network time periods|List of programs broadcast by The CW}}
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The CW Plus operates three separate feeds for the Eastern/Central, [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain]] and [[Pacific Time Zone]]s (the latter also acts as an hour-behind [[timeshift channel|timeshift feed]] for the [[Alaska Time Zone]] with timeslot modifications for network daytime and certain syndicated weekend programs), and designs the master schedules of each feed so that The CW's broadcast affiliate feed aligns with the regional start time of the network's prime time programming slot; as such, the [[One Magnificent Morning]] educational block – which is designed to be [[broadcast delay|tape-delayed]] – airs one hour early, compared to its preferred scheduling, on affiliates in the Central and Alaska time zones. ([[The CW Daytime]], which was also designed to be tape-delayed, had followed this scheduling as well until the block was discontinued on September 3, 2021, as a trade-off to the network's affiliates tied to its October 2 expansion of prime time programming to Saturdays.<ref>{{cite web|title=The CW Expands Primetime Schedule To Saturday, Returns Weekday Afternoon Block To Affiliates|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/the-cw-primetime-schedule-saturday-weekday-afternoon-block-returned-affiliates-1234755841/|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=May 13, 2021|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref>) Syndicated programs broadcast on The CW Plus during non-network programming hours {{as of|September 2024|lc=y}} include ''[[The Steve Wilkos Show]]'', ''[[Karamo (talk show)|Karamo]]'', ''[[Divorce Court]]'', ''[[We the People (court show)|We the People with Judge Lauren Lake]]'', ''[[Friends]]'', ''[[Dish Nation]]'', ''[[The Good Doctor (American TV series)|The Good Doctor]]'', ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'', ''[[TMZ on TV]]'' / ''[[TMZ#TMZ Live|TMZ Live]]'', and ''[[Maury (TV series)|Maury]]''.

Like the predecessor WB 100+ Station Group, The CW Plus utilizes a dual programming structure differing from the traditional American broadcast programming model used by CW-affiliated stations in all but a couple of the Nielsen-ranked "top 100" television markets. To fill dayparts on The CW Plus not reserved to the main network feed, The CW – asserting programming acquisition duties traditionally handled by the local affiliate operator – purchases cash- and barter-sold programs distributed for first-run and off-network syndication to occupy most daytime and evening timeslots throughout the week, syndicated [[feature film]] packages to occupy afternoon and late access timeslots on Saturdays and Sundays, and [[Infomercial|paid programming]] purchased through time-buys with [[Direct response television|direct response infomercial production firms]] and [[televangelism|teleministries]] to occupy overnight and some early afternoon timeslots.<ref name="b&c=cwplus"/> The network's handling of these duties, along with the master schedule composition of the CW Plus feed, relieves the local affiliate's operator from needing to acquire and budget for syndicated programming to fill timeslots not occupied by The CW's base network schedule. Individual CW Plus affiliate operators handle advertising sales for local commercials inserted into the corresponding feed during designated ad breaks within network and syndicated programs aired on the service.

Prior to the debut of the [[Litton Entertainment]]-produced One Magnificent Morning block on the network in October 2014, the remaining two hours of programming that fulfill FCC [[E/I|educational programming]] guidelines which were not covered by The CW's predecessor children's program blocks – [[Kids' WB]], [[Toonzai|The CW4Kids/Toonzai]] and [[Vortexx]] – was also taken care of by The CW Plus. However even after the debut of One Magnificent Morning, The CW Plus continued to offer syndicated educational programs on Saturday early afternoons immediately after the conclusion of the block, resulting the feed airing a net surplus of seven hours of E/I programming each week (five hours provided by The CW, and two hours supplied by The CW Plus) that far exceeded the FCC’s minimum three-hour requirement. The feed’s supplementary E/I content was reduced to just one half-hour in September 2015 (consisting solely of ''[[Elizabeth Stanton's Great Big World]]'') and was concurrently shifted to a Saturday late-night timeslot; the supplementary syndication E/I window was eliminated in September 2016, leaving the shows aired within the One Magnificent Morning block as the only educational programming offered by the feed (which later reduced its runtime to three hours since 2017).

Operators of local CW Plus affiliates (whether a parent broadcast station or cable franchisee) can substitute syndicated programs on the feed’s schedule with alternative programming if the local syndication rights to a particular program on the CW Plus master schedule are held by the parent station’s main channel (if it is not already affiliated with The CW Plus), by any additional subchannels offered by the parent station or by a competing station within the DMA. Optionally, CW Plus broadcast affiliates may offer programming from a multicast-originated network (such as [[MeTV]], [[This TV]] or [[Antenna TV]]) on a part-time basis during the feed’s designated paid programming time, particularly if the network being sourced lacks an existing full-time affiliate within the DMA. ([[Monroe, Louisiana]] affiliate [[KNOE-TV|KCWL-LD]] – the only CW Plus affiliate to maintain a secondary affiliation with that service – has carried CW competitor [[MyNetworkTV]] in the subfeed’s late-night paid programming slot since 2017, as late-night slotting increasingly became a common fate for MyNetworkTV in the years since its 2009 conversion from a television network to a programming service.)

The CW Plus offers three designated "Live Local News Windows" – a weekday morning window from 7:00–8:00&nbsp;a.m. in all time zones and half-hour evening windows scheduled, depending on the time zone, nightly at 10:00 (ET/PT) or 9:00&nbsp;p.m. (CT/MT/AT) and weekend evenings at 6:00 (ET/PT) or 5:00&nbsp;p.m. (CT/MT/AT) – as options for affiliates to air local newscasts (either produced by the parent station or a station co-managed with the local CW Plus outlet, or via a news share agreement with a competing network affiliate) at their discretion. Although The CW has never carried any national news programming of its own, The CW Plus had served as a national carrier of syndicated [[breakfast television|morning news/talk program]] ''[[The Daily Buzz]]'', which aired on the feed from September 2006 until September 2014, eight months prior to the program's April 2015 cancellation. (The predecessor WB 100+ Station Group had originally acquired the national syndication rights for the program, which aired on that feed from September 2002 until its conversion into The CW Plus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acme's Buzz to go national|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/acmes-buzz-go-national/93833|author=Dan Trigoboff|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=September 15, 2002|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ACME's Buzz grows|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/acmes-buzz-grows/71847|author=Dan Trigoboff|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=September 16, 2002|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>)

== Availability ==
{{As of|2021}}, The CW Plus has current and pending affiliation agreements with 123 television outlets encompassing 44 states and the U.S. territories of [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[United States Virgin Islands]], consisting of 121 broadcast affiliates (109 of which serve as subchannel-only affiliates and the remaining 18 being primary channel affiliations) and five cable-only affiliates. Counting mainly over-the-air affiliates of the service, The CW Plus covers an estimated national audience reach of 73,120,898 U.S. residents or 23.40-percent of all households with at least one television set.<ref>{{cite web|title=Network Search: CW+|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=CW%2B|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref>

Availability of CW Plus stations through pay television services varies depending on the provider; while CW Plus outlets are usually carried by major cable, [[optical fiber|fiber optic]] and [[IPTV]] providers (including [[List of multiple-system operators|multiple-system]] and [[private cable operator]]s) in markets served by a subchannel or cable-only affiliate of the service, some rural pay television franchises that do not carry a local CW Plus affiliate via an existing distribution agreement with a broadcast affiliate or through the absence of an agreement with the operator of a cable-only affiliate carry CW stations from adjacent larger markets.

In certain markets, [[direct-broadcast satellite|satellite]] providers [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]] carry stations that maintain primary affiliations with The CW Plus – and in some cases, also carry a subchannel-only affiliate of the service – as part of their local station tiers; however in areas served by a cable-only or subchannel affiliate, subscribers of both providers can only receive out-of-market broadcast affiliates and [[Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States|owned-and-operated stations]] of The CW (DirecTV carries affiliates from neighboring markets that have main channel affiliations with the network in some smaller markets, with the provider's West Coast network outlet [[KTLA]] in [[Los Angeles]], which is available in lieu of a local or nearby affiliate in others; Dish Network provides CW programming to its subscribers in smaller markets through ''de facto'' network [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] [[WPIX]]&mdash;[[New York City]],{{Efn|Operated by Nexstar for station owner [[Mission Broadcasting]]}} O&Os [[WDCW]]&mdash;[[Washington, D.C.]], KTLA&mdash;Los Angeles and [[KWGN-TV]]&mdash;[[Denver]], (all of which were previously owned by [[Tribune Broadcasting]] until the closure of Nexstar's acquisition of its corporate parent, [[Tribune Media]], in September 2019)), which are available as part of its [[A la carte pay television|a la carte]] [[superstation]] tier, which is no longer offered to new customers.

Since the conversion of the CW Plus feeds to a [[high-definition television|high definition]] schedule in June 2012, many of The CW Plus's stations have converted to carrying the high definition feed on an over-the-air signal, though it is usually transmitted in [[720p]] rather than the network's [[1080i]] master resolution due to technical considerations for their parent station's main network feed – except in the few markets where a CW Plus broadcast affiliate does not also have an affiliation with a major broadcast network – on their primary channel. Before that, the parent stations also carried the main CW signal in HD mixed with the CW Plus schedule to provide high definition programming from the network to local cable and satellite providers.

===List of The CW Plus affiliates===
{{see also|List of The CW affiliates (table)|List of The CW affiliates (by U.S. state)}}
''[[List of television stations in North America by media market#United States|Designated market area (DMA)]] rankings are based on Nielsen estimates for the 2022–23 television season.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates|url=https://mcusercontent.com/eaf6b5e1540b1f84da50f345c/files/3adb48ae-7e7f-4b0f-9df4-1f541a4498d1/2020_2021_DMA_RANKS.with_BBO_1_.pdf |publisher=[[Nielsen N.V.]]|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! [[Media market|DMA]]
! Market
! Station<ref>{{cite web|title=CW PLUS Market Clearance (as of August 31, 2020)|url=http://cwplustv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CWPlus-station-list_083120.pdf|website=The CW Plus|publisher=The CW Network, LLC|date=August 31, 2020|access-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>
! Nielsen<br />call letters
! Year of<br />affiliation
! Former affiliation
! Ownership
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|-
| 85 || [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]–[[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]]–[[Harlingen, Texas]] || '''[[KCWT-CD]] 21'''<br />'''[[KMBH-LD|KMBH (LD2)]] 67.2'''<sup>1</sup><br />'''[[KXFX-CD|KXFX (CD2)]] 67.2'''<sup>1</sup><br />|| <sup>N</sup> || 2011<br />{{small|(KCWT-CD)}}<br />2006<br />{{small|(KMBH-LD2)}}<br />2016<br />{{small|(XHRIO)}} || [[UniMás|Telefutura]]<br />{{small|(KCWT-CD)}}<br />The WB<br />{{small|(KMBH-LD2)}}<br />[[MundoMax]]<br />{{small|(XHRIO)}} || [[Entravision Communications]]
|-
| 89 || [[Charleston, South Carolina]] || '''[[WCBD-TV#WCBD-DT2|WCBD (DT2)]] 2.2'''<sup>1, ++</sup> || ECBD || 2006 || The WB || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
| 91 || [[Savannah, Georgia]] || '''[[WSAV-TV|WSAV (DT2)]] 3.2''' <sup>++</sup>|| ESAV || 2006 || The WB || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 95 || [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]–[[Fayetteville, Arkansas]] || '''[[KHBS|KHBS (DT2)]] 40.2'''<sup>1</sup><br />'''[[KHBS|KHOG (DT2)]] 29.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NHBS<br />NHOG || 2008 || none || [[Hearst Television]]
|-
| 96 || [[Burlington, Vermont]]–[[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh, New York]] || '''[[WNNE]] 31''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2018 || [[NBC]]<br />{{small|(as semi-satellite of [[WPTZ]])}} || Hearst Television
|-
| 100 || [[Bristol, Tennessee]]/[[Bristol, Virginia|Virginia]]–<br />[[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]]–[[Kingsport, Tennessee]] || colspan="5"|{{small|served by [[WCYB-TV|WCYB (DT2)]]; syndicated programming on the subchannel is supplied by WCYB owner Sinclair Broadcast Group}}
|-
| 101 || [[Boise, Idaho]] || '''[[KYUU-LD]] 35.1''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2011 || [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 102 || [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]]–[[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]–<br />[[Washington, North Carolina]] || '''[[WNCT-TV|WNCT (DT2)]] 12.2'''<sup>1, ++</sup> || ENCT || 2006 || [[Weather radar]] || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 103 || [[Davenport, Iowa]]–[[Rock Island, Illinois|Rock Island]]–[[Moline, Illinois]] || colspan="5"|{{small|served by [[KGCW]]; syndicated programming is supplied by KGCW owner Nexstar Media Group}}
|-
| 104 || [[Reno, Nevada]] || '''[[KRNS-CD]] 46<br />[[KREN-TV|KREN (DT2)]] 27.2'''<sup>1</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2009<br />{{small|(KRNS-CD)}}<br />2006<br />{{small|(KREN-TV,<br />affiliated with<br />DT1 until 2009)}} || The WB || Entravision Communications
|-
| 105 || [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]-[[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]]-<br />[[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]]-[[Kearney, Nebraska]] || '''[[KCWH-LD]] 18'''<br />'''[[KNHL|KNHL (DT3)]] 5.3'''<sup>1</sup> || <sup>N</sup><br />ONHL {{small|(KNHL-DT3)}} || 2018<br />{{small|(both stations)}} || NBC {{small|(KCWH-LD; as simulcast of [[KSNB-TV]]/[[Superior, Nebraska|Superior]])}}<br />none {{small|(KNHL-DT3)}} || [[Gray Television]]
|-
| 106 || [[Evansville, Indiana]] || colspan="5"|{{small|served by [[WTVW]]; syndicated programming is supplied by WTVW operator Nexstar Media Group through owner [[Mission Broadcasting]]}}
|-
| 107 || [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]]-[[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]]-[[State College, Pennsylvania]] || '''[[WJAC-TV|WJAC-TV (DT4)]] 6.4'''<sup>1</sup> || HJAC || 2019 || [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]] || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 108 || [[Tallahassee, Florida]]–[[Thomasville, Georgia]] || '''[[WTLF]] 24'''<br />'''[[WTLH|WTLH (DT2)]] 49.2'''<sup>1</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2006 || The WB || '''WTLF:''' MPS Media, LLC<br />'''WTLH-DT2:''' New Age Media<br />{{small|(both operated through master service agreements by Sinclair Broadcast Group)}}
|-
| 109 || [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]]–[[Mitchell, South Dakota]] || '''[[KSFY-TV|KSFY (DT2)]] 13.2''' || NSFY || 2012 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 110 || [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]–[[Longview, Texas]]–<br />[[Lufkin, Texas|Lufkin]]–[[Nacogdoches, Texas]] || '''[[KYTX|KYTX (DT2)]] 19.2''' || MYTX || 2012 || [[MeTV]] || [[Tegna, Inc.|Tegna]]
|-
| 111 || [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] || '''[[WISE-TV]] 33''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2016 || NBC || Gray Television
|-
| 112 || [[Augusta, Georgia]] || '''[[WAGT-CD|WAGT (CD2)]] 26.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EAGT || 2016 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 113 || [[Eugene, Oregon]] || '''[[KMTR|KMTR (DT2)]] 16.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NMTR || 2006 || The WB || Roberts Media<br />{{small|(operated under shared services agreement by Sinclair Broadcast Group)}}
|-
| 114 || [[Fargo, North Dakota]] || '''[[KXJB-LD|KXJB (LD2)]] 30.2/28.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NXJB || 2016 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 115 || [[Lansing, Michigan]] || '''[[WLAJ|WLAJ (DT2)]] 53.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NLAJ || 2006 || The WB || Shield Media, LLC<br />{{small|(operated through shared services and joint sales agreements by Nexstar Media Group)}}
|-
| 116 || [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]–[[Holyoke, Massachusetts]] || '''[[WWLP#WWLP-DT2 (The CW)|WWLP (DT2)]] 22.2'''<sup>++</sup><br />'''[[WFXQ-CD|WFXQ (CD2)]] 22.2'''<sup>3, ++</sup>|| EWLP || 2015 || none || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 117 || [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]]–[[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]]–<br />[[Richland, Washington|Richland]]–[[Kennewick, Washington]] || '''[[KIMA-TV|KIMA (DT2)]] 29.2''' <sup>1</sup><br />'''[[KEPR|KEPR (DT2)]] 19.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NIMA<br />NEPR || 2009 || none || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 118 || [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]–[[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]] || '''[[WFQX-DT2|WFQX (DT2)]] 32.2'''<sup>1,3</sup> || EQFX || 2018 || MeTV || Cadillac Telecasting Company<br />{{small|(operated under shared services agreement with Heritage Broadcasting Group)}}
|-
| 120 || [[Macon, Georgia]] || '''[[WMAZ-TV#WMAZ-DT2|WMAZ (DT2)]] 13.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EMAZ || 2006 || The WB || Tegna
|-
| 121 || [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]–[[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]–<br />[[San Luis Obispo, California]] || '''[[KSBY|KSBY (DT2)]] 6.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NSBY || 2006 || The WB || [[E.W. Scripps Company]]
|-
| 122 || [[Lafayette, Louisiana]] || '''[[KATC (TV)|KATC (DT2)]] 3.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NATC || 2010 || none || E.W. Scripps Company
|-
| 123 || [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]–[[Bloomington, Illinois]] || '''[[WEEK-TV|WEEK (DT3)]] 25.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GHOI || 2016 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 124 || [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]–[[Salinas, California]] || '''[[KCBA]] 35'''|| <sup>N</sup> || 2022 || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] || VistaWest Media<br />{{small|(operated under shared services agreement with [[News-Press & Gazette Company]])}}
|-
| 125 || [[Bakersfield, California]] || '''[[KGET-TV|KGET (DT2)]] 17.2'''<sup>1, ++</sup> || NGET || 2006 || The WB || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 126 || [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]–[[Selma, Alabama]] || '''[[WBMM]] 22''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2006 || [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]] || [[Bahakel Communications]]
|-
| 127 || [[Columbus, Georgia]] || '''[[WLTZ-DT2|WLTZ (DT2)]] 38.2'''<sup>1</sup> || ELTZ || 2006 || The WB || [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]]
|-
| 128 || [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] || '''[[WWAY|WWAY (DT3)]] 3.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GWAY || 2017 || [[Cozi TV]] || [[Morris Multimedia]]
|-
| 129 || [[La Crosse, Wisconsin|La Crosse]]–[[Eau Claire, Wisconsin]] || '''[[WEAU|WECX-LD (LD1)]] 14.1''' <sup>1</sup><br />'''[[WEAU|WEAU (DT5)]] 14.10'''<sup>1</sup> || IEAU || 2021 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 130 || [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] || '''[[KRIS-TV|KRIS (DT2)]] 6.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NRIS || 2006 || The WB || E.W. Scripps Company
|-
| 131 || [[Amarillo, Texas]] || '''[[KVII-TV|KVII (DT2)]] 7.2<br />[[KVII-TV|KVIH (DT2)]] 12.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NVII<br />NVIH || 2006 || none || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 132 || [[Chico, California|Chico]]–[[Redding, California]] || '''[[KHSL-TV|KHSL (DT2)]] 12.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NHSL || 2006 || The WB || [[Heartland Media]]
|-
| 133 || [[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]]–[[Tupelo, Mississippi]] || '''[[WCBI-TV|WCBI (DT3)]] 4.3''' || GCBI || 2006 || The WB || Morris Multimedia
|-
| 134 || [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]]–[[Klamath Falls, Oregon]] || '''[[KTVL|KTVL (DT2)]] 10.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NTVL || 2006 || The WB || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 135 || [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]–[[Jefferson City, Missouri]] || '''[[KOMU-TV|KOMU (DT3)]] 8.3'''<sup>1</sup> || OOMU || 2006 || The WB || [[University of Missouri]]
|-
| 136 || [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau]]–[[Rhinelander, Wisconsin]] || '''[[WSAW|WSAW (DT4)]] 7.4''' <sup>1</sup><br />'''[[WSAW|WYOW (DT1)]] 34.1'''<sup>1</sup> || HSAW<br />JZAW || 2021<br/>2006 || The WB (WYOW) || Gray Television
|-
| 137 || [[Salisbury, Maryland]] || '''[[WMDT|WMDT (DT2)]] 47.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EMDT || 2006 || The WB || Marquee Broadcasting, Inc.
|-
| 138 || [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]–[[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]]-[[Big Spring, Texas]] || '''[[KCWO-TV]] 4.1''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2019 || NBC (as satellite of [[KWES-TV]]) || Gray Television
|-
| 139 || [[Rockford, Illinois]] || '''[[WIFR|WIFR-LD (LD5)]] 23.5'''<sup>1</sup> || EIFR || 2021 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 140 || [[Duluth, Minnesota]]–[[Superior, Wisconsin]] || '''[[KDLH]] 3.1''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2016 || [[CBS]] || Gray Television
|-
| 141 || [[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]]–[[Minot, North Dakota|Minot]]–[[Dickinson, North Dakota]] || '''[[KXMA-TV]] 2.1'''<sup>++</sup><br />'''[[KXMB-TV|KXMB (DT2)]] 12.2'''<sup>++</sup><br />'''[[KXMC-TV|KXMC (DT2)]] 13.2'''<sup>++</sup><br />'''[[KXMD-TV|KXMD (DT2)]] 11.2''' <sup>++</sup>|| <sup>N</sup><br />NXMB<br />NXMC<br />NXMD || 2016 || none || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 142 || [[Topeka, Kansas]] || '''[[KTKA-TV|KTKA (DT3)]] 49.3'''<sup>1</sup> || MTKA || 2009 || none || Vaughan Media, LLC<br />{{small|(operated under shared services agreement with Nexstar Media Group)}}
|-
| 143 || [[Monroe, Louisiana]]–[[El Dorado, Arkansas]] || '''[[KNOE-TV|KNOE (DT3)]] 8.3'''<sup>1</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2014 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 144 || [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]]–[[Port Arthur, Texas]] || '''[[KFDM|KFDM-TV (DT2)]] 6.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NFDM || 2006 || The WB || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 145 || [[Lubbock, Texas]] || '''[[KLCW-TV]] 22''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 146 || [[Palm Springs, California]] || '''[[KCWQ-LD]] 2<br />[[KESQ-TV|KESQ (DT3)]] 2.3'''<sup>2</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2006 || The WB || News-Press & Gazette Company
|-
| 147 || [[Anchorage, Alaska]] || '''[[KYUR|KYUR (DT2)]] 13.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NYUR || 2006 || The WB || Vision Alaska LLC<br />{{small|(operated under joint sales and shared services agreements by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC)}}
|-
| 148 || [[Sioux City, Iowa]] || '''[[KTIV|KTIV (DT2)]] 4.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NTIV || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 149 || [[Wichita Falls, Texas]]–[[Lawton, Oklahoma]] || '''[[KAUZ-TV#KAUZ-DT2|KAUZ (DT2)]] 6.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NAUZ || 2006 || none || [[American Spirit Media]]<br />{{small|(operated under joint sales and shared services agreements with Gray Television)}}
|-
| 150 || [[Rochester, Minnesota]] || '''[[KTTC|KTTC (DT2)]] 10.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NTTC || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 151 || [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] || '''[[WSEE-TV#WSEE-DT2|WSEE (DT2)]] 35.2'''<sup>1</sup> || ESEE || 2006 || none || [[Lilly Broadcasting]]
|-
| 152 || [[Joplin, Missouri]]–[[Pittsburg, Kansas]] || '''[[KFJX|KFJX (DT2)]] 14.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NFJX || 2018 || none || SagamoreHill Broadcasting<br />{{small|(operated under shared services and joint sales agreements by [[Morgan Murphy Media]])}}
|-
| 153 || [[Panama City, Florida]] || [[WMBB|WMBB (DT2)]]
'''13.2'''
| EJHG || 2024
([[WJHG-TV]](affiliated until 2023)
| [[MeTV]]|| [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
| 154 || [[Albany, Georgia]] || '''[[WGCW-LD]] 36'''<br />'''[[WALB|WALB (DT4)]] 10.4'''<sup>2</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2019 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 155 || [[Bangor, Maine]] || '''[[WABI-TV|WABI (DT2)]] 5.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EABI || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 156 || [[Terre Haute, Indiana]] || '''[[WTHI-TV|WTHI (DT3)]] 10.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GTHI || 2017 || [[Ion Television]] || Heartland Media
|-
| 157 || [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]]–[[Gulfport, Mississippi]] || '''[[WXXV-TV|WXXV (DT3)]] 25.3''' || GXXV || 2015 || none || Morris Multimedia
|-
| 158 || [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]–[[Pocatello, Idaho]] || '''[[KIFI-TV|KIFI (DT3)]] 8.3'''<sup>1</sup> || OIFI || 2009 || none || News-Press & Gazette Company
|-
| 159 || [[Sherman, Texas]]–[[Ada, Oklahoma|Ada]]–[[Ardmore, Oklahoma]] || '''[[KTEN#KTEN-DT2|KTEN (DT2)]] 10.2'''<sup>1, 3</sup> || NTEN || 2006 || none || [[Lockwood Broadcast Group]]
|-
| 160 || [[Gainesville, Florida]] || '''[[WCJB-DT2|WCJB (DT2)]] 20.2'''<sup>1</sup> || ECJB || 2006 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 161 || [[Missoula, Montana]] || colspan="5"|{{small|none}}
|-
| 162 || [[Binghamton, New York]] || '''[[WBNG-TV|WBNG (DT2)]] 12.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EBNG || 2007 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 163 || [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]–[[Steubenville, Ohio]] || [https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/ohiovalley/index.php '''"WBWO" 18''']<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}} || <sup>N</sup> || 2006 || The WB || Turnpike Television
|-
| 164 || [[Bluefield, West Virginia|Bluefield]]–[[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]]–[[Oak Hill, West Virginia]] || '''[[WVVA|WVVA (DT2)]] 6.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EVVA || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 165 || [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]]–[[Sweetwater, Texas]] || '''[[KTXS-TV|KTXS (DT2)]] 12.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NTXS || 2006 || none || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 166 || [[Yuma, Arizona]]–[[El Centro, California]] || '''[[KECY-TV|KECY (DT3)]] 9.3'''<sup>1</sup> || OECY || 2010 || none || News-Press & Gazette Company
|-
| 167 || [[Billings, Montana]] || '''[[KSVI|KSVI (DT2)]] 6.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NSVI || 2023 || none || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 168 || [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]]–[[Laurel, Mississippi]] || '''[[WHLT|WHLT-DT2)]] 22.2''' <sup>++</sup>|| EHLT || 2018 || Ion Television || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 169 || [[Rapid City, South Dakota]] || '''[[KELO-TV|KCLO (DT2)]] 3.2'''<sup>1, ++</sup> || NCLO || 2018 || Ion Television || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 170 || [[Clarksburg, West Virginia|Clarksburg]]–[[Weston, West Virginia]] || '''[[WVFX|WVFX (DT2)]] 10.2''' || EVFX || 2006 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 171 || [[Utica, New York]] || '''[[WFXV|WFXV (DT2)]] 33.2'''<sup>1, ++</sup> || || 2024 || ION Mystery || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 172 || [[Dothan, Alabama]] || '''[[WRGX-LD|WRGX-LD2]] 23.2'''<sup>1</sup><br />'''[[WTVY (TV)|WTVY-DT3]] 4.3'''<sup>1</sup> || ETVY || 2006 || UPN || Gray Television
|-
| 173 || [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]] || '''[[KPLC|KPLC (DT2)]] 7.2'''<sup>1, 3</sup> || NPLC || 2017 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 174 || [[Quincy, Illinois]]–[[Keokuk, Iowa]] || '''[[WGEM-DT2|WGEM (DT2)]] 10.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EGEM || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 175 || [[Jackson, Tennessee]] || '''[[WNBJ-LD|WNBJ (LD2)]] 39.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NNBJ || 2018 || none || SagamoreHill Broadcasting
|-
| 176 || [[Harrisonburg, Virginia]] || '''[[WSVW-LD|WSVW (LD2)]] 30.2'''<sup>1</sup> || ESVW || 2019 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 177 || [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] || '''[[WVIR-TV|WVIR (DT3)]] 29.2'''<sup>1</sup><br />'''[[WVIR-CD|WVIR (CD3)]] 29.2'''<sup>1</sup> || GVIR || 2006<br />2019 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 178 || [[Elmira, New York|Elmira]]–[[Corning (city), New York|Corning, New York]] || '''[[WENY-TV|WENY (DT2)]] 36.2''' || GENY || 2006 || The WB || Lilly Broadcasting
|-
| 179 || [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]] || '''[[WBKO|WBKO (DT3)]] 13.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GBKO || 2006 || The WB || Gray Television
|-
| 180 || [[Watertown, New York]] || '''[[WWTI-DT2|WWTI (DT2)]] 50.2'''<sup>1, ++</sup> || EWTI || 2006 || The WB || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 181 || [[Alexandria, Louisiana]] || '''[[KALB-TV|KALB (DT3)]] 5.3''' || OALB || 2015 || none || Gray Television 
|-
| 182 || [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] || '''[[KAIT|KAIT (DT3)]] 8.3'''<sup>1</sup> || OAIT || 2018 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 183 || [[Marquette, Michigan]] || '''[[WBKP]] 5.1'''<br />'''[[WBUP|WBUP (DT2)]] 10.2''' || <sup>N</sup><br />DBUP || 2006 || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] {{small|(WBKP)}}<br />none {{small|(WBUP-DT2)}} || [[Marks Radio Group]]
|-
| 184 || [[Bend, Oregon]] || '''[[KTVZ|KTVZ (DT2)]] 21.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NTVZ || 2006 || none || News-Press & Gazette Company
|-
| 185 || [[Butte, Montana|Butte]]–[[Bozeman, Montana]] || colspan="5"|{{small|none}}
|-
| 186 || [[Laredo, Texas]] || '''[[KYLX-LD|KYLX (LD2)]] 13.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NYLX || 2015 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 187 || [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]]–[[Montrose, Colorado]] || '''[[KJCT-LP|KJCT-LP (DT2)]] 8.2'''<sup>1</sup> || N/A || 2014 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 188 || [[Lafayette, Indiana]] || '''[[WLFI-TV|WLFI (DT2)]] 18.2'''<sup>1</sup> || ELFI || 2017 || none || [[Heartland Media]]
|-
| 189 || [[Twin Falls, Idaho]] || '''[[KMVT|KMVT (DT2)]] 11.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NMVT || 2006 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 190 || [[Lima, Ohio]] || colspan="5"|{{small|served by [[WBDT]], Dayton, Ohio (''cable only'')}}
|-
| 191 || [[Meridian, Mississippi]] || '''[[WTOK-TV|WTOK (DT3)]] 11.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GTOK || 2006 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 192 || [[Great Falls, Montana]] || colspan="5"|{{small|none}}
|-
| 193 || [[Eureka, California]] || '''[[KECA-LD]] 29'''<sup>1</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2014 || none || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 194 || [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]] || '''[[WOVA-LD|WOVA (LD2)]] 22.2'''<sup>1</sup> || EOVA || 2018 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 195 || [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]–[[Scottsbluff, Nebraska]] || '''[[KGWN-TV|KGWN (DT3)]] 5.3'''<sup>1</sup> || OGWN || 2006–2008,<br />2011– || none || Gray Television
|-
| 196 || [[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]]–[[Greenville, Mississippi]] || '''"WBWD"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}} || <sup>N</sup> || 2006 || The WB || [[Suddenlink Communications]]
|-
| 197 || [[San Angelo, Texas]] || '''[[KTXS-TV|KTXE (LD2)]] 38.2''' || NTXE || 2006 || The WB || Sinclair Broadcast Group
|-
| 198 || [[Casper, Wyoming]] || '''[[KCWY-DT|KCWY (DT2)]] 13.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NCWY || 2015 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 199 || [[Mankato, Minnesota]] || '''[[KMNF-LD|KMNF (LD2)]]'''<sup>1</sup> || <sup>N</sup> || 2019 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 200 || [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]-[[Kirksville, Missouri]] || '''[[KYOU-TV|KYOU (DT4)]] 15.4'''<sup>1</sup> || QYOU || 2018 || [[Court TV Mystery|Escape]] || American Spirit Media<br />{{small|(operated under shared services agreement by Gray Television)}}
|-
| 201 || [[St. Joseph, Missouri]] || '''[[KNPG-LD|KNPG (LD2)]] 21.2'''<sup>1, 3, 5</sup> || NNPG || 2012 || none || News-Press & Gazette Company
|-
| 202 || [[Fairbanks, Alaska]] || '''[[KATN|KATN (DT2)]] 2.3'''<sup>1</sup> || OATN || 2006 || none || Vision Alaska LLC<br />{{small|(operated under time brokerage agreement by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company, LLC)}}
|-
| 203 || [[Zanesville, Ohio]] || '''"Zanesville CW 13"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}} || WBZV ||  2008 || none || [[Charter Spectrum]]
|-
| 204 || [[Victoria, Texas]] || '''[[KVCT|KVCT (DT3)]] 19.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GVCT || 2018 || [[This TV]] || SagamoreHill Broadcasting<br />{{small|(operated under local marketing agreement by Morgan Murphy Media)}}
|-
| 205 || [[Helena, Montana]] || colspan="5"|{{small|none}}
|-
| 206 || [[Presque Isle, Maine]] || '''[[WAGM-TV|WAGM (DT3)]] 8.3'''<sup>1</sup> || GAGM || 2018 || none || Gray Television
|-
| 207 || [[Juneau, Alaska]] || '''[[KJUD|KJUD (DT2)]] 8.2'''<sup>1</sup> || NJUD || 2006 || none || Vision Alaska LLC
|-
| 208 || [[Alpena, Michigan]] || '''"Alpena CW"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}} || WBAE || 2006 || The WB || Charter Spectrum
|-
| 209 || [[North Platte, Nebraska]] || '''[[KIIT-CD|KIIT (CD2)]]'''<br />{{small|(simulcast of KCWH-LD/Lincoln)}} || NIIT || 2018 || None || Gray Television
|-
| 210 || [[Glendive, Montana]] || colspan="5"|{{small|none}}
|-
| N/A || [[Tamuning, Guam]] || '''[[KTKB-LD]] 26.1''' || <sup>N</sup> || 2009–2011,<br />2012– || Independent || KM Communications
|-
|}

*<sup>N</sup> Call letters used by the Nielsen Company are the same as their FCC-licensed callsign or are used for a cable-only WB affiliate for identification and diary registration purposes.
*<sup>++</sup> This station is a CW+ owned-and-operated station since Nexstar acquired 75-percent of The CW on October 3, 2022.
*<sup>1</sup> These stations carry The CW Plus on a digital subchannel. In some of these cases, the channel listed is the actual digital channel (e.g. "13", not a virtual channel such as "27.2", for WKYT).
*<sup>2</sup> Cable channel already operational, but not yet broadcasting via a digital subchannel. See also note 1.
*<sup>3</sup> Local affiliate formerly operated as a cable-only channel.
*<sup>4</sup> Local affiliate formerly operated as the main channel affiliation.
*<sup>5</sup> [[KCWE]] is available over-the-air in the St. Joseph market, as are other local stations originating from Kansas City; KNPG-LD formerly operated as cable-only "WBJO" from its 1998 sign-on as part of The WB 100+ Station Group until News-Press & Gazette Company took over operational and advertising control of the channel and added it to KNPN's third digital subchannel in June 2012; it was then spun off into a separately licensed station as KBJO-LD owned by News-Press & Gazette in April 2014.
*<sup>6</sup> WWMB is the only CW Plus subchannel affiliate that also maintains a primary CW affiliation on its main channel, the latter of which maintains a separate schedule of syndicated programming outside of CW network programming hours.

===Former affiliates===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left; width:200px;"|Market
! style="text-align:left; width:150px;"|Station
! style="text-align:left; width:115px;"|Former<br />affiliation<br />{{small|(before The CW Plus)}}
! style="text-align:left; width:225px;"|Ownership
! style="text-align:left; width:100px;"|Years of affiliation
! style="text-align:left; width:225px;"|Status
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Albany, Georgia]]
| '''[[WSWG (TV)|WSWG-DT3]]'''
| The WB
| Marquee Broadcasting
| 2006–2019
| Replaced by [[WGCW-LD]] & [[WALB|WALB-DT4]] on April 22, 2019
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| '''[[WAGT-CD|WAGT-DT2]]'''
| The WB
| Gray Television
| 2006–2017
| Defunct, replaced by [[WAGT-CD|WAGT-CD2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]]–[[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]]–<br />[[Long Beach, Mississippi]]
| '''"[[WXXV-TV|WBGP]]"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| Morris Multimedia
| 2006–2015
| The CW is affiliated with [[WXXV-TV|WXXV-DT3]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Binghamton, New York]]
| '''"WBXI"'''
| The WB
| Gateway Communications/<br />Spectrum<br />{{small|(Gateway's interest later transferred to [[SJL Broadcasting]] in 2000, and [[Granite Broadcasting]] in 2006)}}
| 2006–2007
| Replaced by WBNG-DT2 in September 2007
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Billings, Montana]]
| '''[[KTVQ-DT2|KTVQ (DT2)]] 2.2'''
| None
| E.W. Scripps Company
| 2006–2023
| Become independent in September 2023, replaced by KSVI-DT2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]
| '''"[[KXMA-TV|KWMK]]"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Midco|Midcontinent Communications]]
| 2006–2016
| Cable only; replaced by the [[KX Television]] group of stations<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dakotawire.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/kx-adds-the-cw-to-western-north-dakota/|title=KX Adds The CW to Western North Dakota|work=Dakotawire|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]–[[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]]–[[Harlingen, Texas]]
| '''[[KNVO (TV)|KNVO (DT4)]] 48.4'''
| none
| [[Entravision Communications]]
| 2006–2016
| Affiliation moved to XHRIO-TDT in October 2016;<br />Now an [[Ion Television]] affiliate;<br />This translator was replaced by [[KXFX-CD|KXFX-CD2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Burlington, Vermont]]–<br />[[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh, New York]]
| '''[[WPTZ|WPTZ (DT2)]] 5.2'''
| [[NBC Weather Plus]]
| Hearst Television
| 2013–2018
| Subchannel is now a [[MeTV]] affiliate; The CW is affiliated with sister station WNNE
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Butte, Montana|Butte]]–[[Bozeman, Montana]]
| '''[[KXLF-TV|KXLF (DT2)]] 4.2'''
| None
| E.W. Scripps Company
| 2006–2023
| Become independent in September 2023
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]]–[[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]–<br />[[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]]
| '''"[[WFQX-DT2|WBVC]]"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| [[NBC Weather Plus]]
| Spectrum
| 2013–2018
| Affiliation moved to [[WFQX-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Eureka, California]]
| '''KUVU-LP 9'''
| The WB
| [[Sainte Partners II, L.P.]]
| 2006–2014
| Defunct; The CW is affiliated with [[KECA-LD]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]–[[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] 
| '''[[WWMB|WWMB (DT2)]] 21.2'''
| UPN
| [[Armstrong Williams#Howard Stirk Holdings|Howard Stirk Holdings]]<br />{{small|(operated through [[local marketing agreement]] with the [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]])}}
| 2006–2021 
| Now a [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]] affiliate;<br>CW affiliation (as originally and simultaneously carried on WWMB 21.1) moved to [[WPDE-TV|WPDE-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]–<br />[[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
| '''"KCWA"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Cox Communications]]
| 2006–2008
| Defunct; replaced by [[KHBS|KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2]] in April 2008
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Glendive, Montana]]
| '''CW Glendive'''<br />{{small|(cable only, formerly KWZB)}}
| The WB
| Mid-Rivers Communications
| 2006–2017
| Defunct
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]]–[[Montrose, Colorado]]
| '''[[KLML|KJCT (DT2)]] 8.2'''
| none
| Gray Television
| 2006–2014
| Replaced by [[KJCT-LP|KJCT-LD2]];<br />Now a [[Cozi TV]] affiliate
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Great Falls, Montana]]
| '''[[KRTV|KRTV (DT2)]] 3.2'''
| None
| E.W. Scripps Company
| 2006–2023
| Become independent in September 2023
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| rowspan="2"|[[Hattiesburg]]/[[Laurel, Mississippi]]
| '''"WBH" 59'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| Waypoint Media
| 2006–2012
| The CW then affiliated with WHPM-LD2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''[[WHPM-LD|WHPM-LD2 (DT2)]]'''
| None
| Waypoint Media
| 2012–2014
| The CW moved to [[WHLT-TV|WHLT-DT2]] in 2014, duplicating the feed on sister station [[WJTV-TV|WJTV]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Helena, Montana]]
| '''[[KUHM-TV|KMTF]] 10'''
| The WB
| [[Montana State University]]
| 2006–2015
| Station went [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] on July 2, 2015, after Gray Television donated the station (now KUHM-TV) to Montana State University for pending integration into the [[Montana PBS]] member network;<ref name=tvnc-donationtomsu>{{cite news|title=Gray in 4 New Deals, Closes 3 Earlier Ones|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/86603/gray-in-4-new-deals-closes-3-earlier-ones|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=October 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name=fcc-kmtfnocw>{{cite web|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1682459&Service=DT&Form_id=910&Facility_id=68717|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=July 7, 2015|access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref><br />The CW was then moved to KTVH-DT2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''[[KTVH-DT|KTVH (DT2)]] 9.2'''
| None
| E.W. Scripps Company
| 2015–2023
| Become independent in September 2023
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]/[[Pocatello, Idaho]]
| '''[[KPIF]] 15'''
| The WB
| KM Communications
| 2006–2009
| Defunct; became an [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] after disaffiliating from The CW, station license deleted in February 2011;<br />The CW is affiliated with KIFI-DT3
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| '''"WBJK"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Charter Communications]]
| 2006–2018
| Defunct; replaced by WNBJ-LD2 in August 2018
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]
|  '''"KJOS"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| non-ownership<br />{{small|(various cable systems)}}
| 2006–2018
| Defunct; replaced by KAIT-DT3 in September 2018
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]–[[Pittsburg, Kansas]]
| '''"KSXF"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Cable One]]
| 2006–2018
| Defunct; replaced by KFJX-DT2 in August 2018
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Lafayette, Indiana]]
| '''"WBI"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| non-ownership<br />{{small|(various cable systems)}}
| 2006–2017
| Defunct; replaced by WLFI-DT2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Lafayette, Louisiana]]
| '''[[KLWB (TV)|KLWB]] 50'''
| The WB
| Wilderness Communications, LLC
| 2006–2010
| Operating as a [[MeTV]] affiliate;<br />The CW is affiliated with KATC-DT2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| rowspan="3"|[[Laredo, Texas]]
| '''"KTXW" 19'''
| The WB
| SagamoreHill Broadcasting
| 2006–2010
| Replaced by [[KGNS-TV|KGNS-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''[[KGNS-TV|KGNS-TV (DT2)]] 8'''
| The WB
| Gray Television
| 2010–2014
| Subchannel became an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate, replaced by "Laredo CW 19"
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''"Laredo CW 19"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| None
| Spectrum
| 2014–2015
| Defunct; replaced by [[KYLX-LD|KYLX-LD2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Lima, Ohio]]
| '''"[[West Central Ohio CW|WBOH]]"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only from 2008-2010'')}}
| The WB
| Spectrum
| 2006–2010
| Also broadcast on [[WLIO-DT2]] until September 17, 2008, when the station joined [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] and [[MyNetworkTV]]<br />Defunct; replaced by [[WBDT]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]-[[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]]-<br />[[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]]-[[Kearney, Nebraska]]
| '''"KWBL"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]]
| 2006–2018
| The CW is affiliated with KCWH-LD and simulcast on KNHL-DT3
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Macon, Georgia]]
| '''"WBMN" 3'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Cox Communications]]
| 2006–2013
| The CW is affiliated with WMAZ-DT2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Madison, Wisconsin]]
| '''[[WIFS (TV)|WBUW]] 57'''
| The WB
| Byrne Acquisition Group
| 2006–2016
| The CW is affiliated with [[WMTV|WMTV-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Mankato, Minnesota]]
| '''"KWYE" 19'''<br />{{small|''(cable-only)''}}<br />{{small|(alternately served by [[KTTC|KTTC-DT2]], Rochester, MN [''cable only''])}}
| The WB
| [[Consolidated Communications]]
| 2006–2019
| The CW is affiliated with KMNF-LD2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]–[[Odessa, Texas]]
| '''[[KWES-TV|KWES-DT2]] 9.2'''
| None
| [[Raycom Media]]
| 2013-2019
| The CW is affiliated with [[Big Spring, Texas|Big Spring]]-based [[KCWO-TV]], a former satellite station for KWES-TV.
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Missoula, Montana]]
| '''[[KPAX-TV|KPAX (DT2)]] 8.2'''
| None
| E.W. Scripps Company
| 2006–2023
| Become independent in September 2023
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]–[[Salinas, California]]
| '''[[KION-TV|KION (DT2)]] 46.2'''<br />'''[[KMUV-LD|KMUV (LD2)]] 46.2'''
| The WB
| [[News-Press & Gazette Company]]
| 2006-2022
| The CW is affiliated with [[KCBA]], formerly a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate which swapped affiliations with KION (DT2) and KMUV (LD2) on January 1, 2022.
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[North Platte, Nebraska]]
| '''"KWPL"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| non-ownership<br />{{small|(various cable systems)}}
| 2006–2018
| The CW is affiliated with KIIT-CD2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|  [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]-[[Kirksville, Missouri]]
|  '''"KWOT"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}} 
| The WB
| [[Mediacom]]
| 2006–2018
| Defunct, replaced by [[KYOU-TV|KYOU-DT4]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]]
| '''"WCWP"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}} 
| The WB
| [[Suddenlink Communications]]
| 2006–2018
| The CW is affiliated with [[WOVA-LD|WOVA-LD2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Presque Isle, Maine]]
| '''"[[WAGM-TV#WAGM-DT3|WBPQ]]"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| non-ownership<br />{{small|(various cable systems)}}
| 2006–2018
| Defunct; replaced with [[WAGM-TV|WAGM-DT3]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| '''[[KWBH-LD|KWBH-LP]] 27'''
| The WB
| Rapid Broadcasting
| 2006–2018
| The CW is affiliated with [[KELO-TV|KCLO-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]], [[Texas]]
| '''"[[Rio Grande Valley's CW|KMHB]]"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| Unknown
| 2006–2007
| Defunct; replaced by [[KMBH-LD|KFXV-LD]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| rowspan="3"|[[St. Joseph, Missouri]]
| '''"WBJO"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| NPG Cablevision/<br />Suddenlink Communications
| 2006–2012
| Defunct; replaced by KNPN-LD2 on June 2, 2012
|-
| '''[[KNPN-LD|KNPN-LD2]] 26.2'''
| The WB
| News-Press & Gazette Company
| 2012–2013
| Replaced by KNPG-LD2 on March 7, 2013;<br />KNPN-LD2 continued to simulcast CW Plus programming (via KBJO-LD) until November 1, 2016, when it was replaced with a simulcast of CBS affiliate [[KCJO-LD]]
|-
| '''[[KNPG-LD|KBJO-LD]] 21'''
| None
| News-Press & Gazette Company
| 2013–2016
| Station relaunched as [[NBC]] affiliate KNPG-LD on November 1, 2016<br />The CW is affiliated with KNPG-LD2
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[San Angelo, Texas]]
| '''"KWSA"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| Unknown
| 2006–2006
| The CW is affiliated with [[KTXS-TV|KTXE-LD2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]–[[Holyoke, Massachusetts]]
| '''"WBQT"'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| Unknown
| 2006–2015
| NBC affiliate WWLP assumed operations of "WBQT" in March 2015<br />The CW is affiliated with [[WWLP#WWLP-DT2 (The CW)|WWLP-DT2/WFXS-CD2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|  [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]–[[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]]
| '''"WBVC"'''<br />{{small|(''cable-only'')}}
| The WB
| Tucker Broadcasting of Traverse City, Inc.
| 2006–2018
| Defunct; replaced by [[WFQX-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| rowspan="2"|[[Utica, New York]]
| '''[[WKTV|WKTV-DT2]] 2.2'''
| The WB<br />{{small|(''cable only as "WBU"'')}}
| rowspan="2"|Heartland Media LLC
| 2006–2015
| Joined [[CBS]] November 22, 2015
|-
| '''[[WKTV|WKTV-DT3]] 2.3'''
| [[MeTV]]
| 2015-2024
| Became a news-intensive [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] September 1, 2024<br>The CW is affiliated with [[WFXV|WFXV-DT2]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Victoria, Texas]]
| '''"[[KVCT|KWVB]]" 10'''<br />{{small|(''cable only'')}}
| The WB
| [[Suddenlink Communications]]
| 2006–2018
| Defunct; replaced by [[KVCT|KVCT-DT3]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]
| '''"WBW" 29/[[WWAY|WWAY-DT2]] 3.2'''
| The WB<br />{{small|(''cable only as "WBW"'')}}
| [[Morris Multimedia]]
| 2006–2017
| Cable-only until 2013, with a shift from DT2 to DT3 on January 1, 2017, to accommodate WWAY's new DT2 CBS subchannel
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Yuma, Arizona]]/[[El Centro, California]]
| '''[[KYMA-DT|KSWT-DT]] 13.2'''
| The WB
| [[Pappas Telecasting Companies]]
| 2006–2010
| Subchannel is now silent; The CW is affiliated with KECY-DT3
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Zanesville, Ohio]]
| '''"WBZV"'''<br />''(cable-only)''
| The WB
| WHIZ Media Group
| 2006–2008
| Defunct; shut down in 2008 by WHIZ-TV,<br />later replaced by "Zanesville CW 13"
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}

==See also==
* [[The WB 100+ Station Group]] – a predecessor of The CW Plus; most of the remaining cable-only channels and some over-the-air stations that are outlets of The CW Plus formerly served as affiliates of The WB 100+ Station Group
* [[CW-W]] – a standard definition-only feed of [[KTLA]]/[[Los Angeles]] for markets without a CW affiliate carried on [[DirecTV]]
* [[CW-E]] – a standard definition-only feed of [[WDCW]]/[[Washington, D.C.]] for markets without a CW affiliate carried on DirecTV
* [[History of WGN America (1978–2021)|WGN America]] – a general entertainment cable and satellite network in the United States, which originally served as the national [[superstation]] feed of former WB/CW affiliate [[WGN-TV]]/[[Chicago]]; it served as a ''de facto'' affiliate of CW predecessor The WB for U.S. markets without an over-the-air affiliate from January 1995 to October 1999; it was relaunched as [[NewsNation]] in 2021
* [[Foxnet]] – a similar cable-only network for markets without a Fox affiliate, that operated from 1991 to 2006
* [[Univision]] – American Spanish-language network that offers a national cable/satellite feed for markets without a local affiliate
* [[UniMás]] – American Spanish-language network that offers a national cable/satellite feed for markets without a local affiliate
* [[Telemundo]] – American Spanish-language network that offers a national cable/satellite feed for markets without a local affiliate
* [[Azteca América]] – American Spanish-language network that offers a national cable/satellite feed for markets without a local affiliate
* [[Estrella TV]] – American Spanish-language network that offers a national cable/satellite feed for markets without a local affiliate
* [[CTV 2 Alberta]] – a similar cable-only affiliate of [[CTV 2]] in the Canadian province of [[Alberta]]; formerly Access
* [[CTV 2 Atlantic]] – a similar cable-only affiliate of CTV 2 in [[Atlantic Canada]]; formerly the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) and [[CTV 2|A]] Atlantic
* [[Citytv Saskatchewan]] – a similar cable-only affiliate of [[Citytv]] in the Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|cwplustv.com}}
* [http://www.cwtv.com/ CWTV.com] – Official website for The CW
* [http://cwtvlink.com/ CWTVLink.com] (requires log-in information)

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