The Nest (TV network)
The Nest is an American digital broadcast television network owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The network features a mix of reality, true crime and celebrity TV shows licensed from A&E Networks.[1]
| Type | Digital broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide, via OTA digital TV (estimated coverage 70%) |
| Headquarters | Hunt Valley, Maryland |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV, widescreen) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Parent | Sinclair Television Group, Inc. |
| History | |
| Launched | October 30, 2023 |
| Replaced | Stadium (OTA only) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Watch live |
| Website | watchthenest |
History
On October 10, 2023, Sinclair announced that they had plans to launch a new over-the-air television network on October 30.[2] The network replaced the network Stadium on TV stations across the U.S. after they sold control of the network to Jerry Reinsdorf's Silver Chalice in May of the same year.[3] At launch, the network would be available in more than 50% of U.S. over-the-air television households, including the major markets.[4]
On February 20, 2024, Sinclair announced that Tegna agreed to carry the network to 35 stations across the country.[5]
Programming
Affiliates
| City | Station[7] | Virtual
channel |
Physical
channel |
Owner (management company) | Date of affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | |||||
| Birmingham | WBMA-LD | 58.3 | 32 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Huntsville | WZDX | 54.7 | 18 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Mobile (Pensacola, FL) | WPMI-TV | 15.3 | 15 | Deerfield Media | October 30, 2023 |
| Arizona | |||||
| Mesa (Phoenix) | KPNX | 12.5 | 18 | Tegna | February 17, 2024 |
| Tucson | KTTU | 18.2 | 19 | 2024 | |
| Arkansas | |||||
| Fort Smith | KFSM-TV | 5.5 | 18 | Tegna | 2024 |
| Little Rock | KATV | 7.5 | 22 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| California | |||||
| Bakersfield | KBFX-CD | 58.4 | 29 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Calipatria (El Centro–Yuma, AZ) | KAJB | 54.4 | 36 | Calipatria Broadcasting Company, LLC | |
| Eureka | KBVU | 28.6 | 28 | Cunningham Broadcasting | |
| Los Angeles | KCAL-TV | 9.2 | 9 | CBS News and Stations | |
| Paradise (Chico–Redding) | KCVU | 20.4 | 30 | Cunningham Broadcasting | |
| Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto | KXTV | 10.6 | 10 | Tegna | February 21, 2024 |
| San Diego | KFMB-TV | 8.6 | 8 | February 2024 | |
| San Francisco Bay Area | KPYX | 44.6 | 28 | CBS News and Stations | October 30, 2023 |
| Visalia (Fresno) | KMPH-TV | 26 | 28 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| Colorado | |||||
| Denver | KTFD-TV | 50.3 | 28 | Entravision Communications | October 30, 2023 |
| KUSA | 9.6 | 9 | Tegna | February 2024 | |
| Connecticut | |||||
| Hartford–New Haven | WTIC-TV | 61.5 | 34 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| District of Columbia | |||||
| Washington | WUSA | 9.4 | 9 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Florida | |||||
| Jacksonville | WJXX | 25.5 | 10 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| St. Petersburg–Tampa | WTSP | 10.4 | |||
| WFTT-TV | 62.5 | 25 | Entravision Communications | 2024 | |
| Tallahassee (Thomasville–Valdosta, GA) | WTLF | 24.4 | 24 | MPS Media, LLC | |
| West Palm Beach | WPEC | 12.4 | 13 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| WWHB-CD | 48.3 | 33 | |||
| Georgia | |||||
| Atlanta | WXIA-TV | 11.4 | 10 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Macon | WMAZ-TV | 13.5 | 13 | ||
| Idaho | |||||
| Boise | KTVB | 7.5 | 7 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| KYUU-LD | 35.4 | 28 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 | |
| Illinois | |||||
| Decatur (Springfield) | WBUI | 23.3 | 22 | GOCOM Media, LLC | October 30, 2023 |
| Moline–Rock Island (Davenport–Bettendorf, IA) | WQAD-TV | 8.6 | 31 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Indiana | |||||
| Indianapolis | WTHR | 13.6 | 13 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Iowa | |||||
| Cedar Rapids | KFXA | 28.4 | 27 | Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. | October 30, 2023 |
| Des Moines | WOI-DT | 5.4 | 5 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Sioux City | KMEG | 14.4 | 32 | Waitt Broadcasting, Inc. | October 30, 2023 |
| Kansas | |||||
| Hutchinson (Wichita) | KMTW | 36.2 | 35 | Mercury Broadcasting Company, Inc. | October 30, 2023 |
| Topeka (Kansas City, MO) | KCMN-LD | 42.4 | 28 | HC2 Holdings | |
| Kentucky | |||||
| Glasgow (Bowling Green) | WDNZ-LD | 11.2 | 11 | Marquee Broadcasting | October 30, 2023 |
| Louisville | WHAS-TV | 11.5 | Tegna | February 2024 | |
| Paducah (Harrisburg, IL–Cape Girardeau, MO) | WDKA | 49.4 | 25 | Standard Media | October 30, 2023 |
| Louisiana | |||||
| New Orleans | WWL-TV | 4.3 | 27 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Maine | |||||
| Bangor | WLBZ | 2.4 | 2 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Portland | WGME-TV | 13.3 | 15 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Maryland | |||||
| Baltimore | WNUV | 54.4 | 25 | Cunningham Broadcasting | October 30, 2023 |
| Massachusetts | |||||
| Worcester (Boston) | WUTF-TV | 27.3 | 19 | Entravision Communications | October 30, 2023 |
| Michigan | |||||
| Flint (Saginaw–Bay City) | WSMH | 66.4 | 16 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Grand Rapids (Kalamazoo–Battle Creek) | WXSP-CD | 15.3 | 15 | Nexstar Media Group | |
| Minnesota | |||||
| Minneapolis–St. Paul | KARE | 11.5 | 31 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Missouri | |||||
| St. Louis | KDNL-TV | 30.4 | 31 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Nebraska | |||||
| Omaha (Council Bluffs, IA) | KXVO | 15.2 | 29 | Mitts Telecasting Company, LLC | |
| Nevada | |||||
| Las Vegas | KINC | 15.3 | 16 | Entravision Communications | |
| KVCW | 33.5 | 7 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 | |
| Reno | KNSN-TV | 21.2 | 20 | Deerfield Media | |
| New Jersey | |||||
| Middletown Township (New York City) | WJLP | 33.6 | 3 | Weigel Broadcasting | 2024 |
| New York | |||||
| Albany | WCWN | 45.4 | 22 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Buffalo | WNYO-TV | 49.2 | 16 | ||
| North Carolina | |||||
| Charlotte | WCNC-TV | 36.5 | 24 | Tegna | February 20, 2024 |
| Greensboro | WXLV-TV | 45.4 | 29 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Greenville | WYDO | 14.4 | 19 | Cunningham Broadcasting | |
| Raleigh | WLFL | 22.2 | 18 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| Ohio | |||||
| Cincinnati | WKRC-TV | 12.3 | 12 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Cleveland | WKYC | 3.5 | 17 | Tegna | February 20, 2024 |
| Columbus | WSYX | 6.4 | 28 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Dayton | WKEF | 22.3 | 34 | ||
| Oklahoma | |||||
| Oklahoma City | KOKH-TV | 25.3 | 24 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Oregon | |||||
| La Grande (Portland) | KUNP | 16.2 | 16 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Pennsylvania | |||||
| Philadelphia | WPSG | 57.2 | 31 | CBS News and Stations | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh | WPNT | 22.2 | 27 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Scranton | WSWB | 38.4 | 34 | MPS Media | |
| South Carolina | |||||
| Charleston | WCIV | 36.3 | 25 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Columbia | WLTX | 19.5 | 15 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Greenville | WLOS | 13.4 | 13 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Myrtle Beach | WWMB | 21.3 | 26 | Howard Stirk Holdings | |
| Tennessee | |||||
| Memphis | WATN-TV | 24.6 | 25 | Tegna | February 14, 2024 |
| Knoxville | WBIR-TV | 10.5 | 10 | February 2024 | |
| Nashville | WNAB | 58.2 | 30 | Tennessee Broadcasting | October 30, 2023 |
| Texas | |||||
| Austin | KVUE | 24.5 | 33 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Corpus Christi | KIII | 3.6 | 8 | ||
| El Paso | KFOX-TV | 14.4 | 15 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | KTXD-TV | 47.4 | 23 | Cunningham Broadcasting | |
| Houston | KIAH | 39.3 | 34 | Nexstar Media Group | May 13, 2024 |
| Laredo | KLDO-TV | 27.4 | 19 | Entravision Communications | October 30, 2023 |
| McAllen | KTFV-CD | 32.4 | 32 | ||
| Odessa–Midland | KWES-TV | 9.5 | 9 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Port Arthur–Beaumont | KBTV-TV | 4.4 | 27 | Deerfield Media | October 30, 2023 |
| San Antonio | KMYS | 35.3 | 32 | ||
| Temple–Killeen–Waco | KCEN-TV | 6.6 | 9 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Tyler | KYTX | 19.7 | 15 | ||
| Virginia | |||||
| Portsmouth (Hampton Roads) | WAVY-TV | 10.2 | 19 | Nexstar Media Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Washington | |||||
| Seattle–Tacoma | KUNS-TV | 51.3 | 24 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Spokane (Coeur d'Alene, ID) | KREM | 2.4 | 20 | Tegna | February 2024 |
| Yakima | KUNW-CD | 2.3 | 30 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| Wisconsin | |||||
| Green Bay | WCWF | 14.4 | 15 | Sinclair Broadcast Group | October 30, 2023 |
| West Virginia | |||||
| Charleston (Huntington) | WVAH-TV | 11.2 | 24 | Cunningham Broadcasting | October 30, 2023 |
References
- "The Nest - A Sinclair Broadcast Network". Sinclair, Inc. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- Lafayette, Jon (October 10, 2023). "Sinclair Will Serve Up 'Comfort Food' on New Multicast Network The Nest". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- Lafayette, Jon (May 30, 2023). "Sinclair Sells Control of Stadium to Jerry Reinsdorf's Silver Chalice". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- Staff, TVNewsCheck (October 10, 2023). "Sinclair To Launch The Nest Broadcast Network". TV News Check. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- Lafayette, Jon (February 20, 2024). "Sinclair's The Nest Gains Carriage on 35 Tegna Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- "Shows - The Nest". The Nest. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- "Stations for Network - The Nest". RabbitEars. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
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