The CW Plus

The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States.

Dayparts with no CW programming are programmed by the network, and consist mostly of programs airing in syndication. 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 an early newscast or local sports. CW Plus stations air local commercial inserts, and each have their own local branding, which is usually either the parent station/cable franchise's city of license or a regional descriptor of the area (such as Northland for Duluth and Northeastern Minnesota, seen to the right). Unlike its predecessor, The WB 100+ Station Group, The CW Plus does not use fake call signs, and those that were part of the WB group that have since moved to the CW group have mostly dropped their use of the call signs.

As the feed is designed for the Eastern and Pacific time zones, The CW Daytime and Toonzai blocks (which are designed to be tape-delayed) are aired an hour early on affiliates in other time zones.

A predecessor of the CW, The WB Television Network had a similar group of cable-only stations in small and medium markets called The WB 100+ Station Group. Since the WB 100+ was created before digital television was easily available in the United States, most WB 100+ stations were only available on cable, with a few over-the-air broadcast stations.

List of stations

• ¹These stations will carry The CW Television Network on a digital subchannel viewable to anyone with a digital television. In these cases, the channel listed is the actual digital channel (e.g. "13", not a virtual channel such as "27.2", for WKYT).
• ²The station is under a construction permit and is not yet on the air, launch date for the station is suggested for the 2006 Summer season.
• ³Cable channel already operational, but not yet broadcasting via a digital subchannel. See also note 1.
• ⁴KCWE is available to cable subscribers in the St. Joseph Market, as are the other Kansas City locals
• ⁵Cable-only KWBZ in Lubbock, Texas will have an analog and digital signal when The CW launches. Analog channel 22 has been assigned.
• ⁶WENY is to flash-cut to digital on its existing channel, UHF 36, at the end of the 2009 US digital transition; its CW and CBS subchannels are cable-only until this transition is complete.

See also

• The CW Television Network
• List of CW affiliates
• CW-W
• Foxnet
• The WB 100+ Station Group
• A Atlantic - a similar cable-only affiliate of A in Atlantic Canada; formerly the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN)

External links

• The CW Plus homepage
• The CW homepage
• Program schedule for CW Plus stations