List of United States television networks

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In the United States, analog over-the-air television channels are numbered 2 through 69, and occupy the following frequencies:

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

See list of local television stations in North and Central America.

Contents 1 American commercial over-the-air television networks 2 American non-commercial television networks 3 Defunct American television networks 4 Non-English language American television networks 5 See also

[edit] American commercial over-the-air television networks

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (formerly NBC Blue)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (formerly NBC Red)
• CBS (formerly Columbia Broadcasting System)
• Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox)
• The WB (WB)
• UPN (formerly United Paramount Network)
• PAX Network (PAX)

The WB, UPN and PAX are sometimes called "netlets" because they do not currently have the affiliate reach of the larger networks.

Nicknames of major American networks are as follows:

• ABC: "Alphabet network"
• NBC: "Peacock network"
• CBS: "Tiffany network" or "Eye network"
• WB: "Frog network"

[edit] American non-commercial television networks

• Public Broadcasting System (PBS)

[edit] Defunct American television networks

• DuMont Network - commercial network, 1946 - 1956
• National Educational Television (NET) - Educational network, 1952 - 1969, predecessor to PBS

[edit] Non-English language American television networks

• Azteca America (Spanish language network)
• Univision (Spanish language network)
• Telemundo (Spanish language network)
• TeleFutura (Spanish language network)

[edit] See also

• Lists of television channels
• Television in the United States