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.

Table of contents

1 American commercial over-the-air television networks
2 American non-commercial television networks
3 Extinct American television networks
4 Non-English Language American television networks
5 See also

American commercial over-the-air television networks

American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (formerly NBC Blue)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (formerly NBC Red)
CBS (CBS) (formerly Columbia Broadcasting System)
Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox)
The WB (WB)
UPN (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" or" Anything But Color"
NBC: "Peacock network" or "Nothing But Caucasians"
CBS: "Tiffany network" or "Eye network"
WB: "Frog network"
UPN: "Under-Paid Negroes" (courtesy of Chris Rock)

American non-commercial television networks

Public Broadcasting System (PBS)

Extinct American television networks

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

Non-English Language American television networks

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

See also