Cozi TV

Cozi TV (stylized on-air as COZI TV[3]) is an American free-to-air television network that is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal. The network airs classic television series from the 1950s to the 2000s.[2][4][5]

Cozi TV

Type	Free-to-air television network (classic TV)
Country	United States
Availability	Nationwide via digital terrestrial television, Cable TV (U.S. coverage: 62%)[1]
Founded	2012
Slogan	The easiest decision you'll make all day
Headquarters	New York City, New York
Parent	NBC Owned Television Stations (NBCUniversal Television and Streaming)
Key people	Valari Staab (President, NBC TV Stations) Meredith McGinn (VP, Local Programming) Marni Kupfer (VP, Lifestyle Production)[2]
Launch date	March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09) (as NBC Nonstop) January 1, 2013 (2013-01-01) (as Cozi TV)
Former names	NBC Nonstop (2009–2012)
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV; widescreen)
Affiliates	List of affiliates
Official website	www.cozitv.com

The network originated as a local news and lifestyle programming format that was launched between 2009 and 2011 and was seen on digital subchannels operated by nine owned-and-operated television stations of the NBC television network in the United States under the brand NBC Nonstop.[2] The sitcoms and drama series now appearing on Cozi are primarily from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution program library. Cozi is also available Satellite via Orby TV, cable TV & via streaming services FuboTV, YouTubeTV, and Hulu + Live TV.

History

NBC Nonstop

After NBCUniversal shut down NBC Weather Plus in December 2008 (shortly after the company, along with Blackstone Group and Bain Capital, purchased The Weather Channel), the company's flagship television station WNBC in New York City replaced Weather Plus' successor, automated local weather service, NBC Plus, on digital subchannel 4.2 on March 9, 2009, with NBC New York Nonstop, a channel that featured a mix of locally produced news and lifestyle programming.[6]

In June 2010, NBC Local Media appointed former WNBC general manager Tom O'Brien in the newly created position of executive vice president of Nonstop Network.[7] In October, WNBC sister stations WCAU and WRC-TV respectively launched their own versions of the Nonstop channel in the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. markets. Chicago's WMAQ-TV launched its own local version in November 2010. NBC's three owned-and-operated stations in California (KNBC in Los Angeles, KNTV in San Jose-San Francisco and KNSD in San Diego) collaborated to launch the only regional Nonstop channel, NBC California Nonstop, in January 2011; Nonstop channels were also launched by KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth and WTVJ in Miami that same month. Each station's Nonstop subchannel carried eight hours of locally produced programming (usually in the form of additional local newscasts exclusive to the subchannel that were produced by each station for their respective market, and some lifestyle or talk-oriented programs), along with core programming from affiliated production company LXTV (such as Talk Stoop, First Look and Open House – the latter two of which were later picked up by NBC for its Saturday late-night lineup).[8]

Cozi TV

NBC Station hired in October 2011 Meredith McGinn as a vice president to leading the development and launch of the network.[9] On November 3, 2011, NBC Owned Television Stations announced that its seven local Nonstop subchannels would become a single national network under the proposed name NBC Nonstop Network (also to have been called NBC Nonstop or Nonstop Network); the format of the national network was originally planned to feature a format similar to the local Nonstop channels, which would have placed the network in direct competition with the Live Well Network.[2][10] An NBC executive indicated that the independently formatted Nonstop channels were performing well, but needed separate programming. NBC stated that the network would carry reruns of classic television series during daytime hours and lifestyle programming at night, and that local stations would be able to preempt the national Nonstop Network programming to carry their own local content. By July 2012, it was announced that NBC was considering using a different name for the national network, with "Bob TV" among the names being put under consideration.[11]

On October 17, 2012, Time Out Chicago reported that NBCUniversal would launch a new classic television network (similar to MeTV) called Cozi TV. This turned out to actually be the new name of the retooled national version of NBC Nonstop.[4][12][13] NBC soft launched Cozi TV on its owned-and-operated stations as well as some charter affiliates on December 20, 2012; the network officially launched on January 1, 2013.[14] McGinn was promoted to senior vice president of Cozi TV and LXTV in July 2013.[9]

Programming

Cozi TV permits its local affiliates the option of preempting up to 13 hours of the network's programming each week in order to carry newscasts or other locally produced programming; this is a remnant of the format originated by NBC Nonstop, in which most of NBC's O&Os carried additional newscasts on their Nonstop subchannels.[15] The network also carries The More You Know E/I block which airs on NBC Saturday mornings from Litton Entertainment on late Sunday mornings to allow their affiliates to be freed of commitments to purchasing E/I programming off the open market.

Affiliates

NBCUniversal broadcasts Cozi TV in most markets served by a station owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations group, either on subchannels of NBC or Telemundo stations. The network is also available on the digital subchannels of other television stations, primarily those affiliated with NBC.[4][5] The network is available to stations on a barter basis, in which Cozi TV and its affiliates split the responsibility of selling advertising inventory as well as the commercial time allocated each hour.

The network soft-launched on NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated stations in most markets (with NBC O&Os carrying the network in most markets where the company owns stations and Telemundo O&Os carrying it in markets where an NBC O&O is not present). The network's initial affiliates outside of the core NBC O&O group included KAIL-TV in Fresno, California, KVOA in Tucson, KSNV-DT in Las Vegas and eight Texas stations owned by London Broadcasting Company (including KCEN-TV in Waco and its semi-repeater KAGS-LD in College Station), with a total initial reach of 26% of U.S. television households.[16] By July 2013, the network's reach had expanded to 42% of the U.S. (or an estimated 47.5 million households with at least one television set), through affiliation deals with WMFP in Boston, KUBE-TV in Houston and the E. W. Scripps Company's KSHB-TV in Kansas City.[17]

On June 2, 2014, Cozi TV's programming was made available on AT&T U-verse channel 578 and Dish Network channel 82 on a part-time basis, through a deal with LeSEA Broadcasting's Family Entertainment Television (FETV) network. LeSEA's relationship with Cozi TV was extended to its stations on June 17, 2014, when it signed an affiliation deal to carry the network on its stations in South Bend, Honolulu, Colorado Springs, Tulsa, St. Croix and New Orleans (WHMB-TV in Indianapolis was exempted from the agreement due to an existing affiliation contract with Dispatch Broadcast Group's WTHR and WALV-CD); the network also announced a deal with OTA Broadcasting, LLC to affiliate with KFFV in Seattle and WEPA-CD in Pittsburgh. Both deals expanded the network's reach to 60% of the U.S.[18][19] The deals expired on June 26, 2017; with WEPA-CD going off the air shortly afterwards due to that station selling its spectrum; ABC affiliate WTAE-TV picked up Cozi TV on January 8, 2018, replacing This TV.[20] FETV now carries its own schedule of acquired programming.

List of affiliates

City	Station[21]	Virtual channel	Primary affiliation	Owner	Notes
Alabama
Athens/Huntsville	WTZT-CD	11.1	^1	Jamie Cooper Television
Birmingham	WUOA-LD	46.3	Infomercials	DTV America Corporation
Dothan	WDHN	18.4	ABC	Nexstar Media Group
Mobile/Pensacola, FL	WALA-TV	10.2	Fox	Meredith Corporation
Troy/Montgomery	WIYC	48.1	^1	Woods Communication Corporation
Alaska
Anchorage	KTBY	4.3	Fox	Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC
Arizona
Phoenix	KPHO-TV	5.2	CBS	Meredith Corporation	[23]
	KTAZ	39.3	Telemundo	NBC Owned Television Stations
Tucson	KVOA	4.2	NBC	Quincy Media
Arkansas
Fort Smith/Fayetteville	KFDF-CD	44.2	Estrella TV	Pinnacle Media, LLC
California
Eureka	KBVU-TV	28.2	Fox	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Fresno	KAIL	7.4	MyNetworkTV	Aperio Communications, LLC
Los Angeles	KNBC	4.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Sacramento	KAHC-LD	43.3	CBN News	HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
Salinas/Monterey	K15CU-D	15.1	^1	NBC Owned Television Stations	Former translator of KSTS.
San Diego	KNSD	39.2	NBC		Formerly used Nonstop branding.
San Jose/San Francisco/Oakland	KNTV	11.2			Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Santa Barbara	KVMM-CD	41.3	Azteca América	DTV America Corporation
Colorado
Denver	KDEN-TV	25.3	Telemundo	NBC Owned Television Stations
	KUSA-TV	9.2	NBC	Tegna Inc.	Replaced Weather Nation TV on 12/29/18
Grand Junction	KGBY-TV	20.1	^1	Chang Media Group
Connecticut
New Britain/Hartford/New Haven	WVIT	30.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Originally planned to launch a Nonstop network.
Delaware
Rehoboth Beach/Dover/Salisbury, MD	WRDE-LD	31.2	NBC	Draper Holdings Business Trust	Partial schedule; MyNetworkTV is primary affiliation
District of Columbia
Washington	WRC-TV	4.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Florida
Fort Myers/Naples	WGPS-LP	22.1	^1	WGPS of Southwest Florida, LLC	Replaced Estrella TV on November 29, 2016.
Jacksonville	WRCZ-LD	35.3	Grit	DTV America Corporation
Miami/Fort Lauderdale	WTVJ	6.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Orlando	WKMG-TV	6.3	CBS	Graham Media Group	Originally on 6.2; replaced Decades on 6.3 in September 2019.[24]
Tampa/St. Petersburg	WTTA	38.2	MyNetworkTV	Nexstar Media Group	[25]
Wabasso/West Palm Beach	WXOD-LD	33.4	Buzzr	DTV America Corporation
Georgia
Atlanta	WGCL-TV	46.2	CBS	Meredith Corporation	[23]
Columbus	WLGA	66.1	^1	CNZ Communications, LLC
Dublin/Macon	W21DA-D	21.2	Azteca América	HC2 Holdings
Hawaii
Honolulu	KUPU	15.1	^1	Hawaii Catholic TV, Inc.
Idaho
Boise	KKJB	39.2	Telemundo	Cocola Broadcasting
Pocatello	KVUI	31.4	Ion Television	Ventura Broadcasting
Illinois
Chicago	WMAQ-TV	5.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Decatur	WAND	17.2		Block Communications
Indiana
Evansville	WEHT	25.3	ABC	Nexstar Media Group	February 3, 2018
Fort Wayne	WFWC-CD	45.1		Tran Star
Kokomo/Indianapolis	WTTK	29.3	CBS	Nexstar Media Group	Satellite of WTTV
Terre Haute	WTWO	2.4	NBC	May 15, 2018
Iowa
Ames	WOI-DT	5.4	ABC	Tegna Inc.
Davenport	KWQC-TV	6.3	NBC	Gray Television
Des Moines	KCYM-LD	45.6	Newsmax TV	DTV America Corporation
Kansas
Sublette	KDGL-LD	23.1	^1	High Plains Broadcasting, LLC.
Dodge City	KDDC-LD
Garden City	KGCE-LD
Liberal	KSWE-LD
Ulysses	KDGU-LD
Wichita	KGPT-CD	26.1		Great Plains Television Network, LLC.
Kentucky
Bowling Green	WCZU-LD	39.7	Antenna TV MyNetworkTV	DTV America Corporation
Beattyville (Lexington)	WLJC-TV	65.1	^1	Hour of Harvest, Inc.
Louisville	WBKI	58.2	The CW	Block Communications
Louisiana
Baton Rouge	WGMB-TV	44.3	Fox	Nexstar Media Group	January 25, 2018
Lafayette	K18JF-D/K21OM-D	20.2	Azteca America	HC2 Holdings	May 4th, 2020
Monroe	KARD-TV	14.4	FOX	Nexstar Media Group	February 5, 2018
New Orleans	WTNO-LP	22.3	Azteca America	HC2 Holdings
Shreveport	KTAL-TV	6.3	NBC	Nexstar Media Group	February 5, 2018
Maryland
Baltimore	WQAW-LP	69.3	Azteca America	HC2 Holdings
Massachusetts
Boston	WYCN-LD	8.3	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	[26]
Springfield	WSHM-LD	3.6	CBS	Meredith Corporation	[23]
Michigan
Detroit	WDIV-TV	4.4	NBC	Graham Media Group	Began January 3, 2020
Flint	WNEM-TV	5.3	CBS	Meredith Corporation	[23]
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek	WXSP-CD	15.2	MyNetworkTV	Nexstar Media Group	[25]
Traverse City/Cadillac/Sault Ste. Marie	WXII-LP	12 (analog)		P&P Cable Holdings	Cozi TV is aired whenever MNTV programming is not being aired.
Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul	K33LN-D	33.4	Bounce TV	HC2 Holdings
Mississippi
Cleveland	WHCQ-LD	8.4	MyNetworkTV	Ellington Broadcasting
Missouri
St. Louis	KMOV	4.2	CBS	Meredith Corporation	Replaced MeTV on February 1, 2018. On that date MeTV moved to KNLC channel 24.
Kansas City	KSMO-TV	62.4	MyNetworkTV
Joplin	KSNF	16.4	NBC	Nexstar Media Group
Springfield	KYCW-LD	33.2		Gray Television
Montana
Helena	KTVH-DT	12.3	NBC	E. W. Scripps Company
Nebraska
Omaha	WOWT	6.2	NBC	Gray Television
Nevada
Las Vegas	KBLR	39.4	Telemundo	NBC Owned Television Stations
New Hampshire
Merrimack	WNEU	60.4	Telemundo	NBC Owned Television Stations	Both stations part of WYCN-LD's "NBC Boston" network.[27][28]
Nashua	WBTS-CD	15.2	NBC
New Mexico
Albuquerque	KASY-TV	50.4	MyNetworkTV	Nexstar Media Group
New York
Buffalo	WBXZ-LP	56.1	^1	Steven Ritchie
Cobleskill (Albany/Schenectady/Troy)	WYBN-LD	14.2	Buzzr	Cable Ad Net New York
New York City	WNBC	4.2 (RF28) 4.4 (RF36)	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Syracuse	WSYT	68.2	Fox	Northwest Broadcasting
Utica	WVVC-LD	40.4	Antenna TV	Northeast Gospel Broadcasting, Inc.
North Carolina
Charlotte	WCCB	18.8	The CW	Bahakel Communications	Began January 2020
Greenville/Kinston	WTMH-LD	21.4	Heartland	Tutt Media Group
Raleigh	WRAL-TV	5.2	NBC	Capitol Broadcasting Company
Wilmington	WTMV-LD	29.1	^1	Tutt Media Group
North Dakota
Fargo/Grand Forks/Valley City	KRDK-TV	4.1 (38)	^1	Major Market Broadcasting	Relaunch
Ohio
Cincinnati	WBQC-LD	25.1	^1	Block Broadcasting
Cleveland	WKYC	3.3	NBC	Tegna	Launched 9/30/2017[29] Previously carried on WEWS 5.2 (April 8, 2015 - April 15, 2017).
Columbus	WCSN-LD	32.2	Biz TV	Columbus Television, LLC
Portsmouth (Huntington, West Virginia)	WTZP-LD	50.1	^1	Eagle Broadcasting Group	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Toledo	WMNT-CD	48.4	MyNetworkTV	Community Broadcast Group, Inc. (pending a sale to Novia Communications, LLC)
Zanesville	WHIZ-TV	18.2	NBC	Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City	KAUT-TV	43.4	Independent	Nexstar Media Group	December 2019
Tulsa	KUOC-LD	48.7	Buzzr	DTV America
Oregon
Klamath Falls	KOTI	2.2	NBC	California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.	Satellite of KOBI, Medford
Medford	KOBI	5.2
Portland	KPTV	12.2	Fox	Meredith Corporation
Pennsylvania
Erie	WJET-TV	24.4	ABC	Nextstar Media Group	January 12, 2018
Philadelphia	WCAU-TV	10.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations
Pittsburgh	WTAE-TV	4.2	ABC	Hearst Television	Replaced This TV on January 1, 2018
Scranton	WYOU	22.4	CBS	Nexstar Media Group	January 12, 2018
Puerto Rico
Aguadilla	WSJP-LD	18.1	^1	LKK Group
South Carolina
Charleston	WBSE-LP	20.2	Cheddar	HC2 Holdings
Florence/Myrtle Beach	WFXB	43.7	Fox	Bahakel Communications	Began January 2020
Greenville	WHNS	21.2		Meredith Corporation	[23]
Sumter	WKTC	63.3	The CW MyNetworkTV	WBHQ Columbia, LLC
South Dakota
Sioux Falls	KTTW	7.3	Fox	Independent Communications, Inc.
Tennessee
Chattanooga	WYHB-CD	39.6	Court TV	HC2 Holdings
Jackson	WYJJ-LD	27.7	MyNetworkTV Antenna TV	DTV America Corporation
Kingsport/Johnson City/Bristol	WKPT-TV	19.1	^1	Glenwood Communications Corporation
Knoxville	WATE-TV	6.4	ABC	Nexstar Media Group
Memphis	WATN-TV	24.3		Tegna Inc.	January 23, 2018
	WQEK-LD	36.1	^1	DTV America Corporation
Nashville	WSMV-TV	4.3	NBC	Meredith Corporation	[23]
Texas
Abilene	KXVA	15.3	Fox	Tegna Inc.	[30][31][32]
Beaumont	KBMT	12.3	ABC
Amarillo	KAMR-TV	4.4	NBC	Nexstar Media Group
Austin	KXAN-TV	36.2			[25]
Bryan/College Station	KAGS-LD	23.2		Tegna Inc.
Corpus Christi	KIII	3.4	ABC
Dallas/Fort Worth	KXAS-TV	5.2	NBC	NBC Owned Television Stations	Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Harlingen	KTLM	40.3	Telemundo		Previously carried on KMBH until 2017
Houston	KUBE-TV	57.4	Independent	WRNN-TV Associates	Originally on 57.5, then previously carried on KTMD 47.3 until May 2018
Longview/Tyler	KPKN-LD	33.5	Buzzr	DTV America Corporation
Lubbock	KMYL-LD	14.4	MyNetworkTV	Ramar Communications
San Angelo	KIDY	6.3	Fox	Tegna Inc.
San Antonio	KVDA	60.3	Telemundo	NBC Owned Television Stations
Waco	KCEN-TV	6.2	NBC	Tegna Inc.
Wichita Falls	KFDX-TV	3.4		Nexstar Media Group	January 23, 2018
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix	WCVI	23.3	World Harvest Television	Family Broadcasting Corporation
Utah
Salt Lake City	KSL-TV	5.2	NBC	Bonneville International
Virginia
Lynchburg/Roanoke	WZBJ-CD	24.2	MyNetworkTV	Gray Television	Previously carried on WFFP-TV 24.1 in Danville until September 1, 2018
Richmond	WFWG-LD	30.2	Azteca America	HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
Virginia Beach	WVBT	43.2	Fox	Nexstar Media Group	January 25, 2018
Washington
Seattle	KYMU-LD	6.1	Cozi TV	Seattle 6 Broadcasting LLC
Yakima	KYPK-LD	32.5	Azteca America
West Virginia
Summersville	WZTS-LD	16.1	^1	TTV, LLC
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac/Milwaukee	WIWN	68.1	^1	CNZ Communications/Milwaukee Media	In the past carried by WTMJ-DT2 and WTSJ-LD3 before WIWN assumed affiliation on June 22, 2017.
Madison	WZCK-LD	8.1		DTV America Corporation

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External links

• Official website