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1970s
Table
| Callsign | Channel | Market | Network | Owner | Studio location | Transmitter location | NAB seal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHJ-TV | 9 | Los Angeles, CA | Ind | RKO General | 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA | Mount Wilson, CA | — |
| KNBC-TV | 4 | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | O&O | Yes | ||
| KTLA | 5 | Los Angeles, CA | Ind | Golden West Broadcasters | 5800 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA | "Mount Alta, the highest point on Mount Wilson" | — |
| WXXI-TV | 21 | Rochester, NY | PBS | Rochester Area Educational Television Association, Inc. | 410 Alexander Street, Rochester, NY | Pinnacle Hill, Brighton, NY | — |
| WNET | 13 | New York, NY | PBS | Educational Broadcasting Corporation | — | ||
| WGBH-TV | 2 | Boston, MA | PBS | WGBH Educational Foundation | 125 Western Avenue, Boston, MA | Needham, MA | — |
| KYUK-TV | 4 | Bethel, AK | PBS | Bethel Broadcasting Incorporated | Bob England Memorial Communications Building, Bethel, AK | — | |
| KTBS-TV | 3 | Shreveport, LA | ABC | KTBS Incoprorated | Mooringsport, LA | Yes | |
| KPTS | 8 | Wichita (Hutchinson), KS | PBS, CEN | Sunflower Educational Television Corporation | 309 E 3rd Street, Wichita, KS | Cnr Buhler Road & E 4th Avenue, Hutchinson, KS | — |
| WILL-TV | 12 | Urbana, IL | PBS | University of Illinois | 302 N Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL | Monticello, IL | — |
| WJET-TV | 24 | Erie, PA | ABC | Jet Broadcasting Company | 8455 Peach Street, Erie, PA | — | |
| WEWS | 5 | Cleveland, OH | ABC | Scripps-Howard | Cnr Euclid Avenue & 30th Street, Cleveland, OH | — | |
| WSTV-TV | 9 | Steubenville, OH | Unmentioned | Rust Craft Broadcastiong Company | 320 Market Street,Steubenville, OH | — | |
| WICU-TV | 12 | Erie, PA | Unmentioned | Unmentioned | — | ||
| WJW-TV | 8 | Cleveland, OH | CBS | Storer Broadcasting Company | — | ||
| WTVT | 13 | Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | CBS | Gaylord Broadcasting Company | Tampa, FL | Riverview, FL | Yes |
| WKYC-TV | 3 | Cleveland, OH | NBC | O&O | 1403 E 6th Street, Cleveland, OH | Yes | |
| WLWI | 13 | Indianapolis, IN | ABC | Avco Broadcasting Coproration | — | ||
| ABC DEF | — | National | ABC | O&O | — | ||
| WCBS-TV | 2 | New York, NY | CBS | O&O | Yes | ||
| WLS-TV | 7 | Chicago, IL | ABC | O&O | Yes | ||
| KBIM-TV | 10 | Roswell, NM | CBS | Unmentioned | — | ||
| KPIX | 5 | San Francisco, CA | CBS | Westinghouse | Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA | Mount Sutro. CA | — |
| WIVB-TV | 4 | Buffalo, NY | Unmentioned | Unmentioned | — | ||
| KABC-TV | 7 | Los Angeles. CA | ABC | O&O | ABC Television Center | — | |
| KXAS-TV | 5 | Dallas-Forth Worth, TX | NBC | Unmentioned | — | ||
| WUAB-TV | 43 | Cleveland (Loraine), OH | Ind | United Artists Broadcasting | Parma, OH | — | |
| WAKR-TV | 23 | Akron, OH | ABC | Unmentioned | — | ||
| HBO | — | National | Cable channel | Time/Life | — | ||
| KMTV | 3 | Omaha, NE | NBC | May Broadcasting Company | 2615 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE | 5400 N 72nd Street, Omaha, NE | — |
| WOWT | 6 | Omaha, NE | CBS | Chronicle Broadcasting Company | 3501 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE | Cnr 72nd Street & Crown Point Avenue, Omaha, NE | Yes |
| WJLA-TV | 7 | Washington, DC | ABC | Allbritton Communications Company | 4461 NE Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC | Yes | |
| WHIO-TV | 7 | Dayton, OH | CBS | Miami Valley Broadcastiong Corporation | Dayton, OH | — | |
| WTVF | 5 | Nashville, TN | CBS | Unmentioned | 474 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN | Off Brick Church Pike | Yes |
| WBBM-TV | 2 | Chicago, IL | CBS | O&O | — | ||
| WYES-TV | 12 | New Orleans, LA | PBS | Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation | 916 Navarre Avenue, New Orleans, LA | Paris Road, Chalmette, LA | — |
| KUON-TV | 12 | Lincoln, NE | PBS | Nebraska Public Televison | — | ||
| WOUB-TV | 20 | Athens, OH | PBS | Unmentioned | — | ||
| WETA | 26 | Washington, DC | PBS | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. | 3620 S 27th Street, Arlington,VA | 5204 River Road, Bethesda, MD | — |
| WFMY-TV | 2 | Greensboro, NC | CBS | WFMY Television Corporation | Cnr Phillips Avenue & White Street, Greensboro, NC | Yes | |
| WDIV | 4 | Detroit, MI | NBC | Post-Newsweek Stations | 622 Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, MI | Yes | |
| WTNH-TV | 8 | New Haven, CT | ABC | Capital Cities | 135 College Street, New Haven, CT | Mad Mare Mountain, Hamden, CT | Yes |
| WFSB-TV | 3 | Hartford, CT | CBS | Post-Newsweek Stations | 3 Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT | — | |
| WPIX | 11 | New York, NY | Ind. | WPIX, Inc. | 220 E 42nd Street, New York, NY | Atop the Empire State Building | — |
| CBET | 9 | Windsor, ON | CBC | O&O | — | ||
| CBUT | 2 | Vancouver, BC | CBC | O&O | 700 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC | Mount Seymour | — |
| ADS | 7 | Adelaide, SA | Seven | O&O | — | ||
| KTOO-TV | 3 | Juneau, AK | PBS | Capital Community Broadcasting Incorporated | 240Main Street, Juneau, AK | Juneau Federal Building | — |
| WHEC-TV | 10 | Rochester, NY | CBS | WHEC, Inc. | 191 East Avenue, Rochester, NY | Pinnacle Hill, Brighton, NY | — |
| WNGE | 2 | Nashville, TN | ABC | General Electric | Yes | ||
| WNBC-TV | 4 | New York, NY | NBC | O&O | Yes | ||
| KXAS-TV | 5 | Dallas-Forth Worth, TX | NBC | — | |||
| KXJB-TV | 4 | Valley City (Fargo), ND | CBS | North American Communications Corp | 4000 W Main Avenue, Fargo, ND | 3 miles east of Gailsburg, ND | Yes |
| WTTW | 11 | Chicago, IL | PBS | Chicago Educational Television Association | 5400 N St Louis Avenue/233 N Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL | Sears Tower | — |
| WATR-TV | 20 | Waterbury, CT | NBC | Unmentioned | Baldwin Avenue, Waterbury, CT | Peach Orchard Road, Prospect, CT | — |
| Cablevision Family Channel | 10 | (Long Island), NY | Cable channel | Cablevision | — | ||
| WAFF | 48 | Huntsville, AL | NBC | American Family Broadcasting Company | — | ||
| KNBC-TV | 4 | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | O&O | Mount Wilson, CA | — | |
| KTUL-TV | 8 | Tulsa, OK | ABC | Leake Television Incorporated | Yes | ||
| KOAT-TV | 7 | Albuquerque, NM | ABC | Unmentioned | Yes | ||
| KTVT | 11 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Ind. | Gaylord Broadcasting Company | Yes | ||
| WSM-TV | 4 | Nashville, TN | NBC | National Life and Accident Insurance Companyu | — | ||
| KPNX-TV | 12 | Phoenix (Mesa), AZ | NBC | KPNX Broadcasting Company | — | ||
| KBSC-TV | 52 | Los Angeles (Corona), CA | Ind. (ON TV) | Oak Broadcasting Systems | 1139 Grand Central Avenue, Glendale CA | Mount Wilson, CA | — |
| WGN-TV | 9 | Chicago, IL | Ind. | Tribune | John Hancock Building | Yes | |
| WKJG-TV | 33 | Fort Wayne, IN | Unmentioned | Unmentioned | 2633 W State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN | — | |
| WTVD-TV | 11 | Durham, NC | ABC | Capital Cities | Yes | ||
| WBNS-TV | 10 | Columbus, OH | Unmentioned | WBNS-TV, Inc. | Yes | ||
| WNAC-TV | 7 | Boston, MA | CBS | RKO General | 7 Bullfinch Place, Boston, MA | — | |
| KQED | 9 | San Francsco, CA | PBS | KQED, Inc. | 500 8th Street, San Francisco, CA | — | |
| WEDW | 49 | Bridgeport, CT | PBS | Connecticut Educational Telecommunications Corporation | 24 Summit Street, Hartford, CT | Booth Hill Road, Trumble, CT | — |
| WEDH | 24 | Hartford, CT | PBS | Connecticut Educational Telecommunications Corporation | 24 Summit Street, Hartford, CT | Avon Mountain | — |
| WFAA-TV | 8 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | ABC | Belo Broadcasting Corporation | — | ||
| WAVE-TV | 3 | Louisville, KY | Unmentioned | Orion Broadcasting Inc. | 725 S Floyd Street, Louisville, KY | Yes | |
| KPVI | 6 | Pocatello, ID | ABC | Futura Communications Corporation | — | ||
| WDRB-TV | 41 | Louisville, KY | Ind. | Consolidated Broadcasting Company (Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company) | 1051 E Main Street, Louisville, KY | Floyds Knobs, IN | — |
| WTVN-TV | 6 | Columbus, OH | Unmentioned | Taft Broadcasting Company | 1261 Dublin Road | 350 W Dodridge Road, Columbus, OH | — |
| CKGN-TV | 6 | Toronto (Paris), ON | Global | Global Communications Limited | 81 Barber Greene Road, Don Mills, ON | — | |
| HSV | 7 | Melbourne, VIC | Seven | O&O | — | ||
| KCET | 28 | Los Angeles, CA | PBS | Community Television of Sothern California | 4401 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA | — | |
| KLCS | 58 | Los Angeles, CA | PBS | Los Angeles Unified School District | 1061 W Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA | — | |