Cozi TV

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Cozi TV
Type Digital broadcast television network (classic television series, movies)
Country United States
Availability Nationwide via OTA digital television (covering 74% of the U.S.)[1]
Slogan The Easiest Decision You'll Make All Day
Headquarters New York City, New York
Owner NBC Owned Television Stations
(Comcast)
Parent NBCUniversal
Key people
Launch date
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  • March 9, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-09) (as NBC Nonstop)
  • January 1, 2013; 11 years ago (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

Cozi TV (stylized on-air as COZI TV[3]) is an American digital multicast television network that is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal. The network airs a mix of classic television series from the 1950s to the 1980s, movies, and first-run lifestyle programming.[2][4][5]

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, along with original programs from other distributors.

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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

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][9] 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.[10]

On October 17, 2012, Time Out Chicago reported that NBCUniversal would launch a new classic television network (similar to Me-TV) called Cozi TV; this turned out to actually be the new name of the retooled national version of NBC Nonstop.[4][11][12] 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.[13]

Programming

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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.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16]

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.[17][18]

As of December 13, 2015, the Minneapolis–St. Paul market area was the largest without a CoziTV affiliate.

List of affiliates

City Station[19] Virtual
channel
Primary affiliation Owner Notes

Alabama

Mobile/Pensacola, FL WALA-TV 10.2 Fox Meredith Corporation
Troy/Montgomery WIYC 48.1 Independent Enterprise Capital Group
(operated by Southern Venture Capital Group pending acquisition)

Arizona

Phoenix KPHO-TV 5.2 CBS Meredith Corporation [21]
Tucson KVOA 4.2 NBC Cordillera Communications

Arkansas

Harrison K26GS-D 26.1 This TV Reynolds Media, Inc.
Mountain Home K07XL-D 7.1

California

Chico KCVU 20.5 Fox Bonten Media Group, Inc
Eureka KBVU-TV 28.5
Fresno KAIL 7.2 MyNetworkTV Trans-America Broadcasting Corporation
Los Angeles KNBC 4.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Salinas/Monterey K15CU-D 15.1 Independent 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 Maria Cable Only 4 Comcast

Colorado

Colorado Springs/Pueblo KWHS-LD 51.2 World Harvest Television LeSEA Broadcasting
Denver KDEN-TV 25.3 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations

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 Price Hill Television, LLC Partial schedule; MyNetworkTV is primary affiliation

District of Columbia

Washington WRC-TV 4.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.

Florida

Miami/Fort Lauderdale WTVJ 6.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Orlando WKMG-TV 6.2 CBS Graham Media Group Replaced Live Well Network in January 2015.
Tampa/St. Petersburg WTTA 38.2 MyNetworkTV Media General
(operated by LIN Television Corporation under shared services agreement)
[22]

Georgia

Atlanta WGCL-TV 46.2 CBS Meredith Corporation

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Hawaii

Honolulu KWHE 14.2 World Harvest Television LeSEA Broadcasting

Idaho

Boise KKJB 39.2 Telemundo Cocola Broadcasting
Pocatello KPVI-DT 6.3 NBC Frontier Radio Management
Twin Falls KXTF 35.1 Independent

Illinois

Chicago WMAQ-TV 5.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Decatur WAND 17.2 NBC Block Communications

Indiana

Indianapolis WTHR 13.2 NBC The Dispatch Printing Company [23][24]
WALV-CD 46.1 Independent
South Bend WHME-TV 46.2 World Harvest Television LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation

Iowa

Davenport KWQC-TV 6.3 NBC Media General

Louisiana

Lafayette KLFY-TV 10.4 CBS Media General New Programming Soon (TBD launch placed on hold pending KLFY sale from Nexstar Broadcasting Group to another owner[citation needed]
New Orleans WHNO 20.2 World Harvest Television LeSEA Broadcasting

Massachusetts

Boston WMFP-TV 62.1 & 62.2 Independent NRJ TV, LLC 62.1 carries a partial schedule of Cozi TV programming, 62.2 carries the network's full schedule.
Springfield WSHM-LD 3.6 CBS Meredith Corporation [21]

Michigan

Detroit WMYD 20.2 MyNetworkTV E. W. Scripps Company Subchannel formerly affiliated with WCSN and later TheCoolTV; was a 16:9 SD simulcast of 20.1 before affiliating with the network. Dropped March-2016 & replaced with Antenna TV; Picked up by WADL on 38.4
Flint WNEM-TV 5.3 CBS Meredith Corporation [21]
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek WXSP-CD 15.2 MyNetworkTV Media General [22]
Traverse City/Cadillac/Sault Ste. Marie WLLZ-LP 12 (analog) MyNetworkTV P&P Cable Holdings Cozi TV is aired whenever MNTV programming is not being aired.

Mississippi

Cleveland WHCQ-LD 8.4 MyNetworkTV Ellington Broadcasting
Jackson WDBD 40.2 Fox American Spirit Media
(operated by Raycom Media under shared services agreement)

Missouri

Kansas City KSHB-TV 41.2 NBC E. W. Scripps Company
Springfield KYTV 3.3 NBC Schurz Communications

Nevada

Las Vegas KBLR 39.4 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations

New Mexico

Albuquerque KASA-TV 2.2 Fox Media General [22]

New York

Buffalo WBXZ-LP 56.1 Independent Steven Ritchie
New York City WNBC 4.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.

North Carolina

Wilmington WWAY 3.3 ABC Morris Multimedia

North Dakota

Fargo/Grand Forks/Valley City KRDK-TV 4.1 (38) Independent Major Market Broadcasting Relaunch

Ohio

Cincinnati WBQC-LD 25.1 Independent Block Broadcasting
(operated by Elliott B. Block under shared services agreement)
Cleveland WEWS-TV 5.2 ABC E. W. Scripps Company
Columbus WCSN-LD 32.2 MundoMax Columbus Television, LLC
Toledo WMNT-CD (tower is silent) 48.4 (to replace color bars) MyNetworkTV Community Broadcast Group, Inc.
(pending a sale to Novia Communications, LLC)

Oklahoma

Tulsa KWHB-TV 47.3 World Harvest Television LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation

Oregon

Portland KPTV 12.2 Fox Meredith Corporation [21]

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia WCAU 10.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Pittsburgh WEPA-CD 59.1 Independent OTA Broadcasting, LLC
Red Lion WGCB-TV 49.1 & 49.2 NRJ TV, LLC 49.1 carries a partial schedule of Cozi TV programming, 49.2 carries the network's full schedule.

Puerto Rico

Aguadilla WSJP-LD 18.1 The CW LKK Group Partial schedule

South Carolina

Greenville WHNS 21.2 Fox Meredith Corporation [21]

Tennessee

Kingsport/Johnson City/Bristol WKPT-TV/WOPI-CD 19.3/9 ABC Glenwood Communications Corporation
(operated by Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation under shared services agreement)
Also serves Bristol, Virginia area.
Nashville WSMV-TV 4.3 NBC Meredith Corporation [21]

Texas

Abilene KXVA 15.3 Fox Tegna
(operated by LSB Broadcasting, Inc. under shared services agreement)
[25][26][27]
Beaumont KBMT 12.3 ABC
Austin KXAN-TV 36.2 NBC Media General [22]
Bryan/College Station KAGS-LD 23.2 Tegna
(operated by Pacific and Southern, LLC. under shared services agreement)
Corpus Christi KIII 3.4 ABC
Dallas/Fort Worth KXAS-TV 5.2 NBC NBC Owned Television Stations Formerly used Nonstop branding.
Houston KTMD 47.3 Telemundo
Longview/Tyler KCEB 54.3 SonLife London Broadcasting Company
(operated by KCEB License Company, LLC under shared services agreement)
San Angelo KIDY 6.3 Fox Tegna
San Antonio KVDA 60.3 Telemundo NBC Owned Television Stations
Waco KCEN-TV 6.2 NBC Tegna
Harlingen, Texas KMBH-TV 38.1 Cozi TV MBTV TEXAS VALLEY, LLC Primarily-affiliated with PBS until 2016, which since relocated to 38.2

U.S. Virgin Islands

St. Croix WCVI 23.3 World Harvest Television LeSEA Broadcasting

Utah

Salt Lake City KSL-TV 5.2 NBC Bonneville International
(Bonneville International Corporation)

Virginia

Danville/Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia WFFP-TV 24.1 Liberty University

Washington

Seattle KFFV 44.5 EVINE Live OTA Broadcasting, LLC

Wisconsin

Milwaukee WTMJ-TV 4.3 NBC E. W. Scripps Company Replaced Live Well Network on January 16, 2015, to coincide with ABC moving LWN's shutdown date away from January 16, 2015.

See also

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References

Notes

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