FuboTV Drops 150+ Local CBS Channels

TV broadcast rights can be very confusing to your average TV viewer. For local affiliates carrying national programming like CBS, it is even more confusing as most of these local affiliates are owned by companies other than CBS. CBS owner Paramount Global made a deal with streaming service FuboTV to stream CBS national and CBS local content. Local CBS affiliates have the option to opt-in or both of that deal. If a local CBS affiliate decided not to take the agreement, then fuboTV would provide customers in that area with the national CBS feed instead of the local feed. This would mean the customer can still watch CBS prime time shows and all national sports. However, they would lose local programming like their local news and, in many cases, shows like Wheel of Fortune that strikes deals with local affiliates for their timeslots.

This deal goes into effect Monday, January 30th, at 5:00 PM ET. If your local CBS affiliates opted out of the deal, you will no longer have access to your local CBS programming. Instead, you will get the national feed, which provides all the CBS TV Shows that run in primetime and any live sports airing nationally on CBS. There are local CBS stations that Paramount Global owns and a few locally owned affiliates that opted into the deal. Those channels will still provide local programming as they automatically opt into the deal.

What To Do If You Lost Local CBS on FuboTV

If you live in one of the areas that lost your local CBS affiliate (Full list below), you will still have live access to national sports, and prime-time CBS shows since fuboTV will supply you with a national CBS feed. However, if you must have your local CBS, you can try Paramount+’s “Premium Plan.” The monthly price is $11.99 per month after 7-day free trial, and you can cancel at any time. You can see our review of Paramount+ for more details. You can also check out any of the other streaming services that provide CBS, like DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu Live TV, or YouTube TV to see if they provide your local CBS affiliate.

What CBS Local Channels Left FuboTV

Local CBS affiliates owned by Nexstar, TEGNA, Sinclair, and Scripps all declined to opt into the new carriage deal. These networks will no longer have local CBS programming streamed on FuboTV. However, those channels will be replaced with a time zone-appropriate national CBS feed. East and Central Time zones will receive the CBS national East Coast feed, while Pacific and Mountain zones will receive the West coast feed. The CBS local affiliates leaving FuboTV today are:

• Abilene-Sweetwater, TX – KTAB
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY – WRGB
• Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM – KRQEDT
• Alexandria, LA – KALBDT
• Amarillo, TX – KFDA
• Anchorage, AK – KYES
• Atlanta, GA – WGCL
• Augusta, GA-Aiken, SC – WRDW
• Bakersfield, CA – KBAK
• Bangor, ME – WABI
• Baton Rouge, LA – WAFB
• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX – KFDM
• Bend, OR – KBNZ
• Billings, MT – KTVQ
• Biloxi-Gulfport, MS – WLOX
• Birmingham, AL (Anniston-Tuscaloosa) – WIAT
• Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV – WVNS
• Boise, ID – KBOI
• Buffalo, NY – WIVB
• Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY – WCAX
• Butte-Bozeman, MT – KXLF
• Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA – KGAN
• Champaign-Springfield-Decatur – WCIA
• Charleston -Huntington, WV – WOWK
• Charleston, SC – WCSC
• Charlotte, NC – WBTV
• Cheyenne-Scottsbluff, NE – KGWN
• Cincinnati, OH – WKRC
• Clarksburg-Weston, WV – WDTV
• Cleveland-Akron, OH (Canton) – WOIO
• Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO – KKTV
• Columbia-Jefferson City, MO – KRCG
• Columbia, SC – WLTX
• Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) – WRBL
• Columbus, OH – WBNS
• Corpus Christi, TX – KZTV
• Davenport, IA – Rock Island-Moline, IL – WHBF
• Dayton, OH – WHIO
• Des Moines-Ames, IA – KCCI
• Dothan, AL – WTVY
• Duluth-Superior, MN – KBJR
• El Paso, TX (Las Cruces) – KDBC
• Eugene, OR – KVAL
• Fairbanks, AK – KXDF
• Fargo-Valley City, ND – KXJB
• Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI – WNEM
• Fresno-Visalia, CA – KGPE
• Ft. Smith-Fay-Springdale-Rogers, AR – KFSM
• Ft. Wayne, IN – WANE
• Grand Junction-Montrose, CO – KREX
• Great Falls, MT – KRTV
• Green Bay-Appleton, WI – WFRV
• Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC – WFMY
• Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC – WNCT
• Greenville-Spartanburg, SC – Asheville-Anderson, NC – WSPA
• Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville, TX – KGBT
• Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA – WHP
• Harrisonburg, VA – WSVFDT
• Hartford-New Haven, CT – WFSB
• Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS – WHLT
• Honolulu, HI – KGMB
• Houston, TX – KHOU
• Huntsville-Decatur (Flor) – WHNT
• Idaho Falls-Pocatello, ID – KIFIDT
• Indianapolis, IN – WTTV
• Jackson, MS – WJTV
• Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA – WTAJ
• Joplin, MO – Pittsburg, KS – KOAM
• Kansas City, MO – KCTV
• Knoxville, TN – WVLT
• La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI – WKBT
• Lafayette, LA – KLFY
• Lansing, MI – WLNS
• Laredo, TX – KYLX
• Las Vegas, NV – KLAS
• Lexington, KY – WKYT WYMT
• Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE – KOLN
• Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR – KTHV
• Louisville, KY – WLKY
• Lubbock, TX – KLBK
• Macon, GA – WMAZ
• Madison, WI – WISC
• Mankato, MN – KEYCDT
• Medford-Klamath Falls, OR – KTVL
• Milwaukee, WI – WDJT
• Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson, ND (Williston) – KXMC
• Missoula, MT – KPAX
• Mobile, AL-Penscaola, FL (Ft. Walt) – WKRG
• Monroe-El Dorado, AR – KNOE
• Monterey-Salinas, CA – KION
• Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC – WBTW
• Nashville, TN – WTVF
• New Orleans, LA – WWL
• Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA – WTKR
• North Platte, NE – KNPL
• Odessa-Midland, TX – KOSA
• Oklahoma City, OK – KWTV
• Omaha, NE – KMTV
• Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL – WKMG
• Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA – KTVO
• Paducah, KY – Cape Girardeau, MO – Harrisburg, IL – KFVS
• Palm Springs, CA – KPSP
• Panama City, FL – WECP
• Parkersburg, WV – WIYE
• Peoria-Bloomington, IL – WMBD
• Phoenix, AZ (Prescott) – KPHO
• Portland-Auburn, ME – WGME
• Portland, OR – KOIN
• Presque Isle, ME – WAGM
• Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA – WPRI
• Quincy, IL – Hannibal, MO – Keokuk, IA – KHQA
• Raleigh-Durham, NC (Fayetteville) – WNCN
• Rapid City, SD – KCLO
• Reno, NV – KTVN
• Richmond-Petersburg, VA – WTVR
• Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA – WDBJ
• Rochester, NY – WROC
• Rockford, IL – WIFR
• Salt Lake City, UT – KUTV
• San Angelo, TX – KLST
• San Antonio, TX – KENS
• San Diego, CA – KFMB
• Santa Barbara-San Marcos-San Luis Obispo, CA – KCOY
• Savannah, GA – WTOC
• Seattle-Tacoma, WA – KIRO
• Sherman, TX – Ada, OK – KXII
• Shreveport, LA – KSLA
• Sioux City, IA – KMEG
• Sioux Falls, SD (Mitchell) – KELO
• South Bend-Elkhart, IN – WSBT
• Spokane, WA – KREM
• Springfield-Holyoke, MA – WSHM
• St. Joseph, MO – KCJO
• St. Louis, MO – KMOV
• Tallahassee, FL – Thomasville, GA – WCTV
• Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL (Sarasota) – WTSP
• Toledo, OH – WTOL
• Topeka, KS – WIBW
• Traverse City-Cadillac, MI – WWTV
• Tri-Cities, TN-VA – WJHL
• Tucson, AZ (Sierra Vista) – KOLD
• Tulsa, OK – KOTV
• Twin Falls, ID – KMVT
• Tyler-Longview, TX – KYTX
• Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX – KWTX KBTX
• Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown, MD) – WUSA
• Watertown, NY – WWNY
• Wausau-Rhinelander, WI – WSAW
• West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL – WPEC
• Wheeling-Steubenville, WV – WTRF
• Wichita-Hutchinson, KS – KWCH
• Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA – KIMA
• Youngstown, OH – WKBN

Local CBS Channels Remaining on FuboTV

We reached out to fuboTV for a comprehensive list of local CBS affiliate channels that will be staying on FuboTV and received the following statement, “FuboTV’s affiliation agreement with Paramount Global includes our right to carry CBS owned and operated local stations and affiliated stations upon their election to opt into it. Unfortunately, some CBS affiliates have decided not to opt into our current agreement. In those affected affiliate markets, Fubo will switch customers to a national feed of CBS’s signal, allowing our customers to continue watching their favorite CBS programming.”

CBS local stations that opted into the deal, along with affiliated owned and operated by Paramount Global, will keep their local feeds on fuboTV. Those Local Affiliates are:

• Albany, GA – WSWG
• Austin, TX – KEYE
• Baltimore, MD – WJZ
• Binghamton, NY – WBNG
• Boston, MA (Manchester) – WBZ
• Bowling Green, KY – WNKY
• Charlottesville, VA – WCAV
• Chattanooga, TN – WDEF
• Chicago, IL – WBBM
• Chico-Redding, CA – KHSL
• Columbus-Tupelo-West Point, MS – WCBI
• Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX – KTVT
• Denver, CO – KCNC
• Detroit, MI – WWJ
• Elmira, NY (Corning) – WENY
• Erie, PA – WSEE
• Eureka, CA – KVIQ-LD
• Evansville, IN – WEVV
• Ft. Myers-Naples, FL – WINK
• Gainesville, FL – WGFL
• Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI – WWMT
• Greenwood-Greenville, MS – WXVT
• Jackson, TN – WBBJ
• Jacksonville, FL – WJAX
• Jonesboro, AR – KJNB
• Lafayette, IN – WLFI
• Lake Charles, LA – KSWL
• Lima, OH – WOHLDT
• Los Angeles, CA – KCBS
• Marquette, MI – WZMQ
• Memphis, TN – WREG
• Meridian, MS – WMDN
• Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL – WFOR
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN – WCCO
• Montgomery-Selma, AL – WAKA
• New York, NY – WCBS
• Philadelphia, PA – KYW
• Pittsburgh, PA – KDKA
• Rochester-Mason City-Austin, MN – KIMT
• Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA – KOVR
• Salisbury, MD – WBOC
• San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA – KPIX
• Springfield, MO – KOLR
• Syracuse, NY – WTVH
• Terre Haute, IN – WTHI
• Utica, NY – WKTVDT
• Wichita Falls, TX – Lawton, OK – KAUZ
• Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazelton, PA – WYOU
• Wilmington, NC – WWAY
• Yuma, AZ – El Centro, CA – KYMA