| Cozi TV | |
| Type: | Free-to-air television network (classic TV) |
| Country: | United States |
| Area: | U.S. coverage: 62%[1] |
| Headquarters: | New York City, New York |
| Language: | English |
| Picture Format: | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV; widescreen) |
| Former Names: | NBC Nonstop (2009–2012) |
| Parent: | (NBCUniversal Television and Streaming) |
| Terr Chan 1: | List of affiliates |
| Online Serv 1: | Service(s) |
| Online Chan 1: | Hulu + Live TV, LocalBTV, YouTube TV |
Cozi TV (stylized on-air as COZI TV[2]) is an American free-to-air television network owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal. The network airs classic television series from the 1960s to the 2000s.[3] [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 stations television stations of the NBC television network in the United States under the brand NBC Nonstop.[3] The sitcoms and drama series now appearing on Cozi are primarily from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution program library. Cozi is no longer available via Dish Network, though it may be accessible through AT&T U-verse, DirecTV and streaming services YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and LocalBTV.
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 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 5, 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, California-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, Texas 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]
In October 2011, NBC Station hired Meredith McGinn as a vice president to lead 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.[3] [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 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]
UPCOMING PROGRAMMING
NBCUniversal broadcasts Cozi TV in most markets served by a station owned by the NBC 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 does not own a television station.
The network's initial affiliates outside of the core NBC O&O group included KAIL-TV in Fresno, California, KVOA in Tucson, Arizona, KSNV-DT in Las Vegas and eight Texas stations owned by London Broadcasting Company, including KCEN-TV in Waco, Texas and its semi-repeater KAGS-LD in College Station, Texas, 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, and 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'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). On March 23, 2015, Meredith Corporation had reached an agreement to add Cozi TV to their multicast channels in eight stations.[17] The network 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] Those deals expired on June 26, 2017; with WEPA-CD going off the air shortly afterwards, because that station sold 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.
As of October 2020, Cozi TV is available nationwide on Dish Network channel 253. DirecTV also carries Cozi TV on channel 80.
| City | Station[21] | Virtual channel | Primary affiliation | Owner | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | ||||||
| WTZT-CD | 11.1 | 1 | Jamie Cooper Television | |||
| 23.1 | 1 | |||||
| 10.2 | ||||||
| 48.1 | 1 | Woods Communication Corporation | ||||
| 7.1 | 1 | |||||
Alaska | ||||||
| 4.3 | Fox | |||||
Arizona | ||||||
| To move to KPHO-TV 5.2 Spring 2015[22] | ||||||
| 5.2 | Gray Television | [23] | ||||
| KTAZ | 39.3 | |||||
| 4.2 | ||||||
Arkansas | ||||||
| 44.2 | Pinnacle Media, LLC | |||||
California | ||||||
| 28.2 | Fox | |||||
| 43.8 | Estrella TV | Cocola Broadcasting | ||||
| KNSO | 51.3 | Telemundo | NBC Owned Television Stations | Previously affiliated from 2013 to 2018 when it was dropped for Ion Television until 2021, when the affiliation returned. | ||
| KNBC | 4.2 | NBC | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | |||
| 43.3 | HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation) | |||||
| K15CU-D | 15.1 | 1 | NBC Owned Television Stations | Former translator of KSTS. | ||
| KNSD | 39.2 | NBC | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | |||
| KNTV | 11.2 | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||||
| 41.3 | Estrella TV | DTV America Corporation | ||||
Colorado | ||||||
| KDEN-TV | 25.3 | Telemundo | NBC Owned Television Stations | |||
| 9.2 | Replaced WeatherNation TV on 12/29/18 | |||||
| 20.1 | 1 | Chang Media Group | ||||
Connecticut | ||||||
| WVIT | 30.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | Originally planned to launch a Nonstop network. | ||
Delaware | ||||||
| 31.2 | NBC | MyNetworkTV programming preempts the Cozi TV schedule from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each weeknight. | ||||
District of Columbia | ||||||
| WRC-TV | 4.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||
Florida | ||||||
| 22.1 | 1 | WGPS of Southwest Florida, LLC | Replaced Estrella TV on November 29, 2016. | |||
| 47.2 | CBS | |||||
| WTVJ | 6.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||
| 6.3 | CBS | Originally on 6.2; replaced Decades on 6.3 in September 2019.[24] | ||||
| 24.4 | DTV America Corporation | |||||
| 38.2 | [25] | |||||
Georgia | ||||||
| 46.2 | CBS | Gray Television | ||||
Idaho | ||||||
| 39.2 | Telemundo | Cocola Broadcasting | ||||
| 31.4 | Ventura Broadcasting | |||||
Illinois | ||||||
| WMAQ-TV | 5.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||
| 17.2 | ||||||
Indiana | ||||||
| 25.3 | Nexstar Media Group | February 3, 2018 | ||||
| 45.1 | Tran Star | |||||
| 29.3 | CBS | Nexstar Media Group | ATSC 3.0 station Satellite of WTTV Broadcasts in ATSC 1.0 via WRTV | |||
Iowa | ||||||
| 5.4 | ABC | Tegna Inc. | ||||
| KFKZ-LD | 35.1 | 1 | ||||
| 6.3 | NBC | |||||
| 45.6 | DTV America Corporation | |||||
Kansas | ||||||
| 23.1 | 1 | High Plains Broadcasting, LLC. | ||||
| 26.1 | Great Plains Television Network, LLC. | |||||
Kentucky | ||||||
| 39.7 | DTV America Corporation | |||||
| Beattyville (Lexington) | WLJC-TV | 65.1 | 1 | Hour of Harvest, Inc. | ||
| 58.2 | Block Communications | |||||
| 6.2 | NBC | |||||
Louisiana | ||||||
| 41.4 | H&I | Wilderness Communications | June 14, 2021 | |||
| 44.3 | Fox | Nexstar Media Group | January 25, 2018 | |||
| 50.5 | MeTV | Wilderness Communications | June 14, 2021 | |||
| 42.3 | Univision | Mayavision, Inc | May 1, 2021 | |||
| 6.3 | NBC | Nexstar Media Group | February 5, 2018 | |||
Maryland | ||||||
| 69.3 | 1 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Massachusetts | ||||||
| WBTS-CD | 15.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | [26] | ||
| 33.2 | CBS | Gray Television | ||||
Michigan | ||||||
| 4.4 | Graham Media Group | Began January 3, 2020. | ||||
| 5.3 | CBS | Gray Television | ||||
| 15.2 | MyNetworkTV | Nexstar Media Group | ||||
| 12.1 | MyNetworkTV/CW Sports | Bridge Media Networks | Cozi TV is aired whenever MNTV and CW Sports programming is not being aired. | |||
| 26.5 | Bridge Media Networks | Cozi TV is aired whenever MNTV and CW Sports programming is not being aired. | ||||
Minnesota | ||||||
| 33.4 | HC2 Holdings | |||||
Mississippi | ||||||
| WHCQ-LD | 8.4 | MyNetworkTV | Ellington Broadcasting | |||
Missouri | ||||||
| 4.2 | CBS | Gray Television | Replaced MeTV on February 1, 2018. On that date MeTV moved to KNLC channel 24. | |||
| 62.4 | MyNetworkTV | |||||
| 33.2 | NBC | |||||
| 32.1 | 1 | Viper Communications | ||||
Montana | ||||||
| 12.3 | NBC | |||||
Nebraska | ||||||
| 6.2 | NBC | Gray Television | ||||
Nevada | ||||||
| KBLR | 39.4 | Telemundo | NBC Owned Television Stations | |||
New Hampshire | ||||||
| WNEU | 60.4 | Telemundo | NBC Owned Television Stations | Both stations part of WYCN-LD's "NBC Boston" network.[27] [28] | ||
| WBTS-CD | 15.2 | NBC | ||||
New York | ||||||
| 10.2 | ||||||
| 56.1 | 1 | Steven Ritchie | ||||
| WGCE-CD | 6.4 | Court TV | HC2 Holdings | |||
| 14.2 | Buzzr | Cable Ad Net New York | ||||
| WNBC | 4.2 (RF28) 4.4 (RF36) | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||
| 68.2 | Fox | |||||
| 40.4 | Antenna TV | Northeast Gospel Broadcasting, Inc. | ||||
North Carolina | ||||||
| 18.8 | The CW | Began January 2020 | ||||
| 5.2 | NBC | |||||
| 21.4 | Tutt Media Group | |||||
| 29.1 | 1 | Tutt Media Group | ||||
North Dakota | ||||||
| 4.1 (24) | 1 | Major Market Broadcasting | Relaunch | |||
Ohio | ||||||
| 25.2 | Telemundo | Gray Television | ||||
| 3.3 | NBC | Launched 9/30/2017[29] Previously carried on WEWS 5.2 (April 8, 2015 - April 15, 2017). | ||||
| 32.2 | Biz TV | Columbus Television, LLC | ||||
| Portsmouth (Huntington, West Virginia) | 50.1 | 1 | Eagle Broadcasting Group | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||
| 48.4 | MyNetworkTV | Community Broadcast Group, Inc. | ||||
| 18.2 | NBC | Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||||
| 43.4 | The CW | Nexstar Media Group | ||||
| 41.2 | MyNetworkTV | Replaced GetTV on October 1, 2020. | ||||
Oregon | ||||||
| 2.2 | NBC | California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. | Satellite of KOBI, Medford | |||
| 5.2 | ||||||
| 12.2 | Fox | Gray Television | ||||
Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 23.3 | ABC | Cunningham Broadcasting | June 15, 2021 | |||
| 24.4 | ABC | Nextstar Media Group | January 12, 2018 | |||
| WCAU-TV | 10.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | |||
| 4.2 | ABC | Replaced This TV on January 1, 2018 | ||||
| 22.4 | CBS | Nexstar Media Group | January 12, 2018 | |||
Puerto Rico | ||||||
| 18.1 | 1 | |||||
South Carolina | ||||||
| 20.2 | HC2 Holdings | |||||
| 43.7 | Fox | Bahakel Communications | Began January 2020 | |||
| 21.2 | Gray Television | |||||
| 63.3 | MyNetworkTV | WBHQ Columbia, LLC | ||||
South Dakota | ||||||
| 46.4 | NBC | Gray Television | ||||
Tennessee | ||||||
| 39.6 | HC2 Holdings | |||||
| 27.7 | MyNetworkTV Antenna TV | DTV America Corporation | ||||
| 19.1 | 1 | Glenwood Communications Corporation | ||||
| 6.4 | ABC | Nexstar Media Group | ||||
| 24.3 | Tegna Inc. | January 23, 2018 | ||||
| 4.3 | NBC | Gray Television | ||||
Texas | ||||||
| 15.3 | Fox | Tegna Inc. | ||||
| Amarillo | KFDA-TV | 10.5 | CBS | Gray Television | June 6, 2022 | |
| Austin | KXAN-TV | 36.2 | NBC | Nexstar Media Group | ||
| 12.3 | ABC | Tegna Inc. | ||||
| 23.2 | NBC | |||||
| 3.4 | ABC | |||||
| KXAS-TV | 5.2 | NBC | NBC Owned Television Stations | Formerly used Nonstop branding. | ||
| KTMD | 47.4 | Telemundo | Originally on 47.3 from 2013 to 2018 | |||
| KTLM | 40.3 | Previously carried on KMBH until 2017 | ||||
| 33.5 | Buzzr | DTV America Corporation | ||||
| 14.4 | MyNetworkTV | Gray Television | ||||
| 6.3 | Fox | Tegna Inc. | ||||
| KVDA | 60.3 | Telemundo | NBC Owned Television Stations | |||
| 6.2 | NBC | Tegna Inc. | ||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | ||||||
| 23.3 | World Harvest Television | |||||
Utah | ||||||
| 5.2 | NBC | |||||
Virginia | ||||||
| 24.2 | MyNetworkTV | Gray Television | Previously carried on WFFP-TV 24.1 in Danville until September 1, 2018 | |||
| 30.2 | Azteca America | HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation) | ||||
| 8.3 | ABC | Nexstar Media Group | ||||
| 43.2 | Fox | Nexstar Media Group | January 25, 2018 | |||
Washington | ||||||
| 7.2 | CBS | Cox Media Group | ||||
| 2.9 | Tegna Inc. | |||||
| KYPK-LD | 32.5 | Azteca América | ||||
West Virginia | ||||||
| 16.1 | 1 | TTV, LLC | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||||
| 13.2 | Gray Television | |||||
| 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. | |||
| WIFS-TV | 57.9 | 1 | Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC | |||
| 12.2 | Rockfleet Broadcasting | Began September 2020 | ||||
Wyoming | ||||||
| 2.2 | ABC | Vision Alaska, LLC | ||||
| Market | Station | Channel | Current owner | Years of affiliation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dothan | 18.4 | 2013-2021 | Replaced by Antenna TV | ||
| Harrison | 26.7 | Reynolds Media, Inc. | |||
| Fresno | 51.3 | 2013-2018 | Later replaced by Ion Television | ||
| 7.2/7.4 | 2018-2020 | Replaced by Light TV and Ion Television, respectively. | |||
| Paradise | 20.2 | 2013-2018 | Replaced by Comet | ||
| Fort Walton Beach | 53.1 | B&C Communications, LLC | 2013 | Replaced by Soul of the South. Then, Vibrant TV Network, Antenna TV and later, Infomercials | |
| Columbus | 66.1 | CNZ Communications, LLC | 2017-2020 | Replaced by NBC LX Home and later Merit Street Media | |
| Dublin/Macon | W21DA-D | 21.2 | HC2 Holdings | Licensed cancelled October 29, 2020 | |
| Twin Falls | 35.1 | 2014-2017 | Replaced by TCT | ||
| Rockford | 23.3 | Gray Television | 2017-2021 | Replaced by Circle | |
| Indianapolis | 13.2 | 2013-2019 | Replaced by Dabl | ||
| 46.1 | 2013-2017 | Replaced by MeTV | |||
| Terre Haute | 2.4 | 2018-2021 | Replaced by Antenna TV | ||
| Monroe | 14.4 | 2013-2021 | |||
| Boston | 60.4 | Telemundo Station Group | 2017-2019 | Replaced by TeleXitos | |
| 62.1 | 2013-2016 | Replaced by RNN | |||
| Detroit | 20.2 | 2013-2015 | Replaced by Antenna TV | ||
| 38.4 | Adell Broadcasting Corporation | 2016-2020 | Replaced by QVC | ||
| Joplin | 16.4 | 2018-2021 | Replaced by Antenna TV | ||
| Kansas City | 41.2 | 2013-2020 | Replaced by Grit | ||
| Las Vegas | 21.2 | 2013-2015 | Replaced by Decades | ||
| Albuquerque | 50.4 | Nexstar Media Group | 2017-2021 | Replaced by Court TV | |
| Santa Fe | 15.2 | 2015-2017 | |||
| Cincinnati | 20.1 | Block Broadcasting | 2013-2018 | ||
| Cleveland | 5.2 | E.W. Scripps Company | 2015-2017 | Replaced by Grit | |
| Tulsa | 47.2 | 2014-2017 | Replaced by Light TV | ||
| Pittsburgh | WEPA-CD | 59.1 | OTA Broadcasting | 2013-2014 | |
| Nashville | 6.3 | Richard C. & Lisa A. Goetz | 2012-2015 | Replaced by Antenna TV | |
| Amarillo | 4.4 | 2013-2021 | |||
| 15.4 | 2013-2018 | Replaced by True Crime Network | |||
| Baytown/Houston | 57.4/57.5 | 2018-2021 | Replaced by Charge! and RTVH, respectively. | ||
| Harlingen | 60.1 | 2016-2017 | Replaced by Independent and later Fox/MyNetworkTV | ||
| Longview | 54.1 | 2013-2015 | Replaced by SonLife, Informericals and later Azteca America | ||
| Wichita Falls | 3.4 | 2018-2021 | Replaced by Antenna TV | ||
| Seattle | 44.5 | 2015-2018 | |||
| KYMU-LD | 6.1 | Seattle 6 Broadcasting LLC | 2020 | Replaced by Estrella TV | |
| Danville | 24.1 | 2015-2018 | Replaced by MyNetworkTV | ||
| Milwaukee | 4.3 | E.W. Scripps Company | 2015-2017 | ||
| 38.3 | 2017 | Replaced by Jewelry Television |