Grit (TV network) explained

Grit
Type:Digital broadcast television network
Country:United States
Picture Format:1080i widescreen or 480i letterbox
Area:Nationwide coverage: 94%[1]
Founder:Jonathan Katz
Headquarters:Atlanta, Georgia
Owner:E. W. Scripps Company
Parent:Scripps Networks, LLC
Key People:Jonathan Katz (president
CEO, Katz Broadcasting)
Bill Cox (SVP of programming, Grit)[2]
Terr Chan 1:List of Grit affiliates

Grit is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.[3] The network features classic westerns, both TV series and films.[4]

The network is available in many media markets via the digital subchannels of free-to-air television stations and on the digital tiers of select cable providers through a local affiliate of the network.

Originally, Katz sold the network to affiliated TV stations via ad split, but by October 2015 had moved to paying carriage fees in exchange for distributing the network's ad inventory.[5] 1 Grit used direct response advertising as a meter of viewers before switching to Nielsen rating C-3.[5] 3 It is available on Dish Network, DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, U-verse TV, and Frndly TV.

History

Grit was announced by Katz Broadcasting along with a sister network Escape on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer with initial affiliates announced at this time being Univision Communications owned stations.[3] On August 11, 2014, Katz announced that the two networks would launch simultaneously on August 18, 2014. Grit launched at Noon Eastern Time on that date,[6] with the 1952 film High Noon as the network's inaugural broadcast, leading off a week-long festival of John Wayne films.[7]

Katz estimated, based on direct response advertising business by September 2015, the network had over 250,000 prime time viewer and available in 91 million homes and 81% of the country. At that time, Grit along with its sister network, Escape, were signing up for national ratings from Nielsen. Previously handling the network's direct response advertising, Marathon Ventures would continue after the change over with advertising and sponsorship sales.[8]

Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media on January 7, 2021, a previous agreement for the network to air on the subchannels of Univision Communications-owned-and-operated stations, was nullified. The network then moved to the stations of Ion Media and Inyo Broadcast Holdings (which acquired stations Scripps could not) as a subchannel, doing so by March 1, 2021 replacing the Ion Plus, Shop Ion and Qubo channels.[9]

Programming

Grit's program schedule features westerns such as Death Valley Days, Laramie, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Lone Ranger and Tales of Wells Fargo, along with various western films.[10]

Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of Escape and Grit after Bounce TV, a network Katz co-founded with Martin Luther King III and Andrew Young in 2011 that is targeted at African-American audiences. Katz stated Grit and Escape are "the country’s first ever male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz referred to as "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios."[11]

Movies

Grit's program schedule features an extensive library of films through multi-year program licensing agreements with several major film studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,[12] Universal Pictures,[13] Paramount Pictures,[14] Sony Pictures Entertainment,[15] Shout! Factory, and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including 20th Century Fox titles).

Grit Xtra

Grit also operates Grit Xtra, an Internet FAST streaming service that carries older Western movies and TV series.[16]

Affiliates

As of June 2016, Grit has current or pending affiliation agreements with television stations covering approximately 78% of the United States.[17]

When the network was first announced, Grit entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which launched the network in 24 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through local marketing agreements with Entravision Communications – giving Grit affiliates in 12 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies,[3] on June 17, 2014, Katz signed group deals to carry Grit on stations owned and/or operated by Raycom Media in 26 markets (Raycom was merged into Gray Television at the start of 2019).[18]

On July 17, 2014, Katz announced affiliation deals with the Cox Media Group to carry Grit on WFTV in Orlando and KMYT-TV in Tulsa, as well as Press Communications-owned KJWP in the Philadelphia market, and Citadel Communications-owned stations in Providence (WLNE-TV) and Lincoln (KLKN). It also expanded its affiliation deal with Univision Communications to add stations in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Phoenix to the network's originally announced Univision-owned charter affiliates.[19] [20]

On October 9, 2014, the Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would carry the network on stations it owns and/or operates in 47 markets.[21] The deal lasted for three years, and Sinclair dropped the network on their stations from February 2017 until the start of 2018 in preference for their co-owned network with MGM (and Grit's most direct competitor), Charge!.

On November 16, 2015, Katz announced an affiliation deal with Media General adding the network to five more markets.[22]

On June 15, 2016, Katz announced more affiliation deals with Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Cordillera Communications's KATC-TV.[23]

Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media in January 2021, Scripps moved many of its subchannels, including Grit, to Ion-owned stations.[9]

List of affiliates

Starting December 8, 2018

City of license/marketStation[24] Virtual
channel
OwnerLaunch dateNotes †

Alabama

42.2 May 5, 2023
Hoover (Birmingham)44.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings
(Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
March 1, 2021
48.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
12.3
55.4 October 2017
Ozark (Dothan) 34.3 August 18, 2014

Alaska

AnchorageKDMD33.4Ketchikan Television
FairbanksKATN2.6Vision Alaska LLC

Arizona

KASW 61.3 August 2016
33.3 August 18, 2014
KWBA-TV 58.2 E.W. Scripps Company

Arkansas

51.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2016
35.3 HC2 Holdings
4.3 Nexstar Media Group

California

Hanford (Fresno) 21.4 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
39.3 Caballero Television January 22, 2018
Ontario (Los Angeles) 46.4 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
10.3 April 11, 2022
40.3 Nexstar Media Group November 1, 2022
KGTV10.3 E.W. Scripps CompanyMarch 1, 2022
Santa Maria (Santa Barbara) 12.3 March 30, 2018
Stockton (Sacramento) 64.4 TelevisaUnivision
Vallejo (SF–OAK–SJ) 66.4 August 18, 2014

Colorado

Denver59.6 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Sterling (Denver) KCDO-TV 3.2 E.W. Scripps Company

Connecticut

New London
(Hartford-New Haven)
26.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

District of Columbia

14.3 TelevisaUnivision

Florida

Bradenton (Tampa Bay Area) WXPX-TV 66.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
WFTX 36.4 E.W. Scripps Company
20.6 Gray Television December 1, 2022
Hollywood (Miami) 69.4 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
35.1 DTV America Corporation October 2, 2017
Lake Worth (West Palm Beach)67.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Melbourne (Orlando) WOPX-TV 56.4 Ion Media Networks
WPXM-TV 35.3
26.1 Entravision Communications January 1, 2022
28.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014
WFTS-TV 28.3 E. W. Scripps Company April 15, 2015
WFLX 29.3 Gray Television
August 18, 2014

Georgia

46.3 Gray Television
54.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014
Brunswick (Jacksonville, FL)WPXC-TV 21.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
9.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
11.3 March 18, 2015

Hawaii

13.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Kaneohe (Honolulu)66.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Idaho

9.3 Gray Television March 2, 2017
15.3 Pocatello Channel 15, LLC October 2, 2017
Nampa (Boise)12.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Illinois

3.4 Nexstar Media Group August 23, 2016
9.3 October 3, 2022
East St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) WRBU 46.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Joliet (Chicago) 66.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
17.4 Nexstar Media Group September 1, 2016

Indiana

14.3 Gray Television October 28, 2014
33.3 May 1, 2019
WRTV 6.2 E. W. Scripps Company October 1, 2016
38.2 Nexstar Media Group August 23, 2016

Iowa

Cedar RapidsKPXR-TV48.2 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Des Moines5.3 TEGNA
15.3 American Spirit Media
August 18, 2014 Moved from 15.2, which joined NBC January 24, 2018

Kansas

Derby (Wichita)31.2 Entravision Communications July 2, 2018
KSHB-TV 41.2 E. W. Scripps Company
TopekaWIBW-TV13.6Gray TelevisionNovember 29, 2022

Kentucky

39.5 September 23, 2016
18.2 E.W. Scripps Company September 30, 2022
3.2 Gray Television August 18, 2014
Newport (Cincinnati, Ohio) 19.3 July 2015
Richmond (Lexington)67.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Louisiana

39.3 Gray Television August 1, 2015 Moved to 39.3 from 39.2 when MeTV was added in its old DT2 slot on June 29, 2021
KATC-TV 3.3 June 28, 2016 Scripps (O&O)
7.4 Gray Television December 31, 2015 Moved to KPLC-TV DT4 when the CW was added in its old DT2 slot on August 31, 2017
14.3 Nexstar Media Group September 12, 2016
8.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
38.2 Nexstar Media Group June 5, 2023
12.2 Gray Television December 31, 2015 Moved to DT4 when Circle was launched January 1, 2020

Maine

7.3 Rockfleet Broadcasting
Lewiston (Portland) WIPL 35.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

Maryland

WMAR 2.2 E.W. Scripps Company January 22, 2022 Replaced Laff
32.7 October 2016

Massachusetts

Marlborough (Boston) 66.4 TelevisaUnivision
April 1, 2017
New Bedford (Providence, RI) 6.2 Standard Media August 18, 2014

Michigan

Ann Arbor (Detroit) WPXD-TV31.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
WZPX-TV43.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
WWTV-WFUP-WWUP9.5/45.5/10.5 Heritage Broadcasting Group/Cadillac Telecasting May 2022 Replaced Grit affiliate WMNN-LD
6.3 Gray Television Group January 2014
49.6 March 2021

Minnesota

K16CG-D 16.6 Cooperative Television
15.3 HC2 Holdings
K46FY-D 46.1 Redwood TV Improvement Corporation
St. Cloud (MinneapolisSt. Paul) KPXM-TV41.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
WDIO10.6 Hubbard Broadcasting March 27, 2023
KXLT-TV47.6 Gray Television

Mississippi

40.3 Gray Television October 2014
Biloxi-GulfportWXVO-LD7.2Weathervision, LLC
WXXV-TV25.5Morris MultimediaNovember 2021
7.6 Gray Television
24.4 Waypoint Media

Missouri

12.3 Gray Television October 6, 2014
22.3 April 6, 2018
12.2 Nexstar Media Group August 25, 2016
KSHB-TV 41.2 The E.W. Scripps Company February 1, 2020
10.3 Nexstar Media Group August 20, 2016
21.5 News-Press & Gazette Company April 6, 2018
2.3 Nexstar Media Group April 1, 2023

Montana

4.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2, 2016

Nebraska

8.2 Citadel Communications August 18, 2014
3.2 E.W. Scripps Company

New Jersey

Middletown Township (New York City) 33.2 Weigel Broadcasting March 20, 2016

New Mexico

19.2 Mission Broadcasting
January 11, 2016

New York

Amsterdam (Albany)WYPX-TV55.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Batavia (Buffalo)WPXJ-TV51.3
12.5 Gray Television 2019
WKBW-TV 7.4 E. W. Scripps Company June 2017
11.3 Mission Broadcasting
April 1, 2023
31.3 Ion Media
WSPX-TV 56.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
20.3 Mission Broadcasting
September 3, 2016

North Carolina

Burlington (Greensboro)WGPX-TV16.2 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
High Point (Greensboro)WGHP8.3 Nexstar Media Group April 1, 2023
46.4 March 2, 2023 Replaced Movies!
GreenvilleWEPX-TV 38.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
W35DW-D 45.1 DTV America Corporation Unknown Future
JacksonvilleWPXU-TV 35.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021 Operates as a satellite station of WEPX-TV
Goldsboro (Raleigh)WNCN17.3 Nexstar Media Group November 1, 2017
26.3 American Spirit Media
August 18, 2014

North Dakota

26.3 BEK Sports Network, Inc August 2018
24.3
4.6 (24) Major Market Broadcasting January 2015

Ohio

19.4 Gray Television July 2015
WEWS-TV 5.2 E. W. Scripps Company April 14, 2017 Replaced Cozi TV[25] [26]
4.2 Nexstar Media Group
11.3 Tegna November 18, 2014

Oklahoma

KOPX-TV62.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
52.4 Launched October 1, 2018[27] [28]
Okmulgee (Tulsa)KTPX-TV 44.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Tulsa KJRH-TV 2.5 E. W. Scripps Company March 27, 2023

Oregon

39.3 News-Press & Gazette Company October 3, 2022
32.3 Nexstar Media Group October 3, 2022

Pennsylvania

66.3 Nexstar Media Group August 28, 2016
27.3 June 2022
10.4 October 2017
17.3 May 1, 2023
19.3 July 1, 2017
Scranton (Wilkes-Barre)WQPX-TV 64.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

South Carolina

5.3 Gray Television December 31, 2015
WZRB 47.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
21.5 Gray Television 2015
32.5 August 18, 2014

Tennessee

12.4January 8, 2018
Franklin (Nashville)WNPX-TV 28.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
43.3 Lockwood Broadcast Group August 18, 2014
5.3 Gray Television December 31, 2015
WPXX-TV50.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

Texas

9.2 Nexstar Media Group August 25, 2016
Alvin (Houston) 67.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
14.2 Nexstar Media Group August 25, 2016 Replaced This TV
54.2 January 29, 2016[29]
Arlington (Dallas)KPXD-TV68.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
4.6 Nexstar Media Group January 28, 2020[30]
Conroe (Houston)KPXB-TV49.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
KDAF33.3 Nexstar Media Group April 1, 2023 Replaced Court TV
Del Rio (San Antonio) 28.1 Stryker Media LLC July 1, 2018
26.2 Entravision Communications June 2018
Jacksonville (TylerLongview) 56.2 Nexstar Media Group
31.4 Entravision Communications July 23, 2018
11.3 Gray Television August 18, 2014
2.4 Nexstar Media Group September 2016
8.3 August 25, 2016
41.3 TelevisaUnivision August 18, 2014
18.3 Nexstar Media Group September 1, 2016

Utah

Provo (Salt Lake City) 30.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2, 2016
KUPX-TV 16.2 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

Vermont

22.3 Nexstar Media Group August 23, 2016

Virginia

Arlington (Washington, D.C.) 14.3 TelevisaUnivision
August 18, 2014
Ashland (Richmond) 65.3 Gray Television

Washington

Bellevue (Seattle)KWPX-TV 33.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
Spokane34.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021
Vancouver (Portland, Oregon) 49.4 Gray Television February 2017

West Virginia

Charleston/HuntingtonWLPX-TV29.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
ClarksburgWFVX10.5 Gray Television 2022

Wisconsin

Antigo (Wausau)WTPX-TV46.2 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
WGBA-TV 26.3 E. W. Scripps Company December 1, 2021
Kenosha (Milwaukee)WPXE-TV55.4 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021
25.4 Nexstar Media Group August 30, 2016
57.8 Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC April 30, 2018
WTMJ-TV 4.4 E. W. Scripps Company March 2018 moved to WTMJ from WCGV-DT3 (24.3), which left the air January 8, 2018[31]

Former affiliates

MarketStationChannelCurrent ownerYears of affiliationNotes
Fort Smith
20.2 2015-2016 Replaced by Court TV
Inglewood (Los Angeles)
KILM 64.1 Ion Media Networks
(Subsidiary of E.W. Scripps Company)
2021 Replaced by Ion Plus
San Bernardino (Los Angeles)
KPXN-TV 30.3 Replaced by Ion Plus
San Diego
8.3 Tegna 2017-2022 Replaced by Laff
San Jose (SF Bay Area)
20.2 CNZ Communications, LLC 2022-2024
KKPX-TV 65.4 Ion Media 2021 Replaced by Ion Shop
New Haven
59.2 Nexstar Media Group 2015-2021 Replaced by Comet
Wilmington
2.2 Maranatha Broadcasting Company 2014-2023 Replaced by Court TV
WPPX-TV 61.3 Ion Media 2021 Replaced by Laff
Pensacola
44.2 2014-2021
Lewiston
3.3 2015-2018 Replaced by Stadium
Baltimore
24.2 Deerfield Media 2014-2017
39.1/39.4 HME Equity Fund II, LLC 2018-2022
Boston
50.4 2014-2017
41.3 Nexstar Media Group January 2016 - 2021 Replaced by Charge!
Bay City
46.3 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Midland
WFKB-LD 38.1 HC2 Holdings 2014-2020 Went off the air
Jefferson City
13.3 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Kansas City
KMCI 38.4 2015-2020 Replaced by Court TV
50.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings 2021 Replaced by Defy TV
Las Vegas
34.6 Nexstar Media Group 2014-2023 Replaced by Bounce TV
Reno
11.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2014-2018 Replaced by Antenna TV
Buffalo
29.3 2014-2017 Replaced by Charge!
WPXN-TV 31.2 Ion Media Networks 2021 Replaced by Bounce TV
Rochester
13.3 Deerfield Media 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge
Syracuse
5.2 Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Rocky Mount
WRPX-TV 47.4 Ion Media Network 2021 Replaced by Defy TV
Cleveland
43.3 2014-2018
Columbus
53.2 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Dayton
22.3/22.4 Replaced by TBD
Tulsa
41.3 August 18, 2014 - 2021 Replaced by Start TV
Portland
49.4 Gray Television 2015-2022 Replaced by Court TV
Lancaster
15.1 2016-2017 Replaced by Comet and TBD
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
28.3 Nexstar Media Group August 27, 2016 - September 1, 2021 As of September 1, 2021 "Grit" was dropped from WBRE-TV's DT3, and replaced by "Rewind TV."[32]
10.2 Gray Television 2015 - 2019 Replaced by The CW
Nashville
58.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
2.4 Nexstar Media Group 2017-2021 Replaced by Rewind TV
Beaumont
6.3 2014-2018Replaced by Charge! and Fox
Brownsville
23.4 2014-2020
Dallas–Fort WorthKSTR-DT49.3TelevisaUnivisionAugust 18, 2014 -April 1, 2023Replaced by Court TV
Norfolk
33.3/33.4 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2014-2017 Replaced by Comet and TBD
11.3 Paramount Global 2017-2022 Replaced by Fave TV
Yakima
29.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2015-2018 Replaced by Stadium
Tri-Cities
19.3 2015-2018
Charleston
8.3 2015-2017 Replaced by Charge!
13.4 Nexstar Media Group October 2017 - September 2021
Green Bay
WACY-TV 32.2 E. W. Scripps Company August 11, 2015 - December 1, 2021 Replaced by Laff (TV network)
Madison
47.3 Sinclair Broadcasting Group 2014-2017 Replaced by Charge!
Saginaw
WFKB-LD 38.1 HC2 Holdings 2019-2020 Station off the air

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RabbitEars.Info .
  2. News: Cox, Naar named Grit, Escape Programmers. TVNewsCheck. July 22, 2014. August 11, 2014.
  3. News: Lafayette. Jon. Exclusive: Bounce TV Exec Plans Two New Channels. January 28, 2015. Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. April 3, 2014.
  4. http://www.grittv.com/tv-schedule Schedule - Grit TV.com
  5. News: Jessell. Harry A.. OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets. October 15, 2015. TVNewsCheck. October 13, 2015.
  6. News: New Grit and Escape Networks Set For August 18 Launch. August 11, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  7. News: Grit, Escape Diginets To Launch Aug. 18. TVNewsCheck. August 11, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  8. News: Lafayette. Jon. Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings. October 30, 2015. Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. September 15, 2015.
  9. Web site: Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations. 14 January 2021.
  10. News: Lafayette. Jon. Grit Network Buys Rights to 'Walker'. February 3, 2016. Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. June 3, 2015.
  11. News: Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again. Elizabeth. Guider. TVNewsCheck. June 18, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  12. News: Grit, Escape Diginets In Warner Bros. Deal. Kevin. Downey. TVNewsCheck. June 10, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  13. News: Grit & Escape Add 157 NBCU Movies To Library. TVNewsCheck. June 24, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  14. News: Paramount Movies Added to Escape, Grit Networks. Broadcasting & Cable. July 22, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  15. News: Grit, Escape Add Sony Pictures Films. TVNewsCheck. September 3, 2014.
  16. Web site: Scripps Networks Get Carriage on Google, YouTube Platforms . Lafayette . Jon . January 25, 2023 . Broadcasting + Cable . February 27, 2023.
  17. News: Lafayette. Jon. Meredith To Carry Grit, Escape, LAFF Networks. March 24, 2015. Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. March 20, 2015.
  18. News: Raycom To Carry New Escape, Grit Diginets. TVNewsCheck. June 17, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  19. News: Escape, Grit Diginets Expand Market Reach. TVNewsCheck. July 17, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  20. News: Cox, Univision & Others to Launch New Networks Escape and Grit in Major Markets. TV by the Numbers. Amanda. Kondolojy. July 17, 2014. August 12, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812230624/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/17/cox-univision-others-to-launch-new-networks-escape-and-grit-in-major-markets/283866/. August 12, 2014.
  21. News: Lafayette. Jon. Sinclair to Carry New Grit Multicast Network. February 3, 2015. Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. October 9, 2014.
  22. Katz Broadcasting Announces Major Distribution Agreements with Media General and Tribune Media.
  23. Web site: Katz, Bounce Boost Diginet Distribution. 15 June 2016.
  24. Web site: Stations for Network - Grit. RabbitEars.info. August 12, 2014.
  25. News: Dawidziak. Mark. WEWS replaces Cozi TV programming with Grit on 5.2 channel. July 19, 2017. The Plain Dealer. April 14, 2017.
  26. The network was originally carried on WUAB 43.3 from August 18, 2014 until January 5, 2018 when its subchannel was deactivated. WUAB 43.3 continued to carry Grit, even after WEWS 5.2 picked up the network.
  27. News: Over-The-Air Viewers Get 4 New Channels Starting Monday. KWTV-DT. Griffin Communications. October 1, 2018.
  28. News: New over-the-air TV channels coming to Oklahoma. Guthrie News-Leader. Ramsey Publishing Co.. September 25, 2018. October 1, 2018. November 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191121095610/http://www.guthrienewsleader.net/lifestyle/new-over-the-air-tv-channels-coming-to-oklahoma/article_bf7f39ec-c0d6-11e8-b8fd-73753f3accac.html. dead.
  29. Web site: Gary Dinges. Austin viewers get 2 new over-the-air TV networks. Austin American-Statesman. November 16, 2015.
  30. CBS 4 changing over-the-air signal to 23.2 midnight tonight https://www.kveo.com/news/cbs-4-changing-over-the-air-signal-to-23-2-midnight-tonight/
  31. News: Grit TV returns to Milwaukee's airwaves — on Channel 4.4. Foran. Chris. 8 March 2018. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 8 March 2018.
  32. Email dated September 2, 2021 from Susan J. Kalinowski, Regional Program Manager, Mission Broadcasting, Inc., Station Manager & Program Director, WYOU-TV, Mission Broadcasting, Inc.