Top TV Stations

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Most of the stations with the highest revenues in the U.S. are held by companies owning large numbers of stations. In fact, only one of the top twenty (WHDH) is owned by a company that has fewer than 10 stations in its portfolio.

Rank Channel Market Owner
1 WNBC-4 New York General Electric
2 WABC-7 New York Walt Disney Co.
3 KNBC-4 Los Angeles General Electric
4 KTTV-11 Los Angeles News Corp.
5 WPIX-11 New York Tribune Co.
6 WNYW-5 New York News Corp.
7 KABC-7 Los Angeles Walt Disney Co.
8 WCBS-2 New York CBS Corp.
9 WPVI-6 Philadelphia Walt Disney Co.
10 KCBS-2 Los Angeles CBS Corp.
11 WLS-7 Chicago Walt Disney Co.
12 WFLD-32 Chicago News Corp.
13 KTLA-5 Los Angeles Tribune Co.
14 WGN-9 Chicago Tribune Co.
15 WMAQ-5 Chicago General Electric
16 WSB-2 Atlanta Cox Enterprises
17 WCAU-10 Philadelphia General Electric
18 WHDH-7 Boston Sunbeam Television Corp.
19 KMEX-34 Los Angeles Univisión
20 KYW-3 Philadelphia CBS Corp

Rankings based on 2004-5 revenues.

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