Still Not the News: TV Stations
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Click on the station links below for contact details and other information on each TV newsroom, including previous use of video news releases (VNRs). Click on the client links below for more information on the VNR(s) they funded and how their material was used across all stations.
Television stations marked with an asterisk (*) were also cited in April's "Fake TV News" report.
VNRs marked with a "1" were aired with clear disclosure of the funding source.
VNRs marked with a "2" were aired with brief or ambiguous disclosure of the funding source.
Station |
Network |
Owner |
Market |
State |
VNRs |
Clients |
| WAKA-8 | CBS | Bahakel Communications | Montgomery | AL | 1 | General Motors |
| KBAK-29 | CBS | Westwind Communications | Bakersfield | CA | 1 | Novartis |
| KCOP-13 | Fox/My Network | Fox/News Corporation | Los Angeles | CA | 2 | Oticon A/S, Novartis |
| KFMB-8 | CBS | Midwest Television | San Diego | CA | 1 | General Mills |
| KGO-7 | ABC | ABC/Disney | San Francisco | CA | 1 | Allstate |
| KGTV-10 | ABC | McGraw-Hill | San Diego | CA | 1 | CARFAX.com2 |
| KHSL-12 | CBS | Catamount Broadcast Group | Chico | CA | 1 | Allstate |
| XETV-6 | Fox | Grupo Televisa | San Diego | CA | 1 | Siemens |
| KUSA-9 | NBC | Gannett Broadcasting | Denver | CO | 1 | CARFAX.com |
| WTIC-61 | Fox | Tribune Broadcasting | Hartford | CT | 1 | Vivometrics |
| WFLA-8 | NBC | Media General, Inc. | Tampa | FL | 1 | American College of Physicians |
| WKMG-6 | CBS | Post-Newsweek Corporation | Orlando | FL | 1 | Old Mother Hubbard |
| WLTV-23 | Univision | Univision Communications | Miami | FL | 1 | Siemens |
| WSVN-7 | Fox | Sunbeam Television | Miami | FL | 1 | Barr Pharmaceuticals |
| KHON-2 | Fox | Montecito Broadcast Group | Honolulu | HI | 1 | General Mills |
| KMEG-14 | CBS | Waitt Media | Sioux City | IA | 1 | Oticon A/S |
| WSBT-22 | CBS | Schurz Communications | South Bend | IN | 1 | American College of Physicians |
| KLFY-10 | CBS | Young Broadcasting | Lafayette | LA | 2 | Allstate, General Motors |
| WBRZ-2* | ABC | Manship Media | Baton Rouge | LA | 1 | Siemens |
| WLVI-56 | WB | Tribune Broadcasting | Boston | MA | 1 | Oticon A/S |
| KMSP-9 | Fox/My Network | Fox/News Corporation | Minneapolis | MN | 1 | General Motors |
| KSFX-27 | Fox | Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Springfield | MO | 1 | Novartis |
| WDAF-4* | Fox/My Network | Fox/News Corporation | Kansas City | MO | 1 | General Motors |
| WTOK-11 | ABC | Gray Communications | Meridian | MS | 1 | TCS Daily |
| WCTI-12* | ABC | Lamco Communications | New Bern | NC | 1 | Companion Animal Parasite Council |
| NY1* | Cable | Time Warner | New York | NY | 1 | American College of Physicians2 |
| WPIX-11* | WB | Tribune Broadcasting | New York | NY | 1 | General Motors |
| WUHF-31 | Fox | Sinclair Broadcasting | Rochester | NY | 1 | General Mills |
| WCPO-9* | ABC | E.W. Scripps Company | Cincinnati | OH | 1 | CA1 |
| WDTN-2 | NBC | Lin TV Corporation | Dayton | OH | 1 | CARFAX.com2 |
| WSYX-6* | ABC | Sinclair Broadcasting | Columbus | OH | 1 | Novartis |
| WYTV-33* | ABC | Chelsey Broadcasting | Youngstown | OH | 1 | Advanced Medical Optics |
| KOIN-6 | CBS | Montecito Broadcast Group | Portland | OR | 1 | CA |
| KPTV-12 | Fox | Meredith Corporation | Portland | OR | 1 | Nelson's Rescue Sleep |
| CN8 | Cable | Comcast Corporation | Philadelphia | PA | 5 | Nelson's Rescue Sleep, General Mills (Wheaties), Trend Micro, Allstate, General Mills (Bisquick) |
| KYW-3* | CBS | CBS | Philadelphia | PA | 1 | Barr Pharmaceuticals1 |
| WMGM-40 | NBC | Access.1 Communications | Philadelphia | PA | 1 | Matrixx Initiatives |
| WJAR-10 | NBC | Media General, Inc. | Providence | RI | 1 | GlaxoSmithKline |
| KSFY-13 | ABC | Wicks Television LLC | Sioux Falls | SD | 3 | Siemens, Matrixx Initiatives, American College of Physicians2 |
| WTNZ-43 | Fox | Raycom Media | Knoxville | TN | 1 | American College of Physicians |
| KLBK-13* | CBS | Nexstar Broadcasting | Lubbock | TX | 1 | Old Mother Hubbard |
| KVCT-19 | Fox | Saga Communications of Texas | Victoria | TX | 1 | Siemens |
| KXXV-25 | ABC | Centrex Television | Waco | TX | 1 | Oticon A/S |
| ABC News | ABC | Walt Disney Company | National | 1 | Barr Pharmaceuticals | |
| First Business | Syndicated | Weigel Group | National | 1 | Siemens | |
| E! | Cable | Comcast/Disney | National | 1 | Victoria's Secret |