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CBS Affiliates Lineup For NFL Telecasts (1956-67)


Per the Pro Football Handbook, edited by Don Schiffer, This was the affiliate line-up for each team in 1959:

Baltimore Colts (away games only):
WMAR - Baltimore
WHP - Harrisburg, Pa.
WBOC - Salisbury, Md.

Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals (home games only):
WBBM - Chicago (though almost always blacked out)
KGGM - Albequerque, NM
KFOA - Amarillo, TX
KTBC - Austin, TX
WAFB - Baton Rouge, LA
KFOM - Beaumont, TX
KOOK - Billings, MT
KBOI - Boise, ID
KBTX - Bryan, TX
KFvS - Cape Girardeau, MO
KSPR - Casper, WY
WMT - Cedar Rapids, IA
WCIA - Champaign, IL
KFBC - Cheyenne, WY
KKTV - Colorado Springs, CO
KZTV - Corpus Christi, TX
KRLD - Dallas, TX
KLZ - Denver, CO
KRNT - Des Moines, IA
KROD - El Paso, TX
WEHT - Evansville, IN
KNAC - Fort Smith, AR
WANE - Fort Wayne, IN
KBLR - Goodland, IN
KREX - Grand Junction, CO
KFBB - Great Falls, MT
KGBT - Harlingen, TX
KGWL - Houston, TX
KID - Idaho Falls, ID
WISH - Indianapolis, IN
WDXI - Jackson, TN
KRCG - Jefferson City, MO
KODE - Joplin, MO
KCMO - Kansas City, MO
KHOL - Kearney, NE
WFAM - Lafayette, IN
KLFY - Lafayette, LA
KTAG - Lake Charles, LA
KGNS - Laredo, TX
KSWO - Lawton, OK
WKYT - Lexington, KY
KOLN - Lincoln, NE
KTHV - Little Rock, AR
WHAS - Louisville, KY
KDUB - Lubbock, TX
KGLO - Mason City, IA
WREC - Memphis, TN
KNOE - Monroe, LA
WWL - New Orleans, LA
KOSA - Odessa, TX
KWTV - Oklahome City, OK
WOW - Omaha, NE
KTVO - Ottumwa, IA
WMBD - Peoria, IL
KOOL - Phoenix, AZ
KHQA - Quincy, IL
KOTA - Rapid City, SD
KWRB - Riverton, IL
WHBF - Rock Island, IL
WREX - Rockford, IL
KSL - Salt Lake City, UT
KCTV - San Angelo, TX
KENS - San Antonio, TX
KSLA - Shreveport, LA
KVTV - Sioux City, IA
KELO - Sioux Falls, SD
WSBT - South Bend, IN
KTTS - Springfield, MO
KFEQ - St Joseph, MO
KMOX - St Louis, MO
KPAR - Sweetwater, TX
WTHI - Terre Haute, IN
KCMC - Texarkana, TX
WIBW - Topeka, KS
KOLD - Tucson, AZ
KOTV - Tulsa, OK
KLIX - Twin Falls, ID
KWTX - Waco, TX
KTVH - Wichita, KS
KYSD - Wichita Falls, TX

Cleveland Browns:
WJW - Cleveland (no home gams)
WBEN - Buffalo, NY
WKRC - Cincinnati, OH
WBNS - Columbus, OH
WHIO - Dayton, OH
WSEE - Erie, PA
WHTN - Huntington, WV
WTAP - Parkersburg, WV
WVET - Rochester, NY

Detroit Lions:
WJBK - Detroit (no home games)
WWTV - Cadillac, MI
WKZO - Kalamazoo, MI
WJIM - Lansing, MI
WKNX - Saginaw, MI
WTOL - Toldeo, OH (no home games)

Green Bay Packers:
WBAY - Green Bay (no home games)
KBMB - Bismarck, ND
KDIX - Dickinson, ND
KDAL - Duluth, MN
WKBT - LaCrosse, WI
WISC - Madison, WI
WDMJ - Marquette, MI
WITI - Milwaukee, WI (no Milwaukee games)
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN
KCJB - Minot, ND
KXJB - Valley City, ND
WSAU - Wausau, WI

Los Angeles Rams - San Francisco 49ers (A/k/a CBS Pacific Coast Network):
KNXT - Los Angeles (no Rams home games)
KPIX - San Francisco (no 49ers home games)
KBAK - Bakersfield, CA
KVOS - Bellingham, WA
KHSL - Chico, CA
KBAS - Ephrata, WA
KIEM - Eureka, CA
KFRE - Fresno, CA
KULR - Kalispell, MT
KLAS - Las Vegas, NV (no Rams home games)
KLEW - Lewiston, ID
KBES - Medford, OR
KMSO - Missoula, MT
KEPR - Pasco, WA
KOIN - Portland, OR
KOLO - Reno, NV
KBET - Sacramento, CA (no 49ers home games)
KSBW - Salinas, CA (no 49ers home games)
KFMB - San Diego, CA (no Rams home games)
KIRO - Seattle, WA
KXLY - Spokane, WA
KIMA - Yakima, WA
KIVA - Yuma, AZ (no Rams home games)

New York Giants:
WCBS - New York (no home games)
WTEN - Albany, NY
WLBZ - Bangor, ME
WNBF - Binghamton, NY
WNAC - Boston, MA
WCAX - Burlington, VT
WCNY - Carthage, NY
WTIC - Hartford, CT
WGAN - Portland, ME
WAGM - Presque Isle, ME
WPRO - Providence, RI
WDAU - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA (when Eagles play at home)
WHYN - Springfield, MA
WHEN - Syracuse, NY

Philadelphia Eagles (away games only):
WCAU - Philadelphia
WGAL - Lancaster, PA
WDAU - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Pittsburgh Steelers (away games only):
KDKA - Pittsburgh
WFBG - Altoona, PA
WBOY - Clarksburg, WV
WARD - Johnstown, PA
WSTV - Steubenville, OH
WKBN - Youngstown, OH

Washington Redskins:
WTOP: Washington (no home games)
WAIM - Anderson, SC
WAGA - Atlanta, GA
WROW - Augusta, GA
WBRC - Birmingham, AL
WCSC - Charleston, SC
WBTV - Charlotte, NC
WDEF - Chattanooga, TN
WNOK - Columbia, SC
WRBL - Columbus, GA
WCBI - Columbus, MS
WMSL - Decatur, AL
WTVY - Dothan, AL
WTVD - Durham, NC
WOWL - Florence, AL
WBTW - Florence, SC
WINK - Fort Myers, FL
WFMY - Greensboro, NC
WNCT - Greenville, SC
WSVA - Harrisonburg, VA
WJTV - Jackson, MS
WJXT - Jacksonville, FL
WJHL - Johnson City, TN
WBIR - Knoxville, TN
WMAZ - Macon, GA
WTOK - Meridian, GA
WTVJ - Miami, FL
WKRG - Mobile, AL
WCOV - Montgomery, AL
WLAC - Nashville, TN
WTAR - Norfolk, VA
WDBO - Orlando, FL
WRVA - Richmond, VA
WDBJ - Roanoke, VA
WTOC - Savannah, GA
WSPA - Spartanburg, SC
WTVT - Tampa, FL

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A few notes:
Many of the stations listed here had multiple network affiliation. WGAL in Lancaster, PA is a good example. WGAL mostly carried NBC programming in 1959, but did offer CBS programming at other times, such as Eagles games.

In 1960, the Cardinals moved to St. Louis and the Dallas Cowboys played their first season. So the 1959 Chicago network, easily the biggest in 1959, would be reduced dramatically.

In 1961, the Minnesota Vikings would enter the NFL and would slice into the Packers network.

It appears that for 1959 only, the Browns dropped - or perhaps supplemented - their Carling/Sports Network (SNI) arrangement by signing up with CBS. The Browns SNI arrangement (1956-1958) was national in scope. For 1960 and 1961, the Browns-SNI network was reduced to a Midwest regional network.

In 1960, NBC signed contracts to carry the Colts and Steelers. They would carry the Colts and Steelers in 1960 and 1961. More information will follow when I get to the 1960 and 1961 commentator threads.

In 1966, the Atlanta Falcons would cut heavily into the Redskins network.

In 1967, the Saints would likely cut into the Cowboys network and perhaps some of the Falcons network.

Giving you the list for the 1959 "CBS Pacific Network:"
Los Angeles Rams - San Francisco 49ers (A/k/a CBS Pacific Coast Network):
KNXT - Los Angeles (no Rams home games)
KPIX - San Francisco (no 49ers home games)
KBAK - Bakersfield, CA
KVOS - Bellingham, WA
KHSL - Chico, CA
KBAS - Ephrata, WA
KIEM - Eureka, CA
KFRE - Fresno, CA
KULR - Kalispell, MT
KLAS - Las Vegas, NV (no Rams home games)
KLEW - Lewiston, ID
KBES - Medford, OR
KMSO - Missoula, MT
KEPR - Pasco, WA
KOIN - Portland, OR
KOLO - Reno, NV
KBET - Sacramento, CA (no 49ers home games)
KSBW - Salinas, CA (no 49ers home games)
KFMB - San Diego, CA (no Rams home games)
KIRO - Seattle, WA
KXLY - Spokane, WA
KIMA - Yakima, WA
KIVA - Yuma, AZ (no Rams home games)

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