Fake News Stations
The Center for Media and Democracy has documented the following television stations airing fake news:
video news releases (VNRs) and / or satellite media tours (SMTs).
For more information, please see CMD's Fake TV News and Still Not the News multimedia reports,
as well as the SourceWatch article on each station (links below).
| Name | Owner | Address | City | State | Zip Code | VNR Count |
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| WAKA-8, CBS | Bahakel Communications | 3020 East Boulevard | Montgomery | AL | 36116 | 1 |
| WBRC-6, FOX | Fox/News Corporation | 1720 Valley View Drive | Birmingham | AL | 35209 | 1 |
| WHNT-19, CBS | New York Times | 200 Holmes Ave. | Huntsville | AL | 35801 | 1 |
| KAIT-8, ABC | Liberty Corporation | 472 County Road 766 | Jonesboro | AR | 72401 | 2 |
| KGUN-9, ABC | Journal Broadcast Group | 7280 E. Rosewood St. | Tucson | AZ | 85710 | 2 |
| KCOP-13, FOX/My Network | Fox/News Corporation | 1999 South Bundy Drive | Los Angeles | CA | 90025 | 2 |
| KPIX-5, CBS | Viacom | 855 Battery St. | San Francisco | CA | 94111 | 1 |
| KTXL-40, FOX | Tribune Broadcasting | 4655 Fruitridge Road | Sacramento | CA | 95820 | 1 |
| KCBS-2, CBS | Viacom | 6121 Sunset Blvd. | Los Angeles | CA | 90028 | 1 |
| KHSL-12, CBS | Catamount Broadcast Group | 3460 Silver Bell | Chico | CA | 95973 | 1 |
| KTLA-5, WB | Tribune Broadcasting | 5800 Sunset Boulevard | Los Angeles | CA | 90028 | 1 |
| KBAK-29, CBS | Westwind Communications | 901 Westwind Drive | Bakersfield | CA | 93301 | 1 |
| XETV-6, FOX | Grupo Televisa | 8253 Ronson Road | San Diego | CA | 92111 | 1 |
| KGTV-10, ABC | McGraw-Hill | P.O. Box 85347 | San Diego | CA | 92186 | 1 |
| KEYT-3, ABC | Smith Broadcasting Group | 730 Miramonte Dr. | Santa Barbara | CA | 93109 | 1 |
| KABC-7, ABC | ABC/Disney | 500 Circle Seven Drive | Glendale | CA | 91201 | 1 |
| KMAX-31, UPN | Viacom | 500 Media Place | Sacramento | CA | 95815 | 1 |
| KGO-7, ABC | ABC/Disney | 900 Front Street | San Francisco | CA | 94111 | 1 |
| E! | Comcast/Disney | 5670 Wilshire Blvd. | Los Angeles | CA | 90036 | 1 |
| KFMB-8, CBS | Midwest Television | 7677 Engineer Road | San Diego | CA | 92111 | 1 |
| KWGN-2, WB | Tribune Broadcasting | 6160 S. Wabash Way | Greenwood Village | CO | 80111 | 1 |
| KUSA-9, NBC | Gannett Broadcasting | 500 Speer Blvd | Denver | CO | 80203 | 1 |
| KRDO-13, ABC | Pikes Peak Broadcasting | 399 South 8th Street | Colorado Springs | CO | 80905 | 1 |
| WTIC-61, FOX | Tribune Broadcasting | One Corporate Center | Hartford | CT | 06103 | 1 |
| WLTV-23, Univision | Univision Communications | 9405 NW 41 Street | Miami | FL | 33178 | 1 |
| WKMG-6, CBS | Post-Newsweek Corporation | 4466 John Young Parkway | Orlando | FL | 32804 | 1 |
| WBBH-2, NBC | Waterman Broadcasting | 3719 Central Ave. | Ft. Myers | FL | 33901 | 1 |
| WBFS-33, UPN | Viacom | 8900 NW 18th Terrace | Miami | FL | 33172 | 1 |
| Daily Buzz | Acme Communications | 31 Skyline Drive | Lake Mary | FL | 32746 | 1 |
| WJXT-4, IND | Post-Newsweek Corporation | 4 Broadcast Place | Jacksonville | FL | 32207 | 1 |
| WFLA-8, NBC | Media General Inc | 200 S. Parker Street | Tampa | FL | 33606 | 1 |
| WSVN-7, FOX | Sunbeam Television | 1401 79th Street Causeway | Miami | FL | 33141 | 1 |
| WGCL-46, CBS | Meredith Corporation | 425 14th Street NW | Atlanta | GA | 30318 | 1 |
| WTVM-9, ABC | Raycom Media | 1909 Wynnton Rd. | Columbus | GA | 31902 | 2 |
| KHON-2, FOX | Montecito Broadcast Group | 88 Piikoi Street | Honolulu | HI | 96814 | 1 |
| KGAN-2, CBS | Sinclair Broadcasting | 600 Old Marion Rd. NE | Cedar Rapids | IA | 52402 | 1 |
| KMEG-14, CBS | Waitt Media | 100 Gold Circle | Sioux City | IA | 57049 | 1 |
| First Business Network | Weigel Group | 26 N. Halsted St. | Chicago | IL | 60661 | 1 |
| WGN-9, WB | Tribune Broadcasting | 2501 W. Bradley Pl. | Chicago | IL | 60618 | 1 |
| WCIA-3, CBS | Nexstar Broadcasting | 509 S. Neil Street | Champaign | IL | 61820 | 1 |
| WFXW-38, FOX | Nexstar Broadcasting | 10849 N. US Highway 41 | Farmersburg | IN | 47850 | 1 |
| WSJV-28, FOX | Quincy Newspapers | 58096 C.R. 7 South | Elkhart | IN | 46517 | 1 |
| WRTV-6, ABC | McGraw-Hill | 1330 North Meridian Street | Indianapolis | IN | 46202 | 1 |
| WSBT-22, CBS | Schurz Communications | 300 West Jefferson Blvd | South Bend | IN | 46601 | 1 |
| WXIN-59, FOX | Tribune Broadcasting | 6910 Network Place | Indianapolis | IN | 46278 | 1 |
| KFJX-14, FOX | Surtsey Media | 2950 NE Highway 69 | Pittsburg | KS | 66762 | 1 |
| WHAS-11, ABC | Belo Corporation | 520 W. Chestnut Street | Louisville | KY | 40202 | 1 |
| WVUE-8, FOX | Emmis Communications | 1025 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway | New Orleans | LA | 70125 | 1 |
| WBRZ-2, ABC | Manship Media | 1650 Highland Road | Baton Rouge | LA | 70802 | 2 |
| KLFY-10, CBS | Young Broadcasting | 1808 Eraste Landry Rd | Lafayette | LA | 70509 | 2 |
| KTBS-3, ABC | Edwin Wray | 312 E. Kings Highway | Shreveport | LA | 71104 | 1 |
| KSLA-12, CBS | Raycom Media | 1812 Fairfield Avenue | Shreveport | LA | 71101 | 1 |
| WHDH-7, NBC | Sunbeam Television | 7 Bulfinch Pl. | Boston | MA | 02114 | 1 |
| WLVI-56, WB | Tribune Broadcasting | 75 Morrissey Boulevard | Boston | MA | 02125 | 1 |
| WBOC-16, CBS | Draper Communications | 1729 North Salisbury Boulevard | Salisbury | MD | 21801 | 3 |
| WBFF-45, FOX | Sinclair Broadcasting | 2000 W. 41st Street | Baltimore | MD | 21211 | 1 |
| WJBK-2, FOX | Fox/News Corporation | 16550 West Nine Mile Rd. | Southfield | MI | 48075 | 2 |
| WILX-10, NBC | Gray Communications | 500 American Road | Lansing | MI | 48911 | 2 |
| WWTV-9, CBS | Heritage Broadcasting Co. | | Cadillac | MI | 49601 | 1 |
| KAAL-6, ABC | Hubbard Broadcasting | 1701 10th Place NE | Austin | MN | 55912 | 1 |
| KMSP-9, FOX/My Network | Fox/News Corporation | 11358 Viking Drive | Eden Prairie | MN | 55344 | 1 |
| KSFX-27, FOX | Nexstar Broadcasting Group | 2650 E. Division | Springfield | MO | 65803 | 1 |
| KTVI-2, FOX | Fox/News Corporation | 5915 Berthold Avenue | St. Louis | MO | 63110 | 2 |
| WDAF-4, FOX/My Network | Fox/News Corporation | 3030 Summit | Kansas City | MO | 64108 | 2 |
| WTOK-11, ABC | Gray Communications | 815 23rd Ave | Meridian | MS | 39301 | 1 |
| WCTI-12, ABC | Lamco Communications | 225 Glenburnie Drive | New Bern | NC | 28560 | 4 |
| WCCB-18, FOX | Bahakel Communications | One Television Place | Charlotte | NC | 28205 | 1 |
| WGHP-8, FOX | Fox/News Corporation | 2005 Francis Street | Greensboro | NC | 27263 | 1 |
| WLFL-22, WB | Sinclair Broadcasting | 3012 Highwoods Blvd. Suite 101 | Raleigh | NC | 27604 | 1 |
| WMGM-40, NBC | Access.1 Communications | 1601 New Road | Linwood | NJ | 08221 | 1 |
| KASA-2, FOX | Raycom Media | 1377 University Blvd. NE | Albuquerque | NM | 87102 | 1 |
| KTNV-13, ABC | Journal Broadcast Group | 3355 S. Valley View Blvd. | Las Vegas | NV | 89102 | 1 |
| WKBW-7, ABC | Granite Broadcasting | 7 Broadcast Plaza | Buffalo | NY | 14202 | 1 |
| WSYR-9, ABC | Clear Channel | 5904 Bridge Street | East Syracuse | NY | 13057 | 2 |
| ABC News | Walt Disney Company | 77 W 66th St | New York | NY | 10023 | 1 |
| WPIX-11, WB | Tribune Broadcasting | 220 East 42nd Street | New York | NY | 10017 | 2 |
| WCBS-2, CBS | Viacom | 524 West 57 Street | New York | NY | 10019 | 1 |
| NY1 | Time Warner | 75 Ninth Avenue | New York | NY | 10011 | 2 |
| WUHF-31, FOX | Sinclair Broadcasting | 201 Humboldt Street | Rochester | NY | 14610 | 1 |
| WYTV-33, ABC | Chelsey Broadcasting | 3800 Shady Run Road | Youngstown | OH | 44502 | 2 |
| WSYX-6, ABC | Sinclair Broadcasting | 1261 Dublin Rd. | Columbus | OH | 43215 | 2 |
| Ohio News Network | Dispatch Broadcast Group | 770 Twin Rivers Drive | Columbus | OH | 43215 | 1 |
| WCPO-9, ABC | E.W. Scripps Company | 1720 Gilbert Ave. | Cincinnati | OH | 45202 | 3 |
| WDTN-2, NBC | Lin TV Corporation | 4595 South Dixie Dr | Dayton | OH | 45439 | 1 |
| KOKH-25, FOX | Sinclair Broadcasting | 1228 E. Wilshire Blvd. | Oklahoma City | OK | 73111 | 6 |
| KOIN-6, CBS | Montecito Broadcast Group | 222 S.W. Columbia St | Portland | OR | 97201 | 1 |
| KPTV-12, FOX | Meredith Corporation | 14975 NW Greenbrier Parkway | Beaverton | OR | 97006 | 1 |
| WHP-21, CBS | Clear Channel | 3300 N 6th St. | Harrisburg | PA | 17110 | 2 |
| WPGH-53, FOX | Sinclair Broadcasting | 750 Ivory Avenue | Pittsburgh | PA | 15214 | 1 |
| WPMT-43, FOX | Tribune Broadcasting | 2005 South Queen Street | York | PA | 17403 | 1 |
| KYW-3, CBS | CBS | 101 South Independence Mall East | Philadelphia | PA | 19106 | 2 |
| CN8 | Comcast Corporation | 1351 South Columbus Blvd | Philadelphia | PA | 19147 | 5 |
| WPVI-6, ABC | ABC/Disney | 4100 City Avenue, Suite 150 | Philadelphia | PA | 19131 | 1 |
| WNEP-16, ABC | New York Times | 16 Montage Mountain Road | Moosic | PA | 18507 | 1 |
| WJAR-10, NBC | Media General Inc | 23 Kenney Drive | Providence | RI | 02920 | 1 |
| WLTX-19, CBS | Gannett Broadcasting | 6027 Garners Ferry Road | Columbia | SC | 29209 | 1 |
| WRDW-12, CBS | Gray Communications | 1301 Georgia Avenue | North Augusta | SC | 29841 | 1 |
| KSFY-13, ABC | Wicks Television LLC | 300 N. Dakota Ave. Suite 100 | Sioux Falls | SD | 57104 | 3 |
| WTNZ-43, FOX | Raycom Media | 9000 Executive Park Drive | Knoxville | TN | 37923 | 1 |
| WKRN-2, ABC | Young Broadcasting | 441 Murfreesboro Road | Nashville | TN | 37210 | 1 |
| WHBQ-13, FOX | Fox/News Corporation | 485 South Highland Street | Memphis | TN | 38111 | 1 |
| KLBK-13, CBS | Nexstar Broadcasting | 7403 S. University | Lubbock | TX | 79423 | 2 |
| WFAA-8, ABC | Belo Corporation | 606 Young St. | Dallas | TX | 75202 | 1 |
| KZTV-10, CBS | Eagle Creek Broadcasting | 301 Artesian Street | Corpus Christi | TX | 78401 | 1 |
| KXXV-25, ABC | Centrex Television | 1909 South New Road | Waco | TX | 76702 | 1 |
| KLST-8, CBS | Nexstar Broadcasting | 2800 Armstrong St. | San Angelo | TX | 76903 | 1 |
| KYTX-19, CBS | Max Media of Montana | 2211 ESE Loop 323 | Tyler | TX | 75701 | 3 |
| KVCT-19, FOX | Saga Communications of Texas | 3808 North Navarro Street | Victoria | TX | 77901 | 1 |
| KOSA-7, CBS | ICA Broadcasting | 4101 E 42nd St. | Odessa | TX | 79762 | 2 |
| WHSV-3, ABC | Gray Communications | 50 North Main Street | Harrisonburg | VA | 22802 | 1 |
| WCYB-5, NBC | BlueStone Television | 101 Lee Street | Bristol | VA | 24201 | 1 |
| WVTV-18, WB | Sinclair Broadcasting | 4041 North 35th Street | Milwaukee | WI | 53216 | 1 |
| WVVA-6, NBC | Quincy Newspapers | Rt. 460 Bypass | Bluefield | WV | 24701 | 1 |
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