Date
|
City of License/Market
|
Station
|
Channel
|
Affiliation
|
Notes/Ref.
|
January
|
Canton, Ohio
|
WJAN
|
17
|
Independent
|
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
WCVW-TV
|
57
|
NET
|
|
January 1
|
Pelham/Albany, Georgia
|
WABW-TV
|
14
|
NET/GPB
|
Satellite of WGTV/Atlanta, Georgia
|
January 2
|
Pelham/Albany, Georgia
|
WABW-TV
|
14
|
NET/GPB
|
|
January 3
|
Dalton/Chatsworth, Georgia (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
|
WCLP
|
|
NET/GPB
|
Satellite of WGTV/Atlanta, Georgia
|
January 5
|
Fontana/Los Angeles, California
|
KLXA-TV
|
40
|
Bilingual independent
|
Now TBN flagship KTBN-TV; license reassigned to Santa Ana, California in 1973
|
January 6
|
Houston, Texas
|
KHTV
|
39
|
Independent
|
|
January 29
|
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
WDAZ-TV
|
6
|
NBC
|
|
January 30
|
Chatsworth/Dalton, Georgia (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
|
WNGH-TV
|
18
|
NET
|
Part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting television network
|
|
February 1
|
Tucson, Arizona
|
KZAZ
|
11
|
Independent
|
|
March 1
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
WMET-TV
|
24
|
Independent
|
|
March 5
|
Norwich, Connecticut
|
WEDN
|
9
|
NET
|
Satellite of WEDH/Hartford
|
|
March 6
|
Dawson/Americus, Georgia
|
WACS-TV
|
25
|
NET/GPB
|
Satellite of WGTV/Atlanta, Georgia
|
March 15
|
Sneedville/Kingsport, Tennessee
|
WSJK-TV
|
2
|
NET
|
|
March 27
|
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
|
WCMU-TV
|
14
|
NET
|
|
April 5
|
New York City
|
WNYE
|
25
|
NET
|
|
April 24
|
Spokane, Washington
|
KSPS
|
7
|
NET
|
|
June 4
|
Reno, Nevada
|
KTVN
|
2
|
ABC
|
now a CBS affiliate.
|
June 8
|
Providence, Rhode Island
|
WSBE-TV
|
36
|
NET
|
|
June 25
|
San Diego, California
|
KEBS-TV
|
15
|
NET
|
|
July 9
|
Charlotte, North Carolina
|
WCTU-TV
|
36
|
Independent
|
|
August 1
|
Roanoke, Virginia
|
WBRA-TV
|
15
|
NET
|
|
August 5
|
Nashville, Tennessee
|
WMCV
|
17
|
Independent
|
|
August 9
|
Florence, Alabama
|
WFIQ
|
36
|
NET
|
|
August 13
|
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
WQLN
|
54
|
NET
|
|
August 19
|
Monroe, Louisiana
|
KUZN
|
14
|
Independent
|
|
August 31
|
Hibbing, Minnesota
|
WIRT-TV
|
13
|
ABC
|
Satellite of WDIO-TV in Duluth
|
September 1
|
Atlanta, Georgia
|
WJRJ-TV
|
17
|
Independent
|
|
Bassett, Nebraska
|
KMNE-TV
|
7
|
NET/Nebraska ETV
|
|
September 3
|
Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
|
WJPM-TV
|
33
|
NET
|
Satellite of WRLK-TV/Columbia, South Carolina
|
September 5
|
Sioux City, Iowa
|
KMEG
|
14
|
CBS
|
|
September 10
|
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
KHBV-TV
|
5
|
Independent
|
|
September 11
|
Asheville, North Carolina
|
WUNF-TV
|
33
|
NET
|
Satellite of WUNC-TV/Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
Boone/Hickory, North Carolina
|
WUNE-TV
|
17
|
NET
|
Concord, North Carolina
|
WUNG-TV
|
58
|
NET
|
Pensacola, Florida
|
WSRE
|
23
|
NET
|
|
September 14
|
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
KBHE-TV
|
9
|
NET
|
Part of South Dakota Public Broadcasting
|
September 15
|
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
|
KPOB-TV
|
15
|
ABC
|
Full-time satellite of WSIL-TV/Harrisburg, Illinois
|
September 17
|
Phoenix, Arizona
|
KPAZ-TV
|
21
|
Bilingual independent
|
|
September 20
|
Miami, Florida
|
WCIX-TV
|
6
|
Independent
|
Now WFOR-TV, a CBS O&O on channel 4
|
September 25
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
WGBX-TV
|
44
|
NET
|
|
October
|
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
|
WSZE-TV
|
10
|
NBC (primary) ABC/CBS (secondary)
|
Satellite of KUAM-TV/Hagåtña, Guam
|
October 1
|
Dallas, Texas
|
KMEC-TV
|
33
|
Independent
|
|
October 9
|
San Francisco, California
|
KGSC-TV
|
36
|
Independent
|
|
October 16
|
Burlington, Vermont
|
WETK
|
32
|
NET
|
Flagship of the Vermont ETV network; the other three stations of that network would sign on the following year.
|
New Orleans, Louisiana
|
WWOM-TV
|
26
|
Independent
|
|
October 31
|
Anchorage, Alaska
|
KHAR-TV
|
13
|
Independent
|
|
November 6
|
Greensboro, North Carolina
|
WUBC
|
48
|
Independent
|
|
November 14
|
Miami, Florida
|
WAJA-TV
|
23
|
Independent
|
|
December 28
|
Topeka, Kansas
|
KTSB
|
27
|
NBC (primary) ABC (secondary)
|
|