Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States began to open up affiliation negotiations in March 2006. UPN stations that were formerly owned by Chris-Craft Industries and those that were owned by CBS Corporation at the end of the network's run were sometimes considered owned-and-operated stations of the network, and several transactions have involved these stations. Not too long after becoming a UPN owned-and-operated station itself, San Antonio station KRRT (channel 35, now KMYS) was sold to Jet Broadcasting in 1995, eventually becoming an affiliate of The WB (the station is now a CW affiliate that is operated by former owner Sinclair Broadcast Group, and owned by Sinclair
Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States In the United States, owned-and-operated television stations (frequently abbreviated as "O&Os") constitute only a portion of their parent television networks' station bodies, due to ownership limits imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Currently, the total number of television stations owned by any company (including a television network) can only reach a maximum of 39% of the country; in the past, the ownership limit was much lower, and was determined by a specific number of television stations rather than basing the limits on total market coverage. At the dawn of the American television