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===Broadcasting===
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A flagship station is the principal station of a [[radio network|radio]] or [[TV network|television]] [[broadcast network]]. It can be the station that produces the largest amount of material for the network, or the station in the parent company's home city, or both. The term dates back to the mid twentieth century years of broadcasting when headquarters stations produced programs for their networks.

For example, the flagship stations of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] television and radio networks are their [[owned and operated station|owned and operated]] outlets in [[New York City]]. Likewise, [[public television]]'s [[WNET]] served as primary member station for [[National Educational Television]] (NET), a forerunner to the US [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS).

In sports broadcasting, the "flagship" is a team's primary station in their home market, which produces game broadcasts and feeds them to [[Network affiliate|affiliate]]s. For example, [[WGN (AM)|WGN]] was the flagship station of the [[Chicago Cubs]] baseball team, which has an extensive [[Chicago Cubs Radio Network|Cubs radio network]] spanning several states.

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