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== Former stations == * Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and [[city of license]]. * Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters ('''**''') indicate a station built and signed on by either Metromedia or predecessor Dumont. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Stations owned by Metromedia ! scope="col" | [[Media market]] ! scope="col" | State/Dist. ! scope="col" | Station ! scope="col" | Purchased ! scope="col" | Sold ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="4" | [[Los Angeles]] || rowspan="8" | [[California]] ! scope="row" | [[KLAC]] | 1963 || 1984 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KIIS-FM|KLAC-FM]] | 1963 || 1965 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KTWV|KMET]] | 1965 || 1986 || {{Efn|Known as KLAC-FM prior to 1968.}} |- ! scope="row" | [[KTTV]] | 1963 || 1986 || |- | rowspan="3" | [[San Francisco]]β[[Oakland, California|Oakland]] ! scope="row" | [[KKSF|KNEW]] | 1966 || 1980 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KMTP-TV|KNEW-TV]] | 1968 || 1970 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KYLD|KSAN-FM]] | 1966 || 1981 || |- | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] ! scope="row" | [[KOVR]] | 1959 || 1964 || |- | [[Denver]] || [[Colorado]] ! scope="row" | [[KHOW]] | 1981 || 1985 || |- | rowspan="2" | [[Washington, D.C.]] || rowspan="2" | [[District of Columbia]] ! scope="row" | [[WASH-FM]] | 1968 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WTTG]] ** | 1956 || 1986 || |- | [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]β[[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]] || [[Florida]] ! scope="row" | [[WXGL|WWBA-FM]] | 1981 || 1986 || |- | rowspan="2" | [[Chicago]] || rowspan="4" | [[Illinois]] ! scope="row" | [[WFLD|WFLD-TV]] | 1983 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WCHI-FM|WMET-FM]] | 1972 || 1983 || {{Efn|Known as WDHF prior to 1976.}} |- | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] ! scope="row" | [[WAND (TV)|WTVP]] | 1960 || 1965 || |- | [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]β[[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]] ! scope="row" | [[WHOI (TV)|WTVH-TV]] | 1959 || 1965 || |- | rowspan="2" | [[Baltimore]] || rowspan="2" | [[Maryland]] ! scope="row" | [[WCBM]] | 1963 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WWMX|WCBM-FM]] | 1963 || 1968 || |- | [[Boston]] || [[Massachusetts]] ! scope="row" | [[WCVB-TV]] | 1982 || 1986 || |- | [[Detroit]] || [[Michigan]] ! scope="row" | [[WOMC]] | 1972 || 1986 || |- | [[Minneapolis]]β[[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] || [[Minnesota]] ! scope="row" | [[KARE (TV)|WTCN-TV]] | 1972 || 1983 || |- | rowspan="3" | [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] || rowspan="3" | [[Missouri]] ! scope="row" | [[KMBZ (AM)|KMBC]] | 1961 || 1967 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KZPT|KMBC-FM]] ** | 1962 || 1967 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KMBC-TV]] | 1961 || 1982 || {{efn|name=KMBC|The acquisition of KMBC-AM-TV also included [[KMOS-TV]] in [[Sedalia, Missouri]], and [[KFRM|KFRM radio]] in [[Concordia, Kansas]]. Both stations were subsequently spun off by Metropolitan Broadcasting to other firms.<ref>"$9.65 million sale of KMBC." ''Broadcasting'', July 31, 1961, pp. 45-46. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/61-OCR/1961-01-23-BC-0042.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/61-OCR/1961-01-23-BC-0046.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan="3" | [[New York City]] || rowspan="3" | [[New York (state)|New York]] ! scope="row" | [[WBBR|WNEW]] | 1957 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WNEW-FM]] ** | 1958 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WNYW|WNEW-TV]] ** | 1956 || 1986 || {{Efn|Known as WABD prior to 1958.}} |- | [[Cincinnati]] || rowspan="3" | [[Ohio]] ! scope="row" | [[WXIX-TV]] | 1972 || 1983 || |- | rowspan="2" | [[Cleveland]] ! scope="row" | [[WHK (AM)|WHK]] | 1958 || 1972 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WMMS]] | 1958 || 1972 || {{efn|Known as WHK-FM prior to 1968.}} |- | rowspan="2" | [[Philadelphia]] || rowspan="2" | [[Pennsylvania]] ! scope="row" | [[WTEL (AM)|WIP]] | 1959 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[WMMR]] | 1959 || 1986 || {{efn|Known as WIP-FM prior to 1966.}} |- | rowspan="2" | [[Dallas]]β[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] || rowspan="3" | [[Texas]] ! scope="row" | [[KRLD (AM)|KRLD]] | 1978 || 1986 || |- ! scope="row" | [[KDAF|KRLD-TV]] | 1983 || 1986 || |- | [[Houston]] ! scope="row" | [[KRIV (TV)|KRIV-TV]] | 1978 || 1986 || |- | [[Seattle]]β[[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] || [[Washington (state)|Washington]] ! scope="row" | [[KJR (AM)|KJR]] | 1980 || 1984 || |} {{notelist}}
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