Free TV Networks has forged a distribution partnership with Gray Media and the E. W. Scripps Company that brings it two multicast networks 365BLK and Defy to more broadcast TV households across America.
The deal includes the distribution of Black-oriented 365BLK in markets like Alexandria, Amarillo, Jonesboro, South Bend and Reno, while reality-filled Defy comes to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Houston, Milwaukee, New Orleans, West Palm Beach, Portland and Seattle.
“Expanding Free TV Networks’ distribution is crucial in continuing our mission to provide the widest possible audience with access to premium programming at no cost,” said Joe Cantrell, Chief Distribution and Development Officer of Free TV Networks. “Our new distribution with Scripps and Gray Media allows us to reach deeply into communities across the country and serve viewers who are increasingly looking for free entertaining and engaging alternatives to paying for TV.”
365BLK is now available on the following stations:
- Alexandria, Louisiana (Gray Media) – KALB (Channel 5.7)
- Amarillo (Gray Media) – KEYU (Channel 31.8)
- Biloxi (Gray Media) – WLOX (Channel 13.7)
- Cape Girardeau Paducah (Gray Media) – KFVS (Channel 12.7)
- Champaign Decatur Springfield (Gray Media) – WBXC (Channel 18.5)
- Evansville (Gray Media) – WFIE (Channel 14.5)
- Huntsville (Gray Media) – WAFF (Channel 48.7)
- Jonesboro (Gray Media) – KAIT (Channel 8.4)
- Lake Charles (Gray Media) – KPLC (Channel 7.7)
- Meridian (Gray Media) – WTOK (Channel 11.7)
- Montgomery (Gray Media) – WSFA (Channel 12.5)
- Reno (Gray Media) – KOLO (Channel 8.7)
- South Bend (Gray Media) – WNDU (Channel 16.2)
Defy, which Free TV Networks operates through a content partnership with A+E Global Media, is now available on these channels:
- Atlanta (Scripps) – WPXA (Channel 14.5)
- Buffalo (INYO) – WPXJ (Channel 51.3)
- Cincinnati (Gray Media) – WBQC (Channel 25.7)
- Cleveland (Gray Media) – WOIO (Channel 19.3)
- Colorado Springs (Scripps) – KZCS (Channel 18.3)
- Dallas (Scripps) – KPXD (Channel 68.4)
- Denver (Scripps) – KPXC (Channel 59.6)
- Detroit (Scripps) – WPXD (Channel 31.4)
- Houston (Scripps) – KPXB (Channel 49.8)
- Milwaukee (Scripps) – WPXE (Channel 55.4)
- New Orleans (Gray Media) – WVUE (Channel 8.6)
- Philadelphia (Scripps) – WPPX (Channel 61.4)
- Portland, Oregon (Gray Media) – KPTV (Channel 12.3)
- Seattle (Scripps) – KWPX (Channel 33.4)
- Tucson (Scripps) – KWBA (Channel 58.5)
- West Palm Beach (INYO) – WPXP (Channel 67.3)
- Wichita Falls Lawton (Gray Media) – KSWO (Channel 7.4)
Other multicast networks offered by Free TV Networks include true crime-themed Busted and western channel Outlaw, along with the free, ad-supported streaming TV network Pam Grier’s Soul Flix.
