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Cozi TV

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Cozi TV
Company typeTelevision network
IndustryBroadcasting
PredecessorNBC Nonstop
Founded9 March 2009; 17 years ago (2009-03-09) (as NBC Nonstop)
FounderNBC Owned Television Stations
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Area served
United States
OwnerNBC Owned Television Stations (NBCUniversal)
ParentNBCUniversal
Websitecozi.tv

Cozi TV (presented as COZI TV) is a United States-based free-to-air television network under the ownership of the NBC Owned Television Stations group, part of NBCUniversal. This channel specializes in airing vintage television programs spanning from the 1950s through the early 2000s.

Initially introduced between 2009 and 2011 as a collection of local news and lifestyle digital subchannels branded NBC Nonstop on nine NBC owned-and-operated stations, Cozi TV has since evolved to showcase primarily sitcoms and drama series sourced from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution catalog. Viewers can access the network through providers such as AT&T U-verse, DirecTV, and Dish Network, as well as via streaming services including YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and DirecTV Stream.


NBC Nonstop

Following the shutdown of NBC Weather Plus in December 2008, NBC's flagship station WNBC in New York City replaced its automated local weather channel NBC Plus on digital subchannel 4.2 with NBC New York Nonstop on March 9, 2009. This new channel combined locally generated news content with lifestyle programming.

On June 5, 2010, NBC Local Media appointed Tom O'Brien, formerly General Manager at WNBC, as Executive Vice President of the Nonstop Network. Later that year, sister stations WCAU and WRC-TV launched their own Nonstop channels serving the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. markets respectively, followed by Chicago’s WMAQ-TV in November 2010. In January 2011, NBC’s California stations (KNBC, KNTV, and KNSD) jointly introduced the regional NBC California Nonstop channel. Additional expansions included launches at KXAS-TV in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area and Miami’s WTVJ. Each Nonstop subchannel featured eight hours daily of locally produced content—primarily supplementary local newscasts alongside lifestyle or talk shows—complemented by core programming from NBC-affiliated producer LXTV, including titles such as Talk Stoop, First Look, and Open House (with the latter two later incorporated into NBC’s Saturday late-night schedule).

Cozi TV

In October 2011, Meredith McGinn was hired by NBC Station to serve as vice president responsible for developing and launching a national network. On November 3, 2011, the NBC Owned Television Stations division announced intentions to merge its seven local Nonstop subchannels into a unified national network initially called NBC Nonstop Network. The concept was to air classic television reruns during daytime hours combined with lifestyle shows in the evening while permitting local stations to override programming for regional content. By mid-2012, alternative brand names such as "Bob TV" were under consideration.

On October 17, 2012, Time Out revealed that NBCUniversal planned to debut a classic TV network akin to MeTV, which was subsequently confirmed as a rebranding of the national NBC Nonstop service under the name Cozi TV. The network began a soft launch on December 20, 2012, through owned-and-operated stations and selected affiliates before officially commencing operations on January 1, 2013. In July 2013, McGinn advanced to Senior Vice President overseeing Cozi TV and LXTV.

Current lineup

Previous programming

Affiliates

Cozi TV is primarily broadcast by NBCUniversal within most markets where stations are owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations group, typically via subchannels of NBC or Telemundo outlets. The network is also carried on digital subchannels of other broadcasters, mainly those affiliated with NBC. Cozi TV functions on a barter arrangement, dividing advertising revenue and commercial slots with its affiliate stations.

The network initially launched quietly on NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated stations across various markets, with NBC O&Os airing Cozi TV in locations where NBC has a presence, and Telemundo O&Os covering markets lacking an NBC station.

Early affiliates beyond the NBC O&O group included KAIL-TV in Fresno, KVOA in Tucson, KSNV-DT in Las Vegas, and eight Texas stations under London Broadcasting Company ownership, such as KCEN-TV in Waco along with its semi-repeater KAGS-LD in College Station, collectively reaching approximately 26% of U.S. television households. By July 2013, this coverage expanded to 42%, equating to roughly 47.5 million households, through agreements involving WMFP (Boston), KUBE-TV (Houston), and KSHB-TV (Kansas City) from the E. W. Scripps Company.

On June 2, 2014, Cozi TV programming became accessible part-time on AT&T U-verse channel 578 and Dish Network channel 82 through a partnership with LeSEA's Family Entertainment Television (FETV). On June 17, 2014, LeSEA extended this affiliation to stations including South Bend (WHME-TV), Honolulu (KWHE), Colorado Springs (KWHS-LD), Tulsa (KWHB), St. Croix (WCVI), and New Orleans (WHNO); however, WHMB-TV in Indianapolis was excluded due to an existing contract with Dispatch Broadcast Group. In early 2015, multicast channels in twelve markets jointly operated by Meredith Corporation and Media General incorporated Cozi TV into their lineups.

Further affiliation arrangements with OTA Broadcasting, LLC brought Cozi TV to KFFV (Seattle) and WEPA-CD (Pittsburgh), increasing coverage to 60% of U.S. households. These agreements concluded on June 26, 2017; WEPA-CD ceased operations after selling its spectrum rights. On January 8, 2018, ABC affiliate WTAE-TV added Cozi TV to its multicast channel lineup, replacing This TV. Meanwhile, FETV now programs its own independently acquired content schedule.

In 2024, Cozi TV was dropped from Dish Network following unsuccessful contract negotiations; Dish cited NBCUniversal's rejection of what it considered a fair proposal. As a replacement, Dish displayed a splash screen suggesting alternative programming options and provided a link to an explanatory page about the Dish Promise.

List of affiliates

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External links

Affiliates carrying Cozi TV
Media market State/Dist./Terr. Station Channel
Birmingham Alabama WVUA 23.1
WVUA-CD 7.1
Huntsville WTZT-CD 11.1
Mobile WALA-TV 10.2
Montgomery WIYC 48.1
Anchorage Alaska KTBY 4.3
Phoenix Arizona KPHO-TV 5.2
KTAZ 39.3
Tucson KVOA 4.2
Fort Smith Arkansas KFDF-CD 44.2
Eureka California KBVU-TV 28.2
Fresno KGMC 43.8
KNSO 51.3
Los Angeles KNBC 4.2
Sacramento KAHC-LD 43.3
Monterey–Salinas–Santa Cruz K15CU-D 15.1
San Diego KNSD 39.2
San Francisco KNTV 11.2
Santa Barbara KVMM-CD 41.3
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