This page is presented as a public service providing quick access to local television station websites and Twitter feeds during "breaking news" events, most notably severe weather such as tornadoes and hurricanes. The listed stations are only those with news departments and/or likely to have a live video stream available.

The table is organized alphabetically by state/territory and, next to those, alphabetically by the main media market city. The Search box below can be used to narrow down the list. For example, entering just "arka" (minus the quotation marks) makes the table display only the stations in Arkansas.

This list is also available online at Google Maps and via a KMZ file through Google Earth. Some entries also contain reviews of station performance.

is.gd/tveast
(U.S. Local Television News Links – Eastern/Central/Atlantic – Google Maps)

is.gd/tvwest
(U.S. Local Television News Links – Mountain/Pacific/Alaska/Hawai’i/Guam – Google Maps)

Google Earth KMZ file for U.S. Local Television News Links – Eastern/Central/Atlantic

Google Earth KMZ file for U.S. Local Television News Links – Mountain/Pacific/Alaska/Hawai’i/Guam

A key for the icons plus other explanations are listed below the table. Please read those before leaving a comment or sending an email as they cover common situations one might encounter when using this data.

Network Affiliation Icons

– ABC  |   – CBS  |   – The CW  |   – Fox  |   – MNTV  |   – NBC

Notable Ownership Icons

– Meredith  |   – Sinclair

– Signified by its multicolored cluster of M’s logo, stations owned by the Meredith Corporation are noted due to the company’s financial ties with the two men most popularly known as the Koch Brothers. While it should be strongly noted that the $640 million investment Koch Equity Group made in Meredith on November 26, 2017 to assist the company in purchasing Time Inc. did not give the Koch family a seat on Meredith’s board or any influence on its editorial decisions, potential users of their stations’ websites and Twitter feeds should be aware of the financial benefit the Koch Brothers receive when exposed to the advertisements and promotions presented by Meredith.

– Stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group are signified with a light blue "S" icon that is taken from the company’s full logo. While many Sinclair outlets offer the highest caliber of severe weather coverage, the company’s overall lack of journalistic integrity in forcing every station it owns to slant news toward its executive board’s selfish political agenda should be noted by any KoHoSo.us user going beyond one of their station’s live streams. In addition, be aware any visit to a Sinclair website or Twitter feed will be counted as positive support for their company.

NOTE 2021-08-28 10:16 AM PDT: The icons mentioned above are still being added to the list. With about one-third of the over 700 stations still to cover, completing this task will take some time as it is being done simultaneously with a re-verification of all links (the first full re-check since this list was first posted in Spring 2014). At this point, only stations alphabetically from Alabama through Tennessee have been fully completed. I apologize this is taking so long but, now that the project has resumed, it also includes making sure all sites that offer it are linked via HTTPS plus a behind-the-scenes re-coding so browsers will not fuss about the links opening in a new tab.

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Not every station will stream during a breaking news event. It is a very hit-and-miss proposition that depends on too many factors to list here. One just has to try them all, come back later if none are streaming at that moment, and check Twitter feeds in case a station’s home page is not updated with the live streaming link (remember, having your own Twitter account is not required to view its feeds).

Television stations change their website address, Twitter handle, owner, and even call letters or network affiliations quite often these days. Please send me an email if any changes are noticed, a link is no longer valid, or a link redirects to a different address (not including intentional redirects such as how cbslosangeles.com ends up at losangeles.cbslocal.com).

Please be aware that almost every page containing a live television stream will be filled with web trackers. Some or all might require being allowed by one’s browser and/or privacy software in order to get the stream to work. It is up to each individual to decide if allowing such trackers is worth the exchange for being able to view the stream.

Despite its impending discontinuation by Adobe in 2020 and many security vulnerabilities, most live television streams are still presented in Flash. Depending on one’s browser, this might require settings adjustments and/or the installation of a browser extension (a.k.a. plug-in or add-on) in order to view the stream. The "Help" pages and/or forums for any browser will provide good assistance in how to get this accomplished.

DISCLAIMER: Clicking on any link above (or, anywhere else within this website) is done so solely at the user’s risk. KoHoSo.us cannot guarantee any link will remain valid, not direct to an unwanted destination, or not contain malware.