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Vizio Adds Local Channel Category, 20 Channels in WatchFree+ Service
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Vizio Adds Local Channel Category, 20 Channels in WatchFree+ Service

July 19, 2023

Vizio has announced a new local channel category available in its free streaming service WatchFree+, featuring regional news, weather, sports and more.  

With 20 local market news channels from Fox and Gray Television, Vizio smart-TV owners can tune into local news coverage across top designated market areas (DMAs), including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. 

The new WatchFree+ channels include:

Fox channels:

  1. WAGA (Fox 5 – Atlanta) – Ch. 945 

  2. WTTG (Fox 5 – Washington DC) – Ch. 946 

  3. WJBK (Fox 2 – Detroit) – Ch. 947

  4. KDFW (Fox 4 – Dallas) – Ch. 948

  5. WTVT (Fox 13 – Tampa Bay) – Ch. 949

  6. KTVU (Fox 2 – San Francisco) – Ch. 950

  7. WTXF (Fox 29 – Philadelphia) – Ch. 951

  8. WOFL (Fox 35 Orlando) – Ch. 952

  9. KCPQ (Fox 13 Seattle) – Ch. 953

  10. KTTV (Fox 11 – Los Angeles) – Ch. 955

 

Gray Television channels:

  1. WANF Atlanta News First (Independent – Atlanta) – Ch. 961

  2. KTVK/KPHO Arizona’s Family (CBS 5 – Phoenix) – Ch. 962

  3. WOIO Cleveland 19 News (CBS 19 – Cleveland/Akron) – Ch. 963

  4. WBTV News (CBS 3 – Charlotte) – Ch. 964

  5. KPTV (FOX 12 – Portland) – Ch. 965

  6. KMOV4 News (CBS 4 – St. Louis) – Ch. 966

  7. WSMV4 News (CBS 4 – Nashville) – Ch. 967

  8. KCTV5 News (CBS 5 – Kansas City) – Ch. 968

  9. WFSB Eyewitness News 3 (CBS 3 – Hartford/New Haven) – Ch. 969

  10. WXIX-TV (FOX19 Now – Cincinnati) – Ch. 970

 
This expansion adds to the three current local news channels on WatchFree+ (CBS News Los Angeles — Ch. 160, CBS News New York — Ch. 161, and News 12 New York — Ch. 162).  

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