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{{short description|American television network (May 1967)}}
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{{distinguish|United Paramount Network|United Television}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = United Network
| logo = United Network Logo.png
| logo_size = 175px
| logo_alt = A black square shaped like a television set, with a large stylized white U in the middle of the square. In between the large U, in small white type, are the words "United Network".
| logo_caption = United Network logo, 1967
| type = [[Television network]]
| country = [[United States]]
| affiliates = 106, including flagships [[WPIX-TV]] and [[KHJ-TV]]
| headquarters = [[New York, New York]]
| owner = United Network, Inc.
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Oliver Treyz]] (president)|Lewis Marcy (executive VP)|Jack McGlothlin (chairman of the board)}}
| founded = {{Start date|1966|07|12}}
| founder = [[Daniel H. Overmyer]]
| launch_date = {{Start date|1967|05|01}}
| closed_date = {{End date|1967|06|01}} ({{Age in years, months, and days|1967|05|01|1967|06|01}})
| former_names = Overmyer Network (pre-launch, 1966–1967)
}}

The '''United Network''' (commonly referred to as '''United'''; known prior to launch as the '''Overmyer Network''' or '''ON''') was a short-lived attempt at a [[fourth television network]] in the United States that operated through the month of May 1967. Founded by [[Daniel H. Overmyer]], a [[Toledo, Ohio]], [[warehouse]] chain operator and [[television station]] owner, majority control of the network was sold by Overmyer to a 14-person [[syndicate]] weeks before it launched, resulting in the name change to the United Network.

Despite lofty plans outlined by network president [[Oliver Treyz]], United's lone offering was ''[[The Las Vegas Show]]'', a [[late-night talk show]] hosted by comedian [[Bill Dana]]. This program was successfully cleared in a majority of the nation's [[television market]]s; many United affiliates had existing primary affiliations with a [[Big Three network]]. Significant financial losses, poor timing, and a lack of overall advertising support prompted the network to shut down after only one month of operations.

== Formation ==
A second-generation [[warehouse]] owner, [[Daniel H. Overmyer]] had entered prominence in the field, owning and operating up to 260 buildings in 55 cities nationwide by 1965.<ref name="Cincin19660714p19">{{Cite news |last=Hogan Jr. |first=Martin |date=July 14, 1966 |title=Who's Overmyer? He Builds Warehouses, TV Stations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-daniel-h-overmy/54654765/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326231237/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-daniel-h-overmy/54654765/ |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> By 1966, Overmyer successfully built and signed on [[WDHO-TV]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Oviatt |first=Ray |date=April 26, 1966 |title=Area's New Ch. 24 On Air Tomorrow |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/areas-new-ch-24-air-tomorrow/ggjaahwfltjhxutkrjssfwmvnuqfhxdh_ip-10-166-46-103_1711426161656 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327063122/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/areas-new-ch-24-air-tomorrow/ggjaahwfltjhxutkrjssfwmvnuqfhxdh_ip-10-166-46-103_1711426161656 |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |page=41}}</ref> owned the ''Toledo Monitor'', a weekly tabloid paper,{{sfn|Brickey|1986|pages=14, 16}} and founded Progress National Bank;{{sfn|Brickey|1986|page=16}} he also secured [[construction permit]]s for six additional [[ultra high frequency]] (UHF) stations across the country, joining existing UHF station WDHO.<ref name="Cinc650311">{{Cite news |date=March 11, 1965 |title=TV Permit Sale By Land O.K.'d: N.Y. Firm Buys |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94071372/tv-permit-sale-by-land-okd-ny/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203115839/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94071372/tv-permit-sale-by-land-okd-ny/ |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite magazine |date=August 24, 1964 |title=For The Record: Ownership changes; WATL-TV |website=Broadcasting|id={{ProQuest|1014489300}} |pages=93, 98 |volume=67 |issue=8}}|{{cite magazine |date=May 17, 1965 |title=KBAY-TV sale set for hearing by FCC |magazine=Broadcasting |page=81 |volume=68 |issue=20 |id={{ProQuest|1014493819}}}}|{{cite magazine |date=February 22, 1965 |title=For The Record: Ownership changes; WAND-TV Pittsburgh |website=Broadcasting |pages=128, 130 |volume=68 |issue=8|id={{ProQuest|1014483738}}}}|{{cite magazine |date=February 15, 1965 |title=Overmyer wants okay to exceed U limit |magazine=Broadcasting|id={{ProQuest|962701344}} |page=50 |volume=68 |issue=7}}|{{cite magazine |date=April 26, 1965 |title=UHF ownership limit waiver denied Overmyer |magazine=Broadcasting |page=50 |volume=68 |issue=17|id={{ProQuest|1014500491}}}}}}</ref>

The creation of the Overmyer Network was announced on July 12, 1966, with former [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] president [[Oliver Treyz]] hired as network president. In addition to Overmyer's planned UHF outlets serving as [[owned-and-operated station]]s, New York City station [[WPIX-TV]], owned by [[Tribune Broadcasting]], was signed up as the planned [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]].<ref name="Broad660718p25">{{cite magazine |date=July 18, 1966 |title=Bold venture in TV networking |magazine=Broadcasting |pages=25–28 |volume=71 |issue=3 |id={{ProQuest|1014498334}}}}</ref> Los Angeles station [[KHJ-TV]], owned by [[RKO General]], was announced as the lead station for the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]];<ref name="Broad700831p30">{{cite magazine |date=October 3, 1966 |title=Overmyer signs key Coast outlet |magazine=Broadcasting |page=36 |volume=71 |issue=14}}</ref> had KHJ-TV not signed, [[KFTR-DT|KBSA (channel 46)]], a station that had yet to sign on the air,{{Efn|KBSA did not sign on the air until August 16, 1972.<ref name="KFTR-hc">{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=84414 |title= History Cards for KFTR-DT|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]}} ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards|Guide to reading History Cards]])<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--></ref>}} would have been designated as West Coast flagship.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 26, 1966 |title=At Deadline: KBSA(TV) to become ON's L.A. affiliate |magazine=Broadcasting |page=9 |volume=71 |issue=13 |id={{ProQuest|1014504690}}}}</ref> The network, abbreviated "ON" with the slogan, "Turn ON",{{sfn|Brickey|1986|page=16}} was regarded as the first credible attempt at forming a fourth national network to join ABC, [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] since ABC's formal reorganization in 1953.<ref name="TheTimes661205p27">{{Cite news |last=Foster |first=Bob |date=December 5, 1966 |title=Screenings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36283644/the_times/ |access-date=March 31, 2024 |newspaper=The Times |location=San Mateo, California |page=27 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924165452/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36283644/the_times/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:1966 Overmyer Network ad.jpg|alt=Two lines of text at the top: "26 WEEKS TO" and the letters "ON" in an outline, the O is made up of two interconnected arrows. The following text is inside a large box outline: "What goes on at ON: Overmyer Network advances net debut to April 3, five full months earlier than announced...Over 100 affils expected to be aboard on that Big Monday...ON's two-hour, Mon-Fri Las Vegas show shaping fast for opener. Top-name MC's will be announced soon. Show will rotate each week from 11 top hostelries, names forthcoming...ON's UPI news organization will begin feeding affils same date. Will give local ON affils unprecedented news authority. No longer weak sisters in the editorial tussle...Weekly dramatic show, based on stories from the Bible, in color and new animation process, being prepared by ON for Fall...Several agencies asking for ON presentations. Glad to oblige. (212) 867-4520 is our number. Whew! What ever happened to the two-hour lunch? Overmyer Network. ONward!"|thumb|October 1966 [[trade advertisement]] for the Overmyer Network, promoting an April 3, 1967, launch.<ref name="26WeekstoONad">{{Cite magazine |date=October 3, 1966 |title=26 WEEKS TO ON |magazine=Broadcasting |page=8 |type=Advertisement |volume=71 |issue=14}}</ref>]]
Treyz envisioned ON supplying up to eight straight hours of evening programming to affiliates, including a prime time block devoted to different genres every night,{{sfn|Brickey|1986|page=16}} two hours of newscasts supplied by [[United Press International]] (UPI), and a [[late-night talk show]] originating from [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].{{r|Broad660718p25}} Cultural and sports programming including ''Tales from the Great Book'' (an animated Bible series) and regional games of the [[Continental Football League]] were also planned,<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1966 |title=CFL Signs Network TV Contract For 1967 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36316665/orlando_evening_star/ |access-date=March 31, 2024 |newspaper=Orlando Evening Star |page=10A |via=Newspapers.com |agency=UPI |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924230246/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36316665/orlando_evening_star/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as was professional soccer.{{r|Broad700831p30}}<ref name="si660815">{{cite magazine |date=August 15, 1966 |title=Scorecard: The Fourth Steps Forth |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/08/15/scorecard |access-date=March 31, 2024 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |volume=25 |issue=7 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208101938/https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/08/15/scorecard |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewron Television, a [[Baltimore, Maryland]]–based [[production company]] that provided mobile television facilities for ABC, CBS and NBC, was contracted to supply their facilities for the late-night show.<ref name="Baltim670305p249">{{Cite news |last=Hyder |first=William |date=March 5, 1967 |title=They See the U.S.A. in their... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-they-see-the-usa-in/144698218/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |pages=TV Week 34–[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-they-see-the-usa-in/144698250/ 35] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403210319/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-they-see-the-usa-in/144698218/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By July 1966, 35 stations agreed to affiliate with the new network;<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gent|first=George|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36283380/the_des_moines_register/|title=Plan Fourth TV Network|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=July 13, 1966|agency=The New York Times|page=7|access-date=April 1, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924163940/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36283380/the_des_moines_register/|url-status=live}}</ref> this grew by October to 100 stations, 75 of which already agreed to carry the late-night show.{{r|Broad700831p30}} The number of planned affiliates increased to 123 by December, including 24 of the largest 25 markets.<ref name="ON123affils">{{cite magazine |date=December 5, 1966 |title=ON claims 123 affiliates |magazine=Broadcasting |pages=42, 44 |volume=71 |issue=23 |id={{ProQuest|1014505879}}}}</ref> Many of these new affiliates were existing CBS affiliates; after ON made the late-night show a priority, CBS declined to launch a late-night show of their own.{{r|TheTimes661205p27}}

== Ownership and name change ==
Overmyer encountered numerous financial difficulties in late 1966, attributed largely to an overexpansion of his warehouse company. Construction of his warehouses was briefly halted after the lead contractor encountered financial distress, owing $18&nbsp;million to shareholders;{{sfn|Brickey|1986|page=17}} in response, Overmyer agreed to guarantee the contractor's $5–6&nbsp;million debt.{{sfn|Trafficking in Broadcast Station Licenses, Part 2|1969|pages=422, 889}} Overmyer also employed a large financial development staff for his warehouse arm that traveled across the country, resulting in substantial travel expenses and monthly [[airfare]] totaling $80,000 a month.{{sfn|Brickey|1986|page=17}} Consequently, construction of the other UHF stations was delayed, with only the San Francisco ([[KOFY-TV|KEMO-TV]]) and Cincinnati ([[WXIX-TV|WSCO-TV]]) permits having any tangible progress to speak of.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 24, 1969 |title=For The Record: Existing TV stations, Final actions |magazine=Broadcasting |page=162 |volume=76 |issue=12}}</ref>{{sfn|Trafficking in Broadcast Station Licenses, Part 2|1969|pages=426, 539, 541}} Overmyer sold off 80&nbsp;percent majority control of these unfinished construction permits to [[American Viscose Corporation]] in exchange for a $3&nbsp;million [[loan]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 3, 1967 |title=Overmyer selling control of outlets |magazine=Broadcasting |page=80 |volume=72 |issue=14 |id={{ProQuest|1014520519}}}}</ref><ref name="Broad680122p37">{{cite magazine |date=January 22, 1968 |title=Overmyer sale papers are signed |magazine=Broadcasting |pages=37–38 |volume=74 |issue=4 |id={{ProQuest|1014510329}}}}</ref>

Overmyer announced the sale of 80&nbsp;percent majority control in the network on March 5, 1967, to a 14-person [[syndicate]] led by three stockholders in the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]]: Jack McGlothlin, a Texas oil operator; Willard Garvey, a grain dealer, an oil investor and land developer; and James Nichols, a Texas advertising and public-relations executive. No money changed hands.<ref name="DetroitF670306p28">{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1967 |title=New TV Network Plans April Start |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-new-tv-network-plans/144792625/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=4C |via=Newspapers.com |agency=UPI |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040502/https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-new-tv-network-plans/144792625/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DailyN670306p354">{{Cite news |last=Messina |first=Matt |date=March 6, 1967 |title=Overmyer TV Net Sold |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-overmyer-tv-net-sold/144793536/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |newspaper=Daily News |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040510/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-overmyer-tv-net-sold/144793536/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{r|Broad670313p23}} By February 15, 1967, Overmyer encountered second thoughts over the feasibility of the network and realized the original projected April 3 launch date promised months earlier in trade advertising{{r|26WeekstoONad}} would not be met.<ref name="459 F2d 556">{{Cite court|litigants=In the Matter of United Network, Inc. (formerly called Jaymac, Inc.), Debtor, Individually and as General Partner of United Network Company, a limited partnership, and United Network Company, a limited partnership, Debtor.|vol=459|reporter=F.2d|opinion=556|court=2d Cir.|date=1972|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/459/556/381975/#fn1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813200149/https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/459/556/381975/#fn1|url-status=live}}</ref> Overmyer proposed to the Mutual board a merger with the Overmyer Network as a way to help finance production of the new late-night show until advertising revenue became more available.<ref name="Broad700831p302">{{cite magazine |date=August 31, 1970 |title=Overmyer case surfaces again |magazine=Broadcasting |page=30 |volume=79 |issue=9 |id={{ProQuest|1014522931}}}}</ref> While the Mutual board rejected the idea, McGlothlin, Garvey and Nichols, were receptive and formed the syndicate. As part of the deal, ON was renamed the United Network and now had a launch date of May 1, 1967.{{r|Broad670313p23}} The new date came after negotiations with Lewron that included a $60,000 [[Rider (contract)|rider]] inserted in their contract and the right for United to terminate with seven days' notice.{{r|459 F2d 556}} ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]'' called the transaction "a rescue mission&nbsp;... [that] has saved the fourth television network from death in the womb."<ref name="Broad670313p23">{{cite magazine |date=March 13, 1967 |title=New blood in new network |magazine=Broadcasting |pages=23–26 |volume=72 |issue=11 |id={{ProQuest|1014504121}}}}</ref> Overmyer also relinquished any managerial role or board seats with the network.{{r|Broad670605p34}}

== Launch ==
Rechristened the United Network, the new network signed on the air on May 1, 1967, with ''[[The Las Vegas Show]]'' on 106 stations.<ref name="IndepLB670703pB5">{{Cite news |date=July 3, 1967 |title=Fledgling United Network Set to Resume Broadcasts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36283878/independent/ |access-date=March 31, 2024 |newspaper=Independent |location=Long Beach, California |page=B5 |agency=Associated Press |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813120929/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36283878/independent/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hosted by comedian [[Bill Dana]] from the [[Hacienda (Las Vegas)|Hotel Hacienda]], the show featured regulars [[Ann Elder]], [[Pete Barbutti]], Danny Meahan, [[Jo Anne Worley]], [[Cully Richards]], and [[Jack Sheldon]] and aspired for a younger audience than NBC's ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. ''The Las Vegas Show'' also debuted two weeks after ABC launched ''[[The Joey Bishop Show (talk show)|The Joey Bishop Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Humphrey|first=Hal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36284027/the_los_angeles_times/|title=High Stakes in Las Vegas Show|date=May 1, 1967|page=30:IV|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 1, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401060438/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/36284027/|url-status=live}}</ref> Dana had a 13-week contract with United to host the show and was reportedly paid $8,000 per week.{{r|DailyN670602p26}}<ref name="DetroitF670405p54">{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Bettelou |date=April 5, 1967 |title=Debbie Reynolds Signs for 2 Shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-debbie-reynolds-signs/144792369/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=6D |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040511/https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-debbie-reynolds-signs/144792369/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The primary focus on ''Las Vegas'', coupled with changes to the network's distribution,{{r|Broad670605p34}} delayed the UPI newsfeed to a September 11, 1967, launch.<ref name="VarietyUniUPI">{{Cite magazine |date=May 3, 1967 |title=UPI UniNet Feed Delayed to Fall |magazine=Variety |page=35 |volume=246 |issue=11|id={{pq|1032463457}}}}</ref> UPI merged their television news service with [[ITN]] earlier in the year to form [[UPITN]], and United was to have been one of UPITN's first clients.{{r|Broad670605p34}}

With ''Las Vegas'' derisively dubbed "Ollie's Follies" by industry insiders, United was described by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' as a syndication service similar to [[Hughes Television Network|Sports Network]], but utilizing [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]] [[Bell System]] transmission lines—the main carrier for television network transmissions—to send programming on a regular schedule.<ref name="VarietyOlliesFollies">{{Cite magazine |last=Brown |first=Les |date=May 3, 1967 |title='Ollie's Follies' Syndie Bane; Split-The-Take Programs Next |magazine=Variety |pages=35, 52 |volume=246 |issue=11 |id={{pq|1032463418}}}}</ref> United's affiliate base was regarded as "irregular" by ''Variety''{{r|VarietyVegasVWebs}} and retrospectively seen as "erratic".<ref name="CP1982">{{cite book |last1=Castleman |first1=Harry |url=https://archive.org/details/watchingtvfourde00cast |title=Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television |last2=Podrazik |first2=Walter J. |date=1982 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=0-07-010269-4 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/watchingtvfourde00cast/page/304 304] |url-access=registration}}</ref> As the network was made up mostly of existing Big Three affiliates, ''The Las Vegas Show'' aired in [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]] in most markets; some NBC affiliates delayed the show to the late afternoon{{r|Albuqu670502p7}} or aired it after ''Tonight''.{{r|Omah6704302}} The show's airtime on WPIX varied during the week,<ref name="DailyN670420p92">{{Cite news |last=Gardella |first=Kay |date=April 20, 1967 |title=CBS Series for Reasoner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cbs-series-for-reasoner/144792043/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |newspaper=Daily News |page=31C |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040513/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cbs-series-for-reasoner/144792043/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 1967 |title=Key TV Premieres |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36316959/the_bridgeport_telegram/ |access-date=March 31, 2024 |newspaper=The Bridgeport Telegram |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924230246/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36316959/the_bridgeport_telegram/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which was also the case for [[WGN-TV]] in [[Chicago]].<ref name="ChicagoT670420p66">{{Cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Sheila |date=April 20, 1967 |title=A New Battleground: Late Night TV Front |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-a-new-battleground-late/144794005/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411172818/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-a-new-battleground-late/144794005/ |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |access-date=April 11, 2024 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page=18:2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="VarietyVegasVWebs">{{Cite magazine |date=May 3, 1967 |title=Radio-Television: Split-Week 'Vegas' Vs. Webs |magazine=Variety |page=35 |volume=246 |issue=11 |id={{ProQuest|1032463392}}}}</ref> The network also lacked clearance in some large cities, including San Francisco, which was waiting for KEMO-TV to sign on.{{r|SanF670502}}

While initially debuting to strong ratings in New York and Los Angeles, ''Las Vegas'' experienced significant declines through the month of May 1967.<ref name="LVRJ670601p1">{{Cite news |last=Digilio |first=Don |date=June 1, 1967 |title=Network Kills Program: Vegas Show Gets 'Hook': Cash Woe Causes Failure |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/network-kills-program-vegas-show-gets-hook-cash-woe-causes-failure/vekdpowptfkufxcaqgoxoqwcfnouivla_ip-10-166-46-154_1712903487286 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413043215/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/network-kills-program-vegas-show-gets-hook-cash-woe-causes-failure/vekdpowptfkufxcaqgoxoqwcfnouivla_ip-10-166-46-154_1712903487286 |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |pages=1–[https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/vegas-show-closes-doors/hctoawxvjminrbhgkpvoiktilxhsjzix_ip-10-166-46-189_1712903532720 2]}}</ref> By the third week, ''Las Vegas'' was ranked dead last in New York<ref name="HamiltS670518p55">{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Jack |date=May 18, 1967 |title=... talking TV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-jack-miller-ta/145373409/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |page=55 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414224605/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-jack-miller-ta/145373409/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and reportedly fell to a fraction of a point nationally.{{r|MorningRecord}}{{r|LVRJ670601p1}} Dana later said some audience surveys showed ''Las Vegas'' had an average viewership of around 2.6&nbsp;million,<ref name="NashuaT670607p15">{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |date=June 7, 1967 |title=Dana Clarifying Downfall of The Las Vegas Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashua-telegraph/36282805/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326032319/https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashua-telegraph/36282805/ |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 25, 2024 |work=Nashua Telegraph |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> a respectable number given the varied airtimes among the stations and competition against ''Tonight'', ''Joey Bishop'' and ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]''.{{r|SanBern670602p42}}

== Financial distress ==
Despite the hype, the United Network quickly started to bleed money. AT&T's transmission lines proved to be too expensive: advance fees for the lines amounted to $400,000 per month{{r|SanBern670602p42}} and $7&nbsp;million annually (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|7000000|1967}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}), with United paying for all eight hours despite using only two of those allotted hours.{{r|VarietyOlliesFollies}} Under existing [[Tariff|toll tariff]] rules, United was prohibited from subleasing these unused hours to another program service or for [[educational television]], which drew the ire of ''[[New York Times]]'' columnist [[Jack Gould]].<ref name="Richmond670503p39">{{Cite news |last=Gould |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Gould |date=May 3, 1967 |title=TV Net Makes Bow With 2-Hour Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-tv-net-makes-bow/145192347/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |page=C15 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=The New York Times |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413042841/https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-tv-net-makes-bow/145192347/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the network launched, Overmyer sold his nominal 20&nbsp;percent stake back to the syndicate for $240,000 cash and a $115,000 [[promissory note]].{{r|Broad670605p34}} Two weeks into the network's operations, several members of the syndicate declined to have any further involvement with United, further burdening the remaining stockholders.<ref name="SanBern670602p42">{{Cite news |last=Gould |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Gould |date=June 2, 1967 |title=United TV Network Folds, Bill Dana Show Loses Out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-united-tv/144793194/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |page=C10 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=The New York Times |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040513/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-united-tv/144793194/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[H. L. Hunt]] and [[Howard Hughes]] were both approached as investors, but both rejected their respective offers,{{r|Broad670605p34}} and another merger proposal with Mutual Broadcasting was reportedly rejected.<ref name="BostonG670519p17">{{Cite news |last=Shain |first=Percy |date=May 19, 1967 |title=Night Watch: CBS Documentary On Warren Report |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-night-watch-cbs-docume/145373300/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223554/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-night-watch-cbs-docume/145373300/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

United also launched at the end of the traditional television season,{{r|MorningRecord}} which was also the last quarter for traditional advertising budget cycles, limiting the ability for [[blue-chip companies]] to become clients for the network, although companies like [[Colgate-Palmolive]], [[General Mills]] and [[General Foods]] did emerge as advertisers.{{r|NashuaT670607p15}} During the last days of operation, network president Oliver Treyz made an on-air appeal to potential sponsors, pointing out that air time on ''The Las Vegas Show'' was a mere $6,000 a minute, barely a third of what NBC was charging for ''The Tonight Show''.<ref name="MorningRecord">{{cite news |date=June 2, 1967 |title=Late Night Las Vegas Show, Started May 1, Bites Dust |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2512&dat=19670602&id=twFIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2561,4304318 |access-date=July 27, 2013 |work=The Morning Record |location=Meriden, Connecticut |pages=3 |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815234339/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2512&dat=19670602&id=twFIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2561,4304318 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Broad670605p34">{{cite magazine |date=June 5, 1967 |title=United network forced to quit |magazine=Broadcasting |pages=34, 36, 41 |volume=72 |issue=23 |id={{ProQuest|1014496580}}}}</ref> Syndicated columnist [[Jack O'Brian]] reported these $6,000 rates were reduced further by up to two-thirds.<ref name="JerseyJ670526p8">{{Cite news |last=O'Brian |first=Jack |author-link=Jack O'Brian |date=May 26, 1967 |title=Voice of Broadway: Duke and Duchess to Make King's Ransom from Flick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-voice-of-broadway-du/145375152/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223414/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-voice-of-broadway-du/145375152/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewron was also not paid on May 22 and May 29 and issued a [[Telegraphy|telegram]] threatening to deny United usage of their facilities.{{r|459 F2d 556}} Other columnists began to suggest United "is in financial trouble",<ref name="Indepen670522p7">{{Cite news |last=Tashman |first=George |date=May 22, 1967 |title=Tashman on TV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-tashman-on-tv/145376914/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Independent |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223415/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-tashman-on-tv/145376914/ |url-status=live }}</ref> had a "shaky" future,{{r|BostonG670519p17}} or was "dying",<ref name="ScrantT670528p72">{{Cite news |last=Gummer |first=Bill |date=May 28, 1967 |title=TView |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/scrantonian-tribune-tview/145376672/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |newspaper=Scrantonian Tribune |page=9B |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223415/https://www.newspapers.com/article/scrantonian-tribune-tview/145376672/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with O'Brian calling ''Las Vegas'' both "new and ailing".{{r|JerseyJ670526p8}}

== Closure ==
{{Quote box
| quote = At least I set a record. I'm the first man in history to sink an entire network.
| author = [[Bill Dana]]
| source = host of ''The Las Vegas Show'', after the shutdown of the United Network{{r|NashuaT670607p15}}
| width = 275px
}}

United's executive board voted to cease operations on Thursday, June 1, 1967, forcing affiliates to find replacement programming that same evening, some with only a few hours notice.{{r|Broad670605p34}}{{Efn|Producers for ''The Las Vegas Show'' told the Associated Press two additional installments had been taped in advance prior to the shutdown, but it is unlikely those shows ever aired.{{r|MorningRecord}}}} One station, [[WREC-TV]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], which carried ''Las Vegas'' at midnight, opted to [[sign-off]] at that time.<ref name="MemphiP670601p25">{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1967 |title=Dana's Show Is Dropped |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-press-scimitar-danas-show-i/145361469/ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Memphis Press-Scimitar |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223417/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-press-scimitar-danas-show-i/145361469/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Las Vegas'' was cancelled after 23 episodes;{{r|MorningRecord}} production staff was notified after the previous night's taping that the show "would stop taping for awhile".{{r|LVRJ670601p1}} Financial losses for the network's investors totaled $2.2&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|2200000|1967}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}){{r|SanBern670602p42}} from a [[starting capital]] of $10&nbsp;million.<ref name="Crosby">{{cite news |last=Crosby |first=Joan |date=February 26, 1969 |title=Fourth Network Hasn't Worked Yet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-raleigh-register-fourth-network-hasn/144546353/ |access-date=April 1, 2024 |newspaper=[[Raleigh Register]] |page=27 |agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401154944/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-raleigh-register-fourth-network-hasn/144546353/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Las Vegas'' executive producer David Sontag said United needed up to $8&nbsp;million more in order to sustain further production of the program.<ref name="DailyN670602p26">{{Cite news |last=Gardella |first=Kay |date=June 2, 1967 |title=Las Vegas Show Axed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-las-vegas-show-axed/144791451/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |newspaper=Daily News |page=27C |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040514/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-las-vegas-show-axed/144791451/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A notice was sent to the network's 107 affiliate stations on June 1, 1967, which stated:{{r|DailyN670602p26}}<ref name="TCCCT">{{cite news |last=Gysel |first=Dean |date=June 4, 1967 |title=Services Held For Infant Network |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36122880/the_corpus_christi_callertimes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401060439/https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times/36122880/ |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |access-date=September 19, 2019 |work=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times |pages=106 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Chicago Daily News}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|The executive committee of our board of directors, instructed me to inform you that with deep regret we are obliged to advise you that the United Network ceased its interconnected program operations as of May 31, 1967.

Please be advised that the United Network staff has done everything possible in connection without {{sic}} efforts to plan and launch the Las Vegas program and other United Network endeavors.

Station co-operation has been magnificent.  We are indeed indebted to you for all your help. Regretfully, Oliver Treyz.}}

United filed for bankruptcy on June 22, 1967, having accrued a debt of $690,000. Creditors included [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], Texas Bank and Trust, Overmyer Network and Productions, and Bill Dana.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 26, 1967 |title=$690,000 deficit in UN bankruptcy filing |magazine=Broadcasting |page=80 |volume=72 |issue=26}}</ref> Treyz left at the end of June.{{r|SanBern670602p42}} Managing director James Nichols expressed hope to resume United's operations within two months, saying the network did not fold but dropped all programming while undergoing a [[reorganization]].{{r|IndepLB670703pB5}}<ref name="DailyNe670703p16">{{Cite news |last=Maksian |first=George |date=July 3, 1967 |title=United Network Back in Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-united-network-back-in-busine/145267102/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |newspaper=Daily News |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413044855/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-united-network-back-in-busine/145267102/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Nichols retained [[Robert Pauley]], formerly of [[Cumulus Media Networks|ABC Radio]], to serve as United's future president.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 1967 |title=Network to Try Again |magazine=TV Communications |page=28 |volume=4 |issue=10}}</ref> Minority shareholder Willard Garvey planned to incorporate a new company named Detinu, Inc. (United spelled backward), to "precede development of a fourth nationwide television network".<ref name="LosAngT670628p70">{{Cite news |date=June 28, 1967 |title=United TV Network May Be Replaced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-united-tv-network/145211351/ |access-date=April 12, 2024 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |page=16:V |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413044955/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-united-tv-network/145211351/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

By September 1967, Nichols announced United would relaunch with seven hours of news and public affairs per week,<ref name="TampaB670902p17">{{Cite news |date=September 2, 1967 |title=United Network May Resume Operations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-united-network-may-resum/145265757/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |page=14B |via=Newspapers.com |agency=The New York Times |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413045151/https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-united-network-may-resum/145265757/ |url-status=live }}</ref> transmitted between 2&nbsp;a.m. and noon when AT&T fees were lowest.<ref name="Broad670904p64">{{Cite magazine |date=September 4, 1967 |title=United plans for comeback |magazine=Broadcasting |pages=64, 66 |volume=73 |issue=10 |id={{ProQuest|1014505209}}}}</ref><ref name="WarrenT670909p31">{{Cite news |last=McIntyre |first=Lenore |date=September 9, 1967 |title=TE LA DI O: Another Try |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-and-observer-te-la-d/145265589/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |newspaper=Warren Times-Mirror and Observer |page=B11 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413045140/https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-and-observer-te-la-d/145265589/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Pauley "severed ties" with United's investor team the following month<ref name="Broad671002p5">{{Cite magazine |date=October 2, 1967 |title=Closed Circuit: Divided they stand |magazine=Broadcasting |page=5 |volume=73 |issue=14}}</ref> and established Independent Broadcasting Co., which like United would provide news and public affairs, including content from [[Pathé News]], to affiliates.<ref name="Broad680115p59">{{Cite magazine |date=January 15, 1968 |title=Pauley to try own TV network |magazine=Broadcasting |page=59 |volume=74 |issue=3 |id={{ProQuest|1016844966}}}}</ref> This network also failed to materialize and Pauley was eventually hired as president of Mutual Broadcasting.<ref name="Broad680701p32">{{Cite magazine |date=July 1, 1968 |title=The Media: MBS picks Pauley as president |magazine=Broadcasting |page=32 |volume=75 |issue=1}}</ref>{{Efn|Pauley's concept of a syndicator of television news and public affairs would eventually be realized with [[Television News Inc.]] in 1973, backed by [[Joseph Coors]] of the [[Coors Brewing Company]] and with Pauley as the founding [[chief executive officer]].<ref name="Dail730217">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95632845/two-cbs-soap-dramas-scrubbed-by-bad/|date=February 17, 1973|page=31|first=Val|last=Adams|title=Two CBS Soap Dramas Scrubbed by Bad Ratings|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223083548/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95632845/two-cbs-soap-dramas-scrubbed-by-bad/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Pete Barbutti told the ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]'' in a January 1968 interview any plans to revive United or ''Las Vegas'' were "quite unlikely" as ownership decided to [[write-off]] the network for tax purposes.<ref name="OmahaW680112p31">{{Cite news |last=Snodgrass |first=Duane |date=January 12, 1968 |title=Omaha After Dark: Twenties, Owner, Actors to Confer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-omaha-after-dark-twe/145261516/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |page=31 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413045151/https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-omaha-after-dark-twe/145261516/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lewron Television sued both the network and Overmyer for $117,000 in unpaid rental bills, half of what had been owed to them under their contract;<ref name="Baltim661015p119">{{Cite news |last=Hendricks |first=Theodore W. |date=October 15, 1967 |title=TV Facilities Firm Victor in U.S. Court: Lewron Television, Inc. Wins Award From Overmyer Leasing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-tv-facilities-firm-vic/144695065/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=D27 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403210233/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-tv-facilities-firm-vic/144695065/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Overmyer was included because of his past status as a minority owner.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 24, 1967 |title=Overmyer and United in $117,000 suit |magazine=Broadcasting |page=30 |volume=73 |issue=4 |id={{ProQuest|1014508961}}}}</ref> While Overmyer was initially found liable of up to $53,683 in a [[summary judgment]],{{r|Baltim661015p119}} this was later reversed on appeal.<ref>{{cite court|litigants=Lewron Television, Inc., Appellee, v. D. H. Overmyer Leasing Co., Inc., Appellant|vol=401|reporter=F.2d|opinion=689|court=4th Cir.|date=1969|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/401/689/323752/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706152148/http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/401/689/323752/|url-status=live}}</ref> The lawsuit against United was decided on May 8, 1972, with the network owing the firm $13,326.86.{{r|459 F2d 556}}

== Legacy ==
WPIX president Fred Thrower called United "a valiant attempt" and said "it's a shame it didn't work... to ask for a success in five weeks was too much. If the backers of the network didn't intend to give it sustenance until it found its place they shouldn't play in this league with peanuts."{{r|DailyN670602p26}} Bill Dana expressed frustration over United's management and finances, telling an [[Associated Press]] reporter, "this appears to be the definite case of 'the operation was a success, but the patient died'. I can only ascribe the failure of the enterprise to the consummate naivete on the part of the backers. The whole thing went against all principles of sound fiscal policy. Even if you open a candy store, you should have enough capitalization to last more than three or four weeks."{{r|NashuaT670607p15}} Overmyer said after the shutdown, "I am sorry. I still think a fourth network is necessary and maybe a fifth as time goes by."{{r|TCCCT}}

Jack Gould mused in his ''Times'' column at the end of 1967 that United's failure was "further evidence that expansion of commercial TV is little more than a pipe dream".<ref name="ArizonaR671231p67">{{Cite news |last=Gould |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Gould |date=December 31, 1967 |title=Deluge of Trivia in 1967 Television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-deluge-of-trivia-in-196/145265919/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |newspaper=Arizona Republic |page=H5 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=The New York Times |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413050519/https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-deluge-of-trivia-in-196/145265919/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a February 1969 column on recent attempts at a fourth television network (including [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]], [[NTA Film Network|NTA]] and a [[Pat Weaver]] effort), [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]] media critic Joan Crosby deemed United "the latest, and most noteworthy fiasco&nbsp;... that barely lasted long enough for the first commercial". Industry spokesmen described United to Crosby as "a promotion stunt" and "a fraud".{{r|Crosby}} Homer Brickey of the ''[[Toledo Blade]]'' later called the network "a victim of the Overmyer cash crunch" and claimed Treyz "slid into oblivion and reportedly became a bum on the streets of New York City."{{sfn|Brickey|1986|page=16}} Historian [[Hal Erickson (author)|Hal Erickson]] wrote that "...&nbsp;the United Network came to an end—making ''The Las Vegas Show'' the first series in history to leave the air because its network was cancelled."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |title=Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |year=2001 |isbn=9780786411986 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |page=150 |orig-date=1989}}</ref>

== Affiliate stations ==
A two-page advertisement published on the April 3, 1967, issue of ''Broadcasting'' magazine listed all the planned affiliates for the United Network.<ref name="heyu">{{Cite magazine|magazine=Broadcasting|pages=106B, 106C|type=Advertisement|title=Just call us Hey U|date=April 3, 1967|volume=72|issue=15|id={{ProQuest|1014504276}} }}</ref> Prior to that, the December 5, 1966, issue of ''Broadcasting'' listed planned all the affiliates for the Overmyer Network, 123 in total.{{r|ON123affils}} In some markets, a different station was the affiliate due to the planned station not yet signing on. Overmyer's [[KOFY-TV|KEMO-TV (channel 20)]] was listed as an affiliate in both lists, but it was not on air until April 1, 1968;<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 29, 1968|first=Dwight|last=Newton|work=San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle|via=GenealogyBank|page=B5|title=How Non-Networks Fight Back|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/how-non-networks-fight-back/dslynelzrcxacswzzwqfnamcqedogqrd_ip-10-166-46-142_1711464172908|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326150212/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/how-non-networks-fight-back/dslynelzrcxacswzzwqfnamcqedogqrd_ip-10-166-46-142_1711464172908|url-status=live}}</ref> as a result, ''The Las Vegas Show'' did not air in San Francisco.<ref name="SanF670502">{{Cite news |last=Du Brow |first=Rick |date=May 2, 1967 |title=TV Today: New Network Bows in Vegas |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-tv-today-new/144161329/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |location=San Francisco, California |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=UPI |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144712/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-tv-today-new/144161329/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A <span style="background:#DFEBF6;border:2px solid #DFEBF6">blue background</span> indicates a station only included in the April 3, 1967, list.
{| class="wikitable"
|+United Network affiliates
! scope="col" | Station
! scope="col" | Channel
! scope="col" | Primary affiliation
! scope="col" | City of license
! scope="col" | Refs
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | [[WHNT-TV]]
| 19 || CBS || [[Huntsville, AL]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Channel 19 Has Vegas Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-huntsville-times-channel-19-has-vega/174147517/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Huntsville Times |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Huntsville, Alabama |page=62 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WKRG-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Mobile, AL]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[WCOV-TV]]
| 20 || CBS || [[Montgomery, AL]] || <ref name="Alab670508">{{Cite news |date=May 8, 1967 |title=Television |url=https://newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal-television/144159767/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=Alabama Journal |location=Montgomery, Alabama |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144711/https://www.newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal-television/144159767/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{efn|[[WNCF|WKAB-TV]] (channel 32, ABC) was announced as the Montgomery, Alabama, affiliate in both the December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, lists.{{r|ON123affils|heyu}}}}
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! scope="row" | [[KPHO-TV]]
| 5 || Independent || [[Phoenix, AZ]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=10:30 Monday Night: Las Vegas Show to Open United Network Activity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-jose-the-chief-ho/174101728/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |date=April 7, 1967 |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=46 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KZAZ-TV]]
| 11 || Independent || [[Tucson, AZ]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Las Vegas Variety Show To Be Aired By KZAZ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-las-vegas-variety-show-to/179383208/ |access-date=August 21, 2025 |newspaper=Tucson Daily Citizen |date=April 25, 1967 |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[KBAK-TV]]
| 29 || CBS || [[Bakersfield, CA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Television Log |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-30-1967-5125318/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Bakersfield Californian |date=May 30, 1967 |location=Bakersfield, California |page=10 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[KCAL-TV|KHJ-TV]]
| 9 || Independent || [[Los Angeles, CA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KHJ-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-khj-tv-advertiseme/174159161/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=V–22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KUVS-DT|KLOC-TV]]
| 19 || Independent || [[Modesto, CA]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KFMB-TV]]
| 8 || CBS || [[San Diego, CA]] || || {{efn|[[KGTV|KOGO-TV]] was announced as the San Diego affiliate in the December 5, 1966, list.{{r|ON123affils}}}}
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! scope="row" | [[KICU-TV (Visalia, California)|KICU-TV]]
| 43 || Independent || [[Visalia, CA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=KICU Joins New Network, Beams First Net Series |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-kicu-joins-new-network-b/179383061/ |access-date=August 21, 2025 |newspaper=The Fresno Bee |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Fresno, California |page=2–TV |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 
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! scope="row" | [[KKTV]]
| 11 || CBS || [[Colorado Springs, CO]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Dana and Las Vegas Show to Debut on TV 11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/colorado-springs-gazette-telegraph-bill/174157382/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph Leisure Time |date=April 29, 1967 |location=Colorado Springs, Colorado |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[KWGN-TV]]
| 2 || Independent || [[Denver, CO]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[KREX-TV]]{{Efn|Including satellites KREY (Montrose) and KREZ (Durango).}}
| 5 || CBS || [[Grand Junction, CO]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[WFSB|WTIC-TV]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Hartford, CT]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WTIC-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-wtic-tv-advertisement/174146735/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[WTTG]]
| 5 || Independent || [[Washington, D.C.]] || <ref name="Balti670502" /> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WTVX]]
| 34 || CBS || [[Fort Pierce, FL]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[WJXT]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Jacksonville, FL]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[WTVJ]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Miami, FL]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jack E. |title=Las Vegas Show Off To Star-Filled Start |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-las-vegas-show-off-to-s/174103469/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Miami Herald |date=May 3, 1967 |location=Miami, Florida |page=3-B |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WDBO-TV]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Orlando, FL]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WDBO-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-wdbo-tv-advertiseme/174183859/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Orlando, Florida |page=12–A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WLCY-TV]]
| 10 || ABC || [[Tampa]]–[[St. Petersburg, FL]] || || {{efn|[[WTVT]] was announced as the Tampa–St. Petersburg affiliate in the December 5, 1966, list.{{r|ON123affils}}}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WAGA-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Atlanta, GA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WAGA-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-waga-tv-adverti/174161019/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution TV Amusement Guide |date=April 29, 1967 |location=Atlanta, Georgia |page=7-A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || {{efn|Overmyer's WBMO-TV (channel 36) was listed as the Atlanta affiliate in the December 5, 1966, list.{{r|ON123affils}}}}
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! scope="row" | [[WRBL]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Columbus, GA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Would You Believe . . . Don Adams? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-would-you-believe/184145607/ |access-date=November 1, 2025 |newspaper=The Columbus Enquirer |date=April 29, 1967 |location=Columbus, Georgia |page=30 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WCIA]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Champaign, IL]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WGN-TV]]
| 9 || Independent || [[Chicago, IL]] || <ref name="ChicagoT670420p66" /> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WMBD-TV]]
| 31 || CBS || [[Peoria, IL]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WREX-TV]]
| 13 || ABC || [[Rockford, IL]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WHBF-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Rock Island, IL]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WTHR|WLWI]]
| 13 || ABC || [[Indianapolis, IN]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Inman |first=Julia |title=Time Change Blues: Confusion Reigns; But It Looks Like Program Shuffle Ahead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-time-change-blues/174160307/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |date=April 21, 1967 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || {{efn|[[WTTV]] was announced as the Indianapolis affiliate in the December 5, 1966, list.{{r|ON123affils}}}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WNDU-TV]]
| 16 || NBC || [[South Bend, IN]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WNDU-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsbt-tv-advertise/174084678/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The South Bend Tribune |date=May 1, 1967 |location=South Bend, Indiana |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WTHI-TV]]
| 10 || CBS || [[Terre Haute, IN]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KBSD-DT|KTVC]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Ensign, KS]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KBSL-DT|KLOE-TV]]
| 10 || CBS || [[Goodland, KS]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KAYS-TV]]
| 7 || CBS || [[Hays, KS]] || rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Thursday's TV Log |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-thursdays-tv-log/174147755/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle |date=May 4, 1967 |location=Wichita, Kansas |page=16A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[KWCH-DT|KTVH]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]]–[[Wichita, KS]] ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KNOE-TV]]
| 8 || CBS || [[Monroe, LA]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[WVUE-TV]]
| 12 || ABC || [[New Orleans, LA]] || <ref>{{Cite news |date=May 31, 1967 |title=Details of Today's Television Shows |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/details-todays-television-shows/wlhkngpmforhdnicwdancwywfylzpbgs_ip-10-166-46-182_1711462571925 |work=[[The Times-Picayune]] |page=3:4 |via=GenealogyBank |access-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144707/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/details-todays-television-shows/wlhkngpmforhdnicwdancwywfylzpbgs_ip-10-166-46-182_1711462571925 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{efn|While WVUE was announced as the New Orleans affiliate in the December 5, 1966, list,{{r|ON123affils}} [[WWOM-TV]] (channel 26, independent) was announced as such in the April 3, 1967, list;{{r|heyu}} WWOM-TV was not on air until October 14 of that year.<ref name="groovy">{{Cite news |last=Lorando |first=Mark |date=December 31, 1995 |title=Feeling 'groovy' about their ABCs |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/feeling-groovy-about-their-abcs/eskbzhlbryjuwohtrqtgugobqwxxhtow_wma-gateway011_1679599864280 |work=The Times-Picayune |page=TV Focus 6 |via=GenealogyBank |access-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326210927/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/feeling-groovy-about-their-abcs/eskbzhlbryjuwohtrqtgugobqwxxhtow_wma-gateway011_1679599864280 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KSLA]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Shreveport, LA]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[WABI-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Bangor, ME]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WMTW (TV)|WMTW]]
| 8 || ABC || [[Poland Spring, Maine|Poland Spring]]–[[Portland, ME]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Wiesental |first=Mickey |title=Maine Airwaves: Clamping Down On CATV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-press-herald-maine-airwaves-cl/174147056/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=Portland Press Herald |date=April 2, 1967 |location=Portland, Maine |page=9D |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WAGM-TV]]
| 8 || CBS || [[Presque Isle, ME]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WMET-TV]]
| 24 || Independent || [[Baltimore, MD]] || <ref name="Balti670502">{{cite news |title=Today's Television Programs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-todays-television-pro/174216998/ |access-date=June 10, 2025 |newspaper=The Sun |date=May 2, 1967 |location=Baltimore, Maryland |page=B6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WHDH-TV (channel 5)|WHDH-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Boston, MA]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Shain |first=Percy |title=Night Watch: Carson Talks Pay; Seen Set to Return |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-night-watch-carson-tal/180460142/ |access-date=September 5, 2025 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=April 17, 1967 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |page=26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WKBD-TV]]
| 50 || Independent || [[Detroit, MI]] || <ref name="Detr670602">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-new-network-shuts-dow/135530438/|date=June 2, 1967|page=4-C|title=New Network Shuts Down After a Month|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121155525/https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-new-network-shuts-dow/135530438/|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{efn|[[WJBK-TV]] (channel 2, CBS) was announced as the Detroit, Michigan, affiliate in the December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, lists.{{r|ON123affils|heyu}}}}
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WKZO-TV]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Kalamazoo, MI]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WJIM-TV]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Lansing, MI]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=New Las Vegas Show Promises to Entertain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-new-las-vegas-show/174185266/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The State Journal |date=April 29, 1967 |location=Lansing, Michigan |page=C–6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || {{efn|Could not carry all of the show because of [[Daylight Saving Time]]–related issues.<ref name="Lans670506">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-mid-michigan-telev/144163150/|date=May 6, 1967|page=C-2|title=Mid-Michigan Television News|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|location=Lansing, Michigan|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151824/https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-mid-michigan-telev/144163150/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> The state legislature had just moved to exempt Michigan from DST.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/weather/2016/03/hate_the_clock_change_michigan.html|work=MLive|first=Mark|last=Torregrossa|title=Hate the time change? Michigan killed it once, then brought it back|date=March 12, 2016|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151818/https://www.mlive.com/weather/2016/03/hate_the_clock_change_michigan.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[WEYI-TV|WKNX-TV]]
| 25 || CBS || [[Saginaw, MI]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Langley |first=Frank |title=A New Format For Late Night Show: They Plan To Be Original |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saginaw-news-a-new-format-for-late-n/174184765/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Saginaw News |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Saginaw, Michigan |page=A–12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KDLH|KDAL-TV]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Duluth, MN]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KDAL-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-kdal-tv-advertis/174192296/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=Duluth News Tribune |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Duluth, Minnesota |page=46 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WCCO-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Minneapolis]]–[[St. Paul, MN]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WCCO-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-wcco-tv-advertisement/174153316/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Minneapolis Tribune |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |page=49 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WABG-TV]]
| 6 || ABC || [[Greenwood, MS]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Dana To Host Las Vegas Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenwood-commonwealth-dana-to-host/174184127/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Greenwood Commonwealth |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Greenwood, Mississippi |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KODE-TV]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Joplin, MO]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Top TV Attractions |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-30-1967-5126145/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Joplin Globe Showtime |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Joplin, Missouri |page=10 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KCMO-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Kansas City, MO]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Wagner |first=Joyce |title=On the TV Scene: Tonight Draws Another Late Evening Entry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-on-the-tv-scene-to/174153609/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star TV Scene |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Kansas City, Missouri |page=4H |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KSD-TV]]
| 5 || NBC || [[St. Louis, MO]] || <ref name="StLo670427">{{Cite news |date=April 27, 1967 |title=Want to Be a Star? Make Commericals [sic] |url=https://newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-want-to-be-a-sta/144159885/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |page=10F |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144709/https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-want-to-be-a-sta/144159885/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{efn|[[KPLR-TV]] (channel 11, independent) was announced as the St. Louis affiliate in both the December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, lists.{{r|ON123affils|heyu}}}}
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! scope="row" | [[KMTV-TV|KMTV]]
| 3 || NBC || [[Omaha, NE]] || <ref name="Omah6704302">{{Cite news |date=April 30, 1967 |title=Show at Vegas Bows Monday |url=https://newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-show-at-vegas-bows-mo/144160010/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Sunday World-Herald |location=Omaha, Nebraska |page=Entertainment in the Midlands 15 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144713/https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-show-at-vegas-bows-mo/144160010/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{efn|Not on the April 3, 1967, list.}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KLAS-TV]]
| 8 || CBS || [[Las Vegas, NV]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[KOLO-TV]]
| 8 || CBS || [[Reno, NV]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KOLO-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nevada-state-journal-kolo-tv-advertiseme/174192097/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=Nevada State Journal |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Reno, Nevada |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[KOB-TV]]
| 4 || NBC || [[Albuquerque, NM]] || <ref name="Albuqu670502p7" /> || {{efn|Aired the program in late afternoons.<ref name="Albuqu670502p7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-spend-your-afternoon/144566320/|date=May 2, 1967|page=A7|title=Spend your afternoons in Las Vegas with the new United Network|type=Advertisement|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2024|archive-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401205820/https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-spend-your-afternoon/144566320/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[WBEN-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Buffalo, NY]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Schlaerth |first=J. Don |title=Radio & TV News: Colorful Specials Among The Reruns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-radio-tv-news-colorf/174152669/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Buffalo Evening News |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Buffalo, New York |page=2–22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[WPIX]]
| 11 || Independent || [[New York City, NY]] || <ref name="DailyN670420p92" /> || {{efn|Flagship station.}}
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! scope="row" | [[WHEC-TV]]
| 10 || CBS || [[Rochester, NY]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Heisner |first=John |title=Greg Morris of 'Mission: Impossible': Things Look Up for Negro Actors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-greg-morris-of-m/174189902/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle TV Tab |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Rochester, New York |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WHEN-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Syracuse, NY]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=WHEN-TV May Carry Show From New United Network |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-when-tv-may-carry-show/174082986/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Post-Standard |date=March 10, 1967 |location=Syracuse, New York |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WCCB]]
| 18 || Independent || [[Charlotte, NC]] || <ref name="Char670429">{{Cite news |date=April 29, 1967 |title=New Las Vegas Show Starts Tuesday On 18 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news-new-las-vegas-show-st/144159008/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Charlotte News |location=Charlotte, North Carolina |page=13C |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144711/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news-new-las-vegas-show-st/144159008/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{efn|[[WBTV]] (channel 3, CBS) was announced as the Charlotte, North Carolina, affiliate in both the December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, lists.{{r|ON123affils|heyu}}}}
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! scope="row" | [[WFMY-TV]]
| 2 || CBS || [[Greensboro, NC]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WFMY-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-wfmy-tv-advertisement/174190226/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Greensboro Daily News |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Greensboro, North Carolina |page=A10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[WNCT-TV]]
| 9 || CBS || [[Greenville, NC]] || ||
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! scope="row" | [[KRDK-TV|KXJB-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]]–[[Valley City, ND]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KXJB-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-forum-kxjb-tv-advertisement/174152488/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Forum |date=April 28, 1967 |location=Fargo, North Dakota  |page=T–12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
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! scope="row" | [[KXMB-TV]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Bismarck, ND]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Telle |first=Pat |title=Dialer's Choice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bismarck-tribune-dialers-choice/174151954/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Bismarck Tribune |date=May 13, 1967 |location=Bismarck, North Dakota  |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KXMC-TV]]
| 13 || CBS || [[Minot, ND]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KDIX-TV]]
| 2 || CBS || [[Dickinson, ND]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WAKR-TV]]
| 23 || ABC || [[Akron, OH]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WCPO-TV]]
| 9 || CBS || [[Cincinnati, OH]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Mary |title=Commercials, Beeps Spoil Show's Debut |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-commercials-beeps-s/174159957/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Post & Times-Star |date=May 3, 1967 |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |page=50 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WEWS-TV]]
| 5 || ABC || [[Cleveland, OH]] || ||{{Efn|Carried ''Las Vegas'' on Friday nights after ''Joey Bishop'', Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons.<ref name="AkronBJ670509p18">{{Cite news|last=Shippy|first=Dick|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-vegas-show-en/145376117/|date=May 9, 1967|page=A18|title='Vegas Show' Entertaining: Is It Time For Joey To Worry About No.3?|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 14, 2024|archive-date=April 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223410/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-vegas-show-en/145376117/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[WDHO-TV]]
| 24 || Independent{{Efn|Station had no primary affiliation but aired NBC and CBS network shows not otherwise cleared in Toledo.}} || [[Toledo, OH]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KWTV]]
| 9 || CBS || [[Oklahoma City, OK]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Farquhar |first=Odessa |title='Fugitive' Finally To Quit Running |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-fugitive-finally-t/174185590/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman |date=April 18, 1967 |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KOBI (TV)|KTVM]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Medford, OR]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KOIN-TV]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Portland, OR]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KOIN-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-koin-tv-advertisement/180496857/ |access-date=September 5, 2025 |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Portland, Oregon |page=2:11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WSEE-TV]]
| 35 || CBS || [[Erie, PA]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WHP-TV]]
| 21 || CBS || [[Harrisburg, PA]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WLYH-TV]]
| 15 || CBS || [[Lebanon, PA]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WPHL-TV]]
| 17 || Independent || [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=TV Roundup: 'Las Vegas Show' to Bow Without 'Tonight' Trappings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-tv-roundup-l/174187692/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WIIC-TV]]
| 11 || NBC || [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, PA]] || || {{efn|The December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, lists contain Overmyer's WECO-TV (channel 53) instead, but it was not on air by the time the show was to air.<ref name="Pitt670425">{{Cite news |last=Leonard |first=Vince |date=April 25, 1967 |title=Negotiations Underway: Las Vegas Show May Air Monday |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-negotiations-underw/140220091/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |page=62 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144710/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-negotiations-underw/140220091/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[WCSC-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Charleston, SC]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WOLO-TV]]
| 25 || ABC || [[Columbia, SC]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Today's TV Guide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-todays-tv-guide/174328273/ |access-date=June 11, 2025 |newspaper=The State |date=May 22, 1967 |location=Columbia, South Carolina |page=4-A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WSPA-TV]]
| 7 || CBS || [[Spartanburg, SC]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KXAB-TV]]
| 9 || NBC || [[Aberdeen, SD]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WDEF-TV]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Chattanooga, TN]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WBBJ-TV]]
| 7 || CBS || [[Jackson, TN]] || <ref>{{cite news|title=''WBBJ-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-wbbj-tv-advertisement/174191363/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Jackson Sun |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Jackson, Tennessee |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WREC-TV]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Memphis, TN]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Larry |title=Dixie Dialing– Las Vegas Show To Join Race Of The TV Night Owls |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-dixie-dialing-las/174191695/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The Commercial Appeal |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Memphis, Tennessee |page=29 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WLAC-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Nashville, TN]] || <ref name="Tenn670430">{{Cite news |date=April 30, 1967 |title=Monday on TV: Las Vegas and Dana Join the Late Nighters |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-monday-on-tv-las-vegas-a/144159640/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |page=16-S |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326144708/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-monday-on-tv-las-vegas-a/144159640/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{efn|[[WSIX-TV]] (channel 8, ABC) was announced as the Nashville affiliate in both the December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, lists.{{r|ON123affils|heyu}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KFDM-TV]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Beaumont, TX]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KZTV]]
| 10 || CBS || [[Corpus Christi, TX]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=Las Vegas Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-las-vegas-sh/184146257/ |access-date=November 1, 2025 |newspaper=Corpus Christi Caller |date=April 29, 1967 |location=Corpus Christi, Texas |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || {{Efn|Both the December 5, 1966, and April 3, 1967, affiliate lists include KVER in [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]],{{r|ON123affils|heyu}} a station on channel 13 planned to rebroadcast KZTV.}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KDFW|KRLD-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Dallas]]–[[Fort Worth, TX]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KROD-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[El Paso, TX]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=New KROD-TV Program Offers Top Las Vegas Talent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-new-krod-tv-program/174219500/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=El Paso Herald-Post Showtime |date=April 22, 1967 |location=El Paso, Texas |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KPRC-TV]]
| 2 || NBC || [[Houston, TX]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KPRC-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-chronicle-kprc-tv-advertisem/184146027/ |access-date=November 1, 2025 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Houston, Texas |page=1:14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KTRE]]
| 9 || ABC || [[Lufkin, TX]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KOSA-TV]]
| 7 || CBS || [[Odessa, TX]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KLST|KCTV]]
| 8 || CBS || [[San Angelo, TX]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KCTV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-angelo-standard-times-kctv-advertise/174219969/ |access-date=June 10, 2025 |newspaper=San Angelo Standard-Times Tele-Vues |date=April 30, 1967 |location=San Antonio, Texas |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KENS-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[San Antonio, TX]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''KENS-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/express-and-news-kens-tv-advertisement/174219809/ |access-date=June 10, 2025 |newspaper=Express and News TV Preview |date=April 30, 1967 |location=San Antonio, Texas |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KAUZ-TV]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Wichita Falls, TX]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KSL-TV]]
| 5 || CBS || [[Salt Lake City, UT]] || <ref>{{cite news |last=Pearson |first=Howard |title=TV Highlights: Emphasis On Talk Shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/deseret-news-tv-highlights-emphasis-on/174191085/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=Deseret News |date=April 22, 1967 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |page=A9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WTAR-TV]]
| 3 || CBS || [[Norfolk, VA]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WTVR-TV]]
| 6 || CBS || [[Richmond, VA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WTVR-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-wtvr-tv-advertis/184146469/ |access-date=November 1, 2025 |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Richmond, Virginia |page=C-13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WDBJ]]
| 7 || CBS || [[Roanoke, VA]] || <ref>{{cite news |title='Las Vegas Show' Joins Late Night TV Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-las-vegas-show-joins/174083377/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Roanoke Times Entertainment |date=April 29, 1967 |location=Roanoke, Virginia |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KVOS-TV]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Bellingham, WA]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[KXLY-TV]]
| 4 || CBS || [[Spokane, WA]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[KTNT-TV]]
| 11 || Independent || [[Tacoma]]–[[Seattle, WA]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WBAY-TV]]
| 2 || CBS || [[Green Bay, WI]] || <ref>{{cite news |title=''WBAY-TV advertisement'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-wbay-tv-advertis/184146742/ |access-date=November 1, 2025 |newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette |date=May 1, 1967 |location=Green Bay, Wisconsin |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WISN-TV]]
| 12 || CBS || [[Milwaukee, WI]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WSAU-TV]]
| 7 || CBS || [[Wausau, WI]] || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[WAPA-TV]]
| 4 || Independent || [[San Juan, PR]] || ||
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope="row" | [[WSVI]]
| 8 || ABC || [[Christiansted, St. Croix]], [[USVI]] || ||
|}

Some listed affiliates{{r|ON123affils|heyu}} did not carry the show:
* [[KRNT-TV]] (channel 8, CBS), [[Des Moines, Iowa]]<ref name="DesM670430">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-best-on-monday/144162473/|date=April 30, 1967|page=6-TV|title=Best on Monday|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|location=Des Moines, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151821/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-best-on-monday/144162473/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
* [[WWTV]] (channel 9, CBS), [[Cadillac, Michigan]], and satellite WWUP in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=TV Log|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70664143/petoskey-news-review/|newspaper=Petoskey News-Review|date=May 11, 1967|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804144402/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70664143/petoskey-news-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[KTTS-TV]] (channel 10, CBS), [[Springfield, Missouri]]<ref name="Spri670501">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/springfield-leader-and-press-tv-listings/144162992/|date=May 1, 1967|page=29|title=TV Listings|newspaper=Springfield Leader-Press|location=Springfield, Missouri|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151820/https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-leader-and-press-tv-listings/144162992/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
* [[KTXL]] (channel 40), [[Sacramento, California]]; signed on October 26, 1968<ref name="Sacr681027">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-40-starts-broadcastin/144162096/|date=October 27, 1968|page=TV Magazine 7|first=Lillian|last=Hickey|title=40 Starts Broadcasting|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|location=Sacramento, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151822/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-40-starts-broadcastin/144162096/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
* [[WBTW]] (channel 13, CBS), [[Florence, South Carolina]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 17, 1967|title=Radio & TV Guide|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70523115/florence-morning-news/|newspaper=Florence Morning News|page=9|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804164741/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70523115/florence-morning-news/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[WISC-TV]] (channel 3, CBS), [[Madison, Wisconsin]]<ref name="Wisc670525">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal/70499662/|date=May 25, 1967|page=5:3|title=Television Today|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|location=Madison, Wisconsin|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151823/https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal/70499662/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu -->
* [[WOAY-TV]] (channel 4, ABC), [[Oak Hill, West Virginia]]<ref name="Char670512">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-mail/71323237/|date=May 12, 1967|page=21|title=Television Logs with Tonight's Daily Tips|newspaper=The Charleston Daily Mail|location=Charleston, West Virginia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151819/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-mail/71323237/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
* [[WVLT-TV|WTVK]] (channel 26, ABC), [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]; could not use ABC network lines to receive the program once ''Joey Bishop'' was scheduled as its competition<ref name="Knox670402">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-tuned-in/144162344/|date=April 2, 1967|page=F-8|first=Bob|last=Barrett|title='Tuned In': 'Las Vegas Show', New Net Dead Here|newspaper=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|location=Knoxville, Tennessee|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326151825/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-tuned-in/144162344/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->

The following stations were listed as affiliates in the December 5, 1966, list and had no market replacement:{{r|ON123affils}}
* [[KHSL-TV]] (channel 12, CBS), [[Chico, California|Chico]]–[[Redding, California]]
* [[KIEM-TV]] (channel 3, CBS), [[Eureka, California]]
* [[WCTV]] (channel 6, CBS), [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
* [[WINK-TV]] (channel 11, CBS), [[Fort Myers, Florida]]
* [[WIVT|WBJA-TV]] (channel 34, ABC), [[Binghamton, New York]]
* [[KOTI-TV]] (channel 2, ABC), [[Klamath Falls, Oregon]]
* [[WPMT|WSBA-TV]] (channel 43, CBS), [[York, Pennsylvania]]
* [[WBBJ-TV|WDXI-TV]] (channel 7, ABC and CBS), [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
* [[WJHL-TV]] (channel 11, CBS), [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]
* [[KFDA-TV]] (channel 10, CBS), [[Amarillo, Texas]], and satellites [[KVII-TV|KFDW-TV]] in [[Clovis, New Mexico]], and [[KVIJ-TV|KFDO-TV]] in [[Sayre, Oklahoma]]

Affiliates negotiated with the network but did not came through nor finalized:
* [[KTXS-TV]] (channel 12, CBS), [[Abilene, Texas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=10:30 Monday Night: Las Vegas Show to Open United Network Activity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news-1030-monday-night/174100664/ |access-date=June 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Abilene Reporter-News |date=April 30, 1967 |location=Abilene, Texas |page=7-E |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite news |last=Brickey |first=Homer |date=February 23, 1986 |title=An Empire Lost: The Rise and Fall Of D.H. Overmyer |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-rise-and-fall-dh-overmyer/ekiqycaowfwgpbbbpqjwylxovnneulth_ip-10-166-46-113_1711427004470 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |pages=Toledo Magazine 6, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-7/gkkgvslxuibdjwtqynkrrubdjttwsbhg_ip-10-166-46-106_1711427042235 7], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-8/zxzkumbpufgclhzspqkseaefvrwrfozf_ip-10-166-46-113_1711427081222 8], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-9/amyeuoznnafgnutdobueihlxaqlmpnah_ip-10-166-46-166_1711427129542 9], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-10/lrsshlaciljbrspahculmszjjtmbyrrt_ip-10-166-46-183_1711427179077 10], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-12/tkffhimplxnsncomaqhgvvkuwyrlycjn_ip-10-166-46-185_1711427228027 12], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-14/lzuehcqegwebaqethkhlgbmxrazejfuo_ip-10-166-46-142_1711427269895 14], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-16/fyrtekxrhtclklcnyptfeztpyiapdbzv_ip-10-166-46-142_1711427384376 16], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-17/ozdyhmkvpqfkualfqwudspryohbdlxsa_ip-10-166-46-173_1711427427176 17], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-18/vupjcwmlwrinnuzflmrdduzifjujxpyg_ip-10-166-46-146_1711427463288 18], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost/wtmwguindgitiqxofwjteplubqvmpxag_ip-10-166-46-106_1711427503805 19] |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326054131/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/empire-lost-rise-and-fall-dh-overmyer/ekiqycaowfwgpbbbpqjwylxovnneulth_ip-10-166-46-113_1711427004470 |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite book |date=1969 |title=Trafficking in Broadcast Station Licenses and Construction Permits—Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Investigation of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 90th Cong., 1st and 2d Sess., serial 90-51, pt. 2 (July 16, 17, 19, 31 and August 1, 1968) |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |ref={{harvid|Trafficking in Broadcast Station Licenses, Part 2|1969}} |access-date=March 28, 2024 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=su9zxwEACAAJ&pg=PA291 |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328175216/https://books.google.com/books?id=su9zxwEACAAJ&pg=PA291 |url-status=live }}
{{Refend}}

== External links ==
* [https://uhfhistory.com/articles/overmyer.html Overmyer - A Man And His Network] from ''UHFHistory.com''

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