ABC to move St. Louis affiliation from KDNL to Gray Media

ABC plans to move its St. Louis affiliation from Sinclair’s KDNL to Gray Media beginning Sept. 1.

The change, as first reported by Deadline and confirmed by NCS, will place ABC programming on the D2 digital subchannel of Gray’s KMOV. The subchannel is currently home to the station’s First Alert Weather Now feed. Gray will provide locally produced news for the new affiliate.

KDNL has been affiliated with ABC since 1995. Its affiliation agreement expires at the end of August, though the station will continue carrying ABC programming until then.

KDNL was one of the only ABC affiliates in a top 25 Designated Market Area (DMA) to not air local news content, with the station having a minimal presence in St. Louis. 

The St. Louis change follows another recent ABC affiliation switch.

In 2025, the network moved its Miami affiliation from Berkshire Hathaway-owned WPLG to a subchannel of Sunbeam Television’s WSVN.

The development came the same day CBS announced plans to move its affiliations away from Nexstar Media Group stations in six markets, including Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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