Editing 1980 in American television (section)

==Television stations==
===Station launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| January 25
| [[Minot, North Dakota]] 
| [[KSRE]]
| 6
| [[PBS]] 
| Part of [[Prairie Public Television]] 
|- 
| January 27
| [[Rochester, New York]] 
| [[WUHF]] 
| 31 
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
|- 
| January 28
| [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] 
| [[WSTR-TV|WBTI-TV]]
| 64
| Independent
| 
|- 
| February 22
| [[Denver, Colorado]] 
| [[KBDI-TV]] 
| 12
| [[PBS]] 
|- 
| [[February 29]]
| [[Lafayette, Louisiana]] 
| [[KADN]]
| 15
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (primary) <br /> [[CBS]] (secondary, per program)
|- 
| March 20 
| [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] 
| [[WCGV-TV]] 
| 24
| Independent
|- 
| April 11
| [[Salisbury, Maryland]] 
| [[WMDT]] 
| 47
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (primary) <br /> [[NBC]] (secondary) 
|- 
| May 4
| [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania|Willow Grove]]/[[Reading, Pennsylvania]] 
| [[WTVE]] 
| 51
| Independent
|- 
| June 1 
| [[Bemidji, Minnesota]] 
| [[KAWE]]
| 9
| PBS 
| Part of [[Lakeland PBS|Lakeland Public Television]]
|- 
| July 28
| [[Dickinson, North Dakota]] 
| [[KQCD-TV]]
| 7
| [[NBC]] (primary) <br /> [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (secondary) 
| Semi-satellite of [[KFYR-TV]]/[[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]] 
|- 
| August 1 
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]] 
| [[WJAX-TV|WXAO-TV]]
| 47
| Independent
| 
|- 
| August 12 
| [[Casper, Wyoming]] 
| [[KGWC-TV|KCWY-TV]] 
| 14
| [[CBS]] 
| 
|- 
| August 23 
| [[Flint, Michigan]]
| [[WCMZ-TV|WFUM]]
| 28
| PBS
| 
|- 
| September 8
| [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]] <br /> {{small|([[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]/[[Greenville, South Carolina]])}} 
| [[WRET-TV]]
| 49
| PBS
| Part of [[South Carolina ETV]] 
|- 
| September 22
| [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]]/[[La Crosse, Wisconsin]] 
| [[WXOW]]
| 19
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] 
| 
|- 
| September 29 
| [[Washington, D.C.]] 
| [[WHUT-TV|WHUT]] 
| 32
| PBS
| 
|- 
| October 6
| [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]/[[Fort Worth, Texas]] 
| [[KTXA-TV]] 
| 21
| Independent 
| 
|- 
| October 15
| [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] 
| [[KAUT|KAUT-TV]] 
| 43
| Independent
| 
|- 
| October 26
| [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] 
| [[KOKI-TV]]
| 23
| Independent
| 
|- 
| November 7
| [[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]]/[[Greenwood, Mississippi]]
| [[WFXW|WXVT]]
| 15
| [[CBS]]
| 
|- 
| November 16
| [[Mountain View, Arkansas]] 
| [[KEMV]] 
| 6
| [[PBS]] 
| Part of the [[Arkansas Educational Television Network]] 
|- 
| November 22
| [[Florence, South Carolina]] 
| [[WPDE-TV]]
| 15
| ABC 
| 
|- 
| November 26
| [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]]/[[Billings, Montana]] 
| [[KHMT|KOUS-TV]] 
| 4
| [[NBC]] 
| 
|- 
| December 24
| [[Valdosta, Georgia|Valdosta]]/[[Albany, Georgia]] 
| [[WSWG (TV)|WVGA]]
| 44
| ABC 
| 
|- 
| December 30 
| [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] 
| [[WGBA-TV]] 
| 26
| Independent
| 
|- 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| rowspan=2| January 1
| rowspan=2| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| [[WDTN]]
| 2
| NBC
| ABC
|
|-
| [[WKEF]]
| 22
| ABC
| NBC
|
|-
| rowspan=2| March 31 
| rowspan=2| [[Jacksonville, Florida]] 
| [[WCWJ|WJKS]]
| 17
| ABC 
| NBC 
| 
|- 
| [[WTLV]] 
| 12
| NBC
| ABC 
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| September 1 
| rowspan=2| [[Atlanta, Georgia]] 
| [[WSB-TV]]
| 2 
| NBC 
| ABC 
|
|- 
| [[WXIA-TV]] 
| 11
| ABC 
| NBC 
| 
|- 
|}