Editing 2003 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 2
| [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]]/[[Marquette, Michigan]]
| [[WBUP]]
| 10
| ABC 
| 
|-
| January 20
| [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]]/[[College Station, Texas]] 
| [[KAGS-LD|KMAY-LP]]
| 23
| [[NBC]]
| Semi-satellite of [[KCEN]]/[[Temple, Texas|Temple]]
|- 
| January 30
| [[Rochelle, Illinois|Rochelle]]/[[Chicago, Illinois]]
| [[WCHU-LP]]
| 33
| [[Azteca America]]
| 
|- 
| February 2
| [[Marquette, Michigan]]
| [[WZMQ|WMQF]]
| 19
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (primary) <br /> [[UPN]] (secondary) 
| 
|- 
| February 18
| [[Roswell, New Mexico]] 
| [[KRWB-TV|KRWB]]
| 21
| [[The WB]] 
| Satellite of [[KWBQ]]/[[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]
|- 
| March 3
| [[Salisbury, Maryland]] 
| [[WBOC-DT2]] 
| 21.2
| [[UPN]]
| 
|- 
| April 
| [[Provo, Utah]]
| [[KUTH-DT|KUTH]]
| 32
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] 
| 
|- 
| April 13
| [[Bangor, Maine]]
| [[WFVX-LD|W22BU]]
| 22
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| 
|- 
| April 23 
| [[Medford, Oregon]]
| [[KMCW-LD|K14LG]]
| 14
| [[Telemundo]] 
| 
|- 
| May 2
| [[Butte, Montana]] 
| [[KBTZ]]
| 24
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| 
|- 
| May 7 
| [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| [[WTLF]]
| 24
| [[UPN]]
| Satellite of [[WFXU]]/[[Live Oak, Florida|Live Oak]]
|- 
| June 11
| [[Great Falls, Montana]] 
| [[KLMN]]
| 26
| Fox
| 
|- 
| July 27
| [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]/[[Tyler, Texas]]
| [[KCEB]]
| 54
| [[UPN]] 
| 
|- 
| August 21
| [[Laughlin, Nevada]] 
| [[KMCC]]
| 34 
| [[NBC]]
| Satellite of [[KSNV-DT|KVBC]]/[[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]
|- 
| September 22
| [[Rockford, Illinois]]
| [[WTVO-DT2]]
| 17.2
| [[UPN]] 
| 
|- 
| September 29
| [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]]/[[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| [[WLOO]]
| 35
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] \
|
|- 
| October 1 
| [[Waimanalo, Hawaii]]
| [[KUPU-TV|KMGT]]
| 14
| Religious independent
| 
|-
| October 7
| [[Hanamaulu, Hawaii]]
| K06NC
| 6
| Independent
| 
|- 
| October 11
| [[El Dorado, Arkansas]] <br /> {{small|([[Monroe, Louisiana]])}}
| [[KEJB (TV)|KEJB]]
| 43
| [[America One]]
| 
|- 
| October 18 
| [[Pittsburg, Kansas]] <br /> {{small|([[Joplin, Missouri]])}} 
| [[KFJX]]
| 14
| Fox
| 
|- 
| October 24
| [[Price, Utah]] 
| [[KCBU|KUTF]]
| 3 
| [[TeleFutura]] 
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| November 4
| rowspan=2| [[Pago Pago, American Samoa]] 
| [[KJCP-LP|K38HX]]
| 38
| [[NBC]]
|
|- 
| [[K34HI]]
| 34
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
|
|-
| rowspan=11| Unknown date 
| [[Beaumont, Texas]]
| [[KBMT-LD|KUIL-LP]]
| 64
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|
|- 
| [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| [[WJEA-LP]]
| 12
| [[Telemundo]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands]] 
| [[WVIF]]
| 15
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]]
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
|- 
| [[Crookston, Minnesota]] 
| [[KCGE|KCGE-DT]]
| 16
| [[PBS]] 
| Part of the [[Prairie Public Television]] network
|- 
| [[Denver, Colorado]]
| [[KZCO-LD|KCIN-LP]]
| 27
| Independent
| 
|- 
| [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]] 
| [[KCFM (TV)|KCFM]]
| 27
| [[UPN]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| [[WVLT-DT2]] 
| 8.2 <br /> {{small|(digital)}} 
| [[UPN]]
| 
|- 
| [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]]/[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
| [[KOCM]]
| 46
| [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Pullman, Washington]] 
| [[KQUP]]
| 24
| [[UPN]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] 
| [[KBTU-LD|K23GP]]
| 23
| Spanish independent
| 
|- 
| [[Sun Valley, Idaho|Sun Valley]]/[[Twin Falls, Idaho]]
| [[KIDA]]
| 5 
| [[UPN]] 
| 
|- 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|- 
| April 
| [[Waterville, Maine|Waterville]]/[[Portland, Maine]]
| [[WPFO]]
| 23
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] (as WMPX-TV)
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| 
|- 
| September 1
| [[Casper, Wyoming]] 
| [[KCWY]]
| 13
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]]
| [[NBC]] 
| 
|- 
| October 1
| [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] 
| [[KSFL-TV|KWSD]]
| 36
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] (as KAUN) 
| [[The WB]]
| 
|-
| Unknown date
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]] 
| [[WMYO-CD|W24BW]] 
| 24
| [[FuseTV|MuchUSA]]
| [[America One]] 
|
|- 
|}

===Station closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! City of license/Market
! Station
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Sign-on date
! Notes
|- 
| October 27
| [[Marquette, Michigan]]
| [[WUPT-CA]]
| 25 
| [[UPN]]
| January 8, 1980
| 
|- 
|}