I: Independent Television

I: Independent Television is an American free-to-air commercial television network owned by Ion Media. It was founded on June 28, 2005, and was almost shut down in 2007, but it spun off from the original, which was now Ion Television. Programming is taken from NBC, CBS, and even its sister channel, Ion Television.
==History==
I: Independent Television dates back to 1997, when Paxson Communications, now Ion Media was founded. 1998 came, and PAX was launched. However, in 2005, they announced that Paxson would become I: Independent Television. I: Independent Television truly came on June 28, 2005 and was a huge success since it was themed after futuristic things. This is when they signed a contract to air NBC shows, like Jeopardy! and the long-running Saturday Night Live. CBS also got into a contract and also began to air CBS shows. However, I: Independent Television announced that it would itself be rebranded into Ion Television. However, WSHU in Fair City refused to let this happen, and then in December 2006, Ion Media announced that I: Independent Television would be relaunched on January 28, 2007. This "reboot" still included the contract with NBC and CBS shows and would from now on move on from the programming that Ion Television had, and make entirely new programming.
Since then, I: Independent Television got the chance to expand after nearly shutting down in 2007. WSHU. was the first to keep the branding, and more will come in the following months.
== Affiliates ==
===Owned-and-operated stations===
Call Letters	City/Area	State/Province/Region	Channel	Year of affiliation	Year of ownership
WSHU 	Fair City	Louisiana 	62 	2005 	2005
===Affiliated stations===
Call Letters	City/Area	State/Province/Region	Channel	Year of affiliation	Owner
KWTV 	Aparanos 	Arizona 	4 	2012 	E.W. Scripps Company
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