Cordillera Communications

formed in 1986 as a subsidiary of evening post industries, privately-owned cordillera communications is based in st. paul, minn. cordillera owns and operates television stations in 11 geographically diverse small- and medium-sized markets, serving more than 2.3 million u.s. households. cordillera’s stations are market leaders, consistently ranking first or second in total viewership. seven of the stations are nbc affiliates, seven are cbs affiliates and one is an abc affiliate. all of the stations also broadcast on their secondary digital channels, nine of which are cw affiliates. in addition to the cw, stations carry robust programming from a variety of sources, including telemundo, weathernation, metv, and cozi tv.