WRAL-TV is the local NBC affiliate for the greater Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area. The station broadcasts locally on channel 5 and is a sister-station to Raleigh's Fox affiliate, WRAZ-TV. WRAL-TV hit the airwaves in 1956 as an NBC affiliate and switched to ABC affiliation in 1962. The station swapped networks again in 1985, this time with CBS, before returning to NBC in 2016.

KTLA-TV is The CW affiliate for the Los Angeles market and broadcasts locally on channel 5. It is available as a superstation via satellite and cable providers in select cities within the southwestern United States and Canada. KTLA-TV debuted in 1947, becoming the first commercial station in California and eighth in the United States. It was initially affiliated with the Dumont Network, and then Paramount Television Network, before becoming independently operated in 1955. KTLA became one of the original affiliates of The WB in 1995, and later changed to The CW when The WB and UPN merged in 2006.

The Kansas City Star is a 80+ page daily, broadsheet newspaper that was founded in 1880 covering local, regional, national and international news. The Star produces a wide range of content, from investigative journalism and government accountability journalism to wall-to-wall coverage from its sports team.

WPVI-TV is the ABC affiliate for the Philadelphia market and broadcasts locally on channel 6. The station produces several local newscasts throughout the day that feature hard news, weather, and sports from the greater Philadelphia area. In addition, there are several feature segments that air throughout the week. WPVI-TV first signed on-air as WFIL-TV in 1947. Before being picked up by ABC Television Network, WFIL was home to Dick Clark and American Bandstand (then known only as Bandstand) from 1952-57. The station assumed its current call letters in 1971.

WBUR-FM is a non-commercial station. The format of the station is news and talk. WBUR-FM broadcast to the Boston area at 90.9 FM. WBUR debuted in 1950 as a low-power educational station owned by Boston University. In 1971, the station had enough full-time employees to qualify as a public radio station certified by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The station became a National Public Radio member station in 1980 and established its identity as a news station.