CLP Network

CLP Network (California Listed Programming) is a broadcasting company owned by ATBW Label Networks since 1996 that operates news stations and comedy stations. It's competitors are ABC (owned by Walt Disney), NBC (owned by NBCUniversal), CBS (owned by ViacomCBS), and FOX (owned by Fox Corporation).

It operates popular local news stations such as CLP87 News and it's other station CLP95 News, both in the same area, as well as CNP7 News (joint venture with Lifeworks Inc. and EAPL Inc., which are also subsidiaries of ATBW Label Networks, and CLP23 News and it's twin station CLP27 News.

It was founded in 1966 as a news holding company, which eventually itself became a network in 1975, starting many of it's famous news stations in the late 70's. In the early 1980's, it began changing it's bought stations to the CLP Brand to better perform in the news media industry. On September 27, 1995, Langile Corporation, which was ATBW Label Networks's parent company at the time, announced a deal to buy CLP the following year on March 7, 1996, making it a subsidiary, but it wouldn't become a wholly owned subsidiary until February 20, 1997, when they bought the remaining 20% of it.

Since the late 90's, it has also broadcasted entertainment channels, and was also added to ATBW+ on November 10, 2019 via CLP Entertainment, which was formed in 1991, 5 years before being bought in 1996. It's current name has been used since 1972, with its previous name California Broadcasting Company being phased out

History
It was originally founded in 1937 as a radio network as CBS silver and 1946 as CBS Silver Network, initially as a second channel of CBS, which in turn would be spun-off to Silver Network in 1957 after having to sell it. CBS Silver broadcasted separately alongside the original CBS. This was largely to compete with NBC's red and blue networks until Blue Network was spun off to ABC in 1943, now owned by Disney since 1996, and red remaining as NBC, now owned by Comcast under NBCUniversal since 2011.

In 1943, CBS Silver left ownership of CBS and became Silver Network under new ownership until it was sold again and rebranded as California Broadcasting Company in 1966 after Silver Network merged with Orange Network, itself a successor to NBC Orange Network, which would eventually change to its current name in 1972 to California Listed Programming to avoid confusion with Canada's CBC network. CLP would launch CLP Syndication Division in 1973, which would distribute films and shows for the CLP network.

CLP would eventually air TV shows from those of Paramount Television, MCA Television, ATBW Television, and later Turner Entertainment throughout the 1970's and 1980's, as well as its own programs.

On September 27, 1995, Langile Corporation announced a deal to merge CLP into its then subsidiary ATBW Label Networks (now currently owned by ATBW Holdings LLC). The deal was completed on March 7, 1996, with the remaining 20% being sold on February 20, 1997.

After Langile Corporation split into Langile Mediaworks Division, which would hold all media and franchising assets, and Langile Consumer Branding, which would hold all consumer assets, CLP would stop airing Langile commercials and air exclusively ATBW-owned programs, which would continue on to today.

After ATBW Label Networks was sold to ATBW Holdings LLC following the split on September 17, 2019, ATBW Label Networks would cease operations as a company and become a division of the new company, allowing it to organize itself. Langile Mediaworks Division would eventually be spun-off into a new company as Langile Holdings LLC, holding all of its other subsidiaries not owned by ATBW, including Warren Langile Mediaworks and Eric Broadcasting System.

Following the ATBW Network Migration, CLP would remain on Cable, alongside CLP Stations LLC. It is the only ATBW network to still operate on Cable after January 30, 2021 when the migration was completed.