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In the United States, a flagship station is a radio or television network\'s principal station from which programs are fed to affiliates (for television, see Television flagship stations).^{[citation needed]}

The term derives from the naval custom where the commanding officer of a group of naval ships would fly a distinguishing flag.^{[citation needed]} In common parlance, "flagship" now is used to mean the most important or leading member of a group, hence its various uses in broadcasting.

In sports broadcasting, the "flagship" is the sports team\'s primary station in the team\'s home market.^{[citation needed]} For example, WHFS-FM is the radio flagship station of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, which feeds Orioles\' games to 20 stations in Maryland and adjacent states.

For traditional radio networks, current flagship stations are:^{[citation needed]}

Network	East Coast flagship	West Coast flagship
ABC	WABC (AM) – 770 kHz, New York City	KGO (AM) – 810 kHz, San Francisco, California
CBS	WCBS (AM) – 880 kHz, New York City	KNX (AM) – 1070 kHz, Los Angeles, California

Former flagship stations for now-defunct networks in radio\'s "Big Four" era were:

NBC:

WNBC (AM) – 660 kHz, New York (now WFAN)

WYNY – 97.1 FM, New York (now WQHT)

KNBR – 680 kHz, San Francisco

KYUU – 99.7 FM , San Francisco (now KMVQ-FM)

Mutual:

WOR (AM) – 710 kHz, New York

WGN (AM) – 720 kHz, Chicago

KHJ (AM) – 930 kHz, Los Angeles

For syndicated radio programs, it refers to the originating station from which a program is fed by satellite or other means to stations nationwide. Flagship stations of prominent syndicated radio programs currently include:

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