WLOS (Asheville ABC affiliate, Sinclair-owned)

WLOS is the ABC affiliate serving Asheville, North Carolina and has been owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group since 1996. Sinclair requires all its stations—including WLOS—to air corporate-produced conservative commentary segments, giving the outlet a right-leaning tilt beyond what its local journalists might independently produce. Its day-to-day local reporting is rated factually credible, but the mandatory Sinclair content has consistently favored Republican and Trump-aligned viewpoints.