CW moving in 8 locations in September

[Mr Tony]

Scoop: Scripps to pull CW Network affiliation in seven cities in September

Scripps will drop its CW Network affiliation from several of its television stations later this year, converting some into full-time independent outlets.

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The E. W. Scripps Company will drop its CW Network affiliation from several of its television stations later this year, The Desk has learned.

The stations that will lose the CW Network affiliation on September 1 include:
KATC (Channel 3) in Lafayette, Louisiana
KWBA (Channel 58) in Tucson
KSBY (Channel 8) in Santa Barbara, California
KZTV (Channel 10) in Corpus Christi
WGNT (Channel 27) in Norfolk, Virginia
WMYD (Channel 20) in Detroit
WSFL (Channel 39) in Miami

 

[Justin Hill]

You have KSBY confused with former sister station KSBW. KSBY is on channel 6, whereas KSBW is on channel 8.

 

[Mr Tony]

It was a copy/paste so the original article is wrong

 

[RONZ]

Scoop: Scripps to pull CW Network affiliation in seven cities in September

Scripps will drop its CW Network affiliation from several of its television stations later this year, converting some into full-time independent outlets.

thedesk.net

The E. W. Scripps Company will drop its CW Network affiliation from several of its television stations later this year, The Desk has learned.

The stations that will lose the CW Network affiliation on September 1 include:
KATC (Channel 3) in Lafayette, Louisiana
KWBA (Channel 58) in Tucson
KSBY (Channel 8) in Santa Barbara, California
KZTV (Channel 10) in Corpus Christi
WGNT (Channel 27) in Norfolk, Virginia
WMYD (Channel 20) in Detroit
WSFL (Channel 39) in Miami

I would be surprised if Detroit gets a affiliate since it’s been on 3 stations with a year


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[RONZ]

Here is a update on the Detroit situation Looks like WADL was sold

First on TheDesk.net: FCC approves WADL sale to Mission Broadcasting with conditions

The FCC has conditionally approved Mission Broadcasting's purchase of WADL-TV in Detroit, according to an order obtained by The Desk on Tuesday.

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[localclassictvfan]

3rd time CW has moved in Lafayette. It was on KLWB till 2012, KATC since then (till Sept 1)

 

[Mr Tony]

WADL is not being sold to Mission

Exclusive: Mission Broadcasting terminates deal to acquire WADL-TV Detroit

The decision to terminate a purchase agreement with Adell Broadcasting comes about a month after the FCC conditionally approved the deal.

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[RONZ]

CW in Detroit will go back to WKBD where it was originally at


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[Justin Hill]

CW in Detroit will go back to WKBD where it was originally at


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I just found that out. It'll make that station into the only CBS-owned CW affiliate, now that the majority of the for CW affiliates switched to independent status.

I'm surprised none of the low-powered stations wanted to affiliate with The CW...as far as I know, CBS, and now Scripps, wanted nothing to do with The CW, after disaffiliating many of their stations of the network...In Detroit, many stations were playing "hot potato" with The CW...who knows where it might end up next in a few years after WKBD 50 decides to disaffilliate with the again? We'll never know!

I thought it was going to move to a subchannel of WDIV-TV 4 (that sounded like the most logical choice at this point!).

 

[Mr Tony]

I just found that out. It'll make that station into the only CBS-owned CW affiliate, now that the majority of the for CW affiliates switched to independent status.

Miami’s CBS owned WBFS 33 is going CW also.

 

[Justin Hill]

Miami’s CBS owned WBFS 33 is going CW also.

Both those stations (WMYD 20 and WSFL-TV 39) who disaffiliated from The CW are owned by Scripps Broadcasting. Scripps Broadcasting's breakup with The CW is causing a big ripple effect from coast to coast in the United States, causing The CW to look for new affiliates...

 

[Justin Hill]

Another Scripps-owned CW affiliate, KWBA 58, is also switching to independent status, with KTTU 18 becoming Tucson, Arizona's new home for The CW, with MyNetworkTV moving to 18.2, shuffling the order of subchannels on that TV station...

 

[localclassictvfan]

A spokesman for KATC messaged me and said when the CW moves ro KLFY that Laff is moving to KATC (sometime later in September. I assume Dable will move to KLFY 10.4 when CW goes to KLFY 10.2

 

[RONZ]

Both those stations (WMYD 20 and WSFL-TV 39) who disaffiliated from The CW are owned by Scripps Broadcasting. Scripps Broadcasting's breakup with The CW is causing a big ripple effect from coast to coast in the United States, causing The CW to look for new affiliates...

Scripps is looking at trying to make WMYD into a sports station. With the removal of the Pistons from Bally Sports I suspect Scripps is trying to pick that up for WMYD. They already carry Oakland. LTU and a few other colleges in the area for football and Basketball.


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[Justin Hill]

The CW, now majority-owned by Nexstar, is trying to be America's new "5th network," with their shift in focus away from the general entertainment format they had since their days as The WB and UPN affiliates towards sports (including WNBA games) and news programming...it's quite similar to how Fox came to be America's "4th network" in 1994, as they started acquiring sports programming, when they outbid CBS in 1993 for the NFL's NFC Division games, as well as adding more local and national news to their new and existing stations at the time...until Fox added baseball and other sports, football was their only sport in much of the mid-late 1990s...

 

[ShawnHill1]

Scripps is looking at trying to make WMYD into a sports station. With the removal of the Pistons from Bally Sports I suspect Scripps is trying to pick that up for WMYD. They already carry Oakland. LTU and a few other colleges in the area for football and Basketball.


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I know this is pretty speculative, but if the Red Wings and Tigers were to also depart Bally Sports (given the common ownership), I would expect them to follow the Pistons to whatever broadcaster that's willing to take them on. I remember back when the Pistons joined the Little Caesar's Arena project, Palace Sports & Entertainment and the Illitch family's Olympia Entertainment would join forces to not only manage each company's performing venues (today's 313 Presents) but also help better negotiate the teams' broadcast rights as a collective.

 

[RONZ]

I know this is pretty speculative, but if the Red Wings and Tigers were to also depart Bally Sports (given the common ownership), I would expect them to follow the Pistons to whatever broadcaster that's willing to take them on. I remember back when the Pistons joined the Little Caesar's Arena project, Palace Sports & Entertainment and the Illitch family's Olympia Entertainment would join forces to not only manage each company's performing venues (today's 313 Presents) but also help better negotiate the teams' broadcast rights as a collective.

WDIV reported this morning that Bally Sports sign a one year contract to keep the Pistons and Red Wings on their channel. It was reported that the agreement was made based on Comcast carrying this channel


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[Justin Hill]

In six days, WGN-TV 9 reunites with The CW...