Dish wins another must-carry complaint

[Mr Tony]

Dish wins a must carry complaint...the below is from SkyReport

A must-carry complaint filed against EchoStar by commercial TV station KWFT in Eureka Springs, Ark., was denied by the Federal Communications Commission. KWFT told the FCC it's entitled to carriage since the station is a qualified, non-duplicative TV channel assigned to the Ft. Smith, Ark., market. The station recently moved from the Springfield, Mo., DMA to the Ft. Smith market. In response, EchoStar said the station has no current carriage rights in the Ft. Smith market because there's no mechanism for an existing station to gain carriage in mid cycle. The Media Bureau at the FCC agreed, and denied the station's request.

For the uninformed, this use to be KWBS, which was a PAX station owned by Equity Broadcasting. Equity won a case against PAX about programming (or lack therof) on PAX..so they were able to drop PAX from 4 of their networks. The others being
WBIF-Panama City, FL
WPXS-St Louis area
KWBS
WBMM-Alabama

Since then…WBMM has gone to Daystar, WBIF is now UPN and WPXS is Equity’s “Lick TV moniker”, mostly showing infomercials and pro wrestling/boxing/fishing shows. KWBS was relabeled KWFT and is now WB. It is using the feed from the cable only WB feed and putting it OTA and on free to air (as most Equity stations are). Why Dish won’t put it on there is anyone’s guess.

 

[korsjs]

dish is on a roll.

 

[Mr Tony]

yep
easiest way for them to sell the Supers pack...no WB or UPN?
Get it for 5.99 more

 

[Geeke19]

RIP Chris Candido!

RIP Miss Elizabeth

RIP Owen Hart

 

[jbcheshire]

When did Miss Elizabeth pass away???

 

[Mr Tony]

When did Miss Elizabeth pass away???

damn...almost a year ago...drug overdose

 

[Mr Tony]

RIP Chris Candido!

RIP Miss Elizabeth

RIP Owen Hart

yep...big 6 man tag in heaven this Saturday
Candito, Owen & Ray Trailer (Big Boss Man) vs. Eddie Gilbert, Brian Pillman, & "Big" Dick Dudley

 

[jbcheshire]

Wow!! I haven't watched any wrestling in quite a while...

 

[Mr Tony]

Wow!! I haven't watched any wrestling in quite a while...

I was wrong...she died TWO years ago
May 1, 2003

 

[Geeke19]

When did Miss Elizabeth pass away???

she passed away May 1st 2003