At least Fox buys WUPA and WTOG make a duopoly and turned into MNTV O&Os
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CBS owned CW affiliates to drop CW affiliation and go independent
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For Gray and Scripps buying KMAX that's not going to happen because Paramount has KMAX Sacramento as an extension of the primary Paramount station KOVR CBS Sacramento.
No surprise: Nexstar Stations In Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa To Become CW Affils On Sept. 1
Now we will see if they keep My Network TV.
Now we will see if they keep My Network TV.
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My guess is that WPHL will more likely become a dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate, while in San Francisco, MyNetworkTV would move to KICU-TV and in Tampa, MyNetworkTV would move to WMOR-TV
Meh, it was kind of fun having the comedies in primetime on WPHL, but the business is what it is. Bring on the CW bargain-basement clearance sale schedule.
That's right @AbrahamJSimpson
Because this fall, WPHL-TV will carry The CW every night from 8pm-10pm,replacing Family Night Everynight, while MyNetworkTV will continue airing weeknights from 2am-4am.
UPDATE: WPHL will move MyNetworkTV to a digital subchannel.
Because this fall, WPHL-TV will carry The CW every night from 8pm-10pm,
UPDATE: WPHL will move MyNetworkTV to a digital subchannel.
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I bet KRON will air news at 7 and 11pm. of course Kron once lost its luster since NBC ended their affliation contract back at the beginning of 2002 in favor of acquiring KNTV
That's certainly a possibility. Either that, keeps things as they are news wise, and relegate CW programming to Midnight-2am (very unlikely). In regards to Tampa, does WFLA move their prime news hour on WTTA to the more traditional 10pm, perhaps bumping up the Spanish language news hour to 7pm? One last bit of Speculation: Look for CBS (Your Market Here) + debuting on Sept. 1 in their O&O markets.
WFLA can't do Spanish 7pm news on WTTA because they already air their own 7pm news on WFLA so that's virtually impossible.
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2023-06-14 | Sub Channels | Update | WFLA-TV | Network [CW] |
| 2023-06-14 | Sub Channels | Update | WTOG | Network [Independent] |
| 2023-06-14 | Sub Channels | Update | WPSG | Network [Independent] Coming Soon [Y] |
| 2023-06-14 | Sub Channels | Update | WPHL-TV | Network [CW] |
| 2023-06-14 | Sub Channels | Update | KBCW | Network [Independent] |
| 2023-06-14 | Sub Channels | Update | KTVU | Network [CW] |
Nexstar Stations In Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa To Become CW Affils On Sept. 1
The company’s WPHL, KRON and WTTA drop their MyNetworkTV lineups to carry Nexstar’s CW’s primetime entertainment, live sports and special event programming.
tvnewscheck.com
2023-06-14Sub Channels Update WFLA-TV Network [CW] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update WTOG Network [Independent] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update WPSG Network [Independent] Coming Soon [Y] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update WPHL-TV Network [CW] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update KBCW Network [Independent] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update KTVU Network [CW] Nexstar Stations In Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa To Become CW Affils On Sept. 1
The company’s WPHL, KRON and WTTA drop their MyNetworkTV lineups to carry Nexstar’s CW’s primetime entertainment, live sports and special event programming.
I'm not sure if I understand this. Its WTTA getting it, not WFLA. Also, KRON is getting it, not KTVU.
KTVU is a Fox O&O it cannot be in the CW Deal.
2023-06-14Sub Channels Update WFLA-TV Network [CW] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update WTOG Network [Independent] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update WPSG Network [Independent] Coming Soon [Y] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update WPHL-TV Network [CW] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update KBCW Network [Independent] 2023-06-14 Sub Channels Update KTVU Network [CW] Nexstar Stations In Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa To Become CW Affils On Sept. 1
The company’s WPHL, KRON and WTTA drop their MyNetworkTV lineups to carry Nexstar’s CW’s primetime entertainment, live sports and special event programming.
KRON is part of this deal to get the CW because of Nexstar.
Also we need to see where CW is going in Sacramento given that KMAX is losing the CW affiliation because of Paramount decision not to renew that affiliation.
We have a new logo for KMAX TV Sacramento. Yes KMAX will follow the setup of KPIX and KCAL-TV's logo. It's basically that KMAX will be an extension of KOVR CBS Sacramento.
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KICU might join MNTV
More likely, because KICU is also owned by Fox
Much more likely Paramount would put the CBS affiliation on KSTW, WUPA and WTOG.
WTOG could be used to cover the state of Florida, along with WFOR in Miami. If they could somehow swing a station in Orlando then they would basically blanket that state when accounting for population.
This article indicates KRON and the other new CW stations will keep MNTV but boot it to a secondary subchannel:
I don't believe that for a second.
Why? There’s nothing unique that MyTV offers and you can’t use it as a startup for a new station or subchannel.
Just let the program service die off like it should have back in 2009.
It obviously served a purpose or it would have been gone back when. Not to many people’s tastes; great. Never going to be a major player; ok, but sometimes those kinds of business units can serve a purpose in the larger picture. If you’re making a contribution to the bottom line, good for you.
If they’re dumping it now in favor of what they own, well, of course. And so the economics change again. Maybe that tilts it to be not worth the minimal investment. Cool, whichever way it goes.
If they’re dumping it now in favor of what they own, well, of course. And so the economics change again. Maybe that tilts it to be not worth the minimal investment. Cool, whichever way it goes.
Well, I do know for a fact that MyNetworkTV is moving to another subchannel on WPHL after it becomes a CW O&O, but I imagine that in September 2023, the station would drop Comet, and DT2 could become a subchannel that is Rewind TV primary and MyNetworkTV secondary, with Antenna TV and Grit moving down in the lineup.
I also imagine this lineup.
17.1 The CW
17.2 Rewind TV/MyNetworkTV
17.3 Antenna TV
17.4 Grit
I also imagine this lineup.
17.1 The CW
17.2 Rewind TV/MyNetworkTV
17.3 Antenna TV
17.4 Grit
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