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CBS in Atlanta changing stations

True and it's interesting to see this one. Also WUPA has been one of the largest stations owned by Paramount for three decades to not affiliate with CBS directly and the CBS affiliation for three decades has been with WGNX/WGCL/WANF a Gray owned station. The only thing I see with WANF is carry pre-empted CW shows from WPCH-TV going forward and expanded news casts taking the void that CBS left behind when they move to WUPA.

The other two stations owned by Paramount to not have a CBS affiliation are KSTW and WTOG given that the CBS affiliation went to Tegna owned WTSP and Cox owned KIRO.

*WUPA, WTSP and KSTW were previously UPN and CW affiliates at the time Paramount purchased those stations. CBS and Paramount merged in 1999-2000 as part of the Viacom deal.
 
This seems to be related to Paramount's "withdrawal" from the CW in 2023. It's likely they were waiting out a contract with WANF.

But this makes more sense for Paramount, especially in terms of the digital footprint.
 
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