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WBNX to be acquired by Nexstar & re-affiliate with the CW in Fall 2025 creating a duopoly with FOX affiliate WJW
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MyNetworkTV is not a network. It's a modular programming block sourced from NBCUniversal and syndicated by Fox with zero branding. So it can run at whenever time on WUAB.
And yes, that means 19.2 can carry MeTV on a 24/7 basis again. But with how meager WUAB's lineup is, they should be running MeTV on the primary channel instead.
Quanity over quality. It'll get even worse after Nexstar takes over WKYC next March and makes it a simulcast rump of Fox 8.
Geesh... Sorry.
It was at one time though, up until 2011? They may want to do something with that misleading name.
MeTV will likely be heading over to WOCV-CD (probably 35.1 for Spectrum cable coverage) this November, as that's when their current contract with WOIO ends. While WOCV-CD is required to pre-empt programming with a public affairs show on 35.1 every Sunday morning, it will only be a small fraction compared to My
It started as a network (remember when it debuted it aired nightly episodes of Americanized telenovelas), and even became the home of WWE Smackdown for a spell.
But in all honesty, it was really a consolation prize for stations who lost out on the CW when UPN and WB merged, and when My Net became unsustainable as a network, it morphed into the glorified syndication service we know it as today
Wouldn't put ALL my eggs in that basket.
Wouldn't shock me if MeTV stayed on 19.2, as all the relevant parties involved have a good thing going and may not want to rock the boat.
Not counting New Day Cleveland or newscast repeats:
4-10a (8)
noon-1p (8)
4-7:30p (8)
10-11p (8)
11-11:30p (55)
That makes 12 full hours of live local weekday newscasts on 8/55, compared to 13 1/2 on 19/43
And just for completists sake:
WKYC NBC 3:
4:30-7a
4-6:30p
7-7:30p
11-11:30p
That makes 6 full hours
WEWS ABC 5 has the exact same layout plus a 1/2 hour noon newscast, giving them 6 1/2 hours per weekday.
Essentially 3 and 5 have half the newscasts per weekday that 8/55 and 19/43 have
So far I haven't seen any renewal notice of WOIO's contract with MeTV. Last time it was renewed was days before Weigel completed the sale and took control of W27EA-D (WOCV-CD) in June 2022, but they probably allowed MeTV on WOIO to continue as that would give WOCV-CD some time to increase viewer awareness with its other networks, mainly with the help of rebranding of Decades to Catchy Comedy. Not to mention some downtime a couple of months after the purchase to perform transmitter upgrades, which at that time would have occurred at the end of WOIO's contract. It's not clear what will happen with the MeTV affiliation, and when I mention this, I always say "may move" or "likely move", and not "will move". Since Dabl already departed from WOIO and over to WOCV-CD, the MeTV move is more likely going to happen, though I don't know which side declined to renew its Dabl contract. Having MeTV on WOCV-CD will also mean that over-the-air viewers will have access to MeTV+, which can only happen if MeTV isn't affiliated with a 3rd party broadcaster in the same market.
Furthermore, H&I's contract with WBNX is up in December, and Start TV will follow November 2026. Both networks will most likely move over to WOCV-CD as well, as Nexstar doesn't deal with the Weigel networks. Any Nexstar station affiliated with a Weigel network is most likely bleeding off its current contract from the previous ownership, though there are a few cases where they have made special deals, mainly due to the lack of stations in a particular market.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
It is very common for stations not affiliated with the "big three" to have a lot of news programming. It allows for more commercial avails than syndicated programming.
Examples from L.A.:
KTLA/5 (CW) - News from 4:00am to 2:00pm, then "Off The Clock" (which is sort of newsy) and 3:00pm to 8:00pm. After the CW programming block, news from 10:00pm to 11:35pm.
KCAL/9 (Independent, but owned by CBS) - News from 5:00am to 11:00am, noon to 1:00pm, 4:00pm to 5:00pm, 8:00pm to 11:00pm. Most of the daytime non-news hours are "courtroom" shows, the 6:00am hour is simulcast on KCBS/2 and they defer to their "parent" doing news at 11:00am, 4:00pm, and 11:00pm. (In fact, the news on the network station is branded as "KCAL News on CBS Los Angeles".)
KTTV/11 (Fox): 4:00am to noon, 5:00pm to 7:00pm (to 8:00pm if you include "Extra" and "TMZ"), 10:00pm to 11:30pm, with a repeat of the 10:00pm hour at 1:00am.
KCOP/13 (MyNet, owned by Fox) - Simulcasts the 11:00am hour from KTTV then does an additional hour at noon. Simulcasts the 5:00pm hour. Then 8:00pm to 10:00pm and a simulcast of the 11:00pm show plus an additional half hour of news.
Wasn't trying to argue with you, just saying that MeTV leaving 19.2 is hardly a lock,
.MeTV does very well on 19.2 and as I said before, this may be a case where if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Regarding Dabl on 19.3...gun to my head, I'd say Reserve Square passed on renewal, as they wanted a spot open for the Gray owned Defy network.
L.A. is a completely different animal than Cleveland.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
You missed the point, I think. Independents (including CW and MyNet affiliates) in the larger markets -- and Cleveland is market #19, so that counts -- tend to fill lots of airtime with news programming.
I did not mean for anyone to compare actual totals, just the amount of news on the schedule. L.A. does get a lot more news, but then we are the home of the live stolen car police chase ...
We'll just have to wait until November to see what happens, or keep an eye on their contracts page on the FCC's public files.
That's possible as well, or they didn't want it competing with The365 or whatever it's called now. All I know is that Dabl has slowly been popping up on Weigel's other O&O stations ever since they took over network operations back in 2023, so that kind of tells me that they are waiting for the existing contracts to end in markets where they own a station.
Especially when Weigel is getting cable carriage for MeTV via the WOIO subchannel. WOCV doesn't have must-carry rights because it is low-power; 35.1 is on Spectrum (through arrangements that date back to when the late WOAH 29 was on Time Warner Cable in Akron) but I don't know if it's on any other cable provider.
Aside from Spectrum, I'm not really sure how much the other cable providers in NE Ohio have in terms of reach or subscribers. 19.2 may only be drawing in a tiny percentage on those providers combined.
Both Movies and Dabl had carriage on multiple cable systems when they were still on WBNX and WOIO respectively. They are now limited to just the over the air broadcast and streaming services here in Cleveland, granted they may not be as popular as MeTV.
If they keep adding newscasts, they're going to run out of names to call them: May I suggest......Next Hour Cleveland. Possibly Next Week Cleveland. What's Happening Cleveland. Maybe or Maybe Not Today Cleveland. Kenny Crumpton 24/7 Every Day Cleveland. Dick Goddard Next Day Genuflection Hour Cleveland. Everybody's Tired Of Watching Recycled Yesterday's News Cleveland. Next Century Cleveland. 2026 Preview Cleveland. Playing On 3, 5, 8, 19, 43, 55, 23, 49 Mega Merger News Channels Cleveland. What The Hell Are We Calling It Now Cleveland? We're Beaming It Directly Into Your Brain Now Cleveland.
You forgot Let's Go Get Some BBQ and Get Busy Cleveland
And “I Don't Get Paid Enough For This Shit Cleveland”.