They preempted that for this?

Channel 12 aired the Dbacks game? Every listing I read said that it was exclusive to crAppleTV. I'm at We-Ko-Pa Casino right now, and they didn't get the game despite the fact that Channel 12 is not blocked on their system.

IM42A said:

Parts of the market should be able to see it on WGHP, WPDE, or WCTI, if they have an outdoor antenna that's up to the task. A rotor would be best, but not all that many people have those anymore.

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WGHP hasn't been an ABC affiliate for more than 30 years. WCTI was shown in the newspaper as carrying the special.

WXLV might work.

vchimpanzee said:

WGHP hasn't been an ABC affiliate for more than 30 years. WCTI was shown in the newspaper as carrying the special.

WXLV might work.

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I was asleep at the wheel. I recalled WGHP as an ABC affiliate from way back when, and just lapsed into that. Of course it would be WXLV.

WXLV gets a rimshot signal into Raleigh and Durham proper.

KeithE4 said:

Channel 12 aired the Dbacks game? Every listing I read said that it was exclusive to crAppleTV. I'm at We-Ko-Pa Casino right now, and they didn't get the game despite the fact that Channel 12 is not blocked on their system.

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I'm talking in regards to tonight's Brewers/D'backs game, not last night. I'm sure some NYC expats here in AZ (not me, I'm fine watching via a YouTuber the fireworks in NYC) be like wishing 12News would air the D'backs game on Friday like they usually do after having to go through this last year with the Macy's Fireworks.

MLB shows the game on "ARID," which is their symbol for the Dbacks' local broadcasts. When Channel 12 airs the games, it's on both.

Kctv is pre empting the CBS fest for their own from the Fifa fanfest

CW programming on Saturday night was prempted by the rain delayed NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway after thunderstorm hit at the time of the scheduled start at 4 PM CDT, race didn't begin until shortly after 9 PM, ended a couple of minutes after Midnight CDT.

Will_H_69_9 said:

CW programming on Saturday night was prempted by the rain delayed NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway after thunderstorm hit at the time of the scheduled start at 4 PM CDT, race didn't begin until shortly after 9 PM, ended a couple of minutes after Midnight CDT.

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I'm sure some CW affiliates maybe did the same for those showing the Big Boom fireworks in San Diego or at least showed it on delay after the race.

mrradioguy said:

There's a lot of sports on networks that usually didn't ask for that much network time. Fox and CW are asking for more time than they ever did 10-15-20 years ago. Fox affiliates a mess right now with the World Cup. NBC's are a mess every two years with an Olympics. As someone who's worked MCO at TV stations, don't even get me started with college football.

As for syndicated programming, from a contract standpoint, it's easier to bump an hour of local news but from a revenue standpoint, it's easier to preempt syndication. Every program coordinator at every affiliate though knows what they can bump and what they can't and the broadcast window a show has to air in.

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My NBC station WYFF was a mess during the Olympics, when the US team won gold in figure skating team event, that preempted Kelly Clarkson and I'm sure some people got mad over that. I agree about college football, that used to only happen with our ABC station between 1991-1995 as they were the only ones with network games then. Even WYFF had this issue with a Clemson game in 1994 that was from Jefferson-Pilot too. Even MLB Playoffs back when NBC/ABC had them could mess up news too.

This Wednesday the MN Twins are on broadcast TV. Pre-emptions (well just moving programming). Game is from 6:30-10pm with postgame.
KEYC-DT2 FOX 12.2 Mankato moves FOX programming to 10PM (also being carried on KMNF-DT3 Northstar Sports Network)
KXLT FOX 47.1 Rochester same thing as Mankato (also being carried on KXLT-DT2 Northstar Sports Network)
KVLY-DT2 CBS 11.2 Fargo moves CBS programming to start at 12:36AM
KBJR-DT2 NBC 6.1 Duluth moves NBC programming to 1:12AM. (also will be carried on KBJR-DT3 the Northstar Sports Network)
KMSP FOX 9.1 Minneapolis moves programming to 10:35 at the earliest. Most other markets cut the postgame at 10pm to "keep on track" with programming. FOX 9 doesn't.
KYOU FOX 15 Ottumwa, IA moves FOX programming to 10:30 after news
FOX Western North Dakota (KFYR-DT2, KMOT-DT2, KUMV-DT2 and KQCD-DT2) same thing as other FOX stations. FOX programming will be on at 10PM
Other than KMSP which is a O&O, the rest are Gray owned stations