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Big 4 network affiliates airing infomercials during weekday daytime

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From ftballfan on another thread:

ftballfan said:
In Traverse City-Cadillac:
[ABC affiliate WGTU] used to air the 700 Club for years and years.
CBS affiliate WWTV and FOX affiliate WFQX each air paid programming during the day (and have for years; for example, I can always remember WWTV having paid programming in the 10am hour).
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The 700 Club now airs on WFQX at 10am. Also, NBC affiliate WPBN airs an infomercial at 12:30pm.

The largest city I can think of where this happens is Pittsburgh, where FOX affiliate WPGH airs infomercials at 9am and 9:30am.

Any other examples of this?
 
Minneapolis NBC (KARE 11) airs paid programs at 1 & 1:30 now
Use to have Rachel on at that time but they lost Dr Oz to KMSP FOX 9 so they moved Rachel to 2 and The Doctors to 3
 
Duluth has it on all 4 stations (only KBJR NBC6 has a midday news)

KDLH CBS 3
noon

KBJR NBC 6
11:00AM
11:30AM
12:30PM

WDIO ABC 10
11:00AM
11:30AM

KQDS FOX 21
9:00AM
9:30AM
11:00AM
 
The 700 Club has become a bartered program on broadcast stations in the past few years. On KCAL in Los Angeles, it's not identified as paid programming and local spots are run during commercial breaks.
 
CaliRadioFan said:
The 700 Club has become a bartered program on broadcast stations in the past few years. On KCAL in Los Angeles, it's not identified as paid programming and local spots are run during commercial breaks.
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aren't some advertisers skittish about running ads during the 700 Club? ABC Family runs disclaimers before it
 
WCAU-TV (NBC10) Philadelphia also did for a time, although not now.
 
WKRG-TV in the Mobile, Alabama-Pensacola, Florida TV market would usually have paid commercial advertising programs (or "infomercials") on their main broadcast channel at 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. from Monday through Friday between "CBS This Morning" and "The Price is Right".
 
Mario500 said:
WKRG-TV in the Mobile, Alabama-Pensacola, Florida TV market would usually have paid commercial advertising programs (or "infomercials") on their main broadcast channel at 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. from Monday through Friday between "CBS This Morning" and "The Price is Right".
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You mean until 10 a.m.
 
The programs that began at 9:30 a.m. ended shortly before 10:00 a.m.
 
WWLP 22.1 the NBC affiliate in Springfield, Mass used to.

Not a Big 4 affiliate, but for the week of September 1st and the week of September 8th WCTX 59.1 the MY Network affiliate in New Haven, CT is using infomercials as filler during the 1PM-2PM time-slot. Normally My TV 9 as the station is known does not show infomercials weekdays, unless you count the Kenneth Copeland and Joyce Meyers Ministires as infomercials.
 
What's the difference between airing a syndicated show and getting the revenue from spots sold or airing an infomercial and taking 100% of what the infomercial producer pays? In some cases, there's more profit to be made selling spots on a syndicated show, in other cases there's more profit to be made selling the entire block for an infomercial. Whichever one makes the most money is the one that the local station picks, and that varies from market to market.
 
From crainbebo on another thread:

crainbebo said:
Paid programming is aired on KAPP (ABC) and KNDO (NBC) in Yakima, about twice a day. Don't know why, they could have acquired one of the Byron Allen "scripted, actor" court shows like America's Court (KIMA used to have that show in 2010-11)
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From TVIntheDesert on tvnewstalk.net:

As for another large market "traditional three" station that is known for infomercials and low-budget syndication on weekdays is WNCN in Raleigh-Durham. It appears they dropped the daytime infomercials...for now. There are also a number of "traditional three" stations, mainly in the south, that carry "The 700 Club" Monday through Friday.
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What's the big deal? The first infomercial aired in 1922. Money is money. Cable TV between 2AM and 5AM is pretty much all infomercials.
 
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