Noticed yesterday that WFTC My29 is no longer. FOX rebranded it as "Fox 9+". They have been doing this in other areas where FOX owns a FOX and another station (My or Independent). They still have commercials as My29 but saw a couple new ones that say "Fox 9+" and they now ID as "WFTC FOX 9+ Minneapolis/St Paul"
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Bye Bye My29....Hello Fox 9 Plus
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per northpine
There's no longer a station identifying as "channel 29" in the Twin Cities, though WFTC-TV continues to exist. The FOX-owned station has switched its identity from My29 to FOX 9+, tagging onto the identity of sister station KMSP/FOX 9. FOX has recently made similar moves in other markets. WFTC's programming, including the My Network TV prime time lineup, apparently remains unchanged. WFTC's over-the-air signal is on RF channel 29 but has actually been remapped to virtual channel 9 for several years, mixing with channels originating from KMSP's RF9 signal. The station is only seen on channel 29 on satellite TV lineups.
There's no longer a station identifying as "channel 29" in the Twin Cities, though WFTC-TV continues to exist. The FOX-owned station has switched its identity from My29 to FOX 9+, tagging onto the identity of sister station KMSP/FOX 9. FOX has recently made similar moves in other markets. WFTC's programming, including the My Network TV prime time lineup, apparently remains unchanged. WFTC's over-the-air signal is on RF channel 29 but has actually been remapped to virtual channel 9 for several years, mixing with channels originating from KMSP's RF9 signal. The station is only seen on channel 29 on satellite TV lineups.
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Fox9+ that branding is similar to other Fox O&O's most notably KTVU Fox2 San Francisco the main channel and KICU San Francisco using the brand KTVU Plus for their secondary channel just in case KTVU has to pre-empt Fox programming for breaking news. Also is My Network going be merged with Ion? I seen rumors of this with the Fox/Ion speculation when it was a ploy to break the Sinclair/Tribune deal and yank the Fox affiliation from Sinclair specifically like KTXL Sacramento and KCPQ Seattle.
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