Adell was banking on Scripps not moving on CW Detroit affiliation. He lost that bet.
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CBS owned CW affiliates to drop CW affiliation and go independent
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No, that’s not how these things work. Fox doesn’t need WADL and they won’t even entertain the thought. End of story.
If you think any respectable broadcaster would want to do business with Kevin Adell after this infantile behavior he’s been pulling, think again.
more and more independent stations got sold to groups anyways. The internet changes the rules all the time & it's only a matter of time until smaller groups like Hearst, Sunbeam, Griffin, Capitol, News-Press Gazette, Morris, etc. got bought up by larger groups.
And that has absolutely nothing to do with WADL at the present moment. Kevin Adell had his one chance to sell the station and not only completely blew it, but made it thoroughly unsalable.
It ain’t happening.
A random person's post from a radiodiscussion forum is not a reliable source. Prediction or not, this is not going to happen. If your prediction is right, then Fox would've already bought stations in unnecessary markets to make MNTV O&Os or somehow moving MNTV to another station. I have proof of you saying this on another board from last year.
But did anything you said above happen? No! Neither did anyone's predictions of all Nexstar stations dropping a big four network for The CW. That didn't happen either.
Making predictions is one thing. If you would've said "I'm guessing WADL should be bought by Fox" in a way you said on the quote above, that's a better way of saying a prediction rather than saying...
See my point?
Sinclair nixes Univision affiliation, ending local Spanish broadcasts
Sinclair has been reluctant to directly say it will no longer offer Seattle area programming in Spanish. A Burien city council member is fighting the decision.
www.seattletimes.com
So KUNS drops Univision for The CW moving from KSTW
Well, in Phoenix Scripps is moving The CW to their Antenna TV Sub-Channel on KNXV 15.2 with KASW 61 becoming Independent and rebranding as Arizona 61 with Coyotes games moving from 15.2 to 61.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/th...enix-as-soon-as-next-week.768153/post-6669110
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/th...enix-as-soon-as-next-week.768153/post-6669110
so much for leaving it on a sub channel. But at the expense of dropping Univision? Hopefully they’ll find a new home before January 2024.Sinclair nixes Univision affiliation, ending local Spanish broadcasts
Sinclair has been reluctant to directly say it will no longer offer Seattle area programming in Spanish. A Burien city council member is fighting the decision.
So KUNS drops Univision for The CW moving from KSTW
It’s not based on a shred of reality.
JeeperOne
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I think what they mean by "In pattern" is either 7-9 or 8-10 REGARDLESS of Time Zone
Prime example - KWGN 2 (CW O&O by default) runs primetime from 8-10 PM as they have a 7:00 PM newscast (Unless this has changed??)
JeeperOne
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For MyNetwork TV?? Sure they'll take it. Why wouldn't they want it?? They've owned WJBK 2 for the last 29 years
JeeperOne
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JeeperOne
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Two problems with your thinking
1). Fox could always sign an AFFILIATION AGREEMENT with WADL to make it the new home of MyNetwork TV with the added incentive of news produced by WJBK 2
2). Adell is SNOOZIN' on the job & now he's in danger of LOOZIN' because he acted like A PETUALANT TODDLER by insisting that Nexstar PAY WADL in exchange for an affiliation, Upon Nexstar's refusal, HE DROPPED THE NETWORK !! What don't you understand about this??
Given this, WHY would Nexstar be EVEN REMOTELY in DOING BUISINESS with Adell when they have A PROVEN SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD (Not to mention GOOD BUSINESS RELATIONS) with Scripps (Who only helped facilitate their merger with Tribune by buying SEVERAL stations from them. Nothing big)
And Scripps having The CW under its belt only completes the network affiliation cycle as they have affiliations with all the others
JeeperOne
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Well since MyNetwork TV is more of a syndicated service than a traditional network like the The CW is, Adell can agree to pick it up or not
That's what KRON 4 in San Francisco did before they because a full-fledged affiliate. Now KICU 26 is a MNTV O&O & KRON 4 is a CW O&O
JeeperOne
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What does this have to do with this thread??Sinclair nixes Univision affiliation, ending local Spanish broadcasts
Sinclair has been reluctant to directly say it will no longer offer Seattle area programming in Spanish. A Burien city council member is fighting the decision.
So KUNS drops Univision for The CW moving from KSTW
KOMO picked up CW on its Coment DT4 subchannel but without sattelite carriage, Scripps does the same thing in Phoenix on KNXV 15.2
Unless the Murdochs make a bid so they can have it's own duopoly like in NYC, LA, Chicago, Phoenix, SF, Orlando, DC, DFW, and Houston. Paramount should've sell their former CWs that are not part of a duopoly with their CBS counteparts.
JeeperOne
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Did KASW 61 drop The CW??
The CW affiliation moved to co-owned KNXV's HD2 subchannel, largely due to Scripps acquiring the local OTA rights to Arizona Coyotes games, which are now on KASW. It wasn't technically dropped.
KICU is still an independent. After adding the CW, KRON has exiled the slop from MyTV to the overnight hours, which is just as well.
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