...does anyone have a complete market-by-market breakdown listing available of the 1990s network affiliation shifts -- which stations and channels, which owners, what the audience shifts may have been, etcetera?...
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Complete listing of the 1990s affiliation shifts?
- Thread starter Ultimajock
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Wikipedia has an article on the affiliation shifts in 1994:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._television_network_affiliate_switches_of_1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._television_network_affiliate_switches_of_1994
Raleigh/Durham
WRDC-TV 28 loses NBC to WB affiliate WNCN-TV 17. WB moves to new sign-on WRAZ-TV 50, and WRDC becomes an affiliate of UPN (now My Net).
WLFL-TV 22 loses its FOX affiliation to WRAZ and becomes a WB affiliate (now CW).
Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News
WTVZ-TV 33 loses FOX to WB affiliate WVBT-TV 43. WTVZ becomes WB (Now My Net)
Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point
WGHP-TV 8 switches from ABC to FOX, while former FOX affiliate WNRW-TV 45 and simulcast partner WGGT-TV 48 become the market's ABC, with WNRW becoming WXLV.
WGGT later becomes UPN affiliate WUPN and is now My Network Affiliate WMYV.
Independent WEJC-TV 20 becomes WB affiliate WBFX, later WTWB (now CW affiliate WCWG).
Wilmington
WJKA-TV 26 drops CBS for FOX as WSFX. CBS is not seen locally until WSSN-LP 10 drops UPN to become CBS as WILM-LP.
WRDC-TV 28 loses NBC to WB affiliate WNCN-TV 17. WB moves to new sign-on WRAZ-TV 50, and WRDC becomes an affiliate of UPN (now My Net).
WLFL-TV 22 loses its FOX affiliation to WRAZ and becomes a WB affiliate (now CW).
Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News
WTVZ-TV 33 loses FOX to WB affiliate WVBT-TV 43. WTVZ becomes WB (Now My Net)
Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point
WGHP-TV 8 switches from ABC to FOX, while former FOX affiliate WNRW-TV 45 and simulcast partner WGGT-TV 48 become the market's ABC, with WNRW becoming WXLV.
WGGT later becomes UPN affiliate WUPN and is now My Network Affiliate WMYV.
Independent WEJC-TV 20 becomes WB affiliate WBFX, later WTWB (now CW affiliate WCWG).
Wilmington
WJKA-TV 26 drops CBS for FOX as WSFX. CBS is not seen locally until WSSN-LP 10 drops UPN to become CBS as WILM-LP.
Atlanta: WAGA/5 CBS to Fox, WATL/36 Fox to independent to the WB, WGNX (WGCL)/46
independent to CBS
Mobile: WALA/10 NBC to Fox, WPMI/15 Fox to NBC
Evansville: WTVW/7 ABC to Fox, WEHT/25 CBS to ABC, WEVV/44 Fox to CBS
Tampa: WTSP/10 ABC to CBS, WTVT/13 CBS to Fox, WFTS/28 Fox to ABC
Philadelphia: KYW/3 NBC to CBS, WCAU/10 CBS to NBC
Boston: WBZ/4 NBC to CBS, WHDH/7 CBS to NBC
Baltimore: WMAR/2 NBC to ABC, WBAL/11 CBS to NBC (its original network),
WJZ/13 ABC to CBS (KYW, WBZ, and WJZ were all Group W stations
that shifted when Group W bought CBS)
Denver: KCNC/4 NBC to CBS, KMGH/7 CBS to ABC, KUSA/9 ABC to NBC
Cincinnati: WCPO/9 CBS to ABC, WKRC/12 ABC to CBS
Birmingham: WBRC/6 ABC to Fox, a new consortium, "ABC33/40" is formed from
WCFT/33 Tuscaloosa and WJSU/40 Anniston (both switching from CBS)
and WBMA-LP/58 Birmingham
Charleston, SC: WCBD/2 ABC to NBC, WCIV/4 NBC to ABC
Memphis: WHBQ/13 ABC to Fox, WPTY/24 Fox (?) to ABC
Cleveland: WJW/8 CBS to Fox, WOIO/19 Fox to CBS
Austin: KTBC/7 CBS to Fox, KBVO (KEYE)/42 Fox to CBS
Phoenix: KTVK/3 ABC to independent, KPHO/5 independent to CBS,
KSAZ/10 CBS to Fox, KNXV/15 Fox to ABC
Terre Haute: WBAK/38 ABC to Fox, ABC does not get a replacement
but WRTV/6 Indianapolis becomes de facto ABC
Kansas City: WDAF/4 NBC to Fox, KSHB/41 Fox to NBC
St. Louis: KTVI/2 ABC to Fox, KDNL/30 Fox (?) to ABC
Salt Lake City: KUTV/2 NBC to CBS, KSL/5 CBS to NBC
Seattle: KIRO/7 CBS to UPN, KSTW/11 Ind. to CBS (lasts only about
two years before KIRO returns to CBS)
Green Bay: WBAY/2 CBS to ABC, WFRV/5 ABC to CBS, WLUK/11 NBC to Fox,
WGBA/26 Fox to NBC
Macon, GA: WGXA/24 ABC to Fox, WPGA/58 Fox to ABC (WGXA has since
regained ABC, putting it on 24.2)
Honolulu: KHON/2 NBC to Fox, KHNL/13 Fox to NBC
South Bend: WSJV/28 ABC to Fox (I can never remember the call letters of
the new ABC affiliate on Ch. 57)
I don't know who had Fox in Detroit or Milwaukee but I do know:
Detroit: WJBK/2 CBS to Fox, WWJ/62 Ind. to CBS
Milwaukee: WITI/6 CBS to Fox, WDJT/58 gets CBS
independent to CBS
Mobile: WALA/10 NBC to Fox, WPMI/15 Fox to NBC
Evansville: WTVW/7 ABC to Fox, WEHT/25 CBS to ABC, WEVV/44 Fox to CBS
Tampa: WTSP/10 ABC to CBS, WTVT/13 CBS to Fox, WFTS/28 Fox to ABC
Philadelphia: KYW/3 NBC to CBS, WCAU/10 CBS to NBC
Boston: WBZ/4 NBC to CBS, WHDH/7 CBS to NBC
Baltimore: WMAR/2 NBC to ABC, WBAL/11 CBS to NBC (its original network),
WJZ/13 ABC to CBS (KYW, WBZ, and WJZ were all Group W stations
that shifted when Group W bought CBS)
Denver: KCNC/4 NBC to CBS, KMGH/7 CBS to ABC, KUSA/9 ABC to NBC
Cincinnati: WCPO/9 CBS to ABC, WKRC/12 ABC to CBS
Birmingham: WBRC/6 ABC to Fox, a new consortium, "ABC33/40" is formed from
WCFT/33 Tuscaloosa and WJSU/40 Anniston (both switching from CBS)
and WBMA-LP/58 Birmingham
Charleston, SC: WCBD/2 ABC to NBC, WCIV/4 NBC to ABC
Memphis: WHBQ/13 ABC to Fox, WPTY/24 Fox (?) to ABC
Cleveland: WJW/8 CBS to Fox, WOIO/19 Fox to CBS
Austin: KTBC/7 CBS to Fox, KBVO (KEYE)/42 Fox to CBS
Phoenix: KTVK/3 ABC to independent, KPHO/5 independent to CBS,
KSAZ/10 CBS to Fox, KNXV/15 Fox to ABC
Terre Haute: WBAK/38 ABC to Fox, ABC does not get a replacement
but WRTV/6 Indianapolis becomes de facto ABC
Kansas City: WDAF/4 NBC to Fox, KSHB/41 Fox to NBC
St. Louis: KTVI/2 ABC to Fox, KDNL/30 Fox (?) to ABC
Salt Lake City: KUTV/2 NBC to CBS, KSL/5 CBS to NBC
Seattle: KIRO/7 CBS to UPN, KSTW/11 Ind. to CBS (lasts only about
two years before KIRO returns to CBS)
Green Bay: WBAY/2 CBS to ABC, WFRV/5 ABC to CBS, WLUK/11 NBC to Fox,
WGBA/26 Fox to NBC
Macon, GA: WGXA/24 ABC to Fox, WPGA/58 Fox to ABC (WGXA has since
regained ABC, putting it on 24.2)
Honolulu: KHON/2 NBC to Fox, KHNL/13 Fox to NBC
South Bend: WSJV/28 ABC to Fox (I can never remember the call letters of
the new ABC affiliate on Ch. 57)
I don't know who had Fox in Detroit or Milwaukee but I do know:
Detroit: WJBK/2 CBS to Fox, WWJ/62 Ind. to CBS
Milwaukee: WITI/6 CBS to Fox, WDJT/58 gets CBS
bpatrick said:Memphis: WHBQ/13 ABC to Fox, WPTY/24 Fox (?) to ABC
I don't know who had Fox in Detroit or Milwaukee but I do know:
Detroit: WJBK/2 CBS to Fox, WWJ/62 Ind. to CBS
Milwaukee: WITI/6 CBS to Fox, WDJT/58 gets CBS
In Memphis, WPTY had picked up Fox in 1990 from WLMT. In Detroit, Fox was on WKBD 50; in Milwaukee, WCGV 24 was Fox; both stations would become indies for a short period before joining UPN.
Also a network switch in August 1995 that was unrelated to the Fox-related earthquake in much of the nation:
Rockford, IL: WREX-13 ABC to NBC, WTVO-17 NBC to ABC.
Rockford, IL: WREX-13 ABC to NBC, WTVO-17 NBC to ABC.
Greg Goodfellow said:WTRF-TV, Channel 7 in Wheeling, West Virginia from NBC to CBS. WTOV (perhaps WSTV then) in Steubenville, Ohio switched from CBS to NBC.
I think you're off by ten years. It shoud say 1980, not 1990.
bpatrick said:Birmingham: WBRC/6 ABC to Fox, a new consortium, "ABC33/40" is formed from
WCFT/33 Tuscaloosa and WJSU/40 Anniston (both switching from CBS)
and WBMA-LP/58 Birmingham
the Former Fox Stations in Birmingham was 17/21/44 (WTTO/WDBB/WNAL). WNAL (44) briefly went to CBS before joining PAX in 1999, while WTTO/WDBB joined the WB.
Quote from: Greg Goodfellow on Today at 08:48:11 AM
WTRF-TV, Channel 7 in Wheeling, West Virginia from NBC to CBS. WTOV (perhaps WSTV then) in Steubenville, Ohio switched from CBS to NBC.
I think you're off by ten years. It should say 1980, not 1990.
Mr. Mike, you are absolutely correct. Thanks for the correction!
WTRF-TV, Channel 7 in Wheeling, West Virginia from NBC to CBS. WTOV (perhaps WSTV then) in Steubenville, Ohio switched from CBS to NBC.
I think you're off by ten years. It should say 1980, not 1990.
Mr. Mike, you are absolutely correct. Thanks for the correction!
Just a reminder of how bad a postion CBS was put in back in those days. It lost VHF affiliates in some really big markets (Detroit, Cleveland, Atlanta, Milwaukee) with signficant news departments and had to scramble to find UHF affiliates, many of them running on meager budgets.
Can you imagine Detroit, then a big 10 market, going from Channel 2 to Channel 62? At the time cable penetration isn't what it is today. In the distant suburbs, there were plenty of viewers who could pick up Channel 2 but couldn't pick up Channel 62. CBS had to buy Channel 62 WGPR-TV which at the time was running a not-very-highly-rated Black TV format, similar to what BET is today. WGPR-FM is still playing Urban AC music to this day but without its co-owned TV station. CBS changed the call letters to WWJ-TV, since it already owned News Radio 950 WWJ in Detroit. But to this day, WWJ-TV has no news department, no newscasts at either 6pm or 11pm. At least the cable systems have moved WWJ-TV among the first 13 stations, where Fox, ABC and NBC are.
I remember Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley complaining about CBS's poor line-up of stations hurting their ratings after the Fox coup. One of them remarked that at the time, the cable system in Detroit still was running WWJ-TV on Cable Channel 62, whicle all the big stations were grouped among the first 13 stations on the cable line up. They figured many of their fans had no idea they could find 60 MInutes on Channel 62.
Gregg
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Can you imagine Detroit, then a big 10 market, going from Channel 2 to Channel 62? At the time cable penetration isn't what it is today. In the distant suburbs, there were plenty of viewers who could pick up Channel 2 but couldn't pick up Channel 62. CBS had to buy Channel 62 WGPR-TV which at the time was running a not-very-highly-rated Black TV format, similar to what BET is today. WGPR-FM is still playing Urban AC music to this day but without its co-owned TV station. CBS changed the call letters to WWJ-TV, since it already owned News Radio 950 WWJ in Detroit. But to this day, WWJ-TV has no news department, no newscasts at either 6pm or 11pm. At least the cable systems have moved WWJ-TV among the first 13 stations, where Fox, ABC and NBC are.
I remember Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley complaining about CBS's poor line-up of stations hurting their ratings after the Fox coup. One of them remarked that at the time, the cable system in Detroit still was running WWJ-TV on Cable Channel 62, whicle all the big stations were grouped among the first 13 stations on the cable line up. They figured many of their fans had no idea they could find 60 MInutes on Channel 62.
Gregg
[email protected]
Gregg said:Can you imagine Detroit, then a big 10 market, going from Channel 2 to Channel 62? At the time cable penetration isn't what it is today. In the distant suburbs, there were plenty of viewers who could pick up Channel 2 but couldn't pick up Channel 62. CBS had to buy Channel 62 WGPR-TV which at the time was running a not-very-highly-rated Black TV format, similar to what BET is today.
Actually by then, even though the Masons still owned channel 62, the format in 1994 pre-CBS was largely infomercials by then, with some low-budget TV programs, syndicated shows and unwanted network shows strewn about in the schedule. After it became CBS, the network apparently had a hand in upgrading the station really quick, like revamping its syndication library and its graphics. (Did 62 still use art cards and their antiquated character generator before switching to CBS?)
Gregg said:...to this day, WWJ-TV has no news department, no newscasts at either 6pm or 11pm.
They did try news briefly for about a year from 2001 to 2002, when WWJ-TV began an 11PM newscast produced by sister station WKBD; this ended in 2002 when WKBD closed its newsroom and began carrying a 10PM newscast from WXYZ. It seems that CBS never had any luck in improving WWJ-TV's fortunes.
What? No mention of Bakersfield, CA? Seems like 17, 23 and 29 were always juggling networks every few years.
bpatrick said:South Bend: WSJV/28 ABC to Fox (I can never remember the call letters of
the new ABC affiliate on Ch. 57)
Milwaukee: WITI/6 CBS to Fox, WDJT/58 gets CBS
Fox was original on W58BT South Bend prior to 1995. When Fox went to WSJV, W58BT's call letters were changed to WBND-LP 58, & picked up the ABC affiliation. Their channel was forced off of 58 after WSJV was granted 58 for pre-transitional digital. WBND-LP moved to 57. Now the call letters end in -LD.
As for WDJT 58, they were Independent prior to 1994, & had a poor signal until about 1998 or 1999.
Dave Andrews said:What? No mention of Bakersfield, CA? Seems like 17, 23 and 29 were always juggling networks every few years.
Didn't KERO/23 switch from CBS to ABC during this time? I believe McGraw-Hill
wanted to affiliate all its stations with ABC; WRTV Indianapolis and KGTV San Diego
were already ABC affiliates; KMGH Denver went from CBS to ABC when KCNC became
a CBS o&o. As for Bakersfield, I think that put CBS on KBAK/29.
And back to Detroit: as I understand it, the CBS move from 2 to 62 was a godsend for WTOL/11
Toledo, which has enough penetration into Detroit to make it almost the de facto CBS affiliate.
bpatrick said:And back to Detroit: as I understand it, the CBS move from 2 to 62 was a godsend for WTOL/11
Toledo, which has enough penetration into Detroit to make it almost the de facto CBS affiliate.
No doubt WLNS Lansing and WEYI Flint (later WNEM, when they swapped) also came out as winners, getting more viewers from the northern and western portions of the market.
bpatrick said:And back to Detroit: as I understand it, the CBS move from 2 to 62 was a godsend for WTOL/11
Toledo, which has enough penetration into Detroit to make it almost the de facto CBS affiliate.
as well as WNWO-24. because of the fears of WXYZ jumping from ABC to CBS, ABC bought WTVG and moved the ABC network in Toledo to 13, resulting in the then strong NBC lineup moving to WNWO
In 1994, KXTV-10 & KOVR-13 in Sacramento flip-flopped their networks (KXTV from CBS to ABC & KOVR from ABC to CBS). Also in 1998, KMAX-31 & KQCA-58 (also in Sacramento) flip-flopped their networks (KMAX from WB to UPN & KQCA from UPN to WB). In 2006, KMAX picked up the merged network CW while KQCA picked up My Network TV.
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