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FOX 61/CW 20

MarcB

MarcB

Seeing how Tribune just put WPIX, WGN, and KTLA for sale (this in additon to the sale of WEWB in Albany, WAGA? in Atlanta, and WLVI in Boston. They've also sold the Baltimore Sun Newspaper and are looking at selling the Hartford Cournat), it's only a matter of time before FOX 61 and CW 20 are put up for sale. Here a couple senarios I thought of. Keep in Mind I don't know the rules and regs about ownership caps, so don't shoot me becuase of that. As far out there as some of these ideas are they are thoughts that came into my head.

Merideth buys CW 20 for a duopoly with WFSB/3. WFSB is CBS and CBS is a partner in the CW Network. The 10PM news is reduced to 35 minutes as Eyewitness News @ 10 on The CW. On Channel 3 they add the entire first hour of the CBS early show and move the 7AM local news to The CW and run it 7AM-9AM.

NBC buys CW 20 for a duopoly with WVIT and LMA's it to ZGS Television and it becomes a full-power Telemundo affilliate for the Hartford-New Haven Market. ZGS then converts WRDM/50 to CW.

Univsion buys FOX 61/CW 20 and puts Univision on 61 and Telefutura on 20. Entravision (which owns current Univsion 18 WUVN) puts FOX on 18 and The CW on Class A Channel 47, which will need to run feed lines to the cable companys as Channel 47 is not on cable, like WRDM is. (While most Entravision stations are Spanish they own a couple FOX stations).

FOX buys 61/20 and yanks MY TV off of 59 for 20. CW obviosuly goes to LIN TV's 59.

NBC buys 61 and 20. 61 Becomes NBC. 20 is LMA'd to ZGS for Telemundo. They sell 30 to someone for FOX. ZGS puts CW on WRDM.

Saga buys both 61 and 20 and make no changes. (They don't own any TV stations aroud these parts).

Does Hearst own any CW or FOX affiliates? What about EW Scripps?

Worst Case Senario: Sinclair buys both 61 and 20.
 
Channel 59 change affiliations and/or logos again?
I think the ought not to bother putting up any new signs up on 8 Elm St. :)
They have had to change it a lot over the past 10 years!!
 
Tribune's Atlanta station is WATL-TV channel 36.

I doubt that Merideth would ever buy out WTXX-TV. They're already busy with their "CBS 3" service beamed to Springfield, MA (actually WSHM-LP channel 67 which is on cable 3). As for a full-power Telemundo, I think WHPX-TV channel 26 of New London would do it first. As for Sinclair, let them ruin ABC in Springfield and stay out of Hartford/New Haven!
 
I've been watch WGN and the news they are saying is they are assuming they cannot get a permanent waiver to hold KTLA and WPIX and the newspapers. They are saying with the Democrats in control it will be hard so they are "entertaining" buyers. Basically they seem to say if they get the waiver there will be no sale.

This comes as stockholders are pushing Tribune to up the share price, which if it loses the NYC and LA stations probably won't happen.

But they aren't up for sale officially. They are looking around before the December renewal of their NYC and LA TV station licenses.
 
I wouldn't mind it if Meredith brought WTXX CW 20. Then WFSB Channel 3 could do a lot with that. Such as the 10pm Newscast. And I am sure they would keep UCONN Basketball and make CW 20 the only home. Also with WFSB being CBS and WTXX being CW that goes together very well. Not sure if it would happen but who knows.
 
I just hope whatever happens, 61 and 20 are split. It's like the blind leading the blind over there. Maybe 61 would be forced to do better things with its news division and programming, if they didn't have to worry about 20. I'd prefer FOX to buy 61, as they were looking at the station a few years ago. As for 20, I would really love to see it managed on its own and go back to Waterbury, but we all know that's not going to happen today. However, I think both 20 and 61 would be better off if 20 went to 30 or 3 - I think they can run the station better. Not to mention, who wants to see FOX61 News at 10 simulcasted on channel 20 - how does that serve people in this COL or market?
 
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