...An the fall out has just begun!
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65069/wccb-charlotte-to-lose-fox-affiliation
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65069/wccb-charlotte-to-lose-fox-affiliation
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Fox enters Charlotte...
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This parallels the events which occurred in San Diego in 2008:
Station that loses ABC affiliation in late-'70s becomes independent, picks up FOX when they started in '86, only to be stripped of its affiliation after years of loyalty. If you want to see where WCCB will be in a few years, look at struggling XETV today.
Station that loses ABC affiliation in late-'70s becomes independent, picks up FOX when they started in '86, only to be stripped of its affiliation after years of loyalty. If you want to see where WCCB will be in a few years, look at struggling XETV today.
Better yet, just ask WTVW/Evansville and KOZL/Springfield, both former ABC and Fox affiliates who ended up the same way as WCCB and XETV, informed at the last minute then getting their affiliations stripped. One gets the feeling that this is just the beginning of what we can expect from Fox in 2013, which is looking for fresh new affiliates and dropping older ones like WCCB (27 years).
Will they be picking up CW?
My guess is that they'll affiliate with WJZY-TV (CW) channel 46.
As for network affiliation changes, little has changed for us in Hartford/New Haven as late. The last swap was on January 1, 2001. WTXX-TV channel 20 of Waterbury switched from UPN to WB. WBNE-TV channel 59 of New Haven switched from WB to UPN. Today, those stations are WCCT-TV (CW) channel 20 and WCTX-TV (MY) channel 59.
There were network swaps with the "Big 3" in Boston/Worcester and Providence/New Bedford in 1995. Boston had a swap with CBS and NBC while Providence had a swap with ABC and CBS. Portland/Poland Spring, ME lost their FOX affiliate in the fall of 2001, when WPXT-TV channel 51 switched to a WB affiliation. They didn't regain FOX over-the-air until channel 23 of Waterville, ME was converted from PAX affiliated WMPX-TV to FOX affiliated WPFO-TV.
As for network affiliation changes, little has changed for us in Hartford/New Haven as late. The last swap was on January 1, 2001. WTXX-TV channel 20 of Waterbury switched from UPN to WB. WBNE-TV channel 59 of New Haven switched from WB to UPN. Today, those stations are WCCT-TV (CW) channel 20 and WCTX-TV (MY) channel 59.
There were network swaps with the "Big 3" in Boston/Worcester and Providence/New Bedford in 1995. Boston had a swap with CBS and NBC while Providence had a swap with ABC and CBS. Portland/Poland Spring, ME lost their FOX affiliate in the fall of 2001, when WPXT-TV channel 51 switched to a WB affiliation. They didn't regain FOX over-the-air until channel 23 of Waterville, ME was converted from PAX affiliated WMPX-TV to FOX affiliated WPFO-TV.
Eric Stein said:
I think this situation was out of WCCB's hands; with Fox buying its crosstown competitors (WJZY and WMYT), it was wasn't much that could they do. I think this has a lot to with the Fox-Sinclair deal of last year, especially as it pertains up the road in the Raleigh-Durham market, where Fox has the option to buy up to six Sinclair stations, which includes Sinclair's Triangle duopoly of WLFL (an original Fox affiliate, now currently with The CW) and WRDC (MyNet); ironically, that area's current Fox affiliate is Capitol-owned WRAZ.
only1moore said:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/28/3818668/fox-tv-to-buy-2-charlotte-stations.html
the Fox lineup of network programs would likely move from WCCB (Fox Charlotte, Channel 18), probably in July when current contracts expire.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...o-buy-2-charlotte-stations.html#storylink=cpy
I don't think there's any irony about it. I think Fox wanted in to North Carolina one way or another, and Capitol decided to protect their Raleigh affiliation at any cost. Thus, they sold WJZY and WMYT to Fox who will flip WJZY to Fox and have an instant Fox/My duopoly. In exchange, I would imagine Capitol gets to keep Fox.
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The WRAL/WRAZ duopoly is essentially a license to print money. The duopoly came about months after WRAZ signed on and became a WB affiliate. The two stations could never be grouped today.
Capitol sees its properties as local channels first, network affiliates second. WRAL pre-empts a lot of CBS stuff.
Capitol sees its properties as local channels first, network affiliates second. WRAL pre-empts a lot of CBS stuff.
Eric Stein said:
and what will WCCB fill primetime with? KOZL has court shows in primetime
Apparently the CW's shows get better ratings than nightly reruns of "The Simpsons": former FOX affiliate WTVW/Evansville, IN announced today it would join the CW effective Jan. 31.Eric Stein said:
PTBoardOp94 said:
Evansville is a duopoly market for Nexstar. The profits from their ABC station will offset the losses that will occur by airing CW shows. The CW lost its Evansville station due to Roberts Broadcasting's bankruptcy, so they probably begged WTVW to become the affiliate.
philosofy said:
From what I've read in the past, FOX wanted to make the FCC happy by affiliating with a station licensed in the United States. They had been under pressure since the mid-'90s, when KUSI attempted to wrestle the affiliation away from XETV after FOX bought NFL (NFC) rights.
The only thing keeping XETV on the air with English-language shows and The CW these days is Televisa's deep pockets.
PTBoardOp94 said:
Sometimes Simpsons reruns will get better ratings than the lowest rated local news
DToTheJ said:
Raycom would never sell off one of it's flagships to Fox... not with Raycom Sports based in Charlotte.
What is going to be interesting is the additional fallout this is going to cause. It is pretty much a given that Capital sold WJZY/WMYT to keep the Fox Affiliation on WRAZ. As mentioned previously, Fox was the right to purchase the two Sinclair stations in Raleigh.
I doubt CBS and ABC would want to affilate with WCCB. The only one somewhat remotely possible is NBC, but WCNC is next door to the NBC News Channel and the station has strong ties to the News Channel, so that most likely won't work either.
What is going to happen to the Fox affiliation on Bahakel owned WFXB in Myrtle Beach? Will that be shipped off to another station in the marked (most likely WWMB)? Will WCCB be sold to an interest like Univision (which happened to another Bahakel property in the Raleigh market some years ago)? Is WCCB really going to go the route of The CW? Could WCCB build it's self as a strong independent to battle WAXN? Interesting times ahead.
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