In the Los Angeles Market needs to start searching for a brand-new The CW West Coast Flagship Station

[Mediafrog+]

CBS isn't clamoring for a duopoly in Atlanta, although it was noted in 1994 when WAGA jumped ship to Fox, CBS wanted to buy ch. 46 (them WGNX) and move it to channel 6. That was negated as two adjoining markets--Birmingham and Augusta--already had a channel 6.

Huh? There wouldn’t have been a possible Channel 6 in Atlanta due to the presence of Channel 5 (WAGA). In the analog days you couldn’t have first adjacent VHF signals in the same market unless there was a frequency gap between them, such as channels 4 and 5, or channels 6 and 7.

The NYC and LA markets demonstrated this perfectly, having channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 in the analog era.

 

[Ccook55]

That I know, which is why I also mentioned that WBRC and WJBF would have been issues as well.

 

[Rusty Muck]

CBS isn't clamoring for a duopoly in Atlanta, although it was noted in 1994 when WAGA jumped ship to Fox, CBS wanted to buy ch. 46 (them WGNX) and move it to channel 6. That was negated as two adjoining markets--Birmingham and Augusta--already had a channel 6.

Nexstar has the last word on who gets CW affiliation, but not on who owns stations they don't already own.

CBS never tried to buy 46 but they DID arrange to buy WVEU 69 out of sheer desperation, and had plans to run it as a pass-through CBS O&O in an office park.

Tribune came to their senses pretty quickly and offered to affiliate 46 with CBS, sending the WB to WATL and allowing CBS to resell 69 to Paramount.

 

[DarrenVision]

Again, CBS isn't going to cut bait with WUPA. Apollo/Cox and Fox isn't exactly whetting their appetite for WUPA, either.

Nexstar is exceeded so they cannot enter Boston or Atlanta or Phoenix. And in case of contributions from the primetime, Nexstar says that the content from WBD and Paramount will be minimal.

 

[JeeperOne]

Baseball, football and NASCAR are gravy for Fox. They're not going anywhere regardless of the news department issues.

But is Fox "Gravy" for MLB, the NFL & NASCAR though? That's the $64,000,000,000 question

 

[DarrenVision]

But is Fox "Gravy" for MLB, the NFL & NASCAR though? That's the $64,000,000,000 question

they have College Football, College Basketball, english rights to the World Cup, Nexstar's local news business is separate from either CW or NewsNation btw.

 

[Rusty Muck]

… although it was noted in 1994 when WAGA jumped ship to Fox, CBS wanted to buy ch. 46 (them WGNX) and move it to channel 6. That was negated as two adjoining markets--Birmingham and Augusta--already had a channel 6.

Not to be That Guy(tm) but can you provide a citation for this claim? The history of WANF (which @Sammi Brie redid on Wikipedia not long ago) contains nothing suggesting that CBS wanted to purchase WGNX and make such a radical facility change that would have been an automatic technical no-go with the FCC. It’s not there because she didn’t find anything in media coverage or in the trades.

I’m okay with speculation, heck, I do it a lot, but just making up stuff is a different story.

 

[ShawnHill1]

Oh, the good ol' Wikipedia TV task force...another group of "special" people lol

 

[Ccook55]

Wasn't making it up. It was mere speculation that's what CBS wanted to do. And just because Wikipedia doesn't mention it doesn't mean couldn't have happened if it ever did.

 

[Rusty Muck]

Wasn't making it up. It was mere speculation that's what CBS wanted to do. And just because Wikipedia doesn't mention it doesn't mean couldn't have happened if it ever did.

With all due respect, baseless speculation and wishcasting with nothing to substantiate it is better suited for fantasy TV boards, not in discussing something with real-life implications. It is misleading, full stop.

 

[Ccook55]

If I were to indulge in fantasy, I'd be coming up with the "this should happen/that should happen" blather this topic has indulged in. I'm not the one speculating. If I can locate the source of this speculation, I'll have it up in a heartbeat.

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

CBS isn't clamoring for a duopoly in Atlanta, although it was noted in 1994 when WAGA jumped ship to Fox, CBS wanted to buy ch. 46 (them WGNX) and move it to channel 6. That was negated as two adjoining markets--Birmingham and Augusta--already had a channel 6

First of all, CBS made an agreement to purchase channel 69–then called WVEU–but backed out at the last minute when WGNX became available. Aligning with 46 was cheaper when compared with bringing WVEU up to network-quality from a programming and technical standpoint.

And where did you get that part about WGNX moving to channel 6? Aside from the adjacent markets, you couldn't have full-power stations on both 5 and 6 in the same market.

 

[Ccook55]

That has already been mentioned and acknowledged. Try reading the ensuing posts first.

 

[Rusty Muck]

That has already been mentioned and acknowledged. Try reading the ensuing posts first.

If I were to indulge in fantasy, I'd be coming up with the "this should happen/that should happen" blather this topic has indulged in. I'm not the one speculating. If I can locate the source of this speculation, I'll have it up in a heartbeat.

This level of condescension and gaslighting fails to answer the question of where your proof exists for such baseless speculation in the first place.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

With all due respect, baseless speculation and wishcasting with nothing to substantiate it is better suited for fantasy TV boards, not in discussing something with real-life implications. It is misleading, full stop.

Agreed! I knew something was up about CW getting more sports rights. But the one group preventing CW from agreeing to them is Paramount owned CW affiliates because they cannot violate their sports broadcasting contracts with CBS Sports. Also with Paramount owned CW affiliates have to protect their related company brands like the CBS News App and Paramount+ apps on their TV's.

 

[Rusty Muck]

Excuse me, but I post on TVNewsTalk occasionally and I'm no doofus. Some others who post there would also take offense to that.

The “ignore” function works wonders. It’s IMO best not to engage with the trolls.

 

[DarrenVision]

When the CW first launched combining WB and UPN they had a show called CW Now I'm not sure what kind of stuff they showed but the series didn't last long before they changed their lineup. Most of the new shows didn't last that first year of The CW.

WB once started their sunday nights from 5/4c as BIG SUNDAY from 2002 and CW took over their scheduling practice of WB until 2008 when MRC leased the Sunday schedule since it becomes then the weakest day of the network. CW then stop airing in 2009 lasting nearly a decade.

 

[Don CT]

Why would CW get into sports. Maybe lower tier leagues that nobody cares about. CBS/NBC/ESPN/Fox/WBD are not giving up their rights to the majors without a fight and a lot of money.

I could see NASCAR being the only league that might be in trouble, would Fox want to spend that much for a decline ratings.

 

[ercjncpr]

Luis I have a question for you. Why do you want CW to change to another channel?

 

[TVCOOL]

Well if AEW can't get a renewal deal with WB Discovery they can move Dynamite to the CW and air it on Wednesdays 8-10 pm ET/PT.