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New CW affiliate announcement!

> Broadcasting & Cable reports that the CW`s signed stations
> in 5 more markets including Kansas City, Chattanooga, Tn. &
> Fybush`s home turf (Rochester, N.Y.).

The news that cable-only "WRWB" here will become the CW affiliate is almost as much of a shocker as the report that the sun rose this morning. (The sun actually being OUT here, on the other hand, is a pleasant surprise today.)

What this tells us, along with the announcements that CW will be on DTV subchannels in El Paso (KVIA-DT) and Youngstown ("WBCB," on WFMJ-DT), is that the CW is certainly willing to bend on the HD carriage requirement. "WRWB" already puts the WB HD feed on Time Warner's digital HD tier, and presumably similar deals for cable HD will be struck in El Paso and Youngstown. Wonder how willing they'll be to bend on the other key sticking point - affiliate reverse compensation - to get the deals they'll need to make with companies like Sinclair in markets like Baltimore and Birmingham?<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Broadcasting & Cable reports that the CW`s signed stations
>
> > in 5 more markets including Kansas City, Chattanooga, Tn.
> &
> > Fybush`s home turf (Rochester, N.Y.).
>
> The news that cable-only "WRWB" here will become the CW
> affiliate is almost as much of a shocker as the report that
> the sun rose this morning. (The sun actually being OUT here,
> on the other hand, is a pleasant surprise today.)
>
> What this tells us, along with the announcements that CW
> will be on DTV subchannels in El Paso (KVIA-DT) and
> Youngstown ("WBCB," on WFMJ-DT), is that the CW is certainly
> willing to bend on the HD carriage requirement. "WRWB"
> already puts the WB HD feed on Time Warner's digital HD
> tier, and presumably similar deals for cable HD will be
> struck in El Paso and Youngstown. Wonder how willing they'll
> be to bend on the other key sticking point - affiliate
> reverse compensation - to get the deals they'll need to make
> with companies like Sinclair in markets like Baltimore and
> Birmingham?
> So as a result of these latest CW developments (at least in your neck of the woods Fy), does Fox`s My TV possibly land a low-powered berth on WBGT up there?
Could that potentially be My`s berth elsehwhere too? Outiside of K.C. that is?<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by jellyeggs on 03/07/06 08:55 PM.</FONT></P>
 
I wonder if MyTV could end up on WFXT's HD subchennel in Boston...?
> > > Broadcasting & Cable reports that the CW`s signed
> stations
> >
> > > in 5 more markets including Kansas City, Chattanooga,
> Tn.
> > &
> > > Fybush`s home turf (Rochester, N.Y.).
> >
> > The news that cable-only "WRWB" here will become the CW
> > affiliate is almost as much of a shocker as the report
> that
> > the sun rose this morning. (The sun actually being OUT
> here,
> > on the other hand, is a pleasant surprise today.)
> >
> > What this tells us, along with the announcements that CW
> > will be on DTV subchannels in El Paso (KVIA-DT) and
> > Youngstown ("WBCB," on WFMJ-DT), is that the CW is
> certainly
> > willing to bend on the HD carriage requirement. "WRWB"
> > already puts the WB HD feed on Time Warner's digital HD
> > tier, and presumably similar deals for cable HD will be
> > struck in El Paso and Youngstown. Wonder how willing
> they'll
> > be to bend on the other key sticking point - affiliate
> > reverse compensation - to get the deals they'll need to
> make
> > with companies like Sinclair in markets like Baltimore and
>
> > Birmingham?
> > So as a result of these latest CW developments (at least
> in your neck of the woods Fy), does Fox`s My TV possibly
> land a low-powered berth on WBGT up there?
> Could that potentially be My`s berth elsehwhere too?
> Outiside of K.C. that is?
>
 
Youngstown, CW HD, El Paso and A Little Cincinnati

> What this tells us, along with the announcements that CW
> will be on DTV subchannels in El Paso (KVIA-DT) and
> Youngstown ("WBCB," on WFMJ-DT), is that the CW is certainly
> willing to bend on the HD carriage requirement. "WRWB"
> already puts the WB HD feed on Time Warner's digital HD
> tier, and presumably similar deals for cable HD will be
> struck in El Paso and Youngstown.

And it'll be easy over in Y-Town, as Time Warner is the dominant cable provider in the Mahoning Valley. The other big provider, Armstrong (suburban Boardman) has been quite cooperative with new stations...it was the first to run "WBCB" in the first place, and will also be running a FOX HD feed from LPTV combo WYFX/WFXI "FOX 17/62". (That little piece of news, along with the first word of WBCB moving to CW, was first seen in a certain blog. :D)

The WBCB announcement is not surprising, either, as there is no in-market UPN affiliate in Youngstown. WUAB/43 Cleveland gets carriage there.

As far as the reverse compensation goes, I wouldn't be surprised to see CW sign up Big Four network affiliates in some of those markets to create a new CW cable channel, what they're apparently doing in El Paso (KVIA, as far as I can tell, does not run such a channel currently).

It could be a way they sneak around one Elliott Block and his WBQC-CA in Cincinnati, with no other full power alternative available. Note our item from the other day, noting that CW basically has ignored Mr. Block up to now...not even returning his calls. There's LOTS of history there with WBQC and Time Warner, and nearly none of it is good.

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
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> I wonder if MyTV could end up on WFXT's HD subchennel in
> Boston...?
> > > > Broadcasting & Cable reports that the CW`s signed
> > stations
> > >
> > > > in 5 more markets including Kansas City, Chattanooga,
> > Tn.
> > > &
> > > > Fybush`s home turf (Rochester, N.Y.).
> > >
> > > The news that cable-only "WRWB" here will become the CW
> > > affiliate is almost as much of a shocker as the report
> > that
> > > the sun rose this morning. (The sun actually being OUT
> > here,
> > > on the other hand, is a pleasant surprise today.)
> > >
> > > What this tells us, along with the announcements that CW
>
> > > will be on DTV subchannels in El Paso (KVIA-DT) and
> > > Youngstown ("WBCB," on WFMJ-DT), is that the CW is
> > certainly
> > > willing to bend on the HD carriage requirement. "WRWB"
> > > already puts the WB HD feed on Time Warner's digital HD
> > > tier, and presumably similar deals for cable HD will be
> > > struck in El Paso and Youngstown. Wonder how willing
> > they'll
> > > be to bend on the other key sticking point - affiliate
> > > reverse compensation - to get the deals they'll need to
> > make
> > > with companies like Sinclair in markets like Baltimore
> and
> >
> > > Birmingham?
> > > So as a result of these latest CW developments (at least
>
> > in your neck of the woods Fy), does Fox`s My TV possibly
> > land a low-powered berth on WBGT up there?
> > Could that potentially be My`s berth elsehwhere too?
> > Outiside of K.C. that is?
> >
>
Will they get to Thomasville GA /Tallahassee Florida soon for the CW and My Network TV??
 
> > So as a result of these latest CW developments (at least
> in your neck of the woods Fy), does Fox`s My TV possibly
> land a low-powered berth on WBGT up there?

You can make book on it. WBGT needs the programming, the price is right (no way WBGT was going to pay for CW, even if WRWB hadn't been in the picture), and there's nowhere else for My to go in the market.

> Could that potentially be My`s berth elsehwhere too?
> Outiside of K.C. that is?

Without a doubt. There are lots of markets that simply don't have six full-power commercial outlets, or even five, and if CW ends up on many of the existing WB 100+ cable outlets, as seems likely, My will have to go to LPTVs if it wants carriage at all. <P ID="signature">______________
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> > I wonder if MyTV could end up on WFXT's HD subchennel in
> > Boston...?

Isn't it gonna be on channel 50 of Derry, NH (northern area of the Boston/Worcester market)?<P ID="signature">______________
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Hi everyone:

> Without a doubt. There are lots of markets that simply don't
> have six full-power commercial outlets, or even five, and if
> CW ends up on many of the existing WB 100+ cable outlets, as
> seems likely, My will have to go to LPTVs if it wants
> carriage at all.

You're forgetting that FOX is also on cable-only outlets in a few small markets as well. So it wouldn't take News Corp. much effort to start a cable-only net for MY as well.

Cheers :)

Pat
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Radio? Uhh.....What's THAT?? :)</P>
 
Which markets have cable only Fox affiliates?
>
> You're forgetting that FOX is also on cable-only outlets in
> a few small markets as well. So it wouldn't take News Corp.
> much effort to start a cable-only net for MY as well.
 
> You're forgetting that FOX is also on cable-only outlets in
> a few small markets as well. So it wouldn't take News Corp.
> much effort to start a cable-only net for MY as well.

It would be at least a little bit of effort. If MY is only filling 10 or 12 hours a week, that leaves 156 or 158 hours to fill with something else. It may be that Twentieth TV has enough in-house product available to do it, but I doubt it.

If I remember the history correctly, FOXNET (the cable-only Fox version) was created only after Fox got the NFL package. Until then, there wasn't enough demand for Fox to warrant the creation of a 24/7 service.

And keeping in mind that MY was apparently created primarily to fill the UPN hole on the Fox O&Os, and only offered to other stations after the fact, it would seem as though Fox isn't really worried about filling in the last 3 or 4% of distribution nationally. I suspect they'd be very happy to be in somewhere between 88-90% of US households in September. CW has said they're targeting about 93%, but then they have the existing WB 100+ framework to build on.<P ID="signature">______________
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FoxNet

> If I remember the history correctly, FOXNET (the cable-only
> Fox version) was created only after Fox got the NFL package.
> Until then, there wasn't enough demand for Fox to warrant
> the creation of a 24/7 service.
>

FOXNET actually came into existence around 1991 or 1992 as an effort to bring Fox Network programming to the many areass at that time that had no OTA Fox station. The aquisition of the NFL help bring FOX to additional areas over the air. The current WB 100+ is programmed a lot like FoxNet. I remember that in Waterloo (Fox 6) and Dubuque, IA (Fox 13) had their own sales departments and were active in the community with promotions. Foxnet at that time was programmed better that the station that served other areas of the DMA, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City. I will tell the story of KOCR-TV on another thread.
 
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