Sign of trouble for the CW

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

The drawback to this for KWGN would be they would be stuck with MyNetwork TV in the deal

And KWGN, a station with strong market heritage, could conceivably become a very strong independent TV station if it ends up parting ways with the CW (or if the CW folds). Why weaken that heritage with the crap that fills most of MNTV?

With KDVR sold to LocalTV from Fox, Fox might look to target KWGN and get out from KDVR. I know that the deal was incumbent on every station sold by Fox to LocalTV staying with Fox for double-digit years, but Denver's a unique situation where a switch might be possible for the right price.

Well....Two things....

1). It seems as though KDVR has acquired the MNF OTA broadcast rights for this season in which the Broncos are on (I would presume they've done the same with NFL Network games on Thursday & Saturday Nights as well, though we'll find out when they play Cleveland later this year to find out)

2). I don't believe FOX will actually buy KWGN (Though I wouldn't completely rule it out either), they could probably persuade Tribune to affiliate KWGN with the FOX network though.

JMO though....

Cheers

Pat

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

It looks like WTTV in Indianapolis has also gotten into this game. Some promos are referring to the station as "Indiana's Four", not "CW Four". But some still say CW Four. I didn't notice a bug at all when I was watching this weekend.

WTTV is also a Tribune station.

And its duopoly sister station is a FOX affiliate. I don't think it would take much to switch FOX to WTTV if Tribune really wants to.

JMO though....

Cheers

Pat

 

[Markxxx]

Hi everyone:

It looks like WTTV in Indianapolis has also gotten into this game. Some promos are referring to the station as "Indiana's Four", not "CW Four". But some still say CW Four. I didn't notice a bug at all when I was watching this weekend.

WTTV is also a Tribune station.

And its duopoly sister station is a FOX affiliate. I don't think it would take much to switch FOX to WTTV if Tribune really wants to.

JMO though....

Cheers

Pat

I thought the Tribune didn't switch the VHF to FOX because the transmitter of WTTV is in Bloomington (or somewhere around there) and they have to use a repeater to get full coverage north of Indianapolis?

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

Hi everyone:

It looks like WTTV in Indianapolis has also gotten into this game. Some promos are referring to the station as "Indiana's Four", not "CW Four". But some still say CW Four. I didn't notice a bug at all when I was watching this weekend.

WTTV is also a Tribune station.

And its duopoly sister station is a FOX affiliate. I don't think it would take much to switch FOX to WTTV if Tribune really wants to.

JMO though....

Cheers

Pat

I thought the Tribune didn't switch the VHF to FOX because the transmitter of WTTV is in Bloomington (or somewhere around there) and they have to use a repeater to get full coverage north of Indianapolis?

That's why I said if they WANTED to.....

Cheers

Pat

 

[PTBoardOp94]

FOX will stay at 59. The combination of and WTTV/WTTK does not have the same signal presence as WXIN does in portions of the market.

 

[tripinva]

WTTK-DT 29 will transmit from the same tower as WXIN-DT, so the two should end up with the same coverage. Then 4 will just be extra people who can see it on top of that. I would not be surprised to see Fox end up on WTTV/WTTK.

- Trip

 

[MarcB]

WTXX is still using the CW 20 logo. I thought they would've switched to the TXX-TV" logo by now.

 

[DToTheJ]

Well, folks, it's official: Breaking news from the New York Daily News, which shares its building with WPIX: The channel will indeed be dropping the "CW" branding later this year!
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...ch_11_drops_cw_tag_and_goes_back_to_wpix.html

The article says "the station began teasing a new logo over the weekend and will continue to do so until the transition is complete by year's end."

And check out the spin control from the station's GM: "WPIX is part of New York, WPIX is New York... Along the way we may have kind of forgotten that."

Here's a direct link to the new logo:
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/10/28/amd_11.jpg

 

[oldschooltv]

WTXX is still using the CW 20 logo. I thought they would've switched to the TXX-TV" logo by now.

Update to this thread: The "TXX" brand debuted on air September 26th.
Good riddens to that ugly CW logo! ;D
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,110238.0.html
www.wtxx.com

 

[only1moore]

Hi everyone:

The drawback to this for KWGN would be they would be stuck with MyNetwork TV in the deal

And KWGN, a station with strong market heritage, could conceivably become a very strong independent TV station if it ends up parting ways with the CW (or if the CW folds). Why weaken that heritage with the crap that fills most of MNTV?

With KDVR sold to LocalTV from Fox, Fox might look to target KWGN and get out from KDVR. I know that the deal was incumbent on every station sold by Fox to LocalTV staying with Fox for double-digit years, but Denver's a unique situation where a switch might be possible for the right price.

Well....Two things....

1). It seems as though KDVR has acquired the MNF OTA broadcast rights for this season in which the Broncos are on (I would presume they've done the same with NFL Network games on Thursday & Saturday Nights as well, though we'll find out when they play Cleveland later this year to find out)

2). I don't believe FOX will actually buy KWGN (Though I wouldn't completely rule it out either), they could probably persuade Tribune to affiliate KWGN with the FOX network though.

JMO though....

Cheers

Pat

And with KWGN and KDVR now teaming up together via LMA, anything is possible at this point.

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

Hi everyone:

The drawback to this for KWGN would be they would be stuck with MyNetwork TV in the deal

And KWGN, a station with strong market heritage, could conceivably become a very strong independent TV station if it ends up parting ways with the CW (or if the CW folds). Why weaken that heritage with the crap that fills most of MNTV?

With KDVR sold to LocalTV from Fox, Fox might look to target KWGN and get out from KDVR. I know that the deal was incumbent on every station sold by Fox to LocalTV staying with Fox for double-digit years, but Denver's a unique situation where a switch might be possible for the right price.

Well....Two things....

1). It seems as though KDVR has acquired the MNF OTA broadcast rights for this season in which the Broncos are on (I would presume they've done the same with NFL Network games on Thursday & Saturday Nights as well, though we'll find out when they play Cleveland later this year to find out)

2). I don't believe FOX will actually buy KWGN (Though I wouldn't completely rule it out either), they could probably persuade Tribune to affiliate KWGN with the FOX network though.

JMO though....

Cheers

Pat

And with KWGN and KDVR now teaming up together via LMA, anything is possible at this point.

What will be most interesting to see is which station they stick the LOCAL Election Night coverage on. I can't see them putting it on KDVR 31 as FOX would want them to air national coverage from Fox News. That only leaves KWGN as the only logical choice to put the local coverage on IMO.

That said, you can bet they're gonna put the combined forces of the two news departments to use on that night.

Just my opinion.....

Cheers