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The CW in Phoenix

One gets the feeling that Belo may bring The CW to Tucson, Spokane and San Antonio as well judging from the Phoenix deal.
 
No surprise there

> Belo takes the CW in Phoenix
http://www.broadc> astingcable.com/article/CA6314296.html?display=Breaking+News
>
>
> This is very much a market by market process..it seems
>

As the article said, "...Belo's KASW was an obvious choice". KASW 61 (Belo) has been the WB affiliate, KTVK 3 (Belo) is a very successful independent, and KUTP 45 (Fox) has already been announced for MyNetwork. The other full-power stations are all happily owned by or affiliated with their own networks. Among the strong LPTV stations, only KAZT-CA 27 is unaffiliated, and they're another successful indie for whom it would make no sense to affiliate with CW, especially with the current reverse compensation model.

In Tucson, again, all of the full-power and strong LPTV stations are either network O&O or happy affiliates. KTTU 18 (Belo) and KWBA 58 (Granite) are losing their UPN and WB affiliations, respectively. KTTU has just about every advantage going for them to become the CW affiliate.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: No surprise there

> > Belo takes the CW in Phoenix
> http://www.broadc>
> astingcable.com/article/CA6314296.html?display=Breaking+News
>
> >
> >
> > This is very much a market by market process..it seems
> >
>
> As the article said, "...Belo's KASW was an obvious choice".
> KASW 61 (Belo) has been the WB affiliate, KTVK 3 (Belo) is
> a very successful independent, and KUTP 45 (Fox) has already
> been announced for MyNetwork. The other full-power stations
> are all happily owned by or affiliated with their own
> networks. Among the strong LPTV stations, only KAZT-CA 27
> is unaffiliated, and they're another successful indie for
> whom it would make no sense to affiliate with CW, especially
> with the current reverse compensation model.
>
> In Tucson, again, all of the full-power and strong LPTV
> stations are either network O&O or happy affiliates. KTTU
> 18 (Belo) and KWBA 58 (Granite) are losing their UPN and WB
> affiliations, respectively. KTTU has just about every
> advantage going for them to become the CW affiliate.
>
Would Belo ever consider a newscast on KTTU (produced by KTVK) at, say, 9pm? Maybe a revamped version of the 9 Time News formerly aired on KTVK? I know that KTVK does a 9pm news for the Fox affliate in Tucson.
 
Re: No surprise there

Hi everyone:

> As the article said, "...Belo's KASW was an obvious choice".
> KASW 61 (Belo) has been the WB affiliate, KTVK 3 (Belo) is
> a very successful independent, and KUTP 45 (Fox) has already
> been announced for MyNetwork. The other full-power stations
> are all happily owned by or affiliated with their own
> networks. Among the strong LPTV stations, only KAZT-CA 27
> is unaffiliated, and they're another successful indie for
> whom it would make no sense to affiliate with CW, especially
> with the current reverse compensation model.
>
> In Tucson, again, all of the full-power and strong LPTV
> stations are either network O&O or happy affiliates. KTTU
> 18 (Belo) and KWBA 58 (Granite) are losing their UPN and WB
> affiliations, respectively. KTTU has just about every
> advantage going for them to become the CW affiliate.

I'm actually a tad surprised that Belo isn't putting CW on KTVK 3 considering the fact that CW needs all the VHF affiliates it can get.

Add this to the fact that all transmitter operating on channels 60 and above will have to be shut off soon and the KASW affiliation is even more surprising.

Does anyone here think that KTVK will simulcast CW on one of KTVK's DTV subchannels as a fallback so that when the 60+ transmitter shut off takes place, people with HDTVs will be prepared or am I just uselessly speculating like a certain someone we all know does on a daily basis?

Thoughts?

Cheers :)

Pat
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Re: No surprise there

> Hi everyone:
>
> > As the article said, "...Belo's KASW was an obvious
> choice".
> > KASW 61 (Belo) has been the WB affiliate, KTVK 3 (Belo)
> is
> > a very successful independent, and KUTP 45 (Fox) has
> already
> > been announced for MyNetwork. The other full-power
> stations
> > are all happily owned by or affiliated with their own
> > networks. Among the strong LPTV stations, only KAZT-CA 27
>
> > is unaffiliated, and they're another successful indie for
> > whom it would make no sense to affiliate with CW,
> especially
> > with the current reverse compensation model.
> >
> > In Tucson, again, all of the full-power and strong LPTV
> > stations are either network O&O or happy affiliates. KTTU
>
> > 18 (Belo) and KWBA 58 (Granite) are losing their UPN and
> WB
> > affiliations, respectively. KTTU has just about every
> > advantage going for them to become the CW affiliate.
>
> I'm actually a tad surprised that Belo isn't putting CW on
> KTVK 3 considering the fact that CW needs all the VHF
> affiliates it can get.
>
> Add this to the fact that all transmitter operating on
> channels 60 and above will have to be shut off soon and the
> KASW affiliation is even more surprising.
>
> Does anyone here think that KTVK will simulcast CW on one of
> KTVK's DTV subchannels as a fallback so that when the 60+
> transmitter shut off takes place, people with HDTVs will be
> prepared or am I just uselessly speculating like a certain
> someone we all know does on a daily basis?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers :)
>
> Pat
> More than likely KASW would go to 6 on DTV (they already use their cable channel as station id (WB6)
 
Re: No surprise there

> > More than likely KASW would go to 6 on DTV (they already
> use their cable channel as station id (WB6)

They do not have that option, legally.

Post-DTV, stations will have to identify with their old analog channel number.

And KASW is assigned digital channel 49.

Was that "more than likely" based on anything other than a lack of knowledge of how the DTV transition works?
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Re: No surprise there

> I'm actually a tad surprised that Belo isn't putting CW on
> KTVK 3 considering the fact that CW needs all the VHF
> affiliates it can get.
>
> Add this to the fact that all transmitter operating on
> channels 60 and above will have to be shut off soon and the
> KASW affiliation is even more surprising.
>
> Does anyone here think that KTVK will simulcast CW on one of
> KTVK's DTV subchannels as a fallback so that when the 60+
> transmitter shut off takes place, people with HDTVs will be
> prepared or am I just uselessly speculating like a certain
> someone we all know does on a daily basis?
>
> Thoughts?

Pat,

I think you're misunderstanding the whole DTV concept. Firstly, channels 2-6 are voluntarily being vacated due to unacceptable interference. Although the core channels are officially listed as 2-51 (except ch 37), for all intents and purposes, the core channels are really 7-51. I think there's approx. 50 or so stations left keeping chs 2-6 after the DTV conversion. So the whole VHF/UHF paradigm is changing.

Secondly, KTVK will not broadcast on ch 3 after DTV conversion; they were allocated ch 24 for DTV and chose to stay with that channel. So they won't even be a VHF channel anymore.

Thirdly, KASW was allocated its own separate DTV channel, 49, and has selected that as their DTV channel. The only difference is, unlike KTVK, KASW couldn't have stayed with their analog channel assignment if they didn't want their assigned DTV channel.

However, a new feature of DTV will be virtual channels, by which stations will continue to ID by their old analog channel numbers. Digital TVs will know to tune to the correct DTV channel when you enter the analog channel number. For example, KTVK will be on ch 24 after conversion, but you can still tune in to them by entering 3 or 03, depending on your remote. The TV will know that it must tune to the frequency for ch 24. KTVK will continue to ID as channel 3, with subchannels 3.2, 3.3, etc., but will actually be broadcasting on the channel 24 frequency. I am told that you can also tune in to KTVK-DT by pressing "24".

Clear as mud? ;-)

So no, it makes perfect sense that Belo would put the CW on KASW 61 and keep the format of their successful indie on KTVK 3.<P ID="signature">______________
Dave</P>
 
Tucson news

> Would Belo ever consider a newscast on KTTU (produced by
> KTVK) at, say, 9pm? Maybe a revamped version of the 9 Time
> News formerly aired on KTVK? I know that KTVK does a 9pm
> news for the Fox affliate in Tucson.

I don't see it happening, unless Belo wants a 10pm newscast on KTTU 18. As you said, KTVK already does the 9pm newscast for Belo-owned KMSB 11, so a KTVK-produced newscast on KTTU at 9 would only compete with their own product.

I really doubt that Belo would put a newscast on KTTU at 10pm either. Tucson already has 4 English-language newscasts, plus 2 Spanish-language newscasts on their full-power Univision and Telemundo stations. That's quite a lot of coverage for the #71 market.<P ID="signature">______________
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