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The CW Opts Not To Renew Affiliation Deals With Scripps-Owned Stations In Seven Markets
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Sorta like 4D Monopoly.
JeeperOne
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If Scripps wants to do this, they could sell WSFL to either Graham (Most likely since WPLG already produces news for WSFL) or Sunbeam (Not likely but conceivable), which would basically make it a duo of either WSVN or WPLG
JeeperOne
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Detroit is a little more complicated than Miami (See my post above) as Scripps owns WXYZ so selling WMYD alone wouldn't get them out of the market
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I, for one, do not understand in the least why Darren thinks selling WMYD (if Scripps wanted to, which I doubt) solves anything at all. If he is under the delusion that WMYD would keep The CW under new owners, then he has missed (or misplaced, or is ignoring) that it's not Scripps which is deaffiliating from the network, it is Nexstar (the network's owner) which is removing the network from WMYD.
Or am I missing something important here myself?
(Oh, and Darren, don't try to explain anything to me. I have you on ignore due to high fantasy post content.)
It is admittedly funny to see Nexstar willingly sabotage the very network they own by taking themselves out of two top 20 markets with no replacements lined up whatsoever.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I barely find The CW qualifies as a network. Only thing I watch on it is "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "Penn & Teller: Fool Us".
Come to think of it, those are the only shows I watch at all on KTLA/5 (a Nexstar O&O).
Worst case scenario, Nexstar will just put The CW on the Antenna TV Subchannel until they get another station lined up like they did in Phoenix last year.
Responding to these silly wishcasting posts from people like Darren and Jeeper only give them oxygen.
We'll be taking care of the situation before long. Trust us.
JeeperOne
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Meanwhile in places like Denver (Which just recently DROPPED OUT of the Top 20 (According to this very site), THEY OWN DUOS
Go figure
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
According to Nexstar's own site (which I would trust exponentially over RD participants in terms of being factually accurate), KWGN-TV is still affiliated with the CW.
Meanwhile in places like Denver (Which just recently DROPPED OUT of the Top 20 (According to this very site), THEY OWN DUOS
Go figure
Denver is DMA #17 so its still in the Top 20.
Yeah good thing your not in charge of what qualifies as a network..... What about LIV golf college football the flash..... I could go on.
Yeah, I can hardly wait for that exciting PAC-2 schedule, which technically consists of one game: Washington State at Oregon State on November 23, which the CW will air. There are no other conference games (IIRC, 8 or 9 are required, but that's impossible). Technically, both schools play independent schedules. I can't believe it's still officially called the PAC-12 with only two teams in it.
I watch those but there are plenty of shows worth seeing on The CW, or at least there have been.
"Walker" was recently cancelled, and then when I get around to watching what I recorded, "Wild Cards". I have a bunch of "All American" episodes recorded snd I guess the point of not watching them was waiting until I got caught up on the old ones. I don't really need to. Also "Son of a Critch" and "Children Ruin Everything" if they come back, and "Family Law".
And all those "I Am" documentaries. I'll get around to them one of these days.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
There are legal definitions at the FCC as to what qualifies as a network. The CW falls short of those qualifications.
The definition is relevant in 47 CFR § 76.5, which defines television stations as "full network affiliiates", "partial network affiliates" and "independent stations". Those definitions refer only to "the three major television networks" which means the FCC doesn't see Fox as an actual network, much less The CW.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
To each their own tastes in viewing, Chimp. I have expressed my opinion on same and accept your post as expressing yours.
WADL owner Kevin Adel says he wants to add sports to his station and may or may not re add the CW in September. After Sale Falls Through, WADL Wades Into Sports With Deal To Air Globetrotters Game in Detroit
Kevin Adell's word isn't worth the napkin he scribbled on with Burger King kid's meal crayons. Nexstar has zero reason to do business with that moron; they'd rather have no Detroit affiliate than go back there.
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