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The CW to play Golf with LIV Tour
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Mgomrjsurf
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They will in the future when they pick up the CW.
WDAF will NOT pick up the CW, or are you saying Hearst is planning to sell KCWE to Nexstar? I doubt that as well.
Mgomrjsurf
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but Nexstar owns the CW now but nothing to when Nexstar stations that don't have CW yet when they will and WDAF no secondary channel yet. Hearst doesn't own any channels.
Hearst owns KMBC and KCWE, and I don't see them selling. There is absolutely ZERO chance that Nexstar is dumb enough to give up a Fox affiliation (willingly at least) for a CW affiliation.
CW is the worst performing and most expensive broadcast network, there is a reason why CBS and WB dumped it. Ion may do worse from time to time ratings wise, but it's cheap.
Mgomrjsurf
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Not get rid of it but add it because some Nexstar stations that don't already have it CW might want to add it and then like KCWE can become More TV or another Independent channel.
Hearst owns KCCI in Des Moines so Hearst does own affiliates and Nexstar owns The CW network which is The CW as in primetime and Saturday morning programming and now their golf. Nexstar also owns affiliates that aren't all CW affiliates like in Des Moines they own the NBC affiliate WHO.
Same goes with CBS, ABC, and NBC.
Mgomrjsurf
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WDAF is Fox4KC. I'm talking about Hearst owning a National Channel or so on don't yet.
Do you mean Hearst setting up a network of its own? And what is "or so on" in this context?
But they could put CW on a subchannel of their stations where they aren't already.
Mgomrjsurf
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No they don't have a National one deal only maybe with Weigel to show its Sub Channels.
Mgomrjsurf
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FOX4KC has no other channel to send programming to if needed so can easily add a separate CW channel and FCC would allow that.
Mgomrjsurf
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KMBC/KCWE,KSHB/KMCI and KPXE and KCTV5/MYKSMOTV but FOX4KC no Secondary channel like when a Sporting Event is running past 9pm just waiting to its over or 5pm Saturday/Sunday to show Newscast.
They are flipping schedules in San Francisco this weekend: KRON will air the CW's LIV Golf coverage, farming out their contracted HBCU Basketball Games to KBCW. Other non-CW Stations picking up LIV Golf this season:
WPHL - Philadelphia
Peachtree TV - Atlanta (Also seen in parts of Canada)
WGN - Chicago
WTTA -Tampa
WPHL - Philadelphia
Peachtree TV - Atlanta (Also seen in parts of Canada)
WGN - Chicago
WTTA -Tampa
The notion of CW being the "most expensive broadcast network" more like Fox News increasing it's synergies with the Fox Broadcasting Company by following the Sinclair propaganda mandate to their local affiliates. To be clear Fox outviews The CW by 3 to 1 margin in total viewers.
There are only 4 major networks and CW is not one of them.
Unless they make a bid for NBA by 2026 so CW has it's own Fox moment
With who’s money?
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