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TV69

No. CBS still owns WUPA but the station itself holds its own license.
 
I have a suggestion for CBS Television Stations division and Meredith Corporation.

I would like CBS trade or sell WUPA-TV Channel 69 in Atlanta.

WUPA-TV Channel 69 is the lowest rated station in Atlanta due to higher channel position. The Baltimore Television Market is getting smaller due to declining population and currently ranked #26. I know Phoenix is the fastest growing television market in the nation. It ranked #12 by Nielsen information and measurement company. Good Morning Arizona is number one morning show on KTVK-TV Channel 3. CBS affiliate KPHO-TV is ranked #2 for ten o'clock newscast behind NBC affiliate KPNX-TV Channel 12. Channel 3 and 5 are currently simulcast the news on weekends. I would be a good idea for CBS to make KPHO and KTVK a top rated station in Phoenix Television Market like CBS did with KOVR-TV Channel 13 in Sacramento, California. It would be more profitable if CBS gets a hand on two Meredith Corporation stations in the Phoenix Metropolitan area known as The Valley of the Sun than two CBS-owned station in two different markets.

Here are some possible scenarios for WUPA-TV
Scenario #1- CBS Trade WUPA-TV Atlanta and WJZ-TV Baltimore to Meredith Corporation for CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent KTVK-TV. This station swap would give CBS a duopoly and turned KPHO into owned and operated station in the Phoenix Metropolitan area.
Scenario #2- CBS to sell WUPA-TV to Meredith Corporation owners of CBS affiliate WCGL-TV if the trade deal with Meredith Corporation fell through.
Scenario #3- CBS Trade WUPA-TV to Meredith Corporation for CBS Affiliate KMOV-TV St. Louis.
Scenario #4- CBS Trade WUPA-TV Atlanta and KCNC-TV Denver to Meredith Corporation for CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent KTVK-TV as a possibility.

This swap transaction would be both win-win for CBS and Meredith Corporation.
 
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Trading or selling WUPA to Meredith wouldn't be an option since Meredith controls operations of WPCH/channel 17, giving them an ad hoc duopoly in Atlanta. WPCH and WGCL/channel 46 (CBS) both operate from WGCL's studio building. From what I gather, WUPA does well during CW programming and during ACC football (Saturdays at 12:30), especially when Georgia Tech plays.
 
ASU Sun Devil TV said:
I have a suggestion for CBS Television Stations division and Meredith Corporation.

I would like CBS trade or sell WUPA-TV Channel 69 in Atlanta.

WUPA-TV Channel 69 is the lowest rated station in Atlanta due to higher channel position. The Baltimore Television Market is getting smaller due to declining population and currently ranked #26. I know Phoenix is the fastest growing television market in the nation. It ranked #12 by Nielsen information and measurement company. Good Morning Arizona is number one morning show on KTVK-TV Channel 3. CBS affiliate KPHO-TV is ranked #2 for ten o'clock newscast behind NBC affiliate KPNX-TV Channel 12. Channel 3 and 5 are currently simulcast the news on weekends. I would be a good idea for CBS to make KPHO and KTVK a top rated station in Phoenix Television Market like CBS did with KOVR-TV Channel 13 in Sacramento, California. It would be more profitable if CBS gets a hand on two Meredith Corporation stations in the Phoenix Metropolitan area known as The Valley of the Sun than two CBS-owned station in two different markets.

Here are some possible scenarios for WUPA-TV
Scenario #1- CBS Trade WUPA-TV Atlanta and WJZ-TV Baltimore to Meredith Corporation for CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent KTVK-TV. This station swap would give CBS a duopoly and turned KPHO into owned and operated station in the Phoenix Metropolitan area.
Scenario #2- CBS to sell WUPA-TV to Meredith Corporation owners of CBS affiliate WCGL-TV if the trade deal with Meredith Corporation fell through.
Scenario #3- CBS Trade WUPA-TV to Meredith Corporation for CBS Affiliate KMOV-TV St. Louis.
Scenario #4- CBS Trade WUPA-TV Atlanta and KCNC-TV Denver to Meredith Corporation for CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent KTVK-TV as a possibility.

This swap transaction would be both win-win for CBS and Meredith Corporation.
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Why Would WUPA be sold? Atlanta is in a top 10-15 market. Its just happens to be that in cities like Atlanta and Seattle CBS only owns CW affiliates in those areas. Also CBS carries contracts with somebody else in Atlanta and Seattle to carry the main CBS content.
 
69 has always been a bare bones operation. Long time residents may recall when they had their own kids show in the afternoons consisting of a guy in office chair doing "Captain Butcher" schtick and Ben Jonathan (who was still AT the station last time I looked) doing off-camera cartoon voices. I am pretty sure nobody involved in making that stuff wants it remembered. Ha. It cannot be unseen.
 
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