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mjlarochelle

With WKBD/50 picking up the new CW network, and WDWB/20 moving from WB to independent, any bets that they will return back to the old WXON calls? I still think WXON when I think of channel 20 in Detroit.<P ID="signature">______________
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> With WKBD/50 picking up the new CW network, and WDWB/20
> moving from WB to independent, any bets that they will
> return back to the old WXON calls? I still think WXON when
> I think of channel 20 in Detroit.
>

WXON actually now belongs to a station in northern Michigan.
 
> > With WKBD/50 picking up the new CW network, and WDWB/20
> > moving from WB to independent, any bets that they will
> > return back to the old WXON calls? I still think WXON
> when
> > I think of channel 20 in Detroit.
> >
>
> WXON actually now belongs to a station in northern Michigan.
>

Yes and no.

WXON-LP is an LPTV station, so I don't think having a WXON-TV should ordinarily be a problem. Except that WXON-LP isn't in northern Michigan, it's in Flint. And WDWB's signal is predicted to reach Flint. I know full-service stations have interference priority; I don't know what priority they have on call letters; if any. Nor do I know if having a WXON-LP and WXON-TV in the same city is a problem when AFAIK, the LPTV doesn't simulcast the full-service station.

Interesting: WDWB is owned by Granite of New York NY under the sub-entity of WXON License, while WXON-LP is owned by P & P Cable Holdings of Charlevoix MI (which *is* in northern Michigan).<P ID="signature">______________
Dave</P>
 
> With WKBD/50 picking up the new CW network, and WDWB/20
> moving from WB to independent, any bets that they will
> return back to the old WXON calls? I still think WXON when
> I think of channel 20 in Detroit.

A similar question has been asked about KBWB/20 San Francisco, which is in the process of being sold, along with WDWB.

The person asking on the California TV board said essentially the same thing: "Everyone thinks of TV 20 as KOFY."

My answer here is the same as the one there. I doubt the new owners will care about the station's history. If they change the call letters, it will likely be to something entirely different.<P ID="signature">______________


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> My answer here is the same as the one there. I doubt the
> new owners will care about the station's history. If they
> change the call letters, it will likely be to something
> entirely different.
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WDWB has accordingly already rebranded to "TV20 Detroit", with an updated logo that retains the existing "20".

Out in Boston, there hasn't been any definite new branding for WSBK/UPN 38, but I found this on their website:

"the station will return to being the very popular, independent station it had been for many years."

Let's hope so!<P ID="signature">______________
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