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What Station Dropped FOX Early On
- Thread starter Markxxx
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KPTV - Portland, OR and WTOG - St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL
WJKT 16 in Jackson, TN had Fox for a couple of years in the early 90's, but they carried fewer programs over time, and eventually went to UPN when they were simulcasting with WLMT 30 in Memphis. In the past couple of years they've gone local again, and in the changeover to CW, they switched back to Fox, since CW has a 100+ station on Charter cable in Jackson.
In Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Fox switched from
WAXA/40 to WHNS/21 around 1989. For a time, 40
became a satellite of ABC affiliate WLOS/13, then became
a WB affiliate as WBSC (during the ABC-satellite period
they used the call letters WFBC, the original calls of
NBC affiliate WYFF/4).
Sister stations KRRT/35 San Antonio, WLFL/22 Raleigh/
Durham, and WTVZ/33 Norfolk switched from Fox to the
WB. The new Fox affiliates were, respectively, KABB/29,
WRAZ/50, and WVBT/43.
WAXA/40 to WHNS/21 around 1989. For a time, 40
became a satellite of ABC affiliate WLOS/13, then became
a WB affiliate as WBSC (during the ABC-satellite period
they used the call letters WFBC, the original calls of
NBC affiliate WYFF/4).
Sister stations KRRT/35 San Antonio, WLFL/22 Raleigh/
Durham, and WTVZ/33 Norfolk switched from Fox to the
WB. The new Fox affiliates were, respectively, KABB/29,
WRAZ/50, and WVBT/43.
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chuckydoll
Guest
The Fox network dropped KMSP-9 and KPTV-12 after 2 years or so because they refused to carry Fox's Saturday night lineup. This was before "Cops" caught on. KMSP and KPTV have since become Fox O&Os.
WCIX-6 in Miami was a charter Fox affiliate that lost Fox through no fault of its own. NBC bought WTVJ-4 in the late 80's, but CBS held that station to an affiliation contract that ran out on 1/1/89. Fox decided to go with WSVN-7. That left CBS with no choice but to buy WCIX. (NBC and CBS swapped Miami dial positions in 1995, which moved WTVJ from 4 to 6 and turned WCIX into WFOR-4.)
WTOG-44 lost Fox to WTVT-13 when News Corp. bought New World Communications in the mid-90's.
WCIX-6 in Miami was a charter Fox affiliate that lost Fox through no fault of its own. NBC bought WTVJ-4 in the late 80's, but CBS held that station to an affiliation contract that ran out on 1/1/89. Fox decided to go with WSVN-7. That left CBS with no choice but to buy WCIX. (NBC and CBS swapped Miami dial positions in 1995, which moved WTVJ from 4 to 6 and turned WCIX into WFOR-4.)
WTOG-44 lost Fox to WTVT-13 when News Corp. bought New World Communications in the mid-90's.
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DoctorBear
Guest
Not really a "drop," but WXGZ Appleton WI was the charter Fox affiliate in the Green Bay-Appleton market. It went bankrupt and shut down, with WGBA taking over the Fox affil, then swapping with WLUK as part of the early 90s Big Switch. At about the same time, WXGZ came back and became WACY, which was independent for a while, then UPN and now MyNetwork. So they're back in the Fox fold, sort of.
chuckydoll said:
The first sentence is correct, and I'll add another one: KLJB-TV in Davenport, Iowa, dropped Fox in 1988 for the same reason KMSP and KPTV did. They rejoined the network in 1990.
The last sentence is incorrect. In Tampa Bay, the Fox affiliation went to WFTS (channel 28) when WTOG dumped them in 1988. WFTS stayed with Fox until the Fox-New World alliance in 1994.
rch66 said:
actually it was FOX that dumped WYVN. WYVN went dark due to severe money woes and when they came back on the air a few months later under new ( and questionable ) management, FOX didn't want them so WYVN went with being an idependent. That didn't last either as the "new" WYVN went dark less than a year later. Tough being a TV station in a small town where most of the viewers are so used watching the "big guys" out of DC or Baltimore.
There is a story I heard years ago about how some FOX bigwigs took a look at WYVN's FOX News at 10 and and other local programming, noticed how horrible the quality was that they were embarrised to have them as an affiliate. How bad was WYVN FOX 60? Well their newscast which until recently a clip was available online on the Winchester,VA radio/TV page ( site is gone now but that is a whole different story ) featured a black set, anchor wore black clothes and only one spotlight was working. It was like watching the chesire cat from Alice in Wonderland doing the news. Also FOX ( and the local police ) weren't happy that their top local show featured people getting drunk doing karaoke.
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hintomedia
Guest
chuckydoll said:
KPTV's not an O&O. Fox did acquire both KPTV and KMSP with the Chris-Craft purchase, but spun off KPTV to Meredith in exchange for WOFL/35 Orlando, and now both companies have a duopoly in one of the markets (Fox: WOFL/WRBW Orlando; Meredith: KPTV/KPDX Portland). Meredith did move the Fox affiliation from KPDX to KPTV though.
Rollo-Smokes said:
In the case of KLJB (since I grew up within the coverage area of that station), didn't Fox dump them as an affiliate in 1988 because of its many preemptions of the Saturday night programming?
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Morgan Wick
Guest
Um, isn't that the "same reason" Chuckydoll said?Tim from Springfield said:
Morgan Wick said:
Actually, I was wanting to say that I thought it was the other way around: Fox dropped KLJB as an affiliate because of the preemptions.
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