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WLWT refuses to carry MeTV Toons

DarrenVision

DarrenVision

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WLWT-TV is not adding new MeTV Toons channel

The 24/7 classic animation channel is only available in Greater Cincinnati on two streaming services.
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“We are not picking this channel up. While we do have the capacity to add another channel on 5.3, MeTV Toons is not on the radar at this time,” says Branden Frantz, president and general manager of Hearst Television’s WLWT-TV.

I should note that MeTV is not carried on Hearst's sister stations WTAE & WISN (the latter due to MeTV's owner Weigel owns multiple stations in the Milwaukee market).
 
That's the thing; there are a lot of classic cartoon diginets to compete with. Unless MeTV buys an LP in the market and sticks it there, there's little financial upside for another station in the market to pick up MeTV Toons.
 
Kelly A said:
That's the thing; there are a lot of classic cartoon diginets to compete with.
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I, uh, am not clear what other networks you're referring to.

- Trip
 
DarrenVision said:
“We are not picking this channel up. While we do have the capacity to add another channel on 5.3, MeTV Toons is not on the radar at this time,” says Branden Frantz, president and general manager of Hearst Television’s WLWT-TV.
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WLWT didn't refuse to carry MeTV Toons. WLWT DECLINED to carry MeTV Toons. The reasons are given in the linked article.

A refusal and a declination are two distinctly different things.
DarrenVision said:
I should note that MeTV is not carried on Hearst's sister stations WTAE & WISN (the latter due to MeTV's owner Weigel owns multiple stations in the Milwaukee market).
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Completely irrelevant.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
What is with the bizarre obsession with this network?
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Contrary to what Kelly said, to my knowledge, this is unique programming as opposed to the endless reality/crime/etc on other networks. Additionally, a lot of interest is fueled by nostalgia--even I, when I first heard about it, was excited to see cartoons I hadn't seen since I was a kid, and am probably going to make an effort to tune in, despite the fact that I haven't otherwise watched linear TV outside of breaking news in more than a year.

- Trip
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
What is with the bizarre obsession with this network?
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The number of people on the spectrum on this board has always astounded me but I guess it’s a desire to back to their childhood/ safe spot?

I looked over the schedule and it looks someone did a copy & paste job of Cartoon Network’s schedule from 1995. It is most likely nostalgia for all millennials (and other age groups too). Of course just about all of this stuff is available on streaming and FAST channels like Tubi & Pluto already. I guess it’s the novelty of just having a diginet airing a nostalgic slate of Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

As a Gen X-er of the 70’s and 80’s some of these shows weren’t worth watching to begin with. (I couldn’t believe it when I saw people clamoring for Snorks and Jabberjaw but to each their own).
 
CTListener said:
No more astounding than the number on music discussion boards or movie boards or baseball boards, World War II boards or Titanic boards.
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True but I still remember folks like Mike Kalasnik and Shawn O’Domski (who both recently admitted to being a 40-something virgins in a FB broadcast group lol) and the ilk chasing off Julius May off this board out of spite so I try to understand, no matter the strange gibberish that comes with it.
 
Late to the party here...

As many probably already know by now, MeTV Toons is now airing on Dayton's WHIO 7.4, which has a decent presence in the greater Cincinnati area. However, those with indoor antennas or in certain areas may have problems receiving the station, which would otherwise benefit from a local Cincy station. As it stands now, the only other broadcaster in the market that may potentially pick up MeTV Toons is Gray Broadcasting, owner of WXIX, WBQC-LD and WZCD-LD. WZCD-LD is too close to Dayton and doesn't improve on reception of WHIO, so that rules them out. MeTV Toons on WXIX would have too much of an overlap with WHIO, and on top of that, they can't add another subchannel since they are likely out of available bandwidth, so they're out. WBQC-LD will likely be the choice should Gray decide to pick up MeTV Toons. Since both WXIX and WBQC-LD carry The 365 for whatever reason, they could simply replace the one on WQBC-LD 25.5.
 


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