CBS to Make North Carolina Affiliate Change January 1

[Mr Tony]

Yeah its 9+ months away...guess they gonna get folks prepared

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/cbs-to-make-north-carolina-change-1201742103/

CBS will switch its affiliation in Wilmington, N.C. to Morris Network-owned WWAY, the broadcaster announced Wednesday.

The change is part of a broader agreement that extends the network’s affiliation with Morris-owned stations in Chattanooga, Tenn. and Columbus, Miss. CBS will end its affiliation in Wilmington with Capitol Broadcasting’s low-power station WILM.

The network will begin broadcasting on a subchannel of high-power WWAY Jan. 1. The core channel will remain the ABC affiliate in the Wilmington market. In 2013, WWAY launched a digital subchannel affiliated with the CW, which is co-owned by CBS with Time Warner.

 

[Mr Tony]

Currently WWAY has ABC on -1, CW on -2 (both in HD) and Cozi on -3

 

[Mr Tony]

GUess CBS wants nothing to do with Capital Broadcasting (Capital also owns WRAL in Raleigh which just swapped CBS for NBC recently)

 

[mvcg66b3r]

This means The CW will be relegated to SD in Wilmington, unless WILM makes a grab.

 

[Mr Tony]

Its a long ways away....lots of things can happen before then (and probably will)