Eight CBS-owned The CW affiliates to become independent stations in September 2023

[Justin Hill]

well they are co-owned so that helps
But when it was applied for it had a complaint from KING
When it went on the air KING did had a local market agreement to help out even though it was owned by someone else. Belo bought it in 2000.
The KONG call letters were retained as a tongue-in-cheek reference to King Kong, which made both stations easily marketable together.

It's quite similar to the situation regarding ABC affiliate KAKE 10 in Wichita, Kansas, who has a semi-satellite, KUPK 13 in Dodge City, Kansas, with KAKE and KUPK being a play on "cake" and "cupcake."

 

[KyL416]

More changes coming January 1st. CW is moving to Nexstar owned subchannels in Grand Rapids, Sioux Falls and Panama City.

In Grand Rapids it's going to be on WOTV/41.2, which DIRECTV already has in test mode on channel 42.

In Sioux Falls it's going to be on KELO/11.4 Sioux Falls, KDLO/3.4 Florence and KPLO/6.4 Reliance and share a common "CW in KELOLAND" branding with the existing KCLO/15.2 Rapid City

In Panama City it's going to be on WMBB/13.2

 

[Mr Tony]

Sioux Falls it will be on KELO (Nextar owned) and satellites KDLO (Florence) and KPLO (Reliance)
KCLO Rapid City already has CW on it

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

In Panama City it's going to be on KMBB/13.2

I think you mean WMBB

 

[Justin Hill]

Only time will tell if Morgan Murphy Media decides to affiliate WBUP 10.2/WBKP 5.1 in Marquette, Michigan with MyNetworkTV for Nexstar to affilliate WJMN-TV 3 with The CW television network.

Doing so would take a few years of talks among both station partners (as well as a fe declines to renew affiliate contracts for the stations) and would better allign WBUP 10/WBKP 5 with their new sister station, WKBT-DT 8 in La Crosse/Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who also has a MyNetworkTV subchannel, plus Nexstar Media owns a majority of The CW, so placing that affilliation on WJMN-TV 3 (WJMN-TV 3 is a legacy semi-satellite station of WFRV-TV 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin that is now a partial semi-satellite since 2013, now that station does its own local newcasts without mostly relying on its big Green Bay sister station to help) could help that Nexstar Media station, which is still struggling with the loss of CBS programming to WZMQ 19.2, when Lilly Broadcasting wanted a broadcast TV presence in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with WZMQ 19.2 giving Yoopers a new choice for local news and CBS programs upon their launch in 2022.

I'm like everyone else on here, I'll believe it when I learn about it...it's going to be a monumental task that'll take Nexstar Media's equivalent of Rupert Murdoch and Barry Diller to shake things up for The CW (by flipping a few Nexstar-owned MyNetworkTV and independent stations to The CW), similar to the way those two guys did for Fox, by flipping various legacy NBC, CBS and ABC affiliates in the mid-1990s, if at all, if not, I can only dream...

 

[Justin Hill]

2024 Seattle, Washington update:
KUNS-TV 51 is now officially The CW, sending Univision to KVOS-TV 14.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZKc99sXmU

 

[Justin Hill]

Phoenix, Arizona's affiliate of The CW moves again as Nexstar Media strikes a deal with Londen Media's independent stations,
KAZT-TV 7 Prescott/KAZT-CD 7 Phoenix to move their programming to those channels on February 1, 2024.

KNXV-TV 15.2 reverts back to a full-time Antenna TV schedule.

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Today Nexstar Meia Group and Londen Media Group announced a deal that will see KAZT-TV channel 7 add The CW Network programming. This partnership will see KAZT-TV air CW programming including LIV Golf, ACC college sports, WWE NXT beginning this fall, and NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing starting in...

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KNXV-TV 15.2's affiliation with The CW was the second shortest time in Phoenix between an affiliation swap (3 months!) since former ABC affiliate KTVK 3 switched from being a short-lived charter affiliate of The WB (with secondary Fox Kids programming) to independent status after nine months back in 1995, due to KASW-TV 61 signing on that September...

 

[Justin Hill]

CW's 2024 network affiliation switch in Tupelo, Mississippi:

WLOV-TV 27, formerly with Fox, now with CW.

WCBI-TV 4.3, formerly with CW, is now with MyNetworkTV, while Fox takes over MyNetworkTV's former position of WCBI-TV 4.2.

WCBI-TV CBS, WLOV-TV FOX announce changes

WCBI-TV CBS and WLOV-TV FOX are making a big move. Beginning Friday, February 2, the Fox affiliation will move from WLOV to WCBI 4.2.

www.wcbi.com

 

[Mr Tony]

Has to do more with the ownership. Morris multimedia owns the cbs station (WCBI) and was running the Fox affiliate (WLOV) but they do not own it.
This change gives more power to Morris when asking for $$ from cable and satellite as they ‘own’ now both CBS and Fox.

 

[Mr Tony]

Only time will tell if Morgan Murphy Media decides to affiliate WBUP 10.2/WBKP 5.1 in Marquette, Michigan with MyNetworkTV for Nexstar to affilliate WJMN-TV 3 with The CW television network.

Doing so would take a few years of talks among both station partners (as well as a fe declines to renew affiliate contracts for the stations) and would better allign WBUP 10/WBKP 5 with their new sister station, WKBT-DT 8 in La Crosse/Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who also has a MyNetworkTV subchannel, plus Nexstar Media owns a majority of The CW, so placing that affilliation on WJMN-TV 3 (WJMN-TV 3 is a legacy semi-satellite station of WFRV-TV 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin that is now a partial semi-satellite since 2013, now that station does its own local newcasts without mostly relying on its big Green Bay sister station to help).

Doubt that would happen now as Morgan Murphy bought WJMN...well they are using "another company" to buy it (Sullivans Landing) due to them owning WBUP/WBKP but are going to run it

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[Justin Hill]

Doubt that would happen now as Morgan Murphy bought WJMN...well they are using "another company" to buy it (Sullivans Landing) due to them owning WBUP/WBKP but are going to run it

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I have my fingers crossed hoping WJMN-TV 3 reunites with ABC, an affiliation they previously had from 1983 to 1992, with WBUP 10/WBKP 5.2 staying on as repeaters for the new affiliate sometime after the sale and LMA are completed...