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

[mwdxer1]

It looks like KONG will take CW in Seattle and KSTW will be the main IND. Probably a lot of programming will swap.

 

[KyL416]

It looks like KONG will take CW in Seattle and KSTW will be the main IND. Probably a lot of programming will swap.

As of right now no official announcement has been made by Tegna or Nexstar, and all 3 major listings providers still don't show any CW programming on the schedule for KONG or WATL on Friday.

CW is only primetime, sports on weekends, and an optional E/I block Saturday mornings. So the only thing KONG would have to drop to make room is the syndicated Dateline at 8pm and their 9pm newscast.

KSTW already revealed their post CW schedule, for the most part their daytime programming is remaining the same. Family Feud replaces The CW's primetime schedule, and Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon replace the 10pm "NOW" newscast that CBS is also discontinuing.

 

[KyL416]

Atlanta's new CW affiliate will be Gray's WPCH. As of now Gracenote's schedule only has CW's programming on WPCH 17.1, but not on their DT4 feed that is used to feed Canadian viewers.

Still no offficial announcement for Seattle.

 

[KyL416]

Seattle is going to be Sinclair's KOMO-D2

Sinclair's KOCB Oklahoma City will also be dropping the network so Nexstar's KAUT can take the affiliation in house.


EDIT: CBS's standalone stations in Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Seattle now have their own websites instead of subsections of the CBS News website.

 

[Justin Hill]

The new affiliate of The CW has been chosen for Seattle, Washington: KOMO-TV 4.2

 

[KyL416]

One more correction, KRON is still airing MyNetworkTV overnight, it did not move to KICU.

 

[Justin Hill]

It looks like KONG will take CW in Seattle and KSTW will be the main IND. Probably a lot of programming will swap.

Actually, it looks like former Seattle Univision affiliate KUNS-TV 51 will be picking up The CW full-time starting January 1, 2024.
KOMO-TV 4.2 will revert back to its previous Comet affiliation, after serving as the temporary The CW affiliate for Seattle.

 

[Mr Tony]

Actually, it looks like former Seattle Univision affiliate KUNS-TV 51 will be picking up The CW full-time starting January 1, 2024.
KOMO-TV 4.2 will revert back to its previous Comet affiliation, after serving as the temporary The CW affiliate for Seattle.

proof??
I do not see any articles online about it.

 

[Justin Hill]

proof??
I do not see any articles online about it.

KUNS-TV - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[KyL416]

KOMO-TV 4.2 will revert back to its previous Comet affiliation

KOMO 4.2 is still Comet, it just pre-empts primetime and weekend afternoons for CW

 

[Mr Tony]

KUNS-TV - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anybody can edit Wikipedia. Note it says ‘citation needed’ at the end of that. Again when you Google it, nothing comes up. Someone posted the same ‘press release’ at another site I visit, yet it’s not online.

 

[KyL416]

The KUNS specific contract filing from September does say a deal with The CW has been signed and that their deal with Univision expires on January 1st.

 

[Mr Tony]

WADL Detroit now has CW's programming on their schedule starting 9/1, MyNetworkTV is airing afterwards at 10pm-12am ET.

WADL pulled the CW from their station due to non pay

Detroit TV Station Boots CW Off its Lineup Over Pay Dispute | Cord Cutters News

WADL-TV, a television station that serves the Detroit market, said it is removing the CW Network due to a disagreement over payment. CW programming such as FBoy Island and Penn & Teller: Fool Us will no longer air on the station. Instead, WADL will fill the programming time with My Network...

cordcuttersnews.com

 

[Justin Hill]

WADL pulled the CW from their station due to non pay

Detroit TV Station Boots CW Off its Lineup Over Pay Dispute | Cord Cutters News

WADL-TV, a television station that serves the Detroit market, said it is removing the CW Network due to a disagreement over payment. CW programming such as FBoy Island and Penn & Teller: Fool Us will no longer air on the station. Instead, WADL will fill the programming time with My Network...

cordcuttersnews.com

I'm guessing it'll be reinstated once Nexstar assumes full control of the station. If not, they'll probably have to convert a low-powered Daystar or TBN affiliate into a full-powered CW affiliate if Nexstar aborts their planned takeover of WADL-TV 38...

 

[Mr Tony]

WMYD 20 Detroit (Scripps station) takes over CW on 11/13 per tvguide listings and rabbitears

 

[renegade734]

Dish Network is going to have to address the issue with WXYZ's guide data showing up on WMYD in order for people to be able to watch. When CW was on WKBD, then WADL, guide data was correct. This will not be the case after 11/13.

 

[Mr Tony]

Dish Network is going to have to address the issue with WXYZ's guide data showing up on WMYD in order for people to be able to watch. When CW was on WKBD, then WADL, guide data was correct. This will not be the case after 11/13.

So when you tune to the satellite station (WMYD) you have the wrong info? Or are you talking antenna?
They have a week to fix it.

 

[KyL416]

Dish has an issue with their OTA tuner where they match on TSID, but because WMYD's RF 31 signal was the one to convert to ATSC 3.0, the 20-x channels now have the TSIDs of their ATSC 1.0 host stations, so the guide data for WXYZ's "-01" is being matched to WMYD's "-01". They likely need to update their data to have 20-01 WMYD point to WXYZ's TSID 0x05CD, and if they have guide data for them: 20-02 WMYD2 (Antenna) to WDIV's TSID 0x05CB, 20-03 WMYD3 (Ion Mystery) to WJBK's TSID 0x05C9, and 20-04 WMYD4 (HSN) to WXYZ's TSID 0x05CD.

Try sending a PM to Josh.M with a screenshot of the issue. He's usually good at getting them to fix OTA mapping issues.

 

[Mr Tony]

press release about the CW Detroit change

Detroit’s WMYD-TV To Become CW Affiliate On Monday, Nov. 13 | Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Network Adds Scripps-Owned Station as Affiliate Partner in Top 15 Television Market BURBANK, CA (Nov. 6, 2023)—The CW Network (The CW) and The E.W.

www.nexstar.tv

 

[KyL416]

One of America’s major broadcast television networks, The CW reaches 100% of U.S. TV households

Pretty much the entire state of Montana outside of Billings would beg to differ. The Scripps owned stations in the state dropped their CW+ subchannels in favor of an independent format called MTN that carries the Golden Knights and Big Sky sports. Only Billings got a new OTA affiliate via Nexstar's KSVI.

They also don't have any OTA affiliates in Greenwood MS, Lima OH, Wheeling WV or Zanesville OH. A bunch of other markets like Augusta, Baton Rouge, Dothan, Eureka, Fargo, Harlingen, Harrisonburg, Jackson TN, Laredo, Mankato, North Platte, Palm Springs, Parkersburg, San Angelo, South Bend and St Joseph only have the network on a LPTV or Class A signal.