Gray TV adds CW to 4 Stations....

[localclassictvfan]

Something fishy about Fargo's and Delta Media will lose the CW in a second market (KBCA is CW already)

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/90813/gray-renews-expands-cw-affiliations

 

[FaT Air]

Could mean 'DAY 'DAZ lose The CW. Wonder what's 'on tap' to replace it??
Will Gray put it on the LP transmitters in the area that they recently purchased?
Or will they drop (Npw on PSIP 11.3) MeTV?? (and 'DAY 'DAZ pick it up)
Whatever transpires, it's a shake-up in the Fargo DMA.

 

[Mr Tony]

The change won't take place until next fall

 

[localclassictvfan]

Could mean 'DAY 'DAZ lose The CW. Wonder what's 'on tap' to replace it??
Will Gray put it on the LP transmitters in the area that they recently purchased?
Or will they drop (Npw on PSIP 11.3) MeTV?? (and 'DAY 'DAZ pick it up)
Whatever transpires, it's a shake-up in the Fargo DMA.

I checked again its on a lp station 28....

 

[localclassictvfan]

The change won't take place until next fall

That highlighted soon thing on kalb 5.3 will be on rabbit ears for quite sometime. It will be interesting to see what delta puts on kbca 41.1

 

[mvcg66b3r]

Could mean 'DAY 'DAZ lose The CW. Wonder what's 'on tap' to replace it??
Will Gray put it on the LP transmitters in the area that they recently purchased?
Or will they drop (Npw on PSIP 11.3) MeTV?? (and 'DAY 'DAZ pick it up)
Whatever transpires, it's a shake-up in the Fargo DMA.

Who knows, WDAY/WDAZ might take FOX from KVRR et al. and put it on 6.3/8.3 (where Xtra is).

 

[localclassictvfan]

Who knows, WDAY/WDAZ might take FOX from KVRR et al. and put it on 6.3/8.3 (where Xtra is).

Fox is owned by Red River Broadcasting amd they just made an agreement with Antenna. I dont see them losing their fox affiliates.

 

[Mr Tony]

Could mean 'DAY 'DAZ lose The CW. Wonder what's 'on tap' to replace it??
Will Gray put it on the LP transmitters in the area that they recently purchased?
Or will they drop (Npw on PSIP 11.3) MeTV?? (and 'DAY 'DAZ pick it up)
Whatever transpires, it's a shake-up in the Fargo DMA.

I checked again its on a lp station 28....

correct. Gray owns a LP on channel 28 that right now does not cover Fargo proper but they have a cp to move it there. From previous articles, it sounds like they are going to put CBS back on there. They even "parked" the old KXJB call sign on one of their existing stations in Wyoming

 

[Mr Tony]

Who knows, WDAY/WDAZ might take FOX from KVRR et al. and put it on 6.3/8.3 (where Xtra is).

Wont happen.

 

[Mr Tony]

Fox is owned by Red River Broadcasting amd they just made an agreement with Antenna. I dont see them losing their fox affiliates.

They won't. No way Forum buys out Red River.

 

[Mr Tony]

Could mean 'DAY 'DAZ lose The CW. Wonder what's 'on tap' to replace it??

maybe nothing. Isnt CW there just a passthrough (the CW100+)?

Will Gray put it on the LP transmitters in the area that they recently purchased?

They already mentioned KXJB-DT2. Right now KXJB is parked on a Gray station in Wyoming (KXJB-LD) assuming they will move it once they get the new CP for the LP station on 28 in Argusville (they are moving it to Fargo)

Or will they drop (Npw on PSIP 11.3) MeTV?? (and 'DAY 'DAZ pick it up)

Why would Gray drop MeTV?

 

[Trip]

Don't put it past Gray to put it on 11-4 in SD and in HD on the LPTVs.

- Trip

 

[Mr Tony]

very possible too

 

[BM10K]

I could see WDAY/WDAZ pick up MY Network from KCPM which is pretty much non existent on ota

 

[Mr Tony]

I could see WDAY/WDAZ pick up MY Network from KCPM which is pretty much non existent on ota

but My is only 2 hours a day 5 days a week...they'd have to syndicate the rest

CW at least has a 24/7 feed (CW+) that markets 100+ pick up. That has syndicated stuff on it too.
Unless Forum does maybe a My with another station...the other station 22 hours a day, My for 2 hours...but what would they fill it with. KRDK has most of the "decent" stations.

 

[localclassictvfan]

but My is only 2 hours a day 5 days a week...they'd have to syndicate the rest

CW at least has a 24/7 feed (CW+) that markets 100+ pick up. That has syndicated stuff on it too.
Unless Forum does maybe a My with another station...the other station 22 hours a day, My for 2 hours...but what would they fill it with. KRDK has most of the "decent" stations.

If it goes as planned they can fill it with Tribune's wonderful THIS TV....that's about all that the Fargo Market doesn't have (well had already)

 

[localclassictvfan]

I could see WDAY/WDAZ pick up MY Network from KCPM which is pretty much non existent on ota

Best move IF it happens is hopefully you can subchannel from 9pm-7pm and have the national MNTV block from 7-9 pm......wish they would do that for KADN 15.3 MNTV

 

[localclassictvfan]

I should have seen this coming when Gray bought out Hoak Media which owned KALB and KNOE....
KNOE already had the CW and just moved KAQY's programming to 8.2 and dropped the cw to 8.3 and now KALB already had NBC and CBS and now is getting the CW next fall. Still I need to find out what delta will replace 41.1 with KBCA (which this would be the second cw affiliation they lose, including KLWB losing CW to KATC 3.2 back in 2010.....Possibly another This affiliation)

 

[Mr Tony]

If it goes as planned they can fill it with Tribune's wonderful THIS TV....that's about all that the Fargo Market doesn't have (well had already)

Or Forum may say the hell with it and do nothing
Forum has the contract until next summer (it said 2016/2017 season is when the change happens) so its a while before anything changes

 

[localclassictvfan]

Well despite being under 20 inches of rain in Acadiana and all, looks like KALB getting ready for its new station.