Miami WPLG & ABC parting ways & WSVN becomes new ABC affiliate putting it on its 7.2 subchannel while maintaining FOX

[Mr Tony]

Posting this in both Dish and Directv forum

WPLG-TV parts ways with ABC television network

After nearly 69 years, WPLG-TV and the ABC television network are breaking up.

www.local10.com

Disney Entertainment and Sunbeam Television Corporation announce new home for the ABC television network in the South Florida market - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

Disney Entertainment and Sunbeam Television Corporation today announced a new affiliation agreement that will bring ABC’s top-rated and award-winning lineup of network shows, live sports<a class="excerpt-read-more"...

wsvn.com

Not happening until august but ABC leaving 10 and moving to 7-2

 

[dishrich]

Will be interesting to see if the status quo changes for either station on DISH, which hasn't carried both for some time...

 

[Mr Tony]

WPLG Miami Announces News Expansion

WPLG Miami Announces News Expansion

WPLG (Local 10), Berkshire Hathaway’s television station in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, said today that on Aug. 4, the station will go from producing 56 hours of live news and sports programming to 93 hours each week. The change follows news a week ago that Disney is moving WPLG’s former ABC...

tvnewscheck.com

 

[dishrich]

Unfortunately no mention of DISH carriage:

Sunbeam, Findal Media Ink Deal to Broadcast ABC Miami

Over-the-air viewers will be able to watch ABC in HD on channel 18.1 or 7.2

www.tvtechnology.com

 

[telstar_1]

ABC seems to have been schluffed off in a # of markets to become a subchannel of an NBC or other. Is it a dying net?