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The article is behind a paywall, but the CW gets 10 games while Fox gets 3:

Also they were The WB 11 (or something similar) for the whole existence of The WB. It was after Sam Zell bought Tribune that the CW was deemphasized on all (if not most) of its CW affiliates.

The Cox-Dish dispute is finally over: https://www.nexttv.com/news/dish-and-cox-media-group-end-17-month-retrans-blackout

WPVI did get a new transmitter last year fwiw: https://6abc.com/6abc-signal-transmitter-watch-antenna-in-philadelphia/13593738/

Earlier this month, KCRA chief meteorologist Mark Finan announced his retirement effective this summer: https://www.kcra.com/article/kcra-3-chief-meterologsist-mark-finan-to-retire/60388590 And WBAL's Chelsea Ingram left the station for military wife reasons: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YwSPQrwHY/?hl=en

Full forecast from this morning with the new graphics:

Sinclair struck a deal with the ABC O&Os to carry the Charge! network starting today: https://sbgi.net/charge-and-abc-owned-television-stations-enter-into-new-network-affiliation-agreement/

Well here’s that 3:30AM “newscast”: https://wgntv.com/morning-news/wgn-330-a-m-morning-show/

And finally, Margret Orr signed off from WDSU last night: https://www.wdsu.com/article/margaret-orrs-final-farewell-wdsu-new-orleans/60346573 Among the tributes was one from NOLA native John Goodman:

Here’s the whole special on Chuck from last night:

Don Alhart is retiring on June 6th after 58 years at WHAM: https://13wham.com/news/local/don-alhart-retiring-after-58-years-at-13wham-news#

Here it is:

Then there’s WRC in DC that has an hour-long 6pm into Nightly News. Like Atlanta, they also go up against Fox.

Story from today about Chuck commemorating today's anniversary at the Empire State Building. With a Sue Simmons cameo:

Former WNEW and WPIX anchor Bill Jorgensen dead at 96: https://deadline.com/2024/03/bill-jorgensen-dead-tv-anchor-wnew-new-york-was-96-obituary-1235860393/ Being with WPIX he was also one of the founding anchors of the Independent Network News.

As of today she's with the station full time. That includes doing weather on weekend nights: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4bPalEPndv/

Here’s the whole noon newscast: https://6abc.com/14517262/

Today it was announced that Fox 5 and My 9 will air all of the New York Liberty’s locally televised games: https://liberty.wnba.com/news/wnyw-fox5-new-york-named-official-tv-partner-of-the-new-york-liberty/

Posting here because of the talk about what CBS should do. The Young and the Restless has been renewed through 2028: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-young-and-the-restless-renewed-cbs-1235924102/

The first few minutes of WNBC News 4 New York from September 30, 1980 (12:37): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5inuKzOHTEU&t=758s At this time they just started using that name/music/set but I don't think I've ever seen that WNBC logo.

WKYC's Hollie Strano made her first appearance on-air this morning since her drunk driving incident about 3 months ago: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/02/wkyc-meteorologist-hollie-strano-to-make-on-air-return-this-weekend.html She's been demoted to weekend mornings (plus Mondays and Tuesdays at 7PM).

And her intro:

New hire from WESH Orlando: