Just when you thought it was over, there’s more! (And I found this information while looking at IFL (Indoor Football League) team TV and radio rights. This was also announced a while back, April 19th to be exact.)
The CW and Nexstar Media Group announced that they would not renew the CW affiliations of some Scripps-owned stations. These include (and this is all of them):
- KWBA in Tucson, Arizona (soon to be Tucson 58, and I’m actually concerned if Arizona 61 will be Phoenix 61 now. Bonus: they could’ve used that station for Arizona Coyotes games courtesy of Scripps Sports in Tucson instead of KGUN’s second subchannel.)
- KRIS-DT2 in Corpus Christi, Texas (soon to be Corpus Christi or South Texas 6.2 or 23, depending on the CW 23 thing they did.)
- WMYD in Detroit, Michigan (this one’s challenging because a Detroit 50 already exists, so could it be Michigan 20 or Detroit-Windsor 20? I don’t know, just guessing cause that already exists. Bonus: such a short-lived CW affiliation! Guess we could see The CW coming back to channel 38.)
- KATC 3.2 in Lafayette, Louisiana (soon to be Acadiana 3.2 or Lafayette 3.2)
- WSFL-TV in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida (also challenging because the station already has non-generic non-CW branding, but if it were to switch, it would be Miami 39 or South Florida 39)
- WGNT in Portsmouth-Norfolk, Virginia (same thing here. It could be Norfolk 27 or Hampton Roads 27)
- and KSBY-DT2 in San Luis Obispo-Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California (soon to be Central Coast 5 or 6 depending on the CW 5 scenario)
Come September 1st, you’ll see these stations go lights out on the CW. Replacements are to be announced in the coming months.