CircleSeven 1955 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 CW50's Twitter feed is live. And in it's first posting, it asked the departing affiliate a question. [MEDIA=twitter]770433146638655488[/MEDIA] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
312newswannabe 11 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 CW50's Twitter feed is live. And in it's first posting, it asked the departing affiliate a question. [MEDIA=twitter]770433146638655488[/MEDIA] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Not sure if they're trying for funny/friendly or sarcastic/bitchy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frog 429 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Ouch. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 979 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Was that the same one that had #crushthecw in its description? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Ouch. shows you how much UPN was REALLY a 'Network', huh? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 I'm curious if this switch will affect the simulcast of White Sox and Cubs games on WISH/WNDY down here in Indy. I guess we'll see in a few days. Probably nothing to fear; that's a whole different contract and it'll be maintained as-is as that was mainly designed to keep those teams' coverage in Indianapolis once WGNA stopped carrying games so the Reds can't claim the full exclusivity they dream of. Worse that happens is that the graphics switch over to WGN's outside of the WLS package. Not sure if they're trying for funny/friendly or sarcastic/bitchy. It's probably a very insider joke regarding the "UPNTweets" account which maintained a fiction that the network continues to the present day and remained as cringeworthy as they were in the past. I expect they're testing now but eventually it'll become serious come the 12th. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Worse that happens is that the graphics switch over to WGN's outside of the WLS package. Wait, whose graphics might switch? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Wait, whose graphics might switch? He's saying whatever is being used down yonder might go to WGN's... Or something... I think... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnya2k6 171 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 By the way...Whose Line Is It Anyway? is the last WB/CW show to ever on WGN, in case anybody with smartphones want to record their final moments with the network before putting it on YouTube. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 He's saying whatever is being used down yonder might go to WGN's... Or something... I think... Just regarding how game graphics are between WPWR's games and WGN once all the games are on WGN-only. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Just regarding how game graphics are between WPWR's games and WGN once all the games are on WGN-only. What is WPWR using now? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 What is WPWR using now? Same, just with "WGN Sports on My50" instead of just "WGN Sports" on top of the scoreboard. It was the same with The U. Years ago, the station logo was replaced with Cubsnet, Soxnet and Bullsnet. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiCubsFan 34 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Same, just with "WGN Sports on My50" instead of just "WGN Sports" on top of the scoreboard. It was the same with The U. Years ago, the station logo was replaced with Cubsnet, Soxnet and Bullsnet. They need new sports graphics. Period. Current ones look like something that would come from WFLD. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 They need new sports graphics. Period. Current ones look like something that would come from WFLD. My main beef is that they're so small, especially since they went 16:9. The blandness and simplicity doesn't bother me as much as it should. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3305 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 As of 9pm Central, WGN is no longer a CW affiliate. And one last classy sendoff from WGN's Twitter: [MEDIA=twitter]771165710743502848[/MEDIA] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 It's so weird. I just saw the CW at one of the expressway ramps with a cardboard sign that said "homeless for 3 hours". It was very uncomfortable when we made eye contact. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNFORGETTABLE. The 11:30 program ended with the My50 bug. A Supergirl promo ran and was followed my a CW50 ID. The midnight show began, with the My50 bug still in place. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNFORGETTABLE. The 11:30 program ended with the My50 bug. A Supergirl promo ran and was followed my a CW50 ID. The midnight show began, with the My50 bug still in place. Technically the program day starts at 5am so you might want to check then also; that's pretty much the standard operating procedure with cable channel rebrands. The other thing I'd look for is if they bump the main signal up to 1080i to meet the CW's resolution, which would definitely be outside the norm of Fox being an all-720p shop. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Well, I'm not staying up for that. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1047 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNFORGETTABLE. The 11:30 program ended with the My50 bug. A Supergirl promo ran and was followed my a CW50 ID. The midnight show began, with the My50 bug still in place. I'm willing to cut them some slack. It's the changing of a 10 yr old network's affiliation from one channel to another and not, for example, the start of a new broadcast network. Hopefully they ramp up the promos, but given it's a Fox-owned CW affiliate, who knows how much effort they are willing to put into stuff like that. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezeppo 0 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Checked real quick at 7 this morning on my way out, still using the My50 bug. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 An interesting note from Feder today... Midnight Thursday marked the return of WGN-Channel 9 to fully independent status after more than two decades of network affiliation. With the move away from The CW Network now official, the Tribune Media station unveiled what a spokeswoman called its “new interim logo.” More local programming is expected to follow. Coinciding with the change, Fox-owned WPWR-Channel 50 picks up CW programming and rebrands itself CW50. Might a larger, broader rebrand/reimaging be coming soon? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Former Member 207 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 If they went the same route like KTLA and WPIX in branding, WGN will probably go back to a modern version of one of their throwback logos. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 If they went the same route like KTLA and WPIX in branding, WGN will probably go back to a modern version of one of their throwback logos. Their non-news Twitter account uses the 80's logo with the AT&T Deathstar lookalike; a change back to that would be perfect, though the Eurostile 9 of the 70's works just as well. I think going back referring to the station as 'Television 9' is probably outdated though . Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15137-wgn-dropping-cw-affiliation/page/5/#findComment-158883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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