Emma
03-14-2006, 02:24 PM
<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/forums/images/avatars/supernatural/supernatural09200514.jpg" width="85" height="85" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" border="0" alt=" Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural, WB"> The merger of two television networks and the formation of another could mean your favorite shows might no longer be where they used to be.
WBKI-TV signed an affiliation agreement last week with The CW, a new network that was created from the merger of the WB network and UPN. The agreement was the first of several deals The CW plans to sign with independent television stations in the next several weeks.
WBKI, a WB affiliate that broadcasts locally on UHF Channel 34 and on Insight Communications Channel 7, is owned by Louisville-based Cascade Broadcasting Group LLC. The company also owns WB affiliate KWBA-TV in Tucson, Ariz.
"The fact we won this in a competitive landscape speaks well for the regard the two networks have for WBKI," said Cascade CEO Carol LaFever. "By combining the best of the programming, increasing the ratings and having the kind of support those two networks are able to give their stations, it is a huge win for us."
LaFever declined to disclose terms of the affiliate agreement.
The plans for the new network were announced in January. The CW network is a 50-50 joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., which owns the WB Network, and CBS Corp., which owns UPN.
The CW will draw programming from the current WB and UPN lineups. The network derives the C in its name from CBS and the W from Warner.
Both the WB network and UPN will cease independent operations when The CW debuts in September.
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Source: MSNBC
WBKI-TV signed an affiliation agreement last week with The CW, a new network that was created from the merger of the WB network and UPN. The agreement was the first of several deals The CW plans to sign with independent television stations in the next several weeks.
WBKI, a WB affiliate that broadcasts locally on UHF Channel 34 and on Insight Communications Channel 7, is owned by Louisville-based Cascade Broadcasting Group LLC. The company also owns WB affiliate KWBA-TV in Tucson, Ariz.
"The fact we won this in a competitive landscape speaks well for the regard the two networks have for WBKI," said Cascade CEO Carol LaFever. "By combining the best of the programming, increasing the ratings and having the kind of support those two networks are able to give their stations, it is a huge win for us."
LaFever declined to disclose terms of the affiliate agreement.
The plans for the new network were announced in January. The CW network is a 50-50 joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., which owns the WB Network, and CBS Corp., which owns UPN.
The CW will draw programming from the current WB and UPN lineups. The network derives the C in its name from CBS and the W from Warner.
Both the WB network and UPN will cease independent operations when The CW debuts in September.
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Source: MSNBC