Between January 24 and September 18, 2006, the United States broadcast television industry was realigned. The country's two "second-tier" television networks, The WB and UPN, were shut down and their operations were transferred to a new joint-venture "fifth" network, The CW Television Network. Meanwhile, the Fox Television Stations Group launched a new network of its own, MyNetworkTV, as a result of its ownership of several UPN stations in large cities blocked from affiliating with The CW. is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air or OTA) is the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery, by radio waves. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... The Warner Bros. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... “The CW” redirects here. ... The Fox Television Stations (FTS) are a group of television stations located throughout the United States which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ...

Background

In January 1995, The WB Television Network and the United Paramount Network were launched, each hoping to recreate the success of the Fox network, which had launched in 1986 and which had quickly became one of America's "major" networks. All three networks had been joint ventures between major Hollywood studios and large owners of previously independent stations. The WB was originally owned by Time Warner's Warner Bros.; later the Tribune Company would buy into the network. UPN was founded by Paramount Pictures and Chris-Craft Industries. The Warner Bros. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... This is a list of Hollywood movie studios. ... An independent station is a television station that is not affiliated with any network. ... Time Warner Inc. ... “WB” redirects here. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian powerboats based in Sarasota, Florida. ...

However, both new networks launched to limited fanfare and generally poor results. In the next eleven-and-a-half seasons, despite a number of minor-hit or cult-hit series such as Star Trek: Voyager or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, neither network was able to attain the stature Fox had gained in its first decade, much less that of the longstanding "Big Three" television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). By early 2006, both networks were losing money, although The WB had been profitable a few seasons earlier. UPN had never turned a profit. Reports indicated that the prospects for both networks were fading quickly. The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... For other uses, see Buffy the Vampire Slayer (disambiguation). ... The Big Three Television Networks are the three traditional broadcast (over the air) TV networks in the United States: ABC, CBS and NBC. NBC and CBS were founded as radio networks in the 1920s. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

A further complication was the various shifts in network and affiliate ownership at UPN. Shortly after its launch, Paramount was purchased by Viacom, which later purchased the CBS network. Viacom was permitted to keep interests in both networks. Chris-Craft's relations with Viacom were strained in 2000 when the latter firm exercised a contractual right to force Chris-Craft to either buy Viacom out of UPN, or sell out itself to Viacom. Chris-Craft could not find a suitable partner and sold out.^[1] That August, when Chris-Craft put its television stations, most of them UPN affiliates, up for sale, it sold to News Corporation's Fox Television Stations Group instead of Viacom. At the time, Fox seemed to be a willing partner in UPN, but made no firm commitment.^[2] Fox later renewed its UPN affiliation through 2006. Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest Media conglomerates. ... The Fox Television Stations (FTS) are a group of television stations located throughout the United States which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ...

The new "fifth" network

On January 24, 2006, Viacom spinoff CBS Corporation, which had inherited UPN, and Time Warner announced they would shut down both UPN and The WB that fall. In place of these two networks, a new "fifth" network, jointly owned by both companies, would launch, with a lineup of the most popular programming of both networks. The network was given the tentative name "The CW Television Network" ("CW" representing the first initials of CBS and Warner).^[3] is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ... “The CW” redirects here. ...

The CW immediately announced ten-year affiliation agreements with 16 WB affiliates owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and 11 UPN Owned-and-operated stations under CBS ownership, giving the new network coverage of all of the top 13 markets and 48% of the country. The remaining affiliates were to be drawn from the pool of stations affiliated with UPN and The WB. Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. ... In the broadcasting industry (especially in North America), an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. ...

It was immediately clear that Fox Television Stations, UPN's largest affiliate group aside from network O&Os, would be blocked from affiliating with the new network in media markets with Tribune stations, including the three largest markets. Rumours immediately began to circulate that Fox would plan its own network for those stations and others left out in the merger.^[4] The rumors proved true, and Fox launched its own network, MyNetworkTV, a programming service meant to fill the two nightly prime time hours that opened up on its UPN-affiliated stations after the start of The CW. Fox also offered the service to other stations. [1] MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ...

Stations

Main article: List of CW affiliates

Main article: List of MyNetworkTV affiliates

Following the CW network announcement, the new network immediately announced ten-year affiliation agreements with the Tribune Company and CBS Television Stations Group. Tribune committed 16 stations (including its flagship broadcast stations WGN-TV in Chicago, KTLA in Los Angeles and WPIX in New York) that were previously affiliated with The WB, while CBS committed 11 of its UPN stations (including WKBD in Detroit, WPSG in Philadelphia and WUPA in Atlanta). These stations combined to reach 48 percent of the United States. Both groups also owned several UPN/WB stations that did not join The CW in overlapping markets. As part of its agreement, Tribune agreed to divest its interest in The WB and did not take an ownership interest in The CW. The following is a list of confirmed affiliates of The CW Television Network, which launched September 18, 2006, together with their former affiliation. ... This is a list of confirmed affiliates of MyNetworkTV, which launched on September 5, 2006, together with their former affiliation. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... KTLA, channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... WKBD-TV, channel 50, is an owned-and-operated station of the CW television network, based in Detroit, Michigan. ... “Detroit” redirects here. ... WPSG, channel 57, is the CW-owned and operated station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... WUPA is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, broadcasting locally on channel 69 as a UPN owned-and-operated station. ... “Atlanta” redirects here. ...

The network would eventually reach 95 percent of the United States. In markets where both UPN and The WB affiliates operated, only one station became a CW affiliate. CW executives were on record as preferring the "strongest" stations among existing The WB and UPN affiliates. However, as the reorganization was structured not as a merger in the legal sense, but as a new network launching concurrent with the WB/UPN shutdown, The CW was not obligated by existing affiliations with The WB and UPN. It had to negotiate from scratch with individual stations.

As a result, in some markets, the new CW affiliate was a different station than either the former The WB and UPN stations. In Helena, Montana, ION affiliate KMTF became a CW station. In Las Vegas, Nevada, independent station KVCW signed for CW affiliation. In Honolulu, Hawaii, The CW did not appear until early December 2006, where it was carried on a digital subchannel of local FOX affiliate KHON-TV. The network also affiliated with some digital channels, mainly newly-launched subchannels of a local Big Four affiliate, in several markets. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ION Television is a broadcast and cable television network first broadcast on August 31, 1998 under the name PAX TV (early on in its development, it was called PaxNet). ... KMTF is a television station in Helena, Montana, broadcasting locally on channel 10 as an affiliate of The WB. Founded September 16, 1996, the station is owned by The Uhlmann Company, under the license name Rocky Mountain Broadcasting Company. ... Vegas redirects here. ... KVCW (Channel 33 analog, 29 digital) is an independent station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. ... For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. ... December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ... KHON-TV is the Fox and The CW affiliate licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii. ...

Under the new network, a new service titled The CW Plus [2] began serving Nielsen DMAs with rankings of 100 and lower. The CW Plus is similar to The WB 100+ Station Group, which supplied locally-branded WB-affiliated cable channels. In most cases, distribution for The CW Plus covers not only cable but broadcast as well, including the digital subchannels discussed above. The WB 100+ Station Group is a group of non-broadcast local cable television outlets for The WB Television Network, for markets below the top 100 television media markets in the United States. ... A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ... Logo for KCWL-TV (formerly KOWH) in Lincoln, Nebraska. ...

On March 1, five affiliates—four WB, one UPN—were the first outside the CBS/Tribune core to sign CW affiliate deals. [3]. By May 18, 2006, 174 stations had become affiliates of The CW, reaching 105 million households and covering 95.3% of the country (the latter two figures excluding the CW stations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Station groups with a large number of CW affiliates include Pappas Telecasting, ACME Communications, and Sinclair Broadcast Group, although many other large groups, including Hearst-Argyle, Clear Channel, and Belo have signed up selected stations. Sinclair signed on in early May despite reservations with The CW's reported demands for reverse compensation ([4]). Pappas Telecasting Companies, headquartered in Visalia, California is one of the largest privately held broadcasting companies, with its stations reaching over 15% of all U.S. households and over 32% of Hispanic households. ... ACME Communications is a television broadcasting company that owns nine television stations. ... The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) NASDAQ: SBGI is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 59 stations across the country in 38 primarily small and medium markets, many of which are located in the South and the Midwest. ... Hearst-Argyle Television, Incorporated, is a broadcasting company in the United States. ... Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters. ... Belo Corp. ... Reverse compensation, in United States broadcasting, is the practice of a television station paying a television network in exchange for being permitted to affiliate with that network. ...

While WGN-TV in Chicago became part of the CW network, its out-of-market Superstation WGN feed, which stopped airing WB programming in 1999, similarly does not air programs from The CW Network. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Superstation WGN is a Chicago-based American superstation, owned by Tribune Broadcasting Company. ...

Several affiliates changed their call letters to reflect their new affiliation with the CW (e.g. WNPA-TV (Pittsburgh) to WPCW-TV, WJWB (Jacksonville) to WCWJ, WHCP (Portsmouth, Ohio (Charleston, West Virginia market)) to WQCW, WEWB (Albany, New York) to WCWN, KWCV (Wichita, Kansas) to KSCW, WBDC (Washington, D.C.) to WDCW, KBHK (San Francisco) to KBCW, and KHWB (Houston) to KHCW). In August of 2006, CBS Corporation's CW stations dropped all references to UPN from their branding. “Pittsburgh” redirects here. ... WPCW is a UPN owned and operated station that serves the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania DMA. Now known only as UPN Pittsburgh, the station is owned by the CBS Corporation and is a sister station of KDKA-TV. WPCW offers off-network sitcoms, first-run talk shows, reality shows, court shows, UPN... “Jacksonville” redirects here. ... WCWJ (CW 17, cable 9) is the CW affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. ... The Carl D. Perkins Bridge across the Ohio River at Portsmouth Portsmouth is a city in Scioto County, Ohio, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio, Scioto and Little Scioto Rivers. ... Nickname: Home of Hospitality, The most northern city of the South and the most southern city of the North, Chemicalville, The Capitol City C-Town Location of Charleston in West Virginia. ... WQCW is the CW affiliate for the Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia television market. ... WEWB is the callsign of the Capital Districts WB Network affiliate based in Schenectady, New York. ... For other uses, see Albany. ... “WEWB” redirects here. ... KWCV-TV channel 33, also known KansasWB, is a affiliate of The WB and based in Wichita, Kansas. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Kansas County Government  - Mayor Carl Brewer (D) Area  - City 359. ... KSCW, Kansas WB, channel 33, is an affiliate of The CW and based in Wichita, Kansas. ... WBDC (Washingtons WB, WB50) is Washington, DCs WB affiliate. ... ... WDCW, channel 50, is Washington, D.C.s CW affiliate, owned by the Tribune Company. ... KBHK-TV (Channel 44) is Viacoms UPN-owned and operated television station based in San Francisco, California. ... “San Francisco” redirects here. ... KBCW CW Bay Area is currently a UPN-owned and operated television station based in San Francisco, California. ... KHWB-TV is the WB Television Network affiliate for Houston, Texas, broadcasting on UHF channel 39. ... “Houston” redirects here. ... KHCW is the CW affiliate for Houston, Texas, broadcasting on UHF channel 39. ...

Due to the availability of "instant duopoly" digital subchannels, and the overall lack of a need to settle for a secondary affiliation with shows aired in problematic timeslots, both The CW and MyNetworkTV launched with far greater national coverage than that enjoyed by UPN and the WB when they started in 1995. For several years, UPN had coverage gaps in the top 30 markets, and by 2005 had only managed to reach 86% of the population. This resulted in secondary affiliations with other networks and diluted ratings when programs were shown out of their intended timeslots, or the lack of the program airing at all (a problem experienced by many Star Trek fans with Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise). The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ...

Repercussions

The announcement of The CW caused the largest single shakeup of U.S. broadcast television since the Fox/New World Communications alliance of 1994 and the subsequent launches of UPN and The WB the following year. While The CW debut affected more markets, it was unlikely to cause the same degree of viewer confusion, as almost no affiliates of the four major networks dropped those affiliations. The Fox affiliate switches of 1994 constituted some of the most sweeping changes in American television history. ... The year 1994 in television involved some significant events. ...

Only two former Big Four affiliates switched their primary affiliation, in both cases from Fox to MyNetworkTV:

• In Jackson, Mississippi (#87), Fox affiliate WUFX swapped affiliations with sister station WDBD (The WB) in the summer, then joined MyNetworkTV in the fall. (WDBD had been Jackson's original FOX affiliate, until 2001.) Unrelated UPN affiliate WRBJ, which went on the air in early 2006, joined The CW.
• In Fort Smith-Fayetteville, Arkansas (#102), low-power Fox affiliate KPBI-CA switched to MyNetworkTV (along with KPBI (TV). Fox had moved its affiliation to full-power KFTA-TV, formerly a satellite of NBC affiliate KNWA-TV. None of the three stations that were available (the two KPBI's and UPN affiliate KFDF-CA) joined The CW; they are all owned by Equity Broadcasting, which shunned The CW in every one of its markets. (KFDF-CA joined Equity's own RTN instead.) The following year, the CW would finally come to the market on a cable-only channel available on Cox systems.

There were several other cases where Big Four affiliates picked up The CW, MyNetworkTV, or both as a secondary affiliation or a digital subchannel. Nickname: Motto: The city of Grace and Benevolence Coordinates: , Country State County Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Founded 1822 Government  - Mayor Frank Melton Area  - City  106. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... WDBD (analog channel 40; digital channel 41) is Jackson, Mississippis Fox affiliate. ... WRBJ is a full-powered CW affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi. ... Fort Smith is a city situated at the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers. ... Fayetteville is a college town in Washington County, Arkansas, USA and home to the University of Arkansas. ... KPBI-CA is a Class-A low power television station in Fort Smith, Arkansas, broadcasting on channel 46 as an affiliate of the Fox network. ... For the former KWFT-TV in Texas, see KAUZ-TV. KBBL-TV redirects here, for the fictional KBBL-TV of The Simpsons, see Media in The Simpsons. ... KFTA-TV is the Fox affiliate for Fort Smith, Fayetteville, and Rogers, Arkansas. ... KNWA-TV is the NBC television affiliate in Northwest Arkansas. ... KFDF-CA is a Class A low power television station in Fort Smith, Arkansas, broadcasting on VHF channel 10 as an affiliate of UPN. The station is owned by Equity Broadcasting, and is a sister staiton to Univision affiliate KWNL-CA, WB affiliate KBBL-TV, and future MyNetworkTV affiliate KPBI... Equity Broadcasting is a broadcasting company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that owns and operates 31 television stations across the United States plus one radio station (KWBF-FM) in the Little Rock market. ... The Retro Television Network is Equity Broadcastings system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s. ...

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In those media markets where there were separate The WB and UPN stations, one local station was left out in the merger. Most of those stations signed with MyNetworkTV. Other stations elected to become independent stations while some joined smaller broadcast networks (such as RTN); Equity Broadcasting, owner of RTN, did not commit any of their WB affiliates to the CW. A few stations even joined older networks (see below). Some stations (mainly digital subchannels, cable channels such as those that were WB 100+ cable channels, and struggling low-power stations) which received neither network's affiliation opted instead to sign off permanently and cease to exist; for example, the "UPN17" cable channel run by Dayton, Ohio's CBS affiliate, WHIO-TV ceased broadcasting at the end of 2006. MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... An independent station is a television station that is not affiliated with any network. ... The Retro Television Network is Equity Broadcastings system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s. ... Equity Broadcasting is a broadcasting company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that owns and operates 31 television stations across the United States plus one radio station (KWBF-FM) in the Little Rock market. ... : Gem City : Birthplace of Aviation United States Ohio Montgomery 56. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... WHIO-TV is a television station in Dayton, Ohio. ...

Following the CW network announcement, Tribune indicated they would be interested in Fox-developed programming blocks such as MyNetworkTV for its three stations not taking the CW affiliation—WPHL, WATL and KTWB (now KMYQ)—and on May 15, Tribune announced that those stations would become MyNetworkTV affiliates. [5] In contrast, CBS initially seemed more hostile to MNTV, and announced its remaining UPN affiliates would all become independent stations. Eventually three CBS-owned stations—WBFS in Miami, WUPL in New Orleans, Louisiana, and WB affiliate WTCN-CA in West Palm Beach, Florida—decided to affiliate with MNTV. WSBK in Boston remained independent; KTXA in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex was constrained to independence in any event, as Fox-owned KDFI had taken the MyNetworkTV affiliation. WPHL-TV, channel 17, is a television station currently affiliated with the WB television network, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and owned by the Tribune Company. ... WATL (WB 36) is a television station in metro Atlanta affiliated with the WB Network. ... | KMYQ is a television station in Seattle, Washington. ... | KMYQ is a television station in Seattle, Washington. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WBFS-TV, MY33, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in the Miami / Fort Lauderdale, Florida area, owned by the CBS Corporation. ... Nickname: Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Miami-Dade Incorporated July 28, 1896 Government  - Type Mayor-Commissioner Plan  - Mayor Manny Diaz (I)  - City Manager Pedro G. Hernandez  - City Attorney Jorge L. Fernandez  - City Clerk Priscilla Thompson Area  - City  55. ... WUPL 54 is the UPN owned-and-operated station for the Greater New Orleans, Louisiana area. ... NOLA redirects here. ... WTCN-CA is a low-power (class A) television station broadcasting in the area of West Palm Beach, Florida, originally broadcasting on channel 43, but recently referred to as channel 15, which most cable systems place it on. ... Nickname: Location in Palm Beach County and the state of Florida. ... WSBK-TV, channel 38, is an independent television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation. ... “Boston” redirects here. ... KTXA, channel 21, is an independent television station based in Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth designated market area. ... “Dallas” redirects here. ... Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tarrant and Denton Government  - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area  - City  298. ... KDFI, My 27, is a MyNetworkTV owned and operated station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. ...

Meanwhile, four former UPN affiliates joined older networks. WJKT in Jackson, Tennessee and the digital subchannel of WBOC in Salisbury, Maryland joined Fox on August 21, 2006. WLQP-LP in Lima, Ohio became the local ABC affiliate on September 1, 2006, while WSWG in Valdosta, Georgia became a CBS affiliate and added MNTV as a digital subchannel on September 4. WJKT is a television station in Jackson, Tennessee, broadcasting locally on channel 16 as an affiliate of FOX. It was formerly a UPN affiliate until August 21, 2006 when the station became a FOX affiliate. ... Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. ... WBOC-TV, channel 16, is a CBS affiliate based in Salisbury, Maryland. ... Nickname: Location in Maryland Coordinates: , County Founded 1732 Incorporated 1854 Government  - Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman Area  - City 29. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WLQP-LP is a low-power television station in Lima, Ohio, serving the Lima market as a UPN affiliate on Channel 18. ... Location in the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Allen Government  - Mayor David Berger (D) Area  - City 12. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WSWG is the UPN affiliate station in Valdosta, Georgia, serving the Georgia portion of the Tallahassee market, and nearby Albany, Georgia. ... The city of Valdosta is the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other repercussions

Despite the launch of the CW on September 18, many households around the country were not able to see the new network when it premiered because many stations in several markets were not able to strike a deal with Time Warner Cable. In many markets like Charleston, South Carolina; El Paso, Texas; Honolulu, Hawaii; Palm Springs, California; Corpus Christi, Texas and Lima, Ohio, where The CW is broadcast on a digital subchannel of the station's primary affiliate, many of these stations were unsuccessful in getting Time Warner Cable to carry their CW subchannels on basic cable lineups. Ironically, The CW is 50% owned by TWC's parent company, Time Warner. In late 2006, the Palm Springs (KCWQ-LP), El Paso [KVIA (DT2)] and Honolulu (KHON-DT2) affiliates became available on TWC. is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... El Paso redirects here. ... For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. ... Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California, USA, desert resort city, approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Counties Government  - Mayor Henry Garrett Area  - City 1,192. ... Location in the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Allen Government  - Mayor David Berger (D) Area  - City 12. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... KCWQ-LP channel 2 is a low-powered CW affiliate in Palm Springs, California, operated by Gulf-California Broadcast Company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. ... KVIA-TV is an ABC affiliate in El Paso, Texas. ... KHON-TV is the Fox and The CW affiliate licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii. ...

In three of the top 10 media markets (Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth and the San Francisco Bay Area), programs from The WB, UPN, and MyNetworkTV were all available to viewers by September 5 to September 17 because MNTV affiliated with former independent stations WZMY, KDFI, and KRON respectively. “Boston” redirects here. ... The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WZMY is an independent television station serving Southern New Hampshire and the northern fringes of the Boston market. ... KDFI, My 27, is a MyNetworkTV owned and operated station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. ... KRON-TV (Channel 4) is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

On August 14, 2006, UPN and The WB stopped inserting their bugs into prime time programming, which allowed new CW affiliates to add The CW lower thirds and bug during this time. WB affiliates automatically had The CW lower thirds and bug inserted into primetime programming. is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In a typical digital on screen graphic, the stations logo appears in a corner of the screen. ... Lower thirds is television industry slang for graphics that take up the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the lower third portion of the screen as the name implies. ...

UPN also ended all promotional advertising for their programs during network time on the same day (except for audition promotions during America's Next Top Model), though some local stations may have still aired promos for network shows. On The WB, advertising for their shows continued during their network time, though the promos were mixed between The WB and The CW.

Possibly because of station pre-emptions, UPN stopped customizing the closing credits of their shows to their graphics scheme, instead showing studio credits full-screen with theme music and no promo (except for America's Next Top Model, which had a preview of the next episode on the left of the screen, and credits to the right). Meanwhile, The WB's closing credits remained in the standard network-created "bottom 1/3rd credits, top 2/3rds promo" format. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The WB brought back reruns and unaired episodes of the sketch comedy series Blue Collar TV to Wednesday nights, along with repeat and unaired episodes of Just Legal on Sunday nights, though both programs were long cancelled by the time they came back in the summer. The network's infamous "Friday night death slot" also featured low-cost movies on some weeks, as did UPN's Wednesday night. Blue Collar TV was a television program on the WB Television Network and starring Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. ... Just Legal was a short-lived television courtroom drama that premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Prior to the MNTV announcement, several stations had reportedly begun to search for new programming to fill empty timeslots, which had been likely to further boost the fortunes of the syndication industry. Ironically, one of those syndicated offerings, Desire, eventually became part of MyNetwork TV's fall 2006 schedule. Desire was an American telenovela which debuted at 8 p. ...

On January 27, 2006, La Crosse, Wisconsin UPN affiliate KQEG dropped its UPN affiliation, becoming the first station to drop an affiliation due, presumably, to the merger. It retained its FamilyNet affiliation. is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location in the state of Wisconsin Coordinates: , Counties Government  - Mayor Mark Johnsrud Area  - City 57. ... KQEG (Channel 23) is the FamilyNet affiliate (prior to January 27, 2006, a UPN and FamilyNet station) for the La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wisconsin television market. ... FamilyNet is a television network based in Fort Worth, Texas. ...

Granite Broadcasting had previously reached an agreement to sell their WB-affiliated stations in San Francisco and Detroit—KBWB and WMYD (the former WDWB), respectively—to AM Media, a unit of private equity firm Acon Investments. With the dissolution of The WB, and with CBS owning UPN stations in both cities already announced as joining The CW, the deal between Granite and AM Media eventually fell apart, and Granite announced its intentions to sell the stations to DS Audible, LLC instead for a lesser price. Granite is now suing CBS and Time Warner over the failed deal. [6] On July 18, 2006, the DS Audible deal also fell apart. [7] Granite is still seeking a buyer for KBWB, but will now keep WMYD. On December 11, 2006, Granite filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Granite Broadcasting Corporation is a broadcaster that own and operate eight stations across the United States. ... “San Francisco” redirects here. ... “Detroit” redirects here. ... KBWB is an independent television station in San Francisco, California. ... WMYD is Detroit, Michigans WB affiliate station, owned and operated by Granite Broadcasting. ... DS Audible (official name DS Audible, LLC) is a broadcasting holding company which is owned and/or affiliated by a consortium of investment firms; the key firms in terms of affiliations include Canyon Capital Advisors, D.B. Zwirn & Co. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ...

CBS filed suit against Belo in early 2006 for allegedly reneging on the purchase of WUPL in New Orleans, following the announcement that Tribune-owned competitor WNOL would take the CW affiliation (but before WUPL's affiliation with MNTV was announced), though the sale had already been complicated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The deal was made to create a duopoly for Belo (with market-dominant CBS affiliate WWL-TV). All matters were settled towards the end of February 2007 however, as the station was sold to Belo, and WUPL's operations were merged into WWL's Rampart Street facility shortly thereafter. Belo Corp. ... WUPL 54 is the UPN owned-and-operated station for the Greater New Orleans, Louisiana area. ... NOLA redirects here. ... WNOL-TV, channel 38, is a CW Television Network affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. ... It has been suggested that NewsWatch 15 be merged into this article or section. ...

After the end of May 2006 sweeps, as both networks started shutting down, many stations began to pre-empt UPN and WB programming en masse for various reasons. UPN affiliate WACY in Appleton-Green Bay (that market's MyNetworkTV station) as of June 5) opted to replace all of the network's second hour of programming whenever possible (except for Veronica Mars) with airings of infomercials [8]. Cincinnati's WBQC (which became an independent station) continued to air UPN, but on July 4 moved the network to a deep late night slot, from 2 a.m.-4 a.m. early Tuesday morning-early Saturday morning. The July 4 date was used to promote the station's "Independence Day" programming. [9]. Salt Lake City's KPNZ, which also did not affiliate with either network (The CW is on KUCW; MyNetworkTV is on KJZZ-TV), removed UPN programming entirely in June, and the network never found a replacement affiliate. Springfield's WBQT was at one point seen as a CW affiliate on the official website, and even started advertising as such. Due to a lack of confirmation, the station's call letters were removed. However, on August 29, 2006, WBQT signed a formal affiliation agreement with The CW. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... WACY is a television station in Wisconsin with studios at 1391 North Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a transmitter some 25 miles (40 km) southwest in the town of Glenmore, Wisconsin. ... Appleton is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, on the Fox River, 100 miles (161 km) north of Milwaukee. ... Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Cincinnati” redirects here. ... WBQC-CA (UPN38) is a broadcast television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, affiliated with the UPN and i (formerly PAX) networks. ... An independent station is a television station that is not affiliated with any network. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United States, Independence Day (commonly known as the “Fourth of July,” “July Fourth”, the “Glorious Fourth”, or simply the “Fourth”) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. ... KPNZ is the Independent affiliate serving the Salt Lake City, Utah television market. ... KUCW is a full-service television station licensed to Ogden, Utah and serving the Salt Lake City market as the CW television affiliate. ... For the Tempe, Arizona-based FM radio station KJZZ, see KJZZ (radio station). ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Hampden County Settled 1636 Incorporated 1852 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Charles Ryan (D) Area  - City  33. ... WBQT-TV (Pioneer Valleys CW) is the CW affiliate for Springfield, Massachusetts. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

UPN and The WB closures

UPN

UPN closed their network quietly on Friday, September 15, with its usual airing of WWE Friday Night SmackDown!; in addition, some stations aired the network's usual, but optional, weekend repeat block. The low-key closure was not surprising given that in nine media markets, including the three largest, UPN was not available because the local affiliates were owned by Fox Television Stations Group and switched to its new network, MyNetworkTV, on September 5. UPN programs ended on WPWR in Chicago and KUTP in Phoenix on September 1, and on the other seven Fox-owned stations (including WWOR-TV in New York City and KCOP in Los Angeles) the day before, August 31. is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the video game series based on the show, see WWE SmackDown! (video game series). ... The Fox Television Stations (FTS) are a group of television stations located throughout the United States which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WPWR-TV is a broadcast-television station licensed to Gary, Indiana, serving the Chicago, Illinois, viewing area. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... KUTP is a My Network TV owned and operated station in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country State Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WWOR-TV, channel 9, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This redirect page is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Several CW affiliates began airing Smackdown and some other CW-renewed UPN programming a few weeks early to replace UPN affiliates who had made the switch to MyNetworkTV. [10] Otherwise, it was unclear whether MNTV affiliates would air UPN or WB programs at all. [11]

The WB

The final image broadcast on the WB was of former mascot Michigan J. Frog taking a final bow after a clip montage thanked the audience for eleven years of service.

The WB closed their network on Sunday, September 17 with a five-hour block of pilot episodes of their past signature series, including Felicity, Angel, Buffy (which was a two-hour episode) and Dawson's Creek, and during commercial breaks, re-airings of past image campaigns and network promotions. It also involved promo spots given to the cable networks which carried these shows in off-network syndication, along with ads for each series' TV-on-DVD box set [12]. Image File history File links Wbsignoff. ... Image File history File links Wbsignoff. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... Felicity is a Golden Globe-winning American primetime television drama produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB network. ... For the South Korean TV series of the same name, see Angel (2007 TV series). ... For other uses, see Buffy the Vampire Slayer (disambiguation). ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dawsons Creek Dawsons Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. ...

After its final commercial break, the last thing viewers saw before The WB shut down was a montage of the stars of several of The WB's shows over the years, and ending with former mascot Michigan J. Frog taking a final bow. This was followed by the studio credits for the pilot of Dawson's Creek; the credits for the other three pilots that aired were shown in the network's standard credits format. Michigan J Frog in the short One Froggy Evening. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dawsons Creek Dawsons Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. ...

On two of Tribune's WB affiliates that joined The CW, the closure of The WB was marked with historical flashbacks of those stations. For example, on September 17 right after The WB shut down, WPIX in New York aired a montage of all of its logos throughout the station's history leading up to its current logo before its 10pm newscast aired. Meanwhile, KHCW in Houston aired a retrospective of the station's history during its 9pm news. Another Tribune WB affiliate that joined The CW, Dallas' KDAF, changed its newscast to CW33 News at Nine immediately following the end of WB programming, and featured a video clip of the sign being changed outside the studio. However, the old WB33 News at Nine bumper aired upon the first return from commercial that night. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City. ... KHCW is the CW affiliate for Houston, Texas, broadcasting on UHF channel 39. ... KDAF, channel 33, is the CW affiliate for the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. ...

The final night of WB programming netted relatively low ratings, mustering only a share of 2, meaning just 2% of viewers were tuned in to the WB on its final night. [13] This was mostly because certain areas whose WB affiliates became MyNetworkTV affiliates, leaving The WB's final two weeks of programming unavailable in those areas. A clip of the final few moments can be seen by clicking here. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...

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