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CBS has introduced that its eight CW-affiliated channels shifting to impartial will make the transition on Friday. The community’s stations group revealed plans to alter the decision letters to these retailers in a number of markets, in addition to primetime plans for these stations going ahead.
CBS had beforehand introduced in Could that TV stations shall be dropping their affiliation with The CW and turning into impartial stations would come with WPSG Philadelphia (DMA #4), WUPA Atlanta (DMA #6), KBCW San Francisco (DMA #10), KSTW Seattle (DMA #12), WTOG Tampa-St. Petersburg (DMA #13), WKBD Detroit (DMA #14), KMAX Sacramento (DMA #20), and WPCW Pittsburgh (DMA #26).
Transferring ahead, KBCW San Francisco will swap name letters to turn into KPYX and be rebranded as “KPIX+,” mirroring its bigger sister station, CBS-owned outlet KPIX. In Pittsburgh, WPCW will change name letters to WPKD-TV and be rebranded as “KDKA+” (mirroring CBS’ essential Pittsburgh outlet KDKA). In different markets, name letters shall be maintained however the stations shall be rebranded with their metropolis and channel place — KSTW Channel 11, Seattle, for instance, shall be branded as “Seattle 11.”
A number of the stations, together with WPSG, WUPA, KPYX, KMAX and WPKD, will change CW primetime fare with 8 p.m. newscasts on their lineup, whereas most will run syndicated repeats of CBS Information’ “48 Hours” at 9 p.m. (KPYX will run native information at each 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
The announcement was made by CBS Stations president Tom Canedo, who oversees the eight stations that can turn into independents. “We’re excited to be on this distinctive place that permits us to reimagine our native manufacturers and programming lineups at these eight stations,” Canedo stated in an announcement. “We’re starting by opportunistically establishing native information beachheads in primetime in a number of markets. And the timing couldn’t be higher for us as we look ahead to the upcoming launch of ’48 Hours’ in weekday syndication. These are the primary brush strokes on a contemporary canvas. We are going to proceed to hunt out alternatives so as to add much more native programming, together with dwell sports activities and exhibits from throughout the Paramount World manufacturers within the months forward.”
Nexstar-owned My Community TV stations WPHL Philadelphia, KRON San Francisco and WTTA Tampa, in addition to Grey Tv’s WPCH Atlanta (sure, that’s the previous SuperStation WTBS) and Hearst’s KQCA Sacramento are already set to turn into new CW associates in these markets, whereas new associates are anticipated to be introduced quickly in Seattle, Pittsburgh and Detroit.
As a part of the deal linking WPCH, The CW has prolonged its community affiliation settlement with Grey, which incorporates associates in 55 markets throughout the nation.