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CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

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CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by mtburb » Fri May 05, 2023 11:48 am

https://deadline.com/2023/05/cbs-statio ... 235357388/

This September, CBS-owned CW affiliates will drop the network and become independent stations. Among those is WKBD, CW 50, which will revert back to independent status for the first time since the 1994-95 interim period between it losing Fox to WJBK and the launch of UPN.

It is currently unknown where in Detroit the CW affiliation will land, though it's likely it'll be grabbed by WADL, which already took the My Network TV block from WMYD in 2021.


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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by Steve79 » Fri May 05, 2023 11:54 am

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Good! I pray to all that is Holy they bring back this logo!



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by Steve79 » Fri May 05, 2023 11:57 am

well cant post a picture but it was the 50 with the lines through the 5 and the half zero.



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by Bobbert » Fri May 05, 2023 12:20 pm

Steve79 wrote:
Fri May 05, 2023 11:57 am
well cant post a picture but it was the 50 with the lines through the 5 and the half zero.
I'm sure it's on here somewhere.

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/WKBD-TV



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by lush.rimbaugh » Fri May 05, 2023 12:52 pm

Is there any chance that 20 would want to pick up The CW affiliation?



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by mmb5 » Fri May 05, 2023 1:00 pm

lush.rimbaugh wrote:
Fri May 05, 2023 12:52 pm
Is there any chance that 20 would want to pick up The CW affiliation?
Zero. No way a Scripps station is going to link up with Nexstar.



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by edj » Fri May 05, 2023 1:15 pm

WADL is the likely candidate. I wouldn't rule out a subchannel of WDIV.
I'd say a low power channel would be more likely than WMYD or WPXD.



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by sdaddy » Fri May 05, 2023 1:16 pm

A long shot but with all the RSN bankruptcy issues, the Phoenix Suns left Bally Sports for OTA games next season and Vegas Golden Knights left their RSN for Scripps Sports OTA, could we see this come back to Detroit where 20 or 50 becomes an OTA home for Detroit teams ?



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by windsor » Fri May 05, 2023 4:45 pm

The original Kaiser Broadcasting Ch50 was built around local sports like red wings hockey.

Would be nice to see a Wings or Tigers game occasionally aired on Ota. The more eyes on your product used to be a good thing. Now greed drives all sports in all aspects.

Problem is how do u fill the other time parts??? The three stooges and horror movie hosts are already being done via sub channels.

It will be interesting to watch how it develops....


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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri May 05, 2023 5:22 pm

Hopefully, channel 50 can replace the pile of horseshit that currently airs at 10PM with a real newscast.

"Detroit NOW" is so craptacular that sister station CBS 62, to the best of my knowledge, seldom if ever mentions the existence of that newscast. Who can blame 'em?

The 10PM newscast on channel 50 should use the CBS News Detroit branding and should be hyperlocal.



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by Luke » Fri May 05, 2023 6:31 pm

Might make sense to move Family Feud to prime time on 50 and move Entertainment Tonight from the graveyard shift to the 7pm hour on 62.



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri May 05, 2023 6:48 pm

Family Feud would likely lose viewers if it had to compete against more formidable programming in prime time.

Entertainment Tonight is a show that should've been put out to pasture a while ago, in my opinion, although I will say its numbers are not bad at all. ("The List" found on WXYZ and other Scripps owned stations is a dumpster fire.)

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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by Marcus » Fri May 05, 2023 8:27 pm

We might see the Ion Network move to channel 20 and the CW move to 31 WPXD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPXD-TV



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by Marcus » Fri May 05, 2023 11:06 pm

To be a little more specific Inyo Broadcast holdings and Scripps could make an agreement. The end result would look like this.

Channel 20-1 : Ion Television
Channel 31-1 : Bounce
Channel 31-2 : The CW

WADL would remain as is and channel 50 will still go independent this Fall.



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Re: CW 50 to ditch The CW, return to independence

Post by SD45 » Sat May 06, 2023 4:14 am

How are the ratings for CW shows in the evening? I generally only watch 50 for older syndicated shows.



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