CW7 changing on 1-1-24?

[MasterB]

Surprised no mention of The CW anywhere on Wood TV's website or the mini webpage for WOTV, about The CW moving in West Michigan.

[MWmetalhead]

ARC = Always Really Crappy.

[MasterB]

Dabal is shutting down on Dec, 29 as there going to air sitcoms from WB/UPN in the 90s & early 2000s I could see many that have Dabal dropping it and only be on the CBS O&Os in my opinion. And also Twist is shutting down after Dec, 31 I don't think that TEGNA is putting anything in the Twist with a new name.

[uncleducky72]

This was posted on December 22.


https://arcwestmichigan.com/news/local/ ... rkson-show#

[MWmetalhead]

Essentially, CW prime time programming will be replaced by reruns of syndicated series carried by WWMT. Everything else will more or less stay the same.

[statmanmi]

Hi smallwonder, MW & All,

Currently 41.x WOTV on RF17 provides:
41.1 ABC [HD 720p]
41.2 dabl
41.3 CHARGE!
41.4 Local weather radar and NOAA weather radio

dabl is also available in market on 64.6 WLLA on RF22.

I'll predict that 41.2 gets upgraded to HD from 480i. The current CW offering on WWMT 3.2 RF7 is 1080i HD.

Perhaps this will be the demise of having the radar/weather radio on a 24x7 broadcast? I recall from back in analog days, what is now WXSP had this content--so it's had a long run. Or Nexstar could just slice the 6MHz further to keep both dabl and weather.
...
Perhaps someone knows if and where either of the two new national diginets will appear in our market? Both The365 (intended to compete with Bounce) and Outlaw (content similar to Grit) are supposed to launch in January. In other markets it's likely that one of these will replace Circle (which is going to streaming only with no OTA broadcasting)--but West Michigan has never had Circle OTA.

Cheers! ~~ Statmanmi

Some revised broadcast streams in the last ten days or so:

41.x WOTV on RF17 now provides:
41.1 ABC [HD 720p]
41.2 CW [HD 1080i -- Upgraded from just SD when was Dabl.]
41.3 CHARGE!
41.4 dabl (replaced local weather)

dabl also remains available on 64.6 WLLA on RF22.

13.x WZZM Grand Rapids (TEGNA) RF13:
13.1 ABC [HD 720p]
13.2 WZZM Local Weather
13.3 True Crime Network
13.4 Quest
13.5 True Crime Network (Replaced Twist, but supposedly soon will be The365 per that network's site: https://www.the365.network/find-the365 .)
13.6 this
13.7 QVC
13.8 SHOP LC
13.9 startTV

Perhaps I should post all the station lineups I'm receiving for our market, like I did in Oct. 2021? Lots of the subchannels have moved around since then.

Cheers! ~~ Statmanmi

[MWmetalhead]

Thanks for that info.

Is News 8 at 10PM airing on both CW West Michigan and on WXSP?

[Feature/writer]

...wonder if any one could link the changes re: actual channel numbers for Infinity/Comcast "basic" cable subscribers. It in available online via Infinity?
I've notice the DABL transition, for example, but channel 286 (formerly a succession of NCIS reruns) is now blank and not on the channel roster. Also now blank is cable channel 17 (former home to the CW), which I believe went elsewhere.. but to which Infinity channel number? Thanks!

[edj]

I'm in Kalamazoo as I type this. Will have to check tonight if the hotel bothered to put CW on their cable system.

[MWmetalhead]

CW West Michigan supposedly is going to be housed on Comcast channel 286 (what terrible placement - the other local high def channels are mostly in the 230s).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.woodtv ... higan/amp/

[edj]

Hotel uses DIRECTV but tuner is the digital TV variety with subchannels, nothing labeled at all. Flipping through, I didn't see it, but WZPX is offered. I didn't see WOTV, WLLA, or WTLJ either.

[MasterB]

Yes, News 8 At 10PM is on West Michigan CW also Pay For Play 8 West gets a 3RD airing at 5PM on CW West Michigan.

[gotigers]

WWMT is running ads for ARC (though they never mention that it's on 3.2). Apparently ARC stands for "Authentic, Relevant, Community."

Yeah, okay....

[MasterB]

Looks like ARC didn't air 10PM News tonight they aired Full Measure it was on TV Guide that it was going to be Full Measure. Is WWMT not going to do news on the weekends for ARC at 10PM?

[CJ]

YouTube TV has replaced The CW with a national feed in West Michigan. Not sure if it is temporary until 41.2 eventually replaces it? The ARC (3.2) is no longer available on the service.