User:Morgan Wick/2006 Network Shift old table

During the month of February, the List of CW affiliates had a "Potential affiliates" section, where people could post certain stations that seemed certain to become CW affiliates. On March 3, this section was removed as crystal-ballery. As the CW now has coverage in over 90% of the country and all but two of the top 100 markets, this section is now moot.

Some of the rationales were on rather flimsy grounds. Here is the list as it stood when the list was removed, along with commentary on how it actually turned out: So 36 correct picks to 21 incorrect ones. Hmm. Apparently there's a good reason why Wikipedia is not a crystal ball...
 * WTTO in Birmingham, Alabama (Sinclair Broadcast Group)
 * Reason: WTTO has a stronger over-the-air signal and higher viewership than its sister station WABM
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes, but mostly because WABM was the station to affiliate with My Network TV.
 * WHDF in Florence/Huntsville, Alabama (UPN) (Lockwood Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market. (WB airs on a digital subchannel of FOX affiliate WZDX)
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WRJM (UPN) in Montgomery, AL (Josie Park Broadcasting, Inc.)
 * Reason: No over the air WB affiliate in the market.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. WRJM affiliated with My Network TV. NO CW affiliate yet. This is the Wrong situation!
 * KYES (UPN) in Anchorage, Alaska (Fireweed Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate, and KYES has a statewide combined cable/translator network; The WB affiliate in Anchorage is currently available on cable only.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. CW's affiliation with a digital subchannel of KIMO came first, but it's still the Wrong situation!
 * KASW in Phoenix, Arizona (WB) (Belo Corp.)
 * Reason: Fox-owned UPN affiliate KUTP will become a My Network TV affiliate
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KFRE in Fresno, California) (WB) (Pappas Telecasting)
 * Reason: Stronger resources and signal than UPN KAIL. However, KFRE is co-owned with Fox affiliate KMPH.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Conversational edits aside, yes.
 * KXTU-LP in Colorado Springs, Colorado (UPN) (Raycom Media)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market (Denver's KWGN has a good signal in the market (and is significantly viewed), cable/satellite carriage, and reportedly vetoed an attempt in the late 1990s for the market to launch its own WB affiliate)
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Surprisingly, yes. KWGN couldn't veto this one.
 * WBXH (UPN) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Raycom Media)
 * Reason:
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] As you can see by the lack of a reason, NO.
 * WTVK in Fort Myers, Florida (WB) (ACME Communications)
 * Reason: UPN is seen on both low-powered WEVU (which is not on cable) and cable-only WNFM; the two stations were related until Fort Myers-area cable provider Comcast bought out WEVU's programming outside of UPN.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WJWB in Jacksonville, Florida (WB) (Media General)
 * Reason: Second-strongest WB affiliate based on Nielsen ratings, plus UPN shares WAWS with Fox
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] This ignores WJXT, but yes.
 * WLGA in Columbus, Georgia (UPN) (Pappas Telecasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WGNM in Macon, Georgia (UPN) (Christian Television Network)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market. WGNM announced that once their UPN contract expires September 2, 2006, they will go to strictly religious programming as part of CTN (other than UPN programming, all shows on WGNM are religious). The local CBS affililate, WMAZ, previously expressed interest in providing UPN programming once that contract expired.  It is unknown whether WMAZ will pursue broadcast capability for the CW network, or if the cable WB channel provided by Cox Communications will switch to the CW.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. The aforementioned cable channel WBMN will join the CW. No My Network TV affiliate yet.
 * WGSA in Savannah, Georgia (UPN) (Southern TV Corporation)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WSWG in Valdosta, Georgia (UPN) (Gray Television)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB in the Tallahassee (licenced) or Albany (serving) markets. A possibility does exist of the station going to CBS (which one of WSWG-DT's subchannels is airing). Or it could go to the existing WB100+ over-the-air WB in Tallahassee, (WFXU) (Pegasus Broadcast Television) which has double the cable coverage of the UPN and is carried by both dbs satellite providers.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. WSWG will become MyNet. Tallahassee's CW will be a subchannel of WTLH. Albany has no CW right now.
 * KFVE in Honolulu, Hawaii (WB) (Raycom Media)
 * Reason: UPN is seen late afternoons on (otherwise Asian) independent KIKU.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO, and this is the largest market without a CW affiliate yet - a clear Wrong situation!
 * KNIN-TV (UPN) in Boise, Idaho (Banks Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market. KWOB is a WB affiliate that is available on cable only.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WAOE in Peoria, Illinois (UPN) (Venture Technologies/Granite Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. MyNet instead. WHOI will provide CW on digital.
 * WTVO-DT 16.2 (aka "Rockford UPN") in Rockford, Illinois (UPN) (Mission Broadcasting/Nexstar Broadcasting Group)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. WREX's digital signal will be used instead.
 * WAZE in Evansville, Indiana (WB) (South Central Communications)
 * Reason: UPN affiliate WTSN-LP is a low-power station with a poor signal
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KGWB in Burlington, Iowa [Quad Cities] (WB) (Grant Broadcasting)
 * Reason: KGWB, unlike UPN affiliate WBQD-LP (which ironically is on the same channel in Davenport), is a full-power station)
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KPWB in Des Moines, Iowa (WB) (Pappas Telecasting)
 * Reason: UPN currently shares WHO-TV (which clears only WWE Smackdown) with NBC
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KLWB in Lafayette, Louisiana (WB) (Azar Family Holdings)
 * Reason: KLWB, unlike UPN affiliate KLAF, is a full-powered station
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WNUV in Baltimore, Maryland (WB) (Sinclair Broadcast Group)
 * Reason: Fox-owned WUTB will affiliate with the new My Network TV WBFF (also owned by Sinclair) will now most likely retain Fox affiliation.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes, although pre-MyNet there was speculation of Fox moving to WUTB and either WBFF or WNUV taking CW.
 * WBSF in Flint, Michigan (WB) (Barrington Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air UPN or WB affiliate in market. Currently only on cable and on the digital signal of co-owned WEYI, but expected to begin analog service in Spring 2006. Many mid-Michigan viewers get Detroit's WKBD on cable, which will flip to CW.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WXSP (UPN) in Grand Rapids/Muskegon/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan (LIN TV)
 * Reason: The WB currently shares WZPX with the I network, with that station carrying prime-time WB programming on a delay the following weekday. However, WXSP is a network of low-power TV stations serving the West Michigan market, and is also available on cable and on HDTV as a subchannel of co-owned WOOD-TV's digital service.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. WZPX will go i-only, but CW will be on a digital subchannel of WWMT. However, this may have the future in mind. If WZZM ever manages to move its digital transmitter south and thus force WOTV to drop ABC, the CW may be a logical backup plan.
 * WHTV in Lansing, Michigan (UPN) (Venture Technologies dba Spartan TV)
 * Reason: Lansing has two WB stations -- Battle Creek's WZPX, which has must-carry in the Lansing market (see above), and cable-only WBL.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. WBL will join the CW. WLAJ will add it to digital.
 * WBVC-TV (WB) in Traverse City/Cadillac/Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (Max Media LLC)
 * Reason: UPN currently shares WFQX with Fox. However, WBVC-TV is seen only on cable.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol unsupport vote.svg|20px]] This is a bit confusing. It's showing a CW logo, but there's no other evidence of CW affiliation. There is no My Network TV affiliate either.
 * KBJR DT 6.2 (aka "Northland UPN" or "True North TV 25") in Duluth, Minnesota (Granite Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market plus KBJR is a market dominant station with NBC, UPN and control of CBS KDLH (Channel 3) (plus control of the current WB cable channel). Also has translator station in Ashland, Wisconsin. With KBJR controlling both UPN and WB in Duluth, it may go either way.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. The aforementioned cable WB will be CW instead, and will become a subchannel of the CBS affiliate.
 * KMWB in Twin Cities, Minnesota (WB) (Sinclair Broadcast Group)
 * Reason: Fox-owned UPN affiliate WFTC will become a My Network TV affiliate.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KXVO in Omaha, Nebraska (WB) (Pappas Telecasting)
 * Reason: UPN is on a digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WOWT
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KTUD-CA in Las Vegas, Nevada (UPN) (Greenspun Broadcasting)
 * Reason: KVWB affiliated with My Network TV, and it's unlikely that Sinclair sister station KFBT will take The CW.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. Who says it's "unlikely"? Actually, KTUD blew off the CW itself. Guess what this space said before the Sinclair-MyNet arrangement?
 * WTTX-LP in Elmira, New York (UPN) (Clear Channel Communications)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. Digital signal of WENY will be used. This station lost on MyNet as well.
 * WCTI-DT 12.2 (aka "UPN 48") in New Bern, North Carolina (Lamco Communications)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. May go independent or off-air. CBS and Fox affiliates will have digital subchannels for CW and MyNet respectively.
 * WLFL in Raleigh, North Carolina (WB) (Sinclair Broadcast Group)
 * Reason: Stronger of two stations in Sinclair duopoly (the other being UPN affiliate WRDC).
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes, by virtue of WRDC going MyNet. Where the hell did this come from.
 * WILM-LP (UPN) in Wilmington, North Carolina (Capitol Broadcasting Company)
 * Reason: Had previously been a primary UPN affiliate before affiliating with CBS, still carries UPN as secondary affiliation. Also co-owned with Raleigh CBS affiliate WRAL-TV, and the WB is only available on cable.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] First, we should note that the only applicable part is the LAST part... and the answer, of course, is NO. Cable WB instead.
 * KCPM (UPN) in Grand Forks/Fargo, North Dakota (Central Plains Media)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in market. WBFG, the WB affiliate in the market, is only available on cable.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. MyNet instead. ABC affiliate will add digital CW.
 * WBQC-CA in Cincinnati, Ohio (WB) (Elliott B. Block)
 * Reason: Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned WSTR has been named My Network TV affiliate station.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. Digital subchannel of WKRC instead. Pre-Sinclair/MyNet, this space said WSTR was the place. This is the Wrong situation!
 * WWHO in Columbus, Ohio (LIN TV)
 * Reason: currently carries both UPN (primary) and WB shows, was formerly owned by Viacom/CBS before last year.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WBDT in Dayton, Ohio (WB) (ACME Communications)
 * Reason: currently carries WB programming. UPN 17-6 (sister station of WHIO-TV) is cable only, making WBDT the only full power station available.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes. UPN 17-6 is going off-air, not MyNet.
 * WBCB in Youngstown, Ohio (WB) (WFMJ-TV)
 * Reason: No over-the-air UPN affiliate in market. However, the channel is a sub-channel of NBC affiliate WFMJ's digital service, and is only available on cable and over-the-air HDTV service. Plus WNPA (already confirmed for CW status in Pittsburgh) currently has a rim shot of Youngstown.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KTVC in Eugene, Oregon (UPN) (Equity Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. KMTR will show CW on digital, and MyNet will go to independent KEVU.
 * WLYH in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (UPN) (Clear Channel Communications/SJL Broadcasting)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market (though Philadelphia WB affiliate WPHL, to be Independent, has cable coverage through the key parts of the market; it originally had a Harrisburg translator, but it went dark in 2005).
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WSWB in Scranton, Pennsylvania (WB/UPN) (Pegasus Broadcast Television)
 * Reason: Currently carries both WB (primary) and UPN shows
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WFLI-TV (WB) in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Meredith Corporation)
 * Reason: UPN currently shares WDEF-TV with CBS.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes, almost immediately after removal of the list.
 * WJKT in Jackson, Tennessee (UPN) (Clear Channel Communications)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate in the market, plus the station is a semi-satellite (and is operated out) of WLMT in Memphis.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. Going Fox instead. No CW affiliate yet.
 * WBXX in Knoxville, Tennessee (WB) (ACME Communications)
 * Reason: UPN is on a digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WVLT-TV
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WLMT in Memphis, Tennessee (Clear Channel Communications)
 * Reason: Currently carries both UPN (primary) and WB shows
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KBEJ in Fredericksburg, Texas (UPN) (Belo)
 * Reason: Ostensibly serves the Austin and San Antonio markets. Although the station is 68 miles west of Austin and 65 miles north of San Antonio, the station is viewed mostly by cable in both markets, and has a weak signal to both cities, San Antonio WB affiliate KRRT will become a My Network TV affiliate and the owner of Austin WB affiliate KNVA, LIN TV, has expressed skepticism about the prospect of affiliating with the CW.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Space previously said thar KRRT and KNVA would take the CW; I revised that after Sinclair/MyNet. Yes, it happened, but KNVA then turned around and affiliated with both networks.
 * KUWB in Salt Lake City, Utah (WB) (Clear Channel Communications)
 * Reason: KUWB has a stronger over-the-air signal than UPN affiliate KPNZ
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WGMU-CA in Burlington, Vermont (UPN) (Equity Broadcasting)
 * Reason: WB currently shares WFFF with Fox, although there is a possibility that WFFF could make a digital subchannel for The CW. WGMU is infamous for having numerous transmitter failures that put the station off air for sometimes weeks at a time, therefore, The CW may not choose to affiliate the station.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO. MyNet instead. No CW affiliate at present. Fox affiliate WFFF or new station WCWF could take it.
 * WUPV-TV in Richmond, Virginia (UPN) (Sinclair Broadcast Group/Lockwood Broadcasting)
 * Reason: The WB currently shares WWBT with NBC (which clears a few programs overnights).
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KSKN (WB) in Spokane, Washington (Belo Corp.)
 * Reason: Although ABC affiliate KXLY was in the proccess of launching a new DT/Analog station that would have become the new home for UPN, which they picked up from KQUP in January 2006, it appears those plans have been put on hold as KXLY dropped UPN from the lineup a month later in February. KSKN was also a UPN affiliate from 1997 to 2000 and benefits from sister CBS affiliate KREM's strong lineup.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WHCP in Portsmouth-Huntington-Charleston, Ohio-West Virginia (Television Properties, Inc.)
 * Reason: currently carries both WB (primary) and UPN shows
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WBUW in Madison, Wisconsin (WB) (ACME Communications)
 * Reason: Full-power station, unlike WISC (Channel 3)-run UPN14, which is limited to cable TV and HDTV homes that can receive UPN14's OTA Channel 3-2
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WSJP-LP (UPN/WB) in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (LKK Group)
 * Reason: a dual WB/UPN affilliate.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * WCVI-TV (UPN) in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Virgin Blue, Inc.)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Yes.
 * KUVI (UPN) in Bakersfield, California (Univision)
 * Reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate. KWFB (aka "WB 12") is a WB affiliate operated by (Clear Channel Communications) that is available on cable only. "WB 12" is managed by CC's local NBC affiliate KGET channel 17.
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] NO, although Wikipedia said so for months until it affiliated with My Network TV and forced the issue. No CW affiliate at present.
 * WWMB (UPN) Myrtle Beach, SC
 * Reason: Says so according to the website of their sister station WPDE
 * Did it happen? [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|20px]] Despite WPDE tempting fate, yes. Real reason: No over-the-air WB affiliate.