Approaching the US fall season, here’s a look at the CW-turned-indie CBS O&Os’ primetime block, courtesy of TVNewsCheck:
New brands in the bunch: KSTW (to Seattle 11) and WTOG (to Tampa Bay 44). They, alongside WKBD/Detroit 50, are not adding new newscasts in primetime.
Meanwhile, WPCH, instead of Tegna’s WATL, is to be the CW affiliate in Atlanta, in addition to Gray’s current affiliates. This shadows the prospect of KONG, also owned by Tegna, joining the network.
Previously, Nexstar switched their CW Oklahoma station from Sinclair’s KOCB, to their own station KAUT. As previously mentioned, Sinclair’s WPNT may switch to CW in Pittsburgh, so this can be a compensating action.
[Update] The WPNT switch is official, in addition to the Seattle affiliation going to KOMO, currently an ABC affiliate, not KONG:
Interesting to have no mention of the KAUT/KOCB switcheroo, as this was detailed in a separate news release.
By now, CW has these replacements and new additions at hand:
- Philadelphia: WPHL
- Tampa Bay: WTTA
- San Francisco: KRON
- Sacramento: KQCA (via Hearst)
- Detroit: WADL (via Mission)
- Atlanta: WPCH (via Gray)
- Seattle: KOMO (via Sinclair, possibly on a subchannel?)
- Pittsburgh: WPNT (via Sinclair)
- Oklahoma City: KAUT