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| Author: | bigzman [ Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | WPLG Ends Affilation with ABC, Will Go Independent |
The initial announcement was made on March 20, but the nearly 70 year old run for Miami's ABC affiliate will be over on August 4: https://youtu.be/Yk9CS_RXgcA?si=n33Dii1ToPQ1He0s With the change, South Florida residents will get more local news than ever before (even though some weekday syndicated shows will remain on Channel 10), while ABC programming will shift over to a digital subchannel of WSVN. One must wonder if this is the first of several dominoes to fall as far as mid-market cities and some affiliates, in clinging to what they have in local communities. Unlike during the summer of 1994, when a few dozen CBS stations became FOX stations when the NFC moved after a nearly four decade of run televising NFL football on CBS--this move was made since the station could not afford the increased reverse compensation fees demanded by Disney without laying off employees. WPLG's ABC affiliation was being devalued by simulcasts of live events on "other platforms". |
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| Author: | maestrodawg65 [ Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WPLG Ends Affilation with ABC, Will Go Independent |
One wonders if this has anything to do with the station being owned by Berksire Hathaway the famous conglomerate run by Warren Buffett. |
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| Author: | bigzman [ Sat Jul 19, 2025 3:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WPLG Ends Affilation with ABC, Will Go Independent |
The station's Wikipedia page in fact mentioned that Berkshire Hathaway is a partner. |
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