RE: No Fox affilate for Bangor after all

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

Why didn't they take WWOR-UPN9 from NYC? 

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Ben
> Levy
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 10:53 AM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: RE: No Fox affilate for Bangor after all
> 
> 
> > Paul Hopfgarten said:
> > I believe that as we move foward, we will see
> > less and less out-of-market cable systems carrying WSBK.
> 
> Score a step in the opposite direction here on the Syracuse University
> campus. (Which, is really just Time Warner Cable of Syracuse 
> service.) After
> in January WNYS flipped from "UPN 43" into "WB 43" an imported 
> feed of WPIX
> quickly became near-useless with all WB content blacked out. While I was
> back in MA for summer, WPIX was out and WSBK was in. In the same lineup
> shift, WGN's "Entertaining America" feed was added to the system as well.
> 
> Interestingly, blockages of WSBK content have been spotty. The 
> 10pm rerun of
> Entertainment Tonight is disallowed, but the 6pm Wheel/Jeopardy! hour is
> coming in untouched.
> 
> Ben
>