NERW 6/16/03

[Matthew Osborne <mattosborne1976@yahoo.com>]

On June 16, 2003 Scott Fybush wrote:

>Videotron cable viewers, meanwhile, will get a
>permanent new addition to their dials as the CRTC
>grants permission for digital-tier carriage of UPN
>affiliate WWBI-LP (Channel 27) from Plattsburgh, N.Y.

When did WWBI-LP get the UPN affiliation back?  Last I
knew, they lost the UPN affiliation to WBVT (channel
39) in Burlington VT, which is viewable over the air
in Plattsburgh proper and had previously been a WB
affiliate.  After that, I remember WWBI was running
mostly Pax network programming and other independent
fare.  This must be a fairly recent occurrence...

Big side note here: if WWBI-LP is now getting cable
carriage in Montreal, I sure hope they've improved (or
will soon improve) themselves since the last time I
watched them.  It was very obvious in the spring of
1999, and the preceding couple years before that, that
they were a very low budget operation.  Poor picture
quality, transitions between network and local
programming were very jumpy and noticeable, the 2 or 3
in house produced and aired commercials looked like
something you would've seen on a low budget public
access channel in the 80s, their non-network audio
chain sounded awful, and overall the station just
looked very cheaply run.  I am very surprised that
Videotron Cable would pick up a channel of this low
quality, unless they've changed this situation since
last I watched them.

                              Matt Osborne
                              Poughkeepsie, NY

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