WSHM-LP Springfield

[Robert F. Sutherland]

forwarded to me from a friend in Brimfield MA,
where Charter cable, as of June 1,  will drop WBZ-TV
(WFSB 3 Hartford  previously cut) & leave WHSM-LP
as the only CBS outlet on cable......friend very displeased.
Yes,  when Meredith bougth the translator on Mt Tom,
this was expected I guess.


      From The Springfield Republican
      Business News

      Station prepares for debut
      Tuesday, December 09, 2003
      By WILLIAM FREEBAIRN Staff writer
      wfreebairn@repub.com

      Springfield's new low-power television station will launch its
original programming on cable next month
 with two five-minute local weather forecasts daily.

      CBS-TV3, a Springfield-based channel owned by Meredith Corp., will be
carried on local cable systems
starting Jan. 1. The station is already broadcasting over the air to the
Springfield and Holyoke areas on
 channel 67, technically known as WSHM-LP.

      The station will not feature a local newscast, instead dropping in two
five-minute local weather
forecasts produced by a commercial weather service. The weather forecasts
will run at 6 and 11 p.m.

      The lineup will include a mix of CBS's daytime and prime-time lineup
and syndicated shows.

      The station will carry the syndicated "700 Club," "The Price is
Right," "Hollywood Squares" during the
 morning, "Oprah" and "Judge Joe Brown" in the afternoon, with "Inside
Edition" and "Entertainment
Tonight" in the evening.

      Afternoons will feature "The Young & the Restless," "The Bold & the
Beautiful," "As the World Turns"
and "Guiding Light."

      General Manager Elden Hale also serves as general manager of WFSB-TV,
Channel 3, in Hartford,
 which is also owned by Meredith.

      CBS-TV3 is operating from offices in Hartford now, but will soon set
up a sales office in the Springfield area. Station officials have said
production facilities in the area could be built at a later date.