Shop at Home TV is going dark - what becomes of WMFP and WSAH?

[Doug Drown]

Is WTBS Channel 17 in Atlanta, from which TBS Superstation evolved, still
operating as a separate entity?
I know WGN-TV 9 in Chicago has partially separate programming from its
national counterpart.

-Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@suscom.net>
To: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>; "Boston Radio Interest"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: Shop at Home TV is going dark - what becomes of WMFP and WSAH?


> On Tue, 16 May 2006 16:20:51 -0400
>  Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:
> >One wonders now what will become of WMFP in Boston and WSAH in
> >Connecticut? Could WMFP in fact end up as the My Network TV
> >affiliate when all is said and done?
>
> Here's an off-the-wall thought -- would the Red Sox, who wanted
> an equity stake in a radio station, be interested in buying Ch.
> 62 to broaden the team's media empire?
>
> I see no reason why they would -- NESN gives them the added
> benefit of cable subscriber fees in addition to ad revenue. But
> if the Sox wanted to somehow build Ch. 62 into a WTBS/WGN-like
> Superstation (of course, those channels are cutting back on
> sports programming) and get cable clearance in 25 to 30 percent
> of the country, it might be an interesting idea.
>