The courtship of NBC by the Hearld-Traveler

[Doug Drown]

>>Meanwhile, Scripps had
gotten many of those pre-existing ABC affiliates (including WXYZ) as 
spin-offs from Capital Cities when CCCC bought ABC.

I've long been curious as to why, when CapCities bought ABC, it divested 
WXYZ-TV and WKBW AM and TV ---- all large and (I would think) strategic 
stations.  WJR and WXYZ-TV would have made a formidable combination in 
Detroit.

-Doug



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: "Mike Ward" <mward@iname.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: The courtship of NBC by the Hearld-Traveler


> <<On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:52:50 -0400, Mike Ward <mward@iname.com> said:
>
>> Just to make this complete, since you didn't mention it...Cleveland's
>> WJW was also mixed up in the New World/Fox deal.   It was an old Storer
>> station, like WJBK in Detroit.  CBS ended up on what was Malrite-owned
>> Fox affiliate WOIO/19 (now Raycom).
>
> Yes, New World had ended up with nearly all of the old Storer
> stations, with WSBK being the most notable exception, when they bought
> SCI/Gillett.  They also ended up with a big group of ex-Taft stations,
> including WDAF-TV in KC and WGHP in the Triad.  Meanwhile, Scripps had
> gotten many of those pre-existing ABC affiliates (including WXYZ) as
> spin-offs from Capital Cities when CCCC bought ABC.
>
> I reworked my previous posting into a new page in the "Articles and
> Essays" section of the Archives:
> <http://www.bostonradio.org/essays/1994-tv-affiliation-mess>.
>
> -GAWollman
>