31-05-2024, 02:17 AM
(30-05-2024, 05:41 PM)Brekkie Wrote: I'm probably getting it mixed up with something else but I thought the primetime block started when the local channel either lost an affiliation or moved away from syndicated shows in primetime.
Yeah you are thinking WGN Channel 9 Chicago. They actually dumped the CW (now that Nexstar bought CW its returning as a CW affiliate). WGN America (Superstation) . It first went to air in 1978. Thats also when WTBS (Atlanta) and WWOR (NYC) all did the same sorta of thing. They nearly simulcast their local schedules nationally carry local sports teams and newscasts to a national audience. Of course WTBS Atlanta successfully morphed into TBS.
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