[W. Knight]

Most of the Fox O&Os are co-owned with other full-power stations (duopolies), and in the last few years, many of them have adopted the practice of sliding their newscasts over to the second station whenever they're pre-empted for any reason, especially sports. A few years ago, KTVU rebranded KICU TV-36 as KTVU Plus to signify that practice, and a few other O&Os have now rebranded their second stations as "Plus" stations as well.

And a lot of them have been weakened to do just that as well, especially those ex-UPN and WB stations in strong markets like KCOP Los Angeles/Fox 11 Plus. I'd bet WWOR in New York is going down the same path sooner or later.

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