[Charles]

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.

What's strange is that WNYW and KTTV very rarely move their newscasts to their second stations. They simply just delay or pre-empt. On Thursday night, when Women's World Cup disrupts normal programming again, WNYW is planning to run their normal 10pm news at 11pm after the match or later, and KTTV has canceled their usual 5 and 6pm newscasts. Meanwhile, KTVU and KCPQ will still be airing news at their usual times on their "Plus" stations. KTVU will still do local news on KTVU Plus even when there's major network news taking over KTVU, such as the State of the Union address.