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On January 1, 1989, six television stations in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Florida, markets, exchanged network affiliations.The event, referred to in contemporary media coverage as "The Big Switch", [1] was described as "Miami's own soap opera" [2] and at times compared to Dallas and Dynasty because of the lengthy public disputes between multiple parties that preceded it. [3]
WTVX (channel 34) is a television station licensed to Fort Pierce, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area as an affiliate of The CW.It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CBS affiliate WPEC (channel 12) and two low-power, Class A stations: MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CD (channel 43) and TBD owned-and-operated station WWHB-CD (channel 48).
MyNetworkTV is an American television programming service made up of 11 owned-and-operated stations controlled by the Fox Television Stations division of Fox Corporation and 186 affiliates.
WSVN's affiliation agreement with NBC expired at the end of 1988, until which NBC continued to run WTVJ as a CBS affiliate. The purchase catalyzed a six-station, two-market affiliation switch on January 1, 1989, when WTVJ became an NBC affiliate; CBS moved to WCIX; and WSVN became an independent station affiliated with Fox. The switch came ...
WTVX: 34 2008–2012 The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group: WTCN-CA: 50 2008–2012 MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group WWHB-CA: 48 2008–2012 TBD affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Providence, RI–New Bedford, MA: WLWC: 28 2008–2012 Court TV affiliate owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings Austin, TX ...
WPEC (channel 12) is a television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, affiliated with CBS.It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fort Pierce–licensed CW affiliate WTVX (channel 34) and two low-power, Class A stations: MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CD (channel 43) and WWHB-CD (channel 48).
The local newscasts from WPBF debuted in third place in the ratings behind the two other West Palm Beach stations; the newly independent WTVX shuttered its news department in August 1989. Phipps and Potamkin made another expansion of the news staff in 1990, bringing it to 67 people, in an effort to lift the station out of third. [33]
It is owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CBS affiliate WPEC (channel 12), CW affiliate WTVX (channel 34), and Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CD (channel 43). The stations share studios on Fairfield Drive in Mangonia Park, Florida (with a West Palm Beach postal address), while WWHB-CD's transmitter is located southwest ...