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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]
In one of the largest single affiliation switches, six television stations in the Miami and West Palm Beach markets in South Florida changed affiliations on January 1, 1989, when CBS purchased Miami's Fox affiliate WCIX (channel 6) after NBC purchased Miami's CBS affiliate WTVJ (channel 4). [9]
Meanwhile, in West Palm Beach, WPEC switches from ABC to CBS, WTVX leaves CBS to become an independent, and ABC station WPBF signs on this day. The swaps result from NBC's acquisition of WTVJ in 1987, and CBS's acquisition of WCIX in August 1988. The switches in West Palm Beach are accomplished due to WCIX's weak signal in Broward County. [1] [2]
WPBF (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Tequesta, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area as an affiliate of ABC.Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on RCA Boulevard in the Monet section of Palm Beach Gardens and a transmitter in Palm City southwest of I-95.
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).
Page Lewis, 57, is running to represent Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens and the surrounding areas on the Palm Beach County School Board in 2024. The primary election is Aug. 20. Age and residence ...
After that purchase offer fell through, [27] NBC's parent company General Electric bought the station on January 16, 1987, for $270 million, [28] which initiated a complicated six-station network affiliation switch in both Miami and West Palm Beach on January 1, 1989. [29] [30] Wometco's cable systems were also divested. [27]
For years Republicans have been making gains in voter registration numbers in Florida as compared against Democrats. But it wasn’t until November 2021 that active registered Republicans ...