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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).
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A complicated, six-station network affiliation swap takes place in two South Florida markets. In Miami, WTVJ moves to NBC from CBS, WCIX (now WFOR-TV) moves to CBS from Fox, and WSVN moves to Fox from NBC. 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 ...
The switch was an upgrade for CBS and a downgrade for NBC, as the analog channel 6 facility in Miami faced location restrictions that reduced its population coverage. Despite this, WTVJ found a news identity under general manager Don Browne , who led the station to its best newscast ratings performance since the Renick years in the late 1990s ...
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).
Secondary affiliation with a primary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. Carries select away games featuring Sporting Kansas City which are produced by KMCI-TV of Kansas City. Wichita: KAKE: 10.2: 10: ABC: Lockwood Broadcast Group: September 7, 2012: On Sunday Mornings from 6:00 to 7:00 am, MeTV Kansas carries programming from Weekend Adventure.
Between 1994 and 1996, a wide-ranging series of network affiliation switches took place in media markets across the United States as the result of a multimillion-dollar deal between Fox and New World Communications which was announced on May 23, 1994.