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After much wondering and probably some wrangling Tribune Media, one the larger owners of CW affiliates has renewed their deal with the network this means KTLA 5 Los Angeles, KWGN 2 Denver,KDAF 33 Dallas, WPIX 11 New York, KIAH 39 Houston, WCCT 20 Hartford, WDCW 50 Washington DC , WSFL 39 South Florida, WNOL 38 New Orelans , WGNT 27 Hampton Roads, KPLR 11 Saint Louis, KRCW 32 Portland,OR, will remain with the CW. Tribune's former deal was made at the launch of the CW in 2006. The one change is WGN-TV in Chicago which will be leaving the network on September 1st. It is moving to Fox owned WPWR -50 , which is currently a My Network TV station (My Network TV is also owned by FOX).
WGN-TV says they will focus on their sports commitments which includes rights to games from Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox , Chicago Bulls, and Chicago Blackhawks. Due to CW agreements they couldn't air as much Cran's Chicago Business Reports. This could also be a boost to the low rated Chicago Station, WPWR-TV, to air the CW programs as a way to gain viewers. The MyNetwork TV programming will most likely be moved to another time slot.
This will be the first time since 1995, WGN-TV will not be affiliated with a network , WPWR was affiliated with UPN from 1995 to 2006 , when CBS (owners of the UPN) and Time Warner (owners of The WB along with Tribune) decided to merge their operations and create the CW.
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