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FredLeonard
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Interesting article on the Indiana Board about WTTV in Bloomington, the Indianapolis market's new CBS affiliate.
http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?669247-CBS-Moving-Indianapolis-Affiliation-To-WTTV
Currently, it carries CW (like channel 57). But for much of its history (starting in 1957), it was a VHF independent station - a very successful, even as rim-shot. They had their own active local news department and a slate of local programs (plus movies and syndie shows). They had viewers and advertisers and they spent and made money.
This is in marked contrast to WDEL-TV, which the Steinmanns bumped off channel 7 to channel 12, in order to give their Lancaster station a better signal and then dumped the station to Storer Broadcasting, as WVUE, which then abandoned it. Both owners claimed they were unable to make money in the Wilmington-Philly market area, with a much larger number of potential viewers than Indianapolis. Add to this other VHF indies in the 50s and 60s in LA, Chicago, the Bay Area, Washington, Detroit, Seattle, St. Louis among others.
The Steinmanns are still around filling the air with right-wing hate speech but they couldn't make money in TV, or so they said. Now channel 12 is a Philly public television station.
http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?669247-CBS-Moving-Indianapolis-Affiliation-To-WTTV
Currently, it carries CW (like channel 57). But for much of its history (starting in 1957), it was a VHF independent station - a very successful, even as rim-shot. They had their own active local news department and a slate of local programs (plus movies and syndie shows). They had viewers and advertisers and they spent and made money.
This is in marked contrast to WDEL-TV, which the Steinmanns bumped off channel 7 to channel 12, in order to give their Lancaster station a better signal and then dumped the station to Storer Broadcasting, as WVUE, which then abandoned it. Both owners claimed they were unable to make money in the Wilmington-Philly market area, with a much larger number of potential viewers than Indianapolis. Add to this other VHF indies in the 50s and 60s in LA, Chicago, the Bay Area, Washington, Detroit, Seattle, St. Louis among others.
The Steinmanns are still around filling the air with right-wing hate speech but they couldn't make money in TV, or so they said. Now channel 12 is a Philly public television station.
