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Article: CW outlet will be WBDT New network begins broadcasts in September
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- March 14, 2006
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WBDT-TV, Channel 26, has been chosen to be Dayton's CW Network
affiliate.
WBDT, which has its offices and studios in Miamisburg, beat out
WHIO-TV, Channel 7, to air the offerings of the new network that was
created by combining the UPN and WB networks.
The CW Network -- C for CBS and W for Warner Bros. -- is slated to
make its debut in September.
It reportedly will rely on shows aimed at viewers in the 18-to-49
age bracket.
WBDT is the local WB station and WHIO runs UPN programming on its
alternate channel, UPN-17.
Both had hoped to land the new network.
"We've just signed an exclusive, long-term affiliation agreement
with The CW," WBDT's Vice President and General Manager Stan Gill ...