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Article: UPN, WB to shut down; new network formed: West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio viewers shouldn't be affected, station manager says
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 25, 2006
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WCHP-TV viewers in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky will still be
able to watch their "Gilmore Girls" and "WWE Smackdown" when The WB
and UPN - both small, long-struggling networks - shut down this fall.
Programming from both networks will be used to launch a new
network aimed mainly at young and minority viewers.
The new network will be called The CW - "C" for CBS Corp. and "W"
for Warner Bros. - each of which will own half of the new entity and
contribute programs, assets and executives to the venture.
The change shouldn't affect the tri-state market too much because
the new network will air 30 hours of programming, seven days a week,
following The WB model. Six nights of prime time shows ...