There's precedent for this with at least one of the stations involved: WTOG was the initial Fox affiliate for the Tampa Bay area when the network was just the Joan Rivers show, but when Fox started moving to expand into prime-time, they dropped the affiliation and stayed independent. (In the following decade, they became a UPN affiliate.)
> On May 5, 2023, at 12:29 PM, Brad Beam <b.b...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > “You want to air LIV golf? Fine,” said eight CBS-owned CW affiliates. “We’re > leaving.” > https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cbs-owned-stations-drop-cw-affiliations-september-1235604771/ > > On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 6:08:19 PM UTC-4 Brad Beam wrote: >> Up next for consideration at Nexstar HQ: the Pac-(insert number here) media >> rights. >> https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/the-pac-12-is-now-chasing-a-tv-deal-with-the-cw.html >> >> On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 5:44:28 PM UTC-5 Brad Beam wrote: >>> LIV Golf – the breakaway tour funded by the Saudi throne – may have a >>> broadcast home in time for its second season starting in February. >>> >>> https://awfulannouncing.com/golf/liv-golf-reportedly-has-a-media-rights-deal-with-the-cw.html >>> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/459c8ac4-dec0-4b40-a407-8c8ddd94db39n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/459c8ac4-dec0-4b40-a407-8c8ddd94db39n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/315D9CE4-BA66-4484-A214-0422553FC61E%40ellwanger.tv.
