WADL Deal Pulled

[EdWalker]

https://thedesk.net/news/mission-termin ... l-detroit/

[edj]

I can see Adell making unreasonable demands under an LMA, similar to how the proposed CBS affiliation collapsed in 1994.

Adell wants to sell, but who else would buy? Marquee only buys in small markets. Would Gray look at a large market?

Unless a buyer comes through, or Adell caves on the CW, I am thinking they end up on 4.2. There are no other full power stations that would reasonably go for it, not even WPXD. A low power like WHNE would be a longshot.

[MWmetalhead]

I agree that 4.2 is a decent possibility. WDIV would need to upgrade its gear to allow it to transmit on 4.2 in HD, but that wouldn't be too difficult to do. WWMT has aired CBS in 1080i and CW in either 720p or 1080i plus has hosted multiple 480i feeds for years. WTVS is running dual 1080i feeds plus 2 or 3 different 480i feeds as we speak. Heck, there are multiple stations up north that air two or even three networks in HD over one RF channel.

That said, no one is gonna bend over backwards to affiliate with CW. Its programming earns meager ratings. Scripps saw such little value from the affiliation that it's kicking CW to the curb after less than one year.

[billmich88888]

in the cases where a station is running 2 (or more) HD channels, are the audio on those stations still 5.1, or are the (one or both) downgraded to 2.0 (stereo)?