In mid-April, The E.W. Scripps Co. announced that it would be ending affiliation agreements with Nexstar Media Group-controlled network The CW at the end of August, putting seven markets on notice that another station would be needed for the home of ACC and Pac-12 college football and basketball, LIV Golf, NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing, WWE NXT wrestling and such imported prime-time fare as CBC’s “Son of a Critch.”
In two markets where Nexstar owns stations, affiliation shifts were revealed in May. On July 30, it became known that two CBS News & Stations properties would be grabbing the CW. Now, the fate of three remaining markets became known, fully answering the question of where the network would land.
