The Greenville-Spartanburg television station WSPA-7 is losing its affiliation with the CBS Network, which will move to WYFF4, according to the Radio and Television Business Report.
WSPA-7 is owned by Nexstar Media Group and is not the only station affected. According to the Radio and Television Business Report, a group of CBS affiliates owned by Nexstar are also losing their network affiliations.
“In July, Nexstar completed a multi-year agreement with CBS to extend its affiliations in 36 markets,” a statement from Nexstar said. “We will be replacing the CBS affiliation with a CW affiliation in at least three markets (Jackson, MS, Bismarck, ND and Rapid City, SD) and promoting FOX to replace CBS as our primary network in Albuquerque, NM. We will be elevating the CW affiliations from the digital subchannels they currently occupy to a premiere slot widely available over-the-air and across all major paid platforms. In addition, we look forward to expanding our local news in Greenville/Spartanburg, Birmingham, and several of these markets with the new scheduling flexibility these transitions will afford.”…