Heads up, South Florida, a historic change is coming to your TV channel information on Monday: Say hiya to Channel 18.
The brand new channel, scheduled to debut at 4:30 a.m., comes as WPLG-TV’s Channel 10 formally ends its almost seven-decade relationship with the ABC community after a contract stalemate between the Berkshire Hathaway-owned tv station and the Disney-affiliated community.
In a corresponding transfer, ABC struck a cope with WSVN’s guardian firm, Sunbeam Tv, to broadcast community programming on the brand new ABC Miami, out there on Channel 18 over the air and on Comcast, AT&T and DirecTV, plus YouTube TV, Hulu and different streaming companies.
Right here’s why a few of your favourite reveals are transferring and how you can discover them.
Why is that this taking place?
WPLG-TV’s affiliate cope with ABC expired on Dec. 31 and after months of negotiations yielded no settlement, the station introduced the divorce in March.
In a press release on the station’s web site, WPLG CEO and president E.R. Bert Medina stated the community wished to cost an excessive amount of cash to stay an affiliate. Medina stated the Pembroke Park-based station plans to make use of the financial savings to broaden Native 10 programming.
“As an alternative of sending our cash to New York, we are going to hold it in our group and use that cash to finance an enormous growth in native information and different native programming,” Medina stated. “We’re Native 10. Native is in our identify. A majority of our employees grew up right here. We’re excited for the way forward for Native 10. Simply watch us. We’re about to serve this group in a good larger and higher means.”
What’s on Native 10?
WPLG-TV’s Native 10 information and different programming will proceed to be broadcast on Channel 10, however it’ll now not be out there on DirecTV, Hulu Dwell, Fubo and YouTube TV on Monday, in line with the Native 10 web site. These prospects will be capable to stream content material totally free with the Local10 Plus app for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Firestick, Android and Samsung Sensible TV.
For over-the-air viewers, a frequency change requires them to rescan their TV to choose up the Channel 10 broadcast.
Whereas ABC community reveals might be pulled from the station’s schedule, Channel 10 will proceed to be dwelling for favorites resembling “Jeopardy!,” “Wheel of Fortune” and “LIVE with Kelly and Mark.”
WPLG-TV’s native information programming has a distinguished historical past that features icons resembling Ann Bishop, Bryan Norcross, Dwight Lauderdale and Michael Putney, with the ABC affiliation starting in 1957. The station says it plans so as to add to the present employees that features longtime favorites resembling Calvin Hughes, Nicole Perez, Louis Aguirre, Kristi Krueger, Glenna Milberg, Jeff Weinsier and weatherman John Gerard.
For extra details about Native 10 programming, go to Local10.com.
What’s on Channel 18?
ABC Miami is scheduled to start broadcasting on Channel 18 at 4:30 a.m., and it’ll require no motion for viewers on Comcast, AT&T, DirecTV, and Breezeline to have it seem on their channel information. Blue Stream and Hotwire prospects will discover programming on Channel 3. Over-the-air viewers might want to rescan their TV so as to add the channel.
All ABC community reveals previously on Channel 10 will proceed to air at their conventional instances on Channel 18, from “Basic Hospital” and “Good Morning America” to “World Information Tonight with David Muir” and “Monday Evening Soccer.” Channel 18 additionally might be dwelling to the Miami Hurricanes’ season-opening soccer recreation towards Notre Dame on Aug. 31.
Fox-affiliated WSVN’s native “7News” might be simulcast on WSVN and ABC Miami at 5-7 a.m. and at midday, 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. The staff contains Craig Stevens, Belkys Nerey, Lynn Martinez and Patrick Fraser of the favored “Assist Me Howard” function.
For extra details about ABC WSVN.com/abc-miami-18.
Workers author Ben Crandell might be reached at bcrandell@sunsentinel.com.
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