Part 21: CBS to affiliate with WGR-TV
May 18, 1981
CBS announced an affiliation agreement to move to the number one television station WGR-TV (channel 2), and it would displace WIVB-TV (channel 4) as Buffalo's CBS affiliate, abandoning NBC.
WIVB-TV, the previous channel 4 CBS affiliate may have to go independent, or move to NBC, which no longer had a Buffalo outlet here.
Last month, NBC benefitted from Taft by switching the Kansas City NBC station WDAF-TV to the powerful ABC television network.
WGR-TV has finished number one in newscast ratings, and CBS had finished number one in all timeslots, which is stronger than what we got for the Buffalo outlet.
CBS announced an affiliation agreement to move to the number one television station WGR-TV (channel 2), and it would displace WIVB-TV (channel 4) as Buffalo's CBS affiliate, abandoning NBC.
WIVB-TV, the previous channel 4 CBS affiliate may have to go independent, or move to NBC, which no longer had a Buffalo outlet here.
Last month, NBC benefitted from Taft by switching the Kansas City NBC station WDAF-TV to the powerful ABC television network.
WGR-TV has finished number one in newscast ratings, and CBS had finished number one in all timeslots, which is stronger than what we got for the Buffalo outlet.