WPIX 11 News Report:The Announcement of The WB Network (November 3,1993)

It was 27 years ago on this day November 2,1993 that Warner Bros Entertainment and Tribune Broadcasting announced the formation of The WB Network. This was 5 days after Paramount Communications and Chris Craft announced the formation of a new network which would later be named UPN (United Paramount Network). Shortly after the announcement Tribune Broadcasting had signed 6 of its seven independent stations to take The WB affiliation and The WB original’s launch date was August 1994 with two nights of primetime programming and by 1998 the WB would have 7 nights a week. However the launch date would be pushed back to January 11,1995 with only one night of Programming. This announcement would come from a news report of then independent station WPIX 11 in New York,New York on November 3,1993. WPIX was one of the 6 stations to take The WB affiliation when the network launched. Currently WPIX has the CW Affiliation and is branded as PIX 11, this video came from WPIX Archives Facebook Page. *PS WGNX was one of the Tribune owned stations seen in the montage of the Tribune stations announced to take The WB affiliation when the network launched but due to the fact that WAGA would end their longtime 45 year affiliation with CBS and switch to FOX Broadcasting shorty after New World Communications signed an affiliation deal with fox where its stations would end their long time affiliation the big three (ABC, CBS and NBC) and switched to FOX. WGNX would take the CBS Affiliation on December 11,1994 and former FOX Affiliate WATL would become Atlanta’s WB Affiliate when the WB launched. WGNO in New Orleans would take The WB affiliation when the network launched but would switch to ABC on January 1,1996 and WVUE 8 would end their affiliation with ABC and switch to FOX while former FOX Affiliation WNOL would take the WB Affiliation and shortly after rebrand as WB 38. The WB would announce a separate affiliation deal with Tribune for WGN-TV and part of the deal WGN would carry The WB affiliation on its superstation feed carried on cable and satellite outside the Chicago area. #TheWB25thAnniversary https://www.facebook.com/wpixarchives...