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Hearst, Forum to acquire CBS affiliation from some Nexstar stations
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(Photo via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk)Paramount has renewed its agreement to continue offering CBS programming on three dozen local television stations owned by Nexstar Media Group, but the deal will also see some Nexstar stations end their agreement with CBS in August, The Desk has learned.
In Albuquerque, KRQE (Channel 13) will convert from a CBS affiliate into a full-time Fox affiliate, a Nexstar spokesperson said by e-mail.
In the other three markets, the affected CBS affiliates — WJTV (Channel 12), WIAT (Channel 42) and WSPA (Channel 7) — will become CW Network-owned stations.
Reached by e-mail, Nexstar spokesperson Gary Weitman confirmed the company renewed its agreement to continue carrying CBS programming on 36 stations and would replace CBS programming with Fox on its Albuquerque outlet and CW Network programming on the other three affected stations.
“We are pleased to have entered into several new CBS Television Network affiliation agreements, including extending our long-standing partnership with Nexstar, expanding our relationship with Hearst Television and welcoming Forum Communications Company into the CBS family,” the Paramount spokesperson said by e-mail.