Rumor is because of the poor performance of WPLG, Post-Newsweek is looking to unload it from it’s portfolio and are currently in negotiation with FOX Television Stations. Newscorp have been happy with their affiliation with WSVN, despite the station behaving like an independent more often than like an obidiant affiliate, but FOX have also made it known they really want to own a station in South Florida and since Ed Ansin won’t sell his they might just buy WPLG. If that rumor is true of course.
This would once again create a huge shakeup and n it would leave WSVN to save itself yet again. It will have to switch affiliations for a 3rd time and become an ABC affiliate, but it won’t happen for once simple reason – owner Ed Ansin won’t abandon the 10pm slot which brings the most cash for the station, so most likely they’ll again become an independent station. And with 8 and a half hours of news daily and only 8pm to 10pm FOX network programing 7 already could be considered an indy station anyways
Guess we’ll have to wait and see
