WNDU-TV in South Bend, IN . . .

[jojo_collins]

> > I know WNDU is a strong NBC affilate, but I don't know the
>
> > history of Gray.
> >
> > Having no ABC affiliate in South Bend, except on a low
> power
> > station, I wonder if any change may be forth coming?
> >
> I don't know, since most of Gray's stations are either NBC
> or CBS. Case in point -- WILX ch.10 in Lansing, the nearest
> Gray station to WNDU, is NBC.
>
I was also thinking, since Notre Dame football has an exclusive home game contract with NBC, WNDU won't switch network affiliation, would they?

[stevebaxley]

in a word....NOPE!
remember,this is the station that wouldnt air the NBC version of BBC's comedy "Coupling" (which on further thought WAS a good idea at the time)

[BRice16]

> I know WNDU is a strong NBC affilate, but I don't know the
> history of Gray.
>
> Having no ABC affiliate in South Bend, except on a low power
> station, I wonder if any change may be forth coming?
>

In a word, no. You're forgetting what network just signed an extension as the exclusive home of Notre Dame football home games.

There is no way this station changes from NBC.

[Adam C.]

> Didn't Gray buy out the old Benedek ground?
> If so, how are they as owners, as cheap as Benedek or better
> off?
>

I don't know if it was under Benedek or Gray when it happened, but a guy I work with was floor crew at the (now) Gray station across town and was replaced by ParkerVision/robots as was most of their production crew.  (Although, I believe they're the only station in town who still has MCOs around the clock)

-A

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[bpatrick]

> > I know WNDU is a strong NBC affilate, but I don't know the
>
> > history of Gray.
> >
> > Having no ABC affiliate in South Bend, except on a low
> power
> > station, I wonder if any change may be forth coming?
> >
> I don't know, since most of Gray's stations are either NBC
> or CBS. Case in point -- WILX ch.10 in Lansing, the nearest
> Gray station to WNDU, is NBC.
>
Gray owns stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, and NBC:

ABC:  WHSV/3 Harrisonburg, VA
      KOLO/8 Reno, NV
      KAKE/10 Wichita, KS
      WTOK/11 Meridian, MS
      WBKO/13 Bowling Green, KY

CBS:  KBTX/3 Bryan, TX
      WTVY/4 Dothan, AL
      WCTV/6 Thomasville, GA/Tallahassee, FL
      WSAW/7 Wausau, WI
      WVLT/8 Knoxville, TN
      KOLN/10 Lincoln, NE and KGIN/11
        Grand Island, NE
      KWTX/10 Waco, TX
      KKTV/11 Colorado Springs, CO
      KXII/12 Ada/Ardmore, OK
      WRDW/12 Augusta, GA
      WIBW/13 Topeka, KS
      WCAV/19 Charlottesville, VA
      WIFR/23 Rockford, IL
      WKYT/27 Lexington, KY
      WYMT/57 Hazard, KY

NBC:  WOWT/6 Omaha, NE
      WITN/7 Greenville/New Bern/Washington, NC
      WJHG/7 Panama City, FL
      WILX/10 Lansing, MI
      WEAU/13 LaCrosse/Eau Claire, WI
      WMTV/15 Madison, WI
      WTAP/15 Parkersburg, WV/Marietta, OH

So this doesn't help much as to whether or not WNDU
would leave NBC, but I'm sure the Peacock Network's
holding onto Notre Dame is a strong incentive to stay
put.

[effseesee]

> in a word....NOPE!
> remember,this is the station that wouldnt air the NBC
> version of BBC's comedy "Coupling" (which on further thought
> WAS a good idea at the time)
>

An affiliation change at WNDU is about as likely as a Rabbi becoming the president of Notre Dame.