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Author Topic: Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy on non big 3 stations  (Read 147 times)

chrispw1

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In looking at old schedules from the mid 80s Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy aired on then indy channel 13 in Los Angeles, which seems a bit rare for them to be airing on a non ABC, CBS, or NBC station, and also I found in the mid 90s they were airing o n channel 30 in Nashville. Anyone know of any other instances of them airing on a non big three station?

chargeradiocom

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Re: Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy on non big 3 stations
« Reply #1 on: Today at 05:40:03 PM »
In Cincinnati and Kansas City, they air on the Fox affiliate. Though at this point, Fox is on par with the old Big 3.

aaron sica

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Re: Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy on non big 3 stations
« Reply #2 on: Today at 05:41:46 PM »
Baltimore also airs them on a FOX affiliate. I believe Nashville does too.

PYLdude

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Re: Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy on non big 3 stations
« Reply #3 on: Today at 05:48:33 PM »
For years WLIG/WLNY in New York carried them together. They would initially air them an hour before WABC did; this led to a weird arrangement for awhile where there was a separate feed of the channel broadcast on some cable systems where their viewers saw some other programming at 6 and 6:30, usually a Matlock rerun. They eventually moved the shows to 5 PM, and they stayed there (save for a brief period where they aired at 9) until CBS bought the station and dropped them.

Boston aired them on WSBK for years; can’t think of too many former UPN stations that carried either one.
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