RETRANS WARS

Tribune Stations Disappear From DirecTV

Some DirecTV customers woke up on Sunday without Fox or the CW networks on their television sets, the result of a failed negotiation with Tribune Broadcasting, which owns or operates 23 television stations across the United States.

Tribune Adds Twentieth’s Ricki Lake Show

Among the stations that will air the new talk show beginning next fall is WPIX New York.

Tribune Stations To Serve up ‘Best Bites’

An extension of WGN Chicago’s Chicago’s Best, the syndicated half-hour will look for must-eat dishes across the U.S. beginning this fall.

Tribune Stations Add Two New Syndies

LongNeedle Entertainment’s E/I series On the Spot is set for 22 markets, while Trifecta-Sternberg’s Live from Daryl’s House moves from the Web to seven stations.