Dish Drops Meredith-Owned Stations

On Tuesday, 16 Meredith Corp.-owned stations were dropped from the Dish Network lineup after the two sides failed to reach a new retransmission consent contract.

Meredith’s stations will still be available over-the-air and from all other cable, satellite, and OTT providers serving their respective markets.

“Meredith has been trying for months to get Dish Network to negotiate seriously and reaching a deal is our top priority,” said Patrick McCreery, president, Meredith Local Media Group. “We know the vital local news, emergency information, and top-rated sports and entertainment programming we provide are important to Dish’s customers, and we hope Dish will make it a priority to reach a deal too. Meredith stands ready, willing and able to reach a fair deal with Dish. Meredith has successfully completed hundreds of carriage agreements, and there is still time for Dish to reach a deal too.”

The following stations are affected by Dish Network’s blackout:

• Atlanta CBS affiliate WGCL, DMA 10
• Phoenix CBS affiliate KPHO and KTVK (IND), DMA 12
• St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOV, DMA 21
• Portland Fox affiliate KPTV and KPDX (MYN), DMA 22
• Nashville NBC affiliate WSMV, DMA 27
• Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV and KSMO (IND), DMA 32
• Hartford-New Haven CBS affiliate WFSB, DMA 33
• Greenville-Spartanburg Fox affiliate WHNS, DMA 38
• Las Vegas Fox affiliate KVVU, DMA 39
• Mobile-Pensacola Fox affiliate WALA, DMA 58
• Flint-Saginaw CBS affiliate WNEM, DMA 65
• Springfield-Holyoke CBS affiliate WSHM, Fox affiliate WGGB-DT and ABC affiliate WGGB, DMA 108