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Detroit

Fans of the San Francisco 49ers football team hold a sign with the logo of the CW Network during an event at Candlestick Park in 2009.

CW Network moving to Paramount stations in Miami, Detroit

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024

The former CW station in Detroit will become an affiliate once again, while Miami gets a new home for CW shows and sports.

An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned WADL-TV in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)

Mission Broadcasting terminates deal to acquire Detroit’s WADL

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024

The decision to dissolve the purchase agreement with Adell Broadcasting comes about a month after the FCC conditionally approved the deal.

Brian Watson.

Brian Watson to end two-decade career at Paramount

April 30, 2024

His resignation will take effect in early May, according to a memo obtained exclusively by The Desk.

An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned WADL-TV in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)

Minority groups call for rallies in response to FCC inaction on WADL deal

April 15, 2024April 14, 2024

Faith-based community and the Rainbow Push Coalition have encouraged the FCC to approve the station’s sale to Mission Broadcasting.

Kevin Adell, the owner of Adell Broadcasting and WADL in Detroit. (Photo courtesy Adell Media)

Exclusive: WADL owner Adell says station’s sale to Mission likely dead

April 10, 2024April 4, 2024

Kevin Adell said he is not convinced the $75 million transfer of WADL to Mission will ever be approved by the FCC, drawing on concerns raised during his latest meeting with the agency.

Kevin Adell, the owner of Adell Broadcasting and WADL in Detroit. (Photo courtesy Adell Media)

WADL to hold fresh meeting with FCC as sale to Mission remains pending

March 26, 2024

It will be the fifth time Kevin Adell has met with FCC officials over the proposed sale to a Nexstar-controlled entity.

An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned WADL-TV in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)

WADL sale termination date pushed to June at FCC’s urging

March 25, 2024

Mission and Adell Broadcasting have agreed to extend a shot clock for a deal concerning Detroit TV station WADL at the urging of a top FCC official.

An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned WADL-TV in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)

Minority groups rally around WADL owner, urge FCC to approve sale to Mission

November 27, 2023

Exclusive: Two civil rights groups and the owner of WADL-TV have sent letters to the FCC urging the agency to approve the station’s sale to Mission Broadcasting.

The skyline of Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Michael Tighe via Wikimedia Commons)

Nexstar finds new home for CW Network in Detroit

November 6, 2023

CW Network shows and live sports will move to WMYD, a former independent station owned by Scripps.

Broadcast engineers and other maintenance workers atop WADL's transmission tower in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)

Nexstar quietly moves CW affiliation to Detroit’s WADL

September 2, 2023

Nexstar has quietly moved its CW Network programming to a low-rated TV station in Detroit that is at the center of a battle involving the FCC.

An aerial photograph shows the television studios of Adell-owned WADL-TV in Detroit. (Courtesy photo)

DirecTV wades into FCC dispute over WADL sale to Nexstar-controlled Mission

August 2, 2023

Exclusive: A low-rated Detroit TV station is at the center of a big fight at the FCC that has pitted Nexstar Media against several industry groups.

The television studio and administrative offices of WADL-TV in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo via Google Street View)

WADL Detroit sold to Mission, possibly for CW move

May 20, 2023

Mission’s stations are mostly-controlled by Nexstar Media Group, which is losing its CW affiliate in the Motor City.

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