Gaylord gets CBS affiliates in Seattle and Dallas. (Gaylord Broadcasting, Washington, Texas) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1994 by Zier, Julie A.

Despite ongoing litigation between Gaylord Broadcasting and the Warner Bros. Network, Gaylord has signed an affiliation agreement with CBS for its stations in Dallas and Seattle.

CBS manages to stay on a VHF in Dallas by moving to Gaylord's independent KTVT(TV), The Fox-New World deal had bumped CBS from KDFW-TV. In return, Gaylord wants the CBS affiliation for KSTW-TV, its independent station in Seattle.

CBS has been on Bonneville's KIRO-TV Seattle for 36 years. But before the CBS-Gaylord alliance became fact, Bonneville International Corp. decided to sell KIRO-TV tO A.H. Belo Corp. for $160 million cash.

Belo says in a press release that based on CBS's then-rumored intention to move the affiliation to KSTW-TV, Belo "initially plans...

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