Mass. LP gets CBS affil.(Station Break)(low-power station acquired by Meredith, will be CBS affiliate)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 2003 by Eggerton, John

SPRINGFIELD-HOLYOKE, MASS. -- CBS and Meredith have signed an affiliation agreement for the market, where Meredith has bought a religious low-power station, call letters WSHM pending. It plans to have the station operating by the first of next year, according to a spokesman. At that time, Comcast cable will switch from importing Meredith's CBS affiliate WFSB-TV Hartford, Conn., into the market--which has had no resident CBS affiliate--and begin carrying the LPTV. WSHM will be operated by WFSB-TV, which is headed by VP/GM Elden Hale.

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