Topeka, Kansas CBS affiliate stays on Cox while negotiations continue
by Darren Murph 
posted Mar 1st 2008 at 11:21AM
Well, it's Saturday folks, and for Cox customers in Topeka, Kansas, WIBW-TV is still going strong. According to an updated article on the station's website, Topeka's CBS affiliate is going to remain on Cox Communications' lineup for just a few more days (at least), as "substantial progress" has reportedly been made in determining how much Cox should pay WIBW. As of now, the deadline has been pushed to March 8th, but at this point, we've no reason to believe the bigwigs at Cox won't come to their senses and pony up.[Thanks, Kevin O.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jjohn @ Mar 2nd 2008 10:50AM
The 19th Market in the country is dealing with this as well, Central Florida Brighthouse is on the verge of losing the local CBS affiliate 2 days before the NCAA tourney starts, which would affect roughly 850,000 people. I believe it is events like this that are part of the reason The SATS are doing better of late and hiring more CSR's, as well of course the ridiculously low amount of HD offerings available to Cable customers. Churn anyone?