This came after then-second-place ABC became dissatisfied with the viewership ratings at some of its affiliates (while CBS was in distant third at this midpoint of the Laurence Tisch era of the network's history), and ABC wanted a stronger affiliation.
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It is one of the few CBS affiliates that airs The Young and the Restless on a tape delay (airing at 4 p.m., leading into the 5 p.m. newscast); fellow CBS affiliates WAFB/Baton Rouge, WRAL-TV/Raleigh and KMOV/St. Louis also run the soap opera in the 4 p.m. timeslot.
Hayloft Hoedown was also the name of a long-running local program on WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky from 1951–1969, which was revived briefly on WLKY-TV in 1971.