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KQCW-DT

For a short time starting in September 2006, KQCW began airing The Bold and the Beautiful at 12:30 p.m. CBS-affiliated sister station KOTV has not aired the show in daytime for several years as a result of the station's expansion of its midday newscast at noon to one hour in the early 1990s.

KSDX-LD

KSDX-LP was available on digital subchannel 68.2 on its Los Angeles sister station KRCA.

KZJO

Owned by the Tribune Company, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 (virtual channel 22.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the studio facilities that the station shares with Fox-affiliated sister station KCPQ on the west shore of Lake Union in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood.

News 9 Now / News on 6 Now

In the Tulsa area, the launch of News on 6 Now on KOTV digital channel 6.3, resulted in the movie-oriented digital broadcast network This TV to be relocated to digital channel 19.2 of KOTV's CW-affiliated sister station KQCW-DT.

WHSL

Myrtle Todd, grandmother of country music recording artist Ty Herndon, hosted a radio show on WPRN-FM and the now-defunct AM sister station WPRN (1330 AM, Butler, Alabama) for more than 40 years.


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101.3 Sea FM

Sea FM broadcasts from the Central Coast Radio Centre on Henry Parry Drive, in Gosford, along with sister station 2GOFM.

4VL

This company is owned by John Singleton's Macquarie Radio Network and is therefore is a sister station to 2GB and 2CH.

Amyre Makupson

In 1985, Makupson co-anchored WKBD's Ten O'Clock News and later anchored Eyewitness News at 11 on WKBD's sister station, WWJ-TV.

Back Home Again in Indiana

Since 1991 Indianapolis TV station WISH-TV used components of the song in their news themes; and since 1997 Fort Wayne TV station WANE-TV (WISH-TV's sister station owned by LIN TV) has also used components of the song in their news themes.

Bristol Mountain Ski Resort

In 2001, WNVE left its Bristol Mountain transmitter site for the last time, changing city of license from South Bristol to Honeoye Falls, New York in a swap with sister station WLCL (107.3), which took the South Bristol city of license and the Bristol Mountain transmitter site.

Buletin Malam

The newscast is a half-hour pre-midnight news program and it continues to be one of the strongest late night shows in Indonesian television industry, Buletin Malam was also carried by RCTI's then sister station SCTV and Indosiar was launhced by the international news programme's CNN World News was aired on CNN International a member of CNN (Cable News Network).

CFIT-FM

All the pre-1989 titles were dropped as well as they are now heard by its CKUV-FM sister station.

CFLZ-FM

On September 20, 2013, at Noon, after playing "This Is What It Feels Like" by Armin van Buuren, CFLZ shifted its brand to the current 2Day FM 105.1/101.1, and began simulcasting on sister station CJED-FM, who dropped their adult hits format the previous day for a Christmas music stunt in anticipation of a new format.

CHQM-FM

By 2010, sister station CJMJ-FM in Ottawa dropped the remaining 1960s songs, although 1960s songs can still be found on CHQM, such as Stand By Me by Ben E. King and What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong, making CHQM one of the only AC stations owned by Bell Media to do so.

Cinderella Rockefella

According to Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer, the song was the last to be played on Radio Caroline South on the night of 2-3 March 1968, before its radio ship (like that of its sister station Radio Caroline North) was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of 3 March.

Cool In Your Code

Cool In Your Code is a television show on nyctv, New York City's Public-access television channel, as well as on sister station WNYE-TV.

Diego Fuentes

He was MuchMusic's first ever VJ Search winner in 1995, going on to host the popular Clip Trip show on MuchMusic's sister station, MuchMoreMusic.

First Coast News

WTLV, the NBC affiliate, which brands its news operation as First Coast News, along with sister-station WJXX

Jim Eason

In 1996, Eason moved his talk show to KGO's more conservative sister station KSFO, while continuing to broadcast from his home studio in Asheville.

K13XD-D

In the interim, select CBS programming was seen on sister station KFXF, such as The Young and the Restless, 60 Minutes, Late Show with David Letterman, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

KASN

It joined Fox in October 1986, but in 1988, KASN negotiated a merger with eventual sister station and then-independent KLRT that would have moved KASN's Fox network affiliation and syndicated programming to KLRT, while KASN would become an affiliate of the Home Shopping Network.

KBEE

However, in 2002, the station returned to its roots as an AC (Adult Contemporary) station as "the all-new B98.7." The station shares the radio rights to the Utah Jazz (National Basketball Association) with sister station KFNZ.

KCFX-HD2

It played mostly newer Active rock artists/bands such as Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Metallica and more, without playing a lot of classic hard rock, most likely due to sister station KCFX playing that music.

KKFX-CA

There is a nightly 10 o'clock newscast seen this station that uses a similar graphics package as sister station and fellow Fox affiliate KCBA.

KPXJ

It was the first, and to this day, only locally-produced primetime newscast in the market (Fox affiliate KMSS-TV, channel 33, also airs a 9 p.m. newscast, though it runs only on weeknights and is produced by sister station KFXK-TV in Longview, Texas).

KSCS

Also, KSCS, and sister station WBAP-AM are responsible for activation of the North Texas Emergency Alert System when hazardous weather alerts, Disaster area declarations, and child abductions are issued.

KSTU

However, the Times New Roman "13," which the station has used since the early 1990s, was retained (unlike WHBQ-TV in Memphis, which switched to a "13" resembling that used by its Tampa sister station WTVT).

KTAS

Channel 33 first signed on in January 1990 as KADE, owned by the owners of KADY in Oxnard, California (now KBEH), rebroadcasting its sister station in Oxnard with the exception of nightly Fox network programming.

KTTR-FM

Besides carrying The Rush Limbaugh Show instead of The Dave Ramsey Show in its regular afternoon timeslot, the station is a straight simulcast of sister station KTTR (AM) (1490).

KUNP

On August 21, 2012, Fisher Communications signed an affiliation agreement with MundoFox, a Spanish-language competitor to Univision that is owned as a joint venture between Fox International Channels and Colombian broadcaster RCN TV, for KUNP and Seattle sister station KUNS to be carried on both stations as digital subchannels starting in late September.

KWKT-TV

The pre-taped newscast is produced by sister station KFXK-TV in Longview, Texas.

Larry Kane

In 1965, he came to Philadelphia as an anchor for WFIL Radio and as main anchor for its sister station WFIL-TV, Philadelphia's ABC affiliate.

Pamela Wu

Prior to joining KCRA 3, Wu worked as anchor and reporter at stations across Northern California, including KVIQ in Eureka, KION in Salinas/Monterey, and the KCRA 3 sister station in Salinas/Monterey, KSBW.

Phil Hendrie

In February 2005, Hendrie's flagship station, KFI, moved him to sister station KLAC in an effort to help turn the all-sports talk radio station into a ratings winner with entertainment programming incorporated.

Smooth Radio 100.4

100.4 Jazz FM broadcast its daytime shows from its Manchester station, but specialist shows such as Dinner Jazz and Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis were networked from its London sister station 102.2 Jazz FM.

Swansea Sound

The transmitter is located at Winch Wen, on the side of Kilvey Hill and for technical reasons does not use the same mast on the top of Kilvey Hill as its sister station.The DAB service covers a larger transmission area than it's AM service.

WAJI

WAJI was known as WPTH throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a sister station to WPTA television, and in the mid to late 1970s branded themselves as "Rock 95", using TM Productions' "Stereo Rock" Top 40 reel to reel automation package.

WBMM

A content sharing arrangement would eventually be set up between WBMM and then sister station WLTZ in Columbus, Georgia to share resources when covering East-Central Alabama since Montgomery and Columbus have coverage areas bordering each other.

WBQM-LD

On August 17, 2007, Renard Communications announced that would sell WBQM-LP, along with, at that time, sister station WMBQ-CA to Equity Media Holdings for $8 million.

WBUW

Under the Byrne Group's ownership, local content on WBUW has expanded to mirror the approach of its sister station W48CX, including local news, sports, and discussion programming as well as long-form (half-hour) content featuring sponsoring businesses.

WBXI-CA

For a few months in 2004, Channel 47 acted as a satellite station of then sister-station WNDY carrying UPN programming and simulcasting all of WNDY's programming, including the 10 p.m. news produced by WTHR.

WCKX

Officially, it is the first Radio One-owned station (along with Dallas/Fort Worth's KBFB, Philadelphia's WPHI-FM, which has changed to urban contemporary in 2011 & Indianapolis' WHHH) to be a rhythmic since the sale of former sister station WDHT in Dayton, OH and KTWN-FM in Minneapolis.

WCPQ

Newsweb Corporation dropped the Nine FM programming on all three signals Monday, October 20, 2008, and replaced it with a simulcast of sister station WCPT from 5A.M.

WCPV

WCPV serves as the flagship station for University of Vermont men's basketball, along with sister station WEAV.

WDLM-FM

WDLM-FM's studio is located on E200th Street in rural Henry County, Illinois just outside of Coal Valley, co-located with sister station WDLM-AM and its transmitter is located across the Mississippi River at the Bettendorf antenna farm in Bettendorf, Iowa, near the Scott Community College campus, and adjacent to several FM, TV, and DTV transmitters.

WDNC

In 1992, WDNC and its FM sister station, by now known as WDCG "G-105", relocated to Park Forty Plaza, just off Interstate 40 along NC Highway 55 in southeastern Durham, as the newspaper abandoned their downtown building for a new facility at 2828 Pickett Road in southwestern Durham.

WHJB

The station began as WHJB-FM in 1968, sister station to then WHJB-AM (now WKHB), then became WOKU-FM, cycling through various formats (Adult Contemporary, Disco, Country and Heavy Metal) before becoming Top 40 WSSZ-FM "Hot Hits Z-107" in the late 1980s.

WOKY

As part of the deal, the station will air all Badgers sports broadcasts, with football and men's basketball being simulcast with sister station WRIT-FM and the Badger Daily Show segment being shared with WISN.

WSKX

On January 10, 2008, it was noted that the station had dropped country and was simulcasting sister station WQSO 96.7 (oldies) with WUBB's website stating "Coming Soon! Sports Radio" with a link to MSN's Fox Sports page, implying that the new format would be Fox Sports Radio, seeing as the station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, which, in turn, owns Fox Sports Radio.

WUTB

Chris-Craft ran the station out of then-sister station WWOR-TV's facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey and fed the station's programming to its transmitter site in Baltimore; this included WWOR's local news coverage of the September 11 attacks.

WXMS-LP

On October 7, 2001, WXMS became a primary UPN affiliate after ceding its WB affiliation to sister station WDBD, which had defected from the Fox network.

WYGY

On May 21, 2009, Bonneville blew up alternative rocker WSWD and flipped the station back to country, moving the format from its 94.9 sister station, which flipped to 80s-leaning adult hits as Rewind 94.9.

WYMY

WBBB-FM signed on at 101.3 in 1946 as a sister station to WBBB in Burlington, North Carolina.

WZPR

On May 14, 2009 WZPR started simulcasting sister station Classic Hits 104.9 WFMZ.