WIBW, Cox Reach Retransmission Agreement

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Updated: 3:39 PM Dec 4, 2008 WIBW, Cox Reach Retransmission Agreement Deal signed to keep WIBW Channels on Cox Cable Posted: 7:14 PM Mar 13, 2008

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WIBW General Manager Jim Ogle announced on 13 News at 6 Thursday the station has reached agreement with Cox Cable on the continued carriage of WIBW, MyNetwork Topeka, and the Kansas NewsChannel.

The current retransmission agreement between WIBW and Cox was set to expire at 11:59 pm Thursday.

“The terms of the agreement are confidential,” Ogle said. “However, our thanks to our many viewers is anything but secret. We know this has been a frustrating and confusing time for those loyal Channel 13 viewers who get our signal through Cox cable. I want to thank each and every one for their patience as we got a new agreement worked out.”

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Posted by: Joe Location: Topeka on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:54 AM

Wake up people! You can't say "Cox should pay because Satellite pays for the local channels". It isn't the same deal. Not even close! The FCC requires Cox to carry WIBW's signal. Satellite does not have this restraint. They pay because they want the locals to compete against COX. Cox charges you for the locals because they have to maintain the network to deliver them to your house! It isn't the same thing as 'getting them for free'!
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Posted by: travis Location: topeka on Mar 14, 2008 at 04:39 PM

@ AMY: quoted from your post: "this is truely an prime example..." The word an should only be used if the following word starts with a vowel, so you should have used a instead of an an.
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Posted by: travis Location: topeka on Mar 14, 2008 at 04:34 PM

THANKS WIBW!!!! now ksnt and ktka will expect payment from COX as well, everyone with COX get ready for our bills to raise. THANKS AGAIN WIBW!!!!
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