On Feb 10, 11:50 am, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wanna be featured on Tribune-owned NY CW affil WPIX's "Pix Morning
> News" segment "Dining Pix?" Well, cough up 100 $100 gift certificates
> to be sold at half price on WPIX's web site--on an alleged news
> program (but consider, of course, the "KTLA Morning News" and "WGN
> Morning News" on other Trib-owned CW stations):
>
> http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/02/09/2009-02-09_ins...
>
> The "Pix" title is part of the Trib stations' downgrading of the CW
> brand on their affils--the Trib says that it's because news viewers
> don't watch "90210" and "Gossip Girl," the rumor has been that Sam
> Zell and Randy Michaels are looking for a way to dump The CW ASAP.
Maybe the "PIX" name is in preparation for bringing back the call-in
video game where kids on the phone yell "PIX" and someone hits the
"fire" button on the on-screen Intellivision console. If they hit an
alien, the kid wins "valuable" prizes.
-Stan
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