Scripps Broadcasting stations in 42 markets, including several in the Upper Midwest, are off DISH Network amid a retransmission consent dispute.
Affected stations in the Upper Midwest include:
- Milwaukee NBC affiliate WTMJ/4
- Green Bay NBC affiliate WGBA/26 and MNT affiliate WACY/32
- Omaha CBS affiliate KMTV/3
- Denver ABC affiliate KMGH/7, whose market includes portions of Nebraska
- New York CW affiliate WPIX/11, which was still available nationally as part of DISH’s grandfathered “SuperStation” package
It appears the outages began Saturday.
Scripps set up a page at scrippsviewerinfo.com to tell its side of the story. DISH Network’s retransmission dispute site is dishpromise.com.
Scripps and DISH are hardly alone in having such a dispute; the Milwaukee and Omaha markets have been also been affected by disputes between different stations and providers in recent years. Check the Retransmission Consent category for coverage of other recent outages in the Upper Midwest.