WTVW officially ended its 39-year affiliation with ABC and joined FOX on December 3, 1995 with ABC moving to former CBS affiliate WEHT and CBS moving to former FOX affiliate WEVV-TV
1998–2000
2000–2004
2004–2005
2005–2011
2011
May–June 2011
On May 11, 2011, Fox announced that it would disaffiliate from WTVW and move its programming to a subchannel of WEVV-TV that already carried programming from MyNetworkTV, effective July 1 (WEVV's main channel remains with CBS) – in effect, resulting in FOX returning to its original affiliate in Evansville.
2011–2019
On July 1, 2011 WTVW became an independent station as WEVV-DT2 took the FOX affiliation, rebranded as "Local 7", the station replaced FOX Primetime Shows with syndicated programming on weeknights, westerns on Saturdays and movies on Sundays.
2013–2019
On January 28, 2013, Mission Broadcasting announced that WTVW would become the new CW affiliate for the Tri-State area effective January 31. The affiliation came nearly a month after Roberts Broadcasting closed down WAZE-LP, WJPS-LP and WIKY-LP, which served as translators for Evansville's original CW affiliate WAZE-TV (the full-power WAZE signal shut down in early 2012, leaving the translators to carry it's programming until they ceased operations).
1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 2Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 3Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Marshall Broadcasting through an LMA. 5Owned by Shield Media, LLC, Nexstar operates this station through an SSA. 6Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 7Predecessor company of LIN Media. 8Operated under local marketing agreement. 9Currently a repeater for WWLP. 10Joint venture with Discovery, Inc., in which Nexstar owns 31% while Discovery owns the remaining 69%.
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