WARP

WARP is a CW affiliate that serves the eastern part of the Fair City vicinity. Sister channels include WIQP. It broadcasts on channel 35 on virtual, and channel 33 on digital. Syndicated programming on WARP include Riverdale, and Dynasty; among others.

History
On September 16, 1983; just 3 months before WSHU was launched; WARP launched. They only aired news programming until 1994. Just a year later, in 1995; they were bought by Warner Bros. who created The WB. WARP became an affiliate in February of 1995; and made a huge success; at least until 2004. In 2004; The WB began to lose viewers. In 2005, they filed for bankruptcy (not WARP) and began to sell every station to CBS which in turn created The CW; which WARP eventually became.

Since 2006, it has been a CW affiliate and never changed to this day. In 2007; they began slight rebranding. In 2010; they introduced an alternate logo where the W's right part swoops up into the air. As of 2019; 1.5 million viewers watch CW every day.

Ownership History

 * CBS Corporation (1995-present)
 * Warner Bros. (1995-2006)
 * The CW Network, LLC (2006-present)

Station ID History

 * "The Best" (1983-1994)
 * "Now At Your Good" (scrapped, due to improperness)
 * "The Better, The Good-er" (1994-2003)
 * "There's Always More to Watch" (2003-2014)
 * "Dare to Defy" (2014-present)