User blog:BJFRacing14/WABN to begin re-transmission Monday

ABN Domestic Television Corporation has undergone a serious reevaluation of their purpose of being in Charlotte, North Carolina in light of the September 21st riot which left 19 WABN employees injured, and 4 WABN employees facing criminal charges after attacking one of the protesters during the melee. Retroactively, the DTC and CDB suspended WABN operations on Friday, September 23rd. As a dire consequence of the DTC suspending operations, WABN's cable partner, VividStar, pulled WABN from its services.

Some of the biggest corporate entities in Charlotte have also pulled their partnership from WABN costing the station in the range of over $35 million in annual endorsement revenue. It is the second costly event in ABN history since the Strike of 2012 leaving yet another black mark on ABN's branding and possibly its future.

Even more disappointing to ABN DTC is the revocation of WABN's Seal of Excellence, which is handed out to individuals or groups from large organizations at ABN's annual conference in Los Angeles.

An ultimatum was issued to the general manager and sales manager of WABN on Saturday night with the following:

WABN TV 7 can be put back on the air on Monday, September 26th, 2016 only if the station manager and sales manager do the following: The DTC fined WABN a sum of $1,000,000, the maximum fine the DTC can lawfully allow for their role in the September 21st riot plus medical cost and lost compensation for the injured rioter.
 * Commit to 5,000 hours of community service.
 * Create better practices in dangerous situations.
 * Re-establish trust with the Charlotte-Kannapolis-Concorde communities through charity events as deemed by the DTC Board of Directors.
 * Issue a letter of apology to WABN's former endorsers and viewers for having subjected them financial hardship, lost airtime, and lost wages for those who were not directly involved, but were deeply affcted.

For WABN to be reinstated of its Seal of Excellence, it will be up to a panel of ten aribitors established by the DTC's Board of Directors to determine if the ultimatum is met wilfully and completely without fail. Should WABN fail to meet these expecations, the Seal of Excellence will not be reinstated.

ABN CEO Billy Fortner told the press today he greatly regrets subjecting WABN through this aggressive restructuring process, but it was an absolute necessity for the betterment of WABN to restore what it had lost during the riot.