Alpena, Mich., Gets ABC Affiliate

Network strikes deal with Thunder Bay Broadcasting's WBKB-TV

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/14/2013 1:14:12 PM

WBKB-TV, the only station licensed by the FCC to Alpena, Mich., will add a third affiliation thanks to digital multicasting.

The primary CBS affiliate is already a Fox affiliate on its 11.2 digital channel. Now it is adding ABC programming through a just-announced affiliation deal between ABC and owner Thunder Bay Broadcasting.

ABC will be on 11.3, and will bring the market its only morning news show, according to ABC -- WKBW will produce a newscast to lead in to Good Morning America.

Thunder Bay already owns the ABC affiliate in Marquette, Mich., WBUP.