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As we previously reported, Time Warner Cable will be dramatically reordering their digital cable lineup in Northeast Wisconsin on October 6th.  At that time, there will also be some changes coming to basic/standard customers' lineups as well.

This comes in Time Warner Cable's monthly legal programming notice, published in local newspapers and on their website.

Highlights of other announced programming changes include the following:

CHANNEL NUMBER CHANGES

• WPT WI moves to 975, WPT Create to 977, Retro TV to 991 and WBAY Weather to 992.
• WBAY HD moves to 1003, WFRV HD to 1006, WGBA HD to 1007, WPNE HD to 1008, WIWB HD to 1010, and WLUK HD to 1012.
• Big Ten Network moves down to channel 39
• Cartoon Network moves down to channel 62
• Oxygen moves up to channel 68
• Versus moves down to channel 38
• HGTV moves down to channel 26
• VH1 moves down to channel 20
• CSPAN moves to Basic channel 99 in Oshkosh, Neenah/Menasha and De Pere lineups
• WGN moves to channel 9
• Info channel moves to 66 in Appleton, Green Bay, Reedsville, De Pere, and Neenah/Menasha
• EWTN moves to Basic channel 11 in Oshkosh and 12 in Marinette
• TLC moves to Standard channel 42 in Marinette

CHANNEL PACKAGE CHANGES / CHANNEL ADDITIONS

• Shop NBC moves to Basic lineup on channel 96
• Jewelry TV moves to Digital Access
• Nick2 moves to the Digital Choice package
• IFC moves to the Movie Package
• Fit TV, Investigation Discovery, Planet Green, Speed, CSPAN 3, GSN, BET J, SOAPnet, Sprout, Outdoor and NBA TV move to the Digital Variety package
• RFD TV, Military History, C&I Network, and CNN International join the Digital Choice package
• Sundance, The Word, TBN, MTV Hits, TV One, and BTN Alternates join the Digital Variety package
• Hallmark will no longer be in the Family Choice package, but will remain in the standard lineup
• Marinette will have several additional changes to the standard lineup. For a listing of Marinette area changes, please see today’s issue of the Eagle Herald or complete local lineup, which will be mailed to all Time Warner Cable customers.

CHANNEL DELETIONS

• West coast feeds of Showtime, Sho2, Showcase and Sho Extreme will no longer be on the lineup

 

Let the Favre love-fest continue...

Last season, WFRV carried as many New York Jets games as possible to tap into the leftover Favre fan-base in Northeast Wisconsin.  With Favre suiting up for the Minnesota Vikings, WLUK will be picking up that torch, though not as often as WFRV could.

According to WHBY, WLUK will carry at least six Vikings games this season and may also pick up a seventh if they opt to carry their last game of the season.  There are four Vikings games they will not be able to show, as the kickoff collides with Packers coverage.

Vikings games will also appear on WFRV twice this season, once on NBC Sunday Night Football on WGBA, and ESPN's Monday Night Football twice.

Green Bay NBC affiliate WGBA has dropped its NBC26 Daybreak programming in favor of newscast reruns and syndicated programming, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

This latest shakeup comes after the Journal Communications-owned station dismantled its local morning show last July in favor of piping in morning programming from Milwaukee sister-station WTMJ.  

The new morning lineup begins with a syndicated lifestyle show called "Better TV" at 5 a.m., followed by a repeat of the previous night's local 10:00 p.m. news at 5:55 a.m.  "Early Today," which originally airs at 4:30 a.m., will repeat at 6:30 a.m.

The article also states that the news director position at the station is advertised as open.