WBIN-TV to launch WBIN Classics/Antenna TV in January

WBIN-TV announced its new digital channel “WBIN Classics”. It will premiere on Jan. 1, 2015. The majority of the programming will be provided by Tribune Broadcasting’s Antenna TV, but will also feature locally produced programming still in development. “WBIN Classics” will replace The Live Well Network, which is ceasing operations.

“WBIN is excited to team with Tribune Broadcasting in bringing Antenna TV to the Boston market. Antenna TV has enjoyed considerable success in other cities and we are confident Boston will be next,” said Gerry McGavick, General Manager of WBIN-TV. “We are also pleased with the flexibility this network provides us to create and broadcast local content. We will be working with NH1 News as well as our own producers to create compelling programs that will appeal to both New Hampshire and Massachusetts viewers.”

Antenna TV, which is now available on 94 affiliates across the U.S. reaching 75% of TV households, features a lineup of classic favorites such as: I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Leave it to Beaver, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Partridge Family, Sanford and Son, All in the Family, Good Times, The Three Stooges among many more.

For local channel information, please visit: wbintv.com

About WBIN-TV

WBIN-TV offers news, entertainment and public affairs programming to an audience that encompasses 2.4 million households representing nearly 6 million viewers both over the air and through all major cable systems throughout New Hampshire and the Boston DMA. NH-1 News on WBIN-TV launched in September 2014 and can be seen Monday through Friday at 5pm, 6pm and every night at 10pm.

About Antenna TV

Antenna TV (http://www.antennatv.tv/) launched on January 1, 2011 and is available as a digital multicast channel on 94 affiliates across the U.S. reaching 75% of TV households, including WPIX-TV (11.2) New York, KTLA-TV (5.2) Los Angeles, and WGN-TV (9.2) Chicago. For local station information please visit: http://www.antennatv.tv/affiliates

About TRIBUNE

TRIBUNE is one of the country’s leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing, and interactive. The company’s broadcasting group owns or operates 42 television stations, WGN America on national cable, the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV, Tribune Studios and Chicago’s WGN-AM. In publishing, Tribune’s leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and Daily Press. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune’s print and broadcast properties and extend the company’s nationwide audience.

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