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Podcast: The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network
Episode: Episode 499--The 30th Anniversary of The Big Switch
Description: 30 years ago FOX shook up the TV landscape when they grabbed the NFL's NFC television package from CBS. In the process, several CBS stations in NFC markets not wanting to lose out on football jumped ship to FOX and set up a domino effect around the country changing many TV viewers' habits. Some of these changes are still being felt in various markets years later.
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KCNC/KUSA/KMGH packages (including the Big Switch on KCNC):Â https://youtube.co...