Michigan Media

LIN Media and Mediacom reached a retransmission consent agreement. WOOD-TV and WOTV are now available on Mediacom cable systems in West Michigan.

Mediacom Communications announced late Friday that it had reached a retransmission consent agreement with LIN Media that resulted in the immediate restoration of nine LIN stations to Mediacom’s cable systems.

The stations: WALA/WFNA Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.; WANE Fort Wayne, Ind.; , WTHI Terre Haute, Ind.; WOOD/WOTV Grand Rapids-Battle Creek, Mich.; WAVY/WVBT Portsmouth-Norfolk, Va., and WLUK Green Bay, Wis.

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LIN Media and Mediacom have failed to reach a retransmission consent agreement. As a result, NBC affiliate WOOD-TV and ABC affiliate WOTV are not available to Mediacom subscribers in West Michigan.

The retransmission consent spat between LIN and Mediacom has resulted in several LIN stations going dark for Mediacom subscribers. The affected stations are WALA-WFNA Mobile-Pensacola, WOOD-WOTV Grand Rapids, WANE Ft. Wayne, WLUK Green Bay, WTHI Terre Haute and WLFI Lafayette (Ind.).

LIN says it has given Mediacom a one week extension for WAVY and WVBT in Norfolk “so affected viewers can still receive our local news coverage of Hurricane Irene,” said LIN in a statement.

“LIN Media is demanding a huge increase in the fees that Mediacom pays to carry their stations,” said Mediacom in a statement titled Why LIN Media Has Pulled Their Stations From Your Mediacom Channel Lineup. “We believe we have a duty to our customers to try and reach a fair deal with LIN that keeps costs reasonable, especially given these extremely difficult economic times.”

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