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By now, I know you've heard about the
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big changes coming to the Miami Fort
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Lauderdale TV market. And as a streaming
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TV expert and someone who lives here
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myself, I've been digging into the
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details and what this means for you. So,
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here's what's going on. Local 10, the
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longtime ABC affiliate, is parting ways
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with ABC, breaking up, and the owner of
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Miami's Fox affiliate, has picked up the
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ABC rights. And now a new station is
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launching ABC Miami 18. So starting
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August 4th, 2025, if you want to watch
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ABC programming from Good Morning
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America to the Bachelor and live sports,
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including some Monday night football
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games, then you'll need to tune to ABC
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Miami 18, not Local 10. And if you watch
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over the air with an antenna, ABC Miami
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will broadcast on channel 18 and also
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Fox programming that will stay on 7.1.
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No changes there. If you've got a
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traditional cable or satellite plan, ABC
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Miami is going to be on channel 18, at
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least in most cases. And for people who
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stream live TV through services like
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YouTube TV and Hulu Live, we'll just
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search ABC since most of the live TV
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services don't use channel numbers
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anyway. And when ABC network programming
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is not airing, the new ABC station is
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going to be showing a lot of local news
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and those are going to be simalcasts of
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So more Belis and more Craig on two
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channels instead of one. As for Local
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10, it's going independent, so it won't
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have a network attached to it. The
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station already produces a lot of local
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news, and it's going to expand that as
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well as other locally produced programs.
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If you're using an antenna, Local 10
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says you will need to rescan your
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channels around the time of the switch.
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then you can continue to watch Local 10
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on 10.1. ME TV and Heroes and Icons,
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they're staying on the same sub
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channels, too. Now, to something I think
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could cause a lot of confusion here,
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even though ABC programming is moving to
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the new ABC Miami 18, Local 10 is
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holding on to the rights to a few
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syndicated shows like Wheel of Fortune,
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Jeopardy, and Live with Kelly and Mark.
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These shows are not exclusive to any one
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network. They're sold individually in
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every market. But here's the issue.
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Local 10 warns on its website that it
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will not be carried on most major live
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TV streaming services after August 4th.
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It's possible that deals could be worked
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out over time. But as of this recording,
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if those shows matter to you and your
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live TV service doesn't have local 10,
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you're going to have two main options.
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First, you can use an antenna. I live in
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the Fort Lauderdale area and use a $12
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indoor antenna. I'll link below to a
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separate video about how to get started
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with an antenna. It's an easy and
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inexpensive solution, but unfortunately,
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indoor antennas are not going to work in
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all cases. That brings me to the second
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option, and this is something new. For
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the first time ever, Wheel of Fortune
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and Jeopardy will be available to stream
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the next day on both Peacock and Hulu.
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That starts in the fall. So, if you
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already subscribed to either of those
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services, it's another way to keep
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watching. And one other note, I reached
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out to my contacts at Xfinity. They
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confirmed that both Local 10 and the new
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ABC Miami 18 will be included in their
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channel lineups. And not just the
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traditional cable TV plans, but their
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streaming focused sports and news TV
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plan that costs $70 a month. And what
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about the Local 10 Plus app? This is the
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app that Local 10 uses to stream its
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newscasts, but historically it has not
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included any syndicated shows like
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Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. I did
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reach out to Local 10, tried to get some
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clarity on this, but I did not get a
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response. Both Local 10 and ABC Miami
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18, they've got help pages on their
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websites. One thing I noticed while
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reviewing them, though, they do a good
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job of talking about their station, but
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not the other station. So, you probably
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need to visit both websites to get the
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