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KRQE will end its CBS affiliation, switching to full-time Fox programming 

Channel 13 will drop CBS on Aug. 1 amid a rights-fee dispute; Hearst鈥檚 KOAT will pick up CBS on a new digital channel

The KRQE headquarters in Albuquerque on Friday. KRQE will no longer be a CBS affiliate starting Aug. 1.
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A shakeup between two broadcasting giants is bringing an end to KRQE-TV鈥檚 72-year run as a CBS affiliate.

The local station, owned by Nexstar Media Group, will become a full-time Fox affiliate 鈥 a brand it has been with since 2017.  

KRQE will remain on channel 13, with no changes to its channel position, ownership or personnel, and will add new programming to replace the former CBS time slots, KRQE General Manager Jeff Miller confirmed to the Journal.

The shakeup will also see Hearst-owned KOAT-TV launch a separate digital channel 鈥 a secondary broadcast stream carried alongside its main signal 鈥 to distribute CBS programming, a Hearst spokesperson said. KOAT will remain on channel 7 and continue carrying ABC programming. 

The moves will happen in early August.

鈥淭he heart of the issue is that the CBS network was looking to achieve significant increases in rights fees paid by KRQE for their network programming,鈥 he said, adding that CBS鈥檚 programming performance 鈥渄oes not resemble or support the increases they expected KRQE to pay for those rights.鈥

The change will only affect the CBS network programming, not shows like 鈥淛eopardy鈥 or any local KRQE newscasts. Miller said the station feels secure about its future, although it is still coming together. In the meantime, the station will focus on its existing strengths.

鈥淲e intend to play to our strengths, which has always been the stellar KRQE news team and the local content they produce, which has built this station's legacy,鈥 he said.

KOAT executives could not be reached for comment.

The deal comes after Nexstar and Paramount, which owns CBS, confirmed they renewed their agreement to continue carrying CBS programming on many but not all of Nexstar鈥檚 stations, a spokesperson told The Desk, an independent news website covering broadcast media. 

Albuquerque is one of four television markets losing CBS programming, along with stations in Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; and the combined market of Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina, according to Radio and Television Business Report, an independent trade publication covering the broadcasting industry. 

鈥淐BS has an unwavering commitment to our audience,鈥 a Paramount spokesperson wrote in an email. 鈥淲e are excited to continue to deliver our leading sports, news and entertainment programming to viewers across the country.鈥  

In May, Nexstar pulled its affiliates out of the CBS 近距离内射合集path service, which provides member stations with video packages, live footage and other content on national and international stories, according to . That move occurred roughly a month after Nexstar pulled its NBC stations out of NBC 近距离内射合集Channel, a program similar to 近距离内射合集path. 

Keelin Fisher is a business reporter for the Journal. You can reach her at kfisher@abqjournal.com