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Company Hopes New Network Will Cause a Public Katzenjammer! (We Kid You Not)

Jan 19, 2015  •  Post A Comment

Katz Broadcasting is hoping its new network will cause quite an uproar (a katzenjammer)—of laughter, that is.

The company has announced “The country’s first-ever, over-the-air broadcast television network devoted to comedy around-the-clock.” It “will launch this spring when Katz Broadcasting debuts LAFF on April 15, 2015.”

The announcement adds, “LAFF will feature a mix of contemporary off-network sitcoms and popular theatrical motion pictures, with a target audience of adults 18-49.  The LAFF brand will cross multiple platforms, with the linear network carried on the signals of local broadcast television stations and corresponding cable carriage while companion digital content will be available at LAFF.com and via the LAFF app.

“Katz Broadcasting also announced two major distribution agreements for LAFF:

The ABC Owned Television Stations will carry LAFF in New York (WABC-TV), Los Angeles (KABC-TV), Chicago (WLS-TV), Philadelphia (WPVI-TV), San Francisco (KGO-TV), Houston (KTRK-TV), Raleigh (WTVD-TV) and Fresno (KFSN-TV).

The E.W. Scripps Company will also launch LAFF on its stations in Detroit (WXYZ-TV), Phoenix (KNXV-TV), Tampa (WFTS-TV), Denver (KMGH-TV), Cleveland (WEWS-TV), Indianapolis (WRTV-TV), Baltimore (WMAR-TV), San Diego (KGTV-TV), Kansas City (KSHB-TV), Cincinnati (WCPO-TV), West Palm Beach (WPTV-TV), Buffalo (WKBW-TV) and Tulsa  (KJRH-TV).

These initial agreements will make LAFF available to more than 35% of the country, with more distribution additions expected to be announced shortly.”

 

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