As FTVLive has pointed out, when Fox Television decided to buy WSFL in Miami, it likely meant changes were coming to Fox affiliate WSVN.

Fox is planning on buying WSFL from Sinclair, which is buying the station from Tribune. If you have been following along at all, you know what's happening.

WSFL is a CW affiliate, so it is likely that the Fox O&O in Miami would not be airing shows from the CW.

Many expect that Fox pull the affiliation from WSVN and move it over to WSFL.

Ed Ansin, owner of Sunbeam Television Corp., which owns WSVN says that Fox has assured him that it would not terminate its affiliation aggreement with WSVN prior to June 30, 2019 when it expires.

As for losing Fox programing, Ansin is not too worried about it. “We are veterans of the network wars so to speak,” Ansin said. ”Each time, we have been innovative and successful. If we’re not Fox, we will continue to be the news leader.”

Ansin said if Fox were to drop its affiliation with WSVN in mid-2019, he would then make WSVN an independent news station. He would plan to add a 9 p.m. newscast to replace the loss of Fox programming, as well as pick up a syndicated show for 8 p.m. Fox programs currently air from 8 to 10 p.m weekdays on the station.

“We’ll become an independent and run more news, essentially,” Ansin said.

You have to like his style, despite the networks holding a gun to his head, not one time has he blinked.

H/T Sun Sentinel