For 25 years, Sinclair's KUTV (Salt Lake City) has aired local news from 7 to 8 a.m., followed by a delayed telecast of the first hour of CBS' national morning-news show from 8 to 9 a.m.

Beginning Monday, Sept. 3, “CBS This Morning” will air from 7 to 9 a.m. on KUTV; the station’s 7 a.m. local newscast will air exclusively on sister station KJZZ-Channel 14.

It’s a move that KUTV General Manager Kent Crawford fought.

But, CBS insisted on it as a condition of the station’s new 10-year affiliation agreement with the network.

KUTV had no choice. The station’s revenue would plummet — as would its value — if it lost the CBS affiliation.

The network is kicking in a bunch of money for a campaign that will blanket Utah with ads about the upcoming change. 

H/T Salt Lake Tribune