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===Switch to CBS=== [[File:Wbaltv.jpg|thumb|left|215px|The WBAL-TV modernistic glass walled studio and offices facility with huge call sign letters on the roof, visible from passing on the [[Jones Falls Expressway]] ([[Interstate 83]]), on "Television Hill" near [[Woodberry, Baltimore|Woodberry]] in north-central Baltimore, opened in 1962.]] On March 3, 1981, [[CBS]] announced that it would be ending its 33-year affiliation with WMAR-TV, then owned by the A. S. Abell Company (then-publishers of the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]''), and moving its programming to WBAL-TV. Among its reasons for making the switch, CBS cited channel 11's strength in local news ratings and overall non-network programming as opposed to WMAR-TV, which heavily preempted the network in favor of syndicated programs, local [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] and sports coverage; CBS also cited low ratings for WMAR's newscasts.<ref>Carter, Bill. "CBS switching affiliation here from WMAR to WBAL." ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', March 4, 1981, pp. 1, 6. Accessed April 15, 2019. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/377417961][https://www.newspapers.com/image/377418054]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS switches affiliation to WBAL-TV in Baltimore. |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/81-OCR/1981-03-09-BC-OCR-Page-0152.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting|page=152 |date=March 9, 1981}}</ref> WBAL-TV's first stint as an NBC affiliate ended on August 30, 1981, when the two station exchanged networks–the first affiliation swap to occur in Baltimore. The last NBC program to air on channel 11 until 1995 was a rerun from the evening before the switch of the first episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', with host [[George Carlin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Today's Television |work=[[Baltimore Sun]] |page=B2 |date=August 29, 1981 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Television Programs |work=[[Baltimore Sun|The Evening Sun]] |page=4 |date=August 29, 1981 }}</ref>
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