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The Indianapolis Colts have signed a two-year deal with Tribune Co., moving the team's two television shows from Lin TV Corp.'s WISHTV Channel 8 and WNDY-TV Channel 23 to Tribune's WXIN-TV Channel 59.
"The Bill Polian Show" will air 10:30 p.m. Saturdays starting this fall, and "Colts Up Close" will air Fridays at 11:30 p.m. To beef up its Colts affiliation, local Tribune officials also are working independently on a Colts post-game show, which will air on WXIN sister station WTTV-TV Channel 4 on Sundays following the games.
"The decision to change didn't come down to the talent at WISH. They did a good job, and we still have a very strong relationship with them," said Tom Zupancic, Colts senior vice president of sales and marketing. "it comes down to what we can buy time for, and Tribune made us a better deal."
WISH, a CBS affiliate, had been the Colts' local broadcast partner the last three seasons.
The Colts buy time from local stations to air "The Bill Polian Show" and "Colts Up Close" and the franchise sells ads during...