Conventional wisdom suggested that it would take the ABC affiliation since it was Dayton's third commercial station.

For the next few years, the ABC affiliation in this vast market was split between three stations in neighboring markets.

The station kept the ABC affiliation until December 31, 1962.

It was also in constant jeopardy of losing its ABC affiliation.

Fuqua reasoned that if channel 6 took a primary ABC affiliation, it wouldn't have significant out-of-market competition.

It was a primary NBC station with secondary ABC affiliation.

Therefore, Martin realized that an ABC affiliation would not bring significant out-of-market competition.

However, it retained a secondary ABC affiliation for many years.

Originally an independent, it picked up an ABC affiliation soon afterward.

The ABC affiliation went to the new station.