all hearst-owned abc affiliates including wpbf preempted "saving private ryan" in 2004. the station was one of three abc affiliates in the state of florida that preempted the film. wpbf was also the only abc affiliate in florida to preempt "power rangers" during the period of time in which the program appeared on the abc kids block, due to its lack of educational content, as many of its sister hearst stations did.