weyi was blamed for forcing competing nbc affiliate wdiv from detroit off of comcast's flint system, as well as starting the syndication exclusivity controversy on comcast flint. for several years, wdiv was available on comcast's flint system. however, in 2004, weyi filed a complaint with the fcc claiming it was losing nbc viewers to wdiv, most likely due to that station's new digital, all-high definition picture. according to weyi's website, the station used betacam equipment (an analog videotape technology introduced in 1982) and none of its local or syndicated programming was broadcast in hd until 2014. this is because weyi lacked an hd-capable master control to receive such programming in even 16:9 standard definition widescreen, let alone hd. the fcc ruled in favor of weyi and for a brief period, nbc programs on wdiv were blacked out on comcast flint. eventually in august 2006, comcast flint removed wdiv from the system completely, replacing it with the new local mynetworktv affiliate via wnem-tv's second digital subchannel.