to avoid being consigned to the uhf band in two major markets, cbs heavily courted abc affiliates wxyz-tv in detroit and wews-tv in cleveland. both stations were owned by the e. w. scripps company, who used this leverage to strike a similar multi-station affiliation deal of its own with abc. unwilling to risk losing two of its strongest and longest-standing affiliates, abc and scripps agreed to a 10-year affiliation contract with wews, wxyz and three other stations.