on january 24, 2006, time warner and cbs corporation announced that the two networks they owned, the wb and upn, would cease operations, and that those companies would combine their resources to create the cw. just hours after the announcement, wpde released a notice on its website indicating wwmb would become an affiliate of the new network. this notice was a little premature, as over the next two months, many announcements of network affiliation changes including station deals with the cw were made.