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=== August === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date || Event |- ! 4 |Shortly after [[CBS]]' [[List of CBS television affiliates (by U.S. state)|affiliation]] agreement with [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]], its flagship station at that time, [[KDKA-TV]] finally brings back the program ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' after a few years of preempting. |- ! 7 |[[NBC]] wins the rights to [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|broadcast]] the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] from [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]] for $545 million. |- ! 14 |[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate in Rockford, [[WREX|WREX-TV]] and [[NBC]] affiliate [[WTVO]] swaps network affiliations due to a group deal with [[Quincy Media|Quincy Newspapers]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=1995-05-29|title=AFFILS IN FINE FEATHER AT NBC MEET IN HAWAII|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/affils-in-fine-feather-at-nbc-meet-in-hawaii-99127220/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" | 17 |On the series finale of ''[[Yo! MTV Raps]]'', numerous high-profile names in the world of hip-hop close the show out with a [[freestyle rap]] session. |- |The [[Tribune Media|Tribune Company]] acquired a 12.5% limited partnership interest in [[The WB]] for $12 million; the deal gave Tribune an option to increase its stake in the network up to a 25% interest; Tribune would eventually increase its ownership share in the WB to 22.5% on March 31, 1997. |- ! 21 |As a result of the 1994β96 United States broadcast TV realignment, longtime [[NBC]] affiliate [[WLUK-TV]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] becomes the first of four "Big three" affiliates that SF Broadcasting (a joint venture of Savoy Communications and Fox Broadcasting) has purchased from Burnham Broadcasting to switch its affiliation to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. NBC eventually aligns with former Fox affiliate [[WGBA-TV]]. Two more NBC-affiliated stations ([[WALA-TV]] in Mobile, Alabama, and [[KHON-TV]] in Honolulu), along with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WVUE-DT|WVUE]] in New Orleans switch their affiliations to Fox on January 1, 1996. NBC again swaps affiliations with the former Fox affiliates in Mobile and Honolulu ([[WPMI]] and [[KHNL]] respectively), while ABC joins [[The WB|WB]] affiliate [[WGNO]] and former Fox affiliate [[WNOL]] joins The WB. |- ! 22 |[[Larry Hagman]], former main actor of ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' and ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', undergoes a liver transplant. |}
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