Time Warner Cable has terminated negotiations with KITV’s parent company, Hearst. 

Capitol Watch reports:

Our media partner KITV has posted an update on its website regarding the channel’s nine-day absence from Oceanic Time Warner service.

Excerpt:

Time Warner Cable, on behalf of itself and Bright House and Insight, for which it has negotiating authority, has terminated negotiations with our company, Hearst Television, for continued carriage of KITV.

Hearst has successfully concluded over 150 carriage agreements in recent months with other cable companies with no disruption of service to subscribers. This contrasts with Time Warner’s disruptions of service and withdrawal of carriage of local television stations in other cases.

Time Warner Cable refuses to pay our station a reasonable fee relative to what it pays for other significantly less popular channels. Time Warner’s characterization of the percentage increase in carriage fees we are seeking is inaccurate. …

Contrary to Time Warner’s claim, we have not “blacked out” our station.  You may continue to receive our station for free, over the air, or by satellite from DIRECTV or DISH, and, where available, from other cable operators.

Viewers can determine the type of antenna needed to receive the signals of Hearst Stations at http://www.antennaweb.org/. …