As of midnight, April 30, 2008, WBRZ will no longer be available on DISH Network's local channel lineup. WBRZ continues to negotiate with DISH Network in good faith, hoping to reach a fair agreement as soon as possible.
The relationship between WBRZ and the Dish Network began to deteriorate in the Fall of 2007, when WBRZ realized that fees collected from Baton Rouge subscribers were not paid to the station since the inception of Dish Network’s local-into-local service which was May of 2006. That was in violation of the carriage agreement.