daily knowledge: warner bros once tried to enter the broadcast television market by launching their own flagship over-the-air TV network, The WB. opening on january 11, 1995, The WB set itself apart from both other TV networks and from other Time Warner owned networks by using michigan j. frog as its mascot.
the network ended in 2006 when it merged with UPN (a similar network owned by viacom) to create the CW, which was very recently sold for -54 million dollars.
