time slots from 1993 to 2012, and was also syndicated to the Retro Television Network. The program moved to WBBZ-TV in August 2012. WKBW-TV aired an annual 12-hour Variety Kids telethon each March, with Mr. Food (until his 2012 death) and Clint Holmes co-hosting along with WKBW-TV's personalities. In 2020, the telethon moved to WGRZ and WBBZ-TV. As part of a perpetual contract, WKBW was the local broadcast outlet for Monday Night Football games that feature the Buffalo Bills. In 2022, WKBW surrendered its rights and WGRZ acquired them. WKBW was also the longtime home of Bills preseason games before the Bills signed a statewide agreement with WIVB owner Nexstar Media Group. Syndicated programming Live with Kelly and Ryan, Right This Minute, The Kelly Clarkson Show and Hot Bench are among the station's syndicated offerings. Beginning in the 2015–2016 television season, the station also began carrying The List, which along with RightThisMinute, is among Scripps' internally produced programming for their stations (RTMs presence on WKBW predated Scripps buying the station). The station has begun to carry bartered Entertainment Studios programming in overnights since the purchase by Scripps, replacing hours of paid programming. Internet initiatives During the 1990s and through much of the 2000s, WKBW-TV was proactive in its ventures on the Internet. The station was among the first in Western New York to launch a website in the mid-1990s and was the first to offer RSS feeds and podcasts. WKBW-TV streamed its noon newscasts live online, one of the few major network affiliates to offer a video stream at the time (the feed was removed from the WKBW.com page in April 2007, but remained in operation through at least mid-2008; Scripps reactivated the stream in 2015). On demand video of newscasts is available. WKBW-TV redesigned its website in April 2007 using the YouNews TV platform for locally contributed viewers photos and videos. In December 2010, the station's webmaster was laid off. The station's website continued to be managed internally by Granite until October 2014, when a Scripps-run modern site designed for compatibility with both traditional PC and mobile tablet and smartphone platforms came online, along with the standard Scripps interface for the station's mobile/tablet apps. Financial difficulties and cutbacks WKBW-TV's then-owner Granite Broadcasting filed for bankruptcy in 2006; as a result, the station group as a whole was hit hard by financial difficulties. Longtime anchors were either dismissed or seen