For the past week, attempts to tune in to ABC affiliate WMAR-2 on TV through Xfinity have been met with a prominently displayed message: “This channel is unavailable.”

Xfinity cable customers in Baltimore and millions of subscribers nationwide lost access to 40 broadcasting stations after Comcast, which owns Xfinity, and broadcasting company E.W. Scripps, failed to reach an agreement over access to programming.

The contract between the two companies expired on March 31 at 5:59 p.m., and within hours, broadcast stations, including WMAR, were blacked out.

It is unclear when the television station will be available to viewers again.

According to Comcast’s website, “A number of reasonable offers have been made that E.W. Scripps hasn’t accepted.”

The Philadelphia-based Comcast has similar messaging on television screens, but with a slightly different tune.

“Scripps has refused our reasonable offers, and their demands would significantly increase the price you pay,” the message reads.

Scripps, which provides on-the-ground reporting, weather updates and live sports coverage, said in a statement Tuesday morning that the broadcast company proposed an extension to keep its signals available while negotiations continued.

“Since then, Comcast has refused to respond to our most recent proposal to restore service to its customers,” the Cincinnati-based company said.

Scripps said in a previous statement that it had been “negotiating in good faith to reach an agreement that reflects this value and is fair for both parties and viewers.”

WMAR, the nearly 80-year-old station in Baltimore, can still be accessed through an antenna, where the station’s signal is free, or via streaming apps like Roku, Amazon Fire TV and YouTube TV.