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Don't forget Daystar.

I would argue maybe bringing "Vatican Media" to the States via Roku and other streaming means and double down on content, even make actual newscasts from the reports from Vatican News? But does the cost justify it when the church is already in a tough financial spot, probably not.

Evening News not happy about it.

It's also on KAZT's third subchannel as they de facto operate Loudon, and Sinclair is KTXD through Cunningham. KVMD indeed kicked them off their LA main channel coverage a few weeks ago. Current affiliate list

Here's something a CBS affiliate is DARING to do... WTSP is expanding their noon news to an hour starting Monday, July 7th. 10 Tampa Bay Midday will now run from 12-1pm, just like WTVT, WFTS, and WWSB. Y&R is moving a half-hour later to 1pm and B&B is moving 90 minutes later to 3pm. The PM Great Day Live moves to 3:30pm and takes Daytime Jeopardy! off the airwaves. So now they're just taking the 12:30pm newscast from streaming to actual television.

I mean... Nexstar-operated WYZZ Bloomington carries it on 43.3.

Then air it on cable... oh right... Cable is dying as we speak. NEXSTAR?! I mean, I know thay Nexstar might not be the best Broadcasting company/corporation but they don't need to be involved in any of that. Also, I am absolutely sure that the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) wanted a basic network airing Dr. Phil programming, not any of the stuff that is being shown that just sends them (TBN) into culture wars. It should also be reminded that even the Tri-State Christian Television Network (TCT) isn't safe. (From CNN. —> https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/media/dr-phil-cable-network-bankruptcy)

For what it's worth most of this goes back to the Crouch family feud, in which Matthew and his wife Laurie (and by extension, their sons Caylan and Cody) prevailed over Paul Jr. and his children for succession rights. P.J. and his son Brandon created JCTV, renamed JUCE after P.J. and his offspring were banished from TBN. Smile (of a Child) and the Church Channel were Jan Crouch's creations. As soon as she died, Matt and Laurie changed course on both. TBN stayed away from wading into political waters when Paul Sr. and Jan were running the show. Of course, that all changed when Matt and Laurie gained full control once both his parents were gone. I see that as part natural evolution, and part Matt and Laurie seeking greater influence in those circles.

This is heartbreaking to hear. WFAA's Mariel Ruiz has triple-negative breast cancer... at 33.

You cant change what you dont acknowledge.

There's two EWTNs: the first is the channel that shows masses for shut-ins and daily rosaries (along with Bishop Sheen reruns). The second is the news service, which is to the right of OAN and Newsmax. Raymond Arroyo is their lead "anchor" when he's not chumming up with Laura Ingraham, a friendship that goes back to her conversation to the Church 20 years ago. The Vatican is in a tough spot, it's not like there's enough of an audience to justify the existence of a competing network with a more liberal ideology. It always had been a euphemism for the right-wing. CBN, TBN, PTL and even individual televangelists have had those beliefs for practically forever.

The Ansin family literally developed Miramar from the beginning. The only thing that kept them from redeveloping the island was getting the WIOD side and their towers (the island was partitioned in 1962 after Biscayne Broadcasting lost the license for channel 7–which saw a replacement license awarded to Sunbeam—and AM 610 was sold back to Cox Media).

KOFY barely switched from GRIT to Merit a year and 3 months ago. I’m guessing GRIT is leaving the sub channel and back to ch 20.

In Dr. Phil's filing, he claimed TBN agreed to give the must-carry rights on their O&O stations over to Merit Street (which would have been crazy to do) and then renenged, which they characterized as leaving the operation with "nowhere to send its broadcast signal and nowhere to air its programming". https://deadline.com/2025/07/dr-phil-merit-street-media-jv-bankruptcy-sues-trinity-1236448188/

She platformed Phil and Mehmet Oz! Good luck trying to figure out who has been worse or more damaging in the long run.

I posted this on Broadcast Plaza’s A Block, but might as well highlight it here too. There has been so much turnover for TBN’s diginets in the past decade, to sum up: * TBN Salsa (their attempt to target English-speaking Latinos/Hispanics) launched and failed within a couple of years; * The Church Channel became Hillsong Channel and then, in the wake of Hillsong’s scandals, became TBN Inspire * Smile and Juce TV (formerly JCTV) were merged into a Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite-style scheduling format OTA (Smile during the day and Juce at night for 12 hours each, with their 24-hour feeds relegated to the TBNi streaming offering) for a couple years after Salsa launched, then re-separated back into two 24-hour feeds when Salsa was dropped; * Juce (and its teen/YA-targeted format) was repurposed as a YouTube channel, while the OTA network got replaced by the family movie channel Positiv (becoming its first commercial diginet venture); * Merit TV launched under a distribution partnership, hit financial issues within its first year and is now likely on the verge of being kicked off of TBN’s diginet suite; * Enlace USA was shuffled off to streaming (bc of Merit’s launch); * Smile (one of the few OTA kids’ channels) folded in January and had its OTA slot replaced by infomercial service OnTV4U.

Here's a full breakdown; Mountain Broadcasting (which owns Merit's NY flagship, WMBC) is the second largest creditor, followed by KVMD, its LA station, and Olympusat, along with DirecTV and Nexstar and the COPS producers, among others. So it's more than TBN, but every one of his affiliates has said 'we're done', and I'm sure TBN expected a basic network, not for him to throw them into multiple culture wars. I don't really have sympathy for them because they knew they are literally competing with his own reruns, but those other groups are not going to be made whole.

You almost have to wonder if the state of Mississippi will become, essentially, one large market? Although the Delta is often the forgotten part of the state...and does feel isolated from a media perspective.

I'll bet you that this and the ABC fines will be overturned on appeal after Trump is deposed (it may come to that when his term is up and he doesn't leave) because this is blackmail plain and simple.

I can only imagine what Oprah thinks of all of this. Bonus points if Gayle King told her to come to her senses before he went (further) off the deep end...

*) I'm doing it in terms of irony and oxymoron. +) let's hope; it'll be a Merry Christmas miracle.

Looks like TBN is cutting ties with this clown and the waste of bandwidth that is Merit Street. I'm sure that some third-rate media platform will save (don't call him Dr.) Phil McGraw's vanity project, otherwise it could be on its last legs. If he loses the TBN distribution, I give Merit Street before New Year's until its forced to shut down operations, again unless some desperate platform needing content takes mercy on this shitshow of a channel.

Dr. Phil once again refusing accountability. Merit Street Media is filing for bankruptcy... and is suing TBN for "breach of contract". https://deadline.com/2025/07/dr-phils-merit-street-media-jv-files-for-bankruptcy-sues-partner-trinity-broadcasting-for-breach-of-contract-1236448188/

I posted this on the Allen Media page but will post it here too WTVA has announced Chelsea Simmons as the Chief Meteorologist.

Speaking of Matt leaving WTVA just announced Chelsea Simmons is the Chief Meteorologist.