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Here's the thing: Unless you're a die-hard local news fan, I don't think most people are going out of their way to watch FAST. Viewers want bespoke content that is picked for them, not to watch a broadcast on a app. We cut cable because we wanted a level of control from our content vendors to choose exactly the kind of information/entertainment that we want to watch and having an algorithm recommend additional content based upon what we liked or psychologically attracted to. Swapping OTA for FAST for identical content ignores the entire reason that viewers cut the cord anyway.

It took four years to resolve this?

The Sturlaugsons didn't even want KXGN-TV. It's obvious that KDZN-FM propped up channel 5 and just about everything else. Just as much as KYUS-TV was only being run as a public service and relayed KULR at no charge to Cowles. WJSU and WCFT say hello.

The thing with these non-major network broadcast stations on Youtube TV and such is that they either has a deal with the owners of these stations or not. So this means they do not have a deal Berkshire Hathaway.

Canada Corus is in a really bad shape financially. Want more proof of that? These channels will cease to exist come September 1st: • ABC Spark • Disney Jr. • Disney XD • La Chaîne Disney • Nickelodeon This will leave two things: • CMT as the last Paramount-owned network in Canada owned by Corus. • Disney Channel as the last Disney/ABC-owned network in Canada owned by Corus. The Canadian TV industry continues to fall rapidly... (This link is paywalled): https://cartt.ca/corus-to-pull-plug-on-some-kids-channels-amid-financial-pressure/

WKRN's Davis Nolan is about to hang it up on August 22nd after a stellar and amazing 44 years there. https://www.facebook.com/daniellebreezytv/posts/bittersweet-day-my-friend-wkrn-davis-nolan-announced-he-will-be-retiring-on-augu/1280706163420280/

I watched it live and had to double back to verify that I saw what I saw. It was 6:01 and 69° and the poor meteorologist had no idea.

The FCC has reached a consent decree with TEGNA over an incident that occurred on KREM back in October 2021 where somebody hacked into one of the monitors on KREM's set and displayed a pornographic clip for "approximately 13 seconds" during a weather segment. TEGNA will pay $222,500 and implement a compliance plan. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-573A1.pdf

I'm gonna be curious about that myself. At first, I suspect ABC won't be immediately available, but there will be time before they shuffle everything along, at which point ABC will be available. This move will also affect WPLG internationally via the Bahamas, USVI, or other places that carry it for the ABC feed.

Double yeesh. How long before they elect "must carry" status with cable and satellite? They better be streaming all of their shows on the apps or else they have really screwed the pooch with this move.

The missing time at 11PM makes for an easy, modification-free repeat in the middle of the night. The nights you see a time/temp, that show probably doesn't air again.

Plus, HBCU GO sports as well from Allen.

I suspect a lot of hotels in Miami-Fort Lauderdale will be dropping them from their lineups come next month, too.

I can only assume they'll try to go the FAST direction or go heavy on promoting streaming through Local 10+/YouTube Live since they're ramping up the news schedule and there's no point in having that carriage when right now they only have three hours of syndicated programming on weekdays and by September, that will all be streaming next day itself (Live with Kelly is on Hulu, J!/WoF on Hulu/Peacock, The First 48 is on anything with an A&E library deal). It'll just simplify their digital reach overall. I wish them luck, but not being on those platforms will likely backfire and be reeled back if they decide to go for pro rights.

So they're doubling down on linear television? That's not going to work well for them. BH doesn't have the infrastructure for that.... Frankly there's demand for non-linear targeted stories, but not without the cost offset for the SAAS development.

From their FAQ page:

Isn’t Lindsay on freelance? That’s probably why she doesn’t have a profile up.

In some alternative multiverse, it was their TV stations.

This is... intriguing: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2025/7/7/nexstars-latest-nd-hire

yeesh. Seems like a fantasy or offshore TV station come to life in Miami. Hopefully "ABC Miami" will be their main brand, but they have to educate the OTA & cable/satellite viewers on channel position. "ABC Miami" is enough for OTT. I would imagine WPLG would continue on YouTubeTV. WJXT has always been carried as an independent so carrying WPLG post-switch should be a given. ABC would pull the strings for getting "ABC Miami" on there.

Was looking through the team page again, no changes since Yu's sudden removal (and she still has ABC7NY on her Instagram?), however I realized that they've never added Lindsay Tuchman for some unknown reason.

And there was a time when Gannett was a trusted name in local newspapers.

As a number of them were part of and still employed after the first Dr. Phil HR scandal and followed him to the Metroplex away from the security of LA and CBS, some of them knew why they were signing up for.

WPLG has picked up rights to women’s soccer club Fort Lauderdale United FC.

A relief when Gannett or Alden could've done much worse.