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I found the whole 5pm send off /farewell really odd. For most of his career, he’s been known as the 6pm and 11pm guy… he’s been on at 5pm for a little less than 6 years (replacing Diana Williams in September 2019). It made sense to have a big announcement about the 11pm. They probably should’ve done the 5pm at the same time… or just made this a less over the top goodbye.
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Also would Tegna unload it's flaghip?
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Yes, however, they kept all other CBS affiliations and they over index in SEC territory markets (GA, FL, SC, AL, MS, TX (granted not all are CBS stations).
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And since its call letters have the exact same number of syllables as "WTBS", it could use an updated version of this classic: "Celebrate! Celebrate! Superstation P-C-H!"
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I think Gray may just be thrilled of letting go of the CBS affiliation because no sec football games
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NYAZSporty replied to Horizon's topic in General TV
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Which makes. you wonder if CBS might be looking at markets it can buy its way into. CBS DC, anyone?
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Today, a Citytv affiliate in Medicine Hat, Alberta announced it is shuttering all of its operations, effective immediately. The station's owner, Pattison Media, explanied that the cause of the closure was due to financial reasons and that they've "explored every possible avenue to sustain operations". This is the third local Canadian station to shut down after CITL/CKSA in Lloydminster. Their last newscast: The press release announcing the shutdown: https://hatnewstoday.ca/2025/06/03/pattison-media-makes-difficult-decision-to-close-chat-tv-in-medicine-hat/-
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Sony struck a deal for next-day streaming of Jeopardy and Wheel. They will appear on Hulu and Peacock starting in September: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/wheel-of-fortune-jeopardy-stream-hulu-peacock-september-1236417105/
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If he’s 75 now the odds of him simply disappearing one day aren’t near zero anymore. Sometimes you just gotta know when to hang it up.
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I was surprised to hear Bill say that he'll be on Eyewitness News at 6 for years to come. Although it's customary for semi retired anchors to ride the 6pm until the end, in this cost-cutting climate I'm surprised they didn't make him fully retire instead of paying him to anchor for 30 minutes a day. Regardless it's cool to still have another veteran anchor around for a while longer. I grew up watching Bill and Liz together at six, so it's nice that she will be his final partner.
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Yeah. IIRC, KSBW is their smallest station right now in terms of market size, and its DMA was ranked around 100. (Also, I included KWWL as it'd give KCCI an in-state sister station.)
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The only games Gray could get in Atlanta are if they bought a pre-season package of 3 meaningless games, and any local rights to a Thursday night Amazon Prime game if the Falcons are in the game. The regular season football package is exclusive to CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN/ABC and to their O&Os/affiliates.
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Local stations "bid" on the OTA rights of games that are otherwise streaming-only (Prime, Netflix, etc.) or on cable, no matter their affiliations. That said, the Falcons only have 2 such games, this season, so that obviously wouldn't be enough to prop up a station.
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The moderators have recently had to hide several posts from less-seasoned users, asking about individual stations' launches. Gray has like a thousand stations, we don't need to see inquiries about all of them. Please try and show some restraint, from this point on.
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But won't CBS just air the games on their new local station? How would Gray get the rights
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After it (WCIX ch.6/WFOR-TV ch.4) had a callsign change and a channel swap...
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The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread
LOWERCASE GUY replied to NEOMatrix's topic in Graphics
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Yeah, it’s the end of an era indeed. This is exactly how it played out for Bill Beutel in the late 90s until he left the station in 2003. And most of the veteran anchors stayed on the 6 p.m. show till their final days. Bill Ritter, now his replacement from 2003, is now 75, so it’s understandable that he's slowly beginning his departure from the career. Hopefully, he stays till 2030! What a solid anchor and face he has been for WABC.
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The morning ones were finally edited too to take out Mike, but they also took out Sam. I wonder if this is a sign of him slowly moving back to the network full time. Another note about Bill’s second send off - he omitted Michelle’s name when listing all the current long tenured anchors.
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The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread
TennTV1983 replied to NEOMatrix's topic in Graphics
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Yeah, it was WCIX that was irrelevant because of a poor signal and limited resources for their news department. Once Steve Maudlin came in as GM by 1998, they became competitive.
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...and has been a CBS affiliate thrice previously: 1953—1958, 1960–1962 (both as KTNT-TV) and 1995–1997. So CBS leaving KIRO-TV and going back to Channel 11 in Tacoma won't be much of a stunning development as what's about to happen in Atlanta.
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The NFL still requires it...for now. That may very well change in 2029 if the NFL feels such a change is in its best interests.
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KSTW is technically already a CBS O&O.
