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It's actually not that big a surprise. Channel 24 has languished in last place since... what... the early 1970s? Had they remained under Raycom ownership, it's possible that they could have been somewhat competitive against long-dominant WTOL and WTVG. Channel 24 has been snake-bit ever since it was the (not kidding) flagship of the Overmyer/United Network. Creditors even owned it throughout the early 1980s when owner Don Overmyer defaulted on loans! It was a miracle that WTVG was bought by ABC, thus giving WNWO the NBC affiliation on a silver platter. (WXYZ would outdraw channel 24 in Toledo during the ABC years, and I wouldn't be surprised if WDIV outdraws WNWO today.)

Nexstar has taken ownership earlier this year.

I wonder what 'TTV's news would be like if Sinclair still owned it, or if they'd still just be getting WRTV's newscasts... But that's the sign of centralization for ya. I bet $10 Sinclair brings back News Central, no matter how much they think how dumb that was.

Linsey Davis a full time ABC News correspondent, not a freelancer. ABC should, at the very least, suspend her.

Has Nexstar taken OWNERSHIP of the West Virginia Media Holdings stations yet?

You silly bird, that dish IS attached to the Jeep....all those guys could afford was C-Band.

At first glance, I thought that satellite dish was attached to the Jeep. Also, "Weather Wrangler" is much easier to say than "ABC2News Jeep Wrangler." Just saying.

Cluster centralization makes sense, as much as we abhor it a bit around here. I know the Ackerley stations were rather connected at one point.

Two former co-workers of mine work at a Sinclair station in the western U.S., but they also do news for a Sinclair station in the Midwest. These two stations are 1,500 miles apart and the same anchors and producers are doing news for both. Toledo and South Bend is nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if more of the talent is centralized in the future, especially in regions where one company owns a station in every market.

Former Fox executive Karen Adams (most recently of Fox Television Stations, with a long career at WGHP and later WJZY) has died at the age of 62. She died over the weekend from sudden medical complications at her High Point, NC, home.