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It's simple economics. With NBC locking down the NBA, it's not surprising they decided to pass on the French Open. They don't have an infinite amount of money to spend on sports rights and it's safe to say there's more value in having the NBA than the French Open. Sports rights aren't going to get any cheaper, so tough decisions have to be made.

Pay more, and put it on less accessible channels? They clearly weren't willing to fight for it. It's not complicated.

KXAS (not surprisingly for an NBC o&o) is the best looking station in the market.

My Fox Station and former O&O WDAF-TV (Channel 4) in Kasnas City, have been in the same building since 1949, and it's in pretty good condition.

Why did NBC not keep the french open, especially with the long relationship that they had. They could have offered more and put it on peacock and usa, instead of NBC. .

The few times I've seen their newsroom on air, it looks worse IMO than the news set does. Lots of wires that should be hidden, ceiling tiles not completely in place or missing, just sad looking--especially in comparison to the other local newsgatherers.

The 1999 WABC cut might not be the perfect choice for KABC, but I think it’s a lot better than what they had been using.

WBNS weekend news open, March 1994. A new set debuted that December along with new graphics and a 'techno' news theme as I call it:

As WBD continues to contemplate sticking with the NBA under a 4th nat'l TV package, they gain rights for the French Open from NBC & likely Tennis Channel. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-french-open-us-rights-1236028911/

Affiliates and NBC News; they don't want special programming roadblocking the daytime with pre-emptions, and there are places to air it where only Supernatural rerun fans are inconvenienced. Outside the Olympics and golf, the days of gobs of broadcast daytime being sucked up for sports are over, and it's much cheaper to Zoom someone to drone on about today's 'dangerous' TikTok trend than to devote time, crews, resources and money to a sport where only four names win anything (you can bet with Novak's injury NBC knows tomorrow's swan song was going to go out with a whimper). Also as long as the FCC keeps up this silly charade of brain-dead travel and nature shows with only senior and banned Internet kids appeal being 'educational and informational' the affiliates and networks still have to work around putting that three hours somewhere. Weekend sports with low appeal get in the way.