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Which could be the death knell for the deal, since the FCC cannot get around what courts say.

19 News took a tour with Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb of Reserve Square, the complex where WOIO and WUAB have been located since 1995 inside the basement of this residential complex. To put it nicely, this place has really gone to hell... Gray should have moved them out when they could have especially when they could have built their own station. https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/03/04/cleveland-mayor-wants-faster-court-action-reserve-square-building-complaints/

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a coalition of states including California, Colorado and New York are planning an antitrust challenge to the deal.

KVBC (now KSNV) Eyewitness News at 11:00 (February 28, 1981; rebroadcast) WJLA ABC 7 News Good Morning Washington (February 28, 2005) WMBB News 13 at Ten (December 3, 1998) WTAP News at Eleven (May 26, 1993; starts at 8:40)

Scripps' talk about "paying down debt" in selling WFTX and WRTV is clearly just propaganda. Anyone can see that at this point. And while we're at it, maybe someone should convince Scripps to change its slogan to be "Our light went out and can't find our own way". Would be pretty accurate for a company that was once the gold standard for local TV.