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There is only one appropriate response to this development...

As bizarre that it is for Nexstar/Tegna to be approved and yet Allen still waiting to sell the remaining "for sale" stations to Gray, I'm not complaining about that. And while Nexstar would likely merge behind the scenes and keep "visually" separate newscasts, the moment Gray gets its hands on WAAY it's over for that station. They'd merge the news with WAFF without thinking twice about it.

What is actually happening? Who cares that we are seeing his office or Anderson has some Mics on the desk?! Talk about a rudderless ship. Is someone doing this on purpose to CNN? It seems like self-sabotage. Im confused. I still would rather watch CNN if I had to ( though I preferred CNN international, until they basically let everyone go and people just left and they never re-hired anyone.) but the channel is effectively a mere shadow of its former self. CNN International still does some news broadcasts instead of endless talking head "analyst" shows rather than actual news. But this "podcasty" move on CNN domestic is just silly, performative and pointless. Its so sad to see. Particularly when they formerly commanded a massive huge news room at the CNN Center and then a sister channel that never stopped in Headline News. Which was operating at just delivering the news headlines nonstop. CNN Domestic its just bored-looking over paid anchors in front of screens in flash cam studios conducting sleep inducing interviews. What happened?! (My views have nothing to do with politics) Its just so sad. It just to be the globally respected news channel. When they are on they do great work. It used to be the go to channel for breaking news....those days are over. (Because everything is branded as breaking news) CNN international also had a massive news room on display in Atlanta, London and in Hong Kong with dedicated blocks of news and reports from all corners of the globe. Now its just a collection of flash cam screens. Does any one actually work there anymore besides those doing politics? Doesnt seem that way. Today they have basically neglected the entire Southern Hemisphere and you rarely get any news out of Africa or Asia unless is something about China censoring them live by shutting off their signal. We've seen it a billion times already. Really no interesting reports and its become US domestic politics heavy. Yawn. I find myself turning to SkyNews, BBC, AlJazeera, France 24, CBC. Other global broadcasters that have effectively taken what CNN International used to do and replaced them. There are so many channels that now have filled the space left by Headline News. Not sure why Headline News couldnt have made it work. Oh I remember.... they kept tinkering with it to death and people stopped watching. Now we have ABC News Live, CBS 24/7, NBC News Now, Scripps News and NewsNation amongst many others also internationally running headline services. And all of which came on the scene after they made a mess of Headline News. Those competitors are some how profitable. Now CNN is trying to rebuild that legacy by creating the CNN Headlines FAST channel. Which is a dire attempt to say the least. Its so sad to watch.

For the first time ever, a local broadcast station has debuted ESPN 8: The Ocho on a digital subchannel. The honor... WKCF Clermont/Orlando on DT 18.3, moving Estrella TV to another subchannel announced later. That 20% stake in ESPN is finally coming in handy for Hearst (though not the first time... WCVB's SportsCenter 5). What a unique idea! https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/wkcf-orlando-launches-espn8-the-ocho/

That looked like nothing was wrong with him. It just shows how in a sudden instant, things could change and could be taken away from us, just like that. Ugh.

Now that this graphics and music package has reached the Scripps News channel, hopefully the rollout process will start to move a little faster to the rest of the local stations that have yet to receive it.

Counterpoint: CBS has no issue implying jurisdiction over the entire Lone Star State with KTVT's CBS Texas branding.

Easier said than done in SoCal. In NorCal, there are two CBS O&O stations: KPIX- SF and KOVR- Sacramento. There isn't a CBS O&O station in San Diego. The CBS affiliate is now owned by Nexstar.

These greenlit deals (WTVA, WLFI, WTHI) are not in conflict with other stations in their markets, so they were able to close with no issues from the FCC and DOJ. Others, like WSIL, WAAY and WCOV conflict with existing stations, and could cause issues with market share as well.

Well, except for the two episodes of Comics Unleashed that will continue to air on WLFI and WTHI every weeknight. Worth it.

See, this is what I get for guessing. (To be fair, it's hard to find a current list of DMA rankings since Nielsen is so litigious about their info, even though such a list should be publicly-available knowledge.)

Yes, that is correct. Looking through the court cases, I see four (not three) scenarios. 1) Everything is a-ok. The cap is advisory and there is no antitrust issue, so Tegna can be absorbed into Nexstar without any legal repercussions. This would be a big win for Nexstar. 2) The cap is advisory and Nexstar is not violating that, but there ARE antitrust issues in certain markets (overlap markets mainly) that warrant a sale to an independent third party. In this case, the states' case is accepted but the interest groups' case is denied. 3) The cap is the law and Nexstar must sell Tegna stations in newly acquired markets. However, there are no antitrust issues, so they can keep the overlaps within existing markets. This is the opposite scenario to Scenario 2. 4) Both antitrust and cap violations are found (basically a combination of both Scenarios 2 and 3), which basically requires a near-unwinding of the deal. This is the nuclear option if they don't get their way and both sets of plaintiffs win.

The news staff getting to have weather folks in the studio with them, along with programmers happy that AllenSlop is being tossed off the schedule and being replaced with harmless Gray shows like InvestigateTV+ and Aging Untold...

Posted today: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-281A1.pdf

There are some discrepancies between all of the documents in there. The structural plans show a second studio and control room (and one of the Structural Narrative documents dated 9/05/2025 states "Footings have been updated at the new Studio B addition.") while the G and AI sheets show the second studio area as offices for Deco Drive and Sports, and the second control room as edit bays for those two teams. There is an audio console mysteriously sitting in the walls of one of those edit bays, which lines up with the second control room's audio booths in other drawings. The G and AI sheets do show the second floor space of Studio B as "void space", and the landscaping plans also show Studio B (slightly larger than the structural plans!) and second control room, but are dated 10/7/24. It looks to me like the original plan was two, then they scaled back to one with provisions to build the second in the future, then went back to two. One page of the G sheets show what appears to be a couch and coffee table in the "Team/Safe" room... so I'd imagine it's exactly the type of "safe" room you think it is. At least everyone who works there can sleep soundly knowing that the CEO and GM will survive comfortably in case the worst happens.

However, their agent will likely advise them to take the deal, ensuring their contracts include favorable exit clauses and additional safeguards. The bigger question is whether their ego will allow them to say no?

this is looking from the north, from Miramar parkway. that big opening on the 2nd floor will be staff the dining/lounge, with prep kitchen and a regular kitchen, large balcony with seating. Red rd view, headed south. engineering/sales-traffic offices Right side lobby

New WSVN/ABC Miami building construction photos.

For the love bring back the Westinghouse 2 to KDKA

That looks awful.

Scripps is now purchasing WTVQ in Lexington for $15.8 million.