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I've had the impression that Nexstar and Tegna had begun the integration process BEFORE the sale was actually finalized, which seems illegal in and of itself. They owned Tegna for TWO DAYS before the TRO was issued. What could they have possibly done in two days that's so permanent it can't be undone? This is why I think the FCC had told Nexstar well before the sale was formally approved that it would happen no matter what and to basically go ahead and start acting as if the two had been merged. I'm starting to believe Nexstar didn't have any plan in place for any kind of lawsuit or what-if scenario of the deal being blocked.

DirecTV's response: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.caed.484734/gov.uscourts.caed.484734.97.0.pdf Of note: "As the Court recognized, Nexstar could have entirely avoided the need for a hold-separate order had it simply 'waited to complete the acquisition until after this Court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s claims.' Nexstar dedicates most of its Notice to bemoaning the consequences of its own hasty actions."

Hopefully the court will respond with something along the lines of, "That's not our problem. Comply anyway."

That's pretty ironic for a station with call letters that could be seen as referring to WeaTHeR.

This. Nexstar was like the impatient child on Christmas. They wanted their shiny new toys now instead of waiting until it was their turn to have their gifts opened. They also let their arrogance get in the way of good judgement. Only doing the bare minimum to sell off stations (all but one of which are the lesser-prized of their possessions) so they can keep the more attractive ones, which solves very few, if at all, problems with regards to conflicts whatsoever; surely that will go over well. Putting aside the logistics of the deal, all they had to do was wait until after the coast was truly clear, even if the FCC told them to jump sooner rather than later. It's been botched already because they rushed it without thinking about what happens if they make too many changes too soon.

Here is Mary Nam's final sign off from KOMO earlier this week after 23 years there. One of the last of the old guards from their Fisher Communications days has left the building. I'll post Michelle Meredith's final sign off later today from WESH 2 as well if it comes around.

Just from seeing the social media discourse: a lot of the narriative his supporters have used on social media is "he was fired for long dinner breaks to be with his wife and kids." So that's their attempt to refute/counter that. More importantly, for the plaintiff's side, filing a lawsuit, especially in a place like Florida where public records are easily accessible, is fundamentally the equivalent of the scene in Mean Girls where Regina George throws copies of the Burn Book down the hallway. It is out there. It has been said. Even if that part of the lawsuit isn't allowed to be part of a possible trial in the future, that information can't be put back in the tube. As someone who worked at that station: It is a HUGE surprise the social media incident saying bad things about Publix in May 2025 wasn't the termination event. Publix LOVES television advertising, especially in local news. And you don't cause drama, needlessly, with an advertiser who generates that much revenue.

Cry me a river Nexstar. You broke it, you bought it, you fix it when it's ruled you should not have been able to buy it.

I swear they just fired everyone, from the GM to the Engineers and the entire IT team. The website hasn't been updated since the deal closed. It's not even redirecting to http://wishtv.com. WRTV is now just a holding channel and network assets.

WMAQ Chicago late edition 1984:

His Facebook seems to indicate weekend evenings.

Pat Calvin (formerly of News12 LI) and recently in other markets has announced he’s joining WPIX. Not sure what time or shows he’ll be working but pictures on Instagram show him at night working with I believe Shirley Chan.

And let's see what happens when Nexstar goes bankrupt because they're the last broadcaster who exists in a given place. Newspapers are at least dying a slow death with the marketplace. Radio has more "variety" even though it's all a bunch of jukeboxes and fringe voices. TV is being murdered against it's own regulations because someone doesn't like the truth being told. Let TV die with the market instead of murdering it by uber-consolidating it. That way, if a station or group goes bankrupt, the market can decide whether or not to bring it back either as a station or group.

Did anyone read this tool's take on the situation? https://tvnewscheck.com/regulation/article/jessell-courts-shouldnt-meddle-in-the-nexstar-tegna-deal/ Jessell is as much of a con artist as Scott Jones at FTVLive.

Their new graphics were inspired by a combination of brainstorming the most boring thing you make a lower third look like and someone on vacation watching the 2012 Scripps graphics and loving the way the transitions moved side to side. It is by far one of the worst looks in local TV today. The only graphics ABC ever had that I admired was what WLS had before they standardized everything. Those were pleasant to look at.