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    Anchor changes are happening beginning next week in the month of November.

     

    First, over at Birmingham's CBS 42 (WIAT) Art Franklin and Jack Royer are swapping anchor seats next week. Royer will move to the morning (4:30-7am) and Noon, while Franklin will join Katherine

    Mozzone at 4pm and longtime anchor Sherri Jackson at 5, 6, & 10pm

     

    Finally, over in La Crosse, WI. WXOW (ABC 19) / WQOW (ABC 18) morning anchor Dustin Luecke will move from the morning show to the evening and late newscasts replacing longtime anchor Scott Hackworth, who announced he's retiring Nov. 5th. Luecke first night as the new main anchor will be Friday, Nov. 6th.

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    At the FCC

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    36 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

    They didn't say they're going to use "8.1" on the UHF allotment. You cannot assume its going to be 8.1, because they haven't announce what virtual channel they're going to use. As long as they still own WFAA on RF 8, it's still going to be VC 8.1 on WFAA. It could be 8.4 or 8.8, etc., but it's too early to tell what VC they're going to use on the UHF once the KMPX deal is completed.

     

    Now Estrella's option agreement to get VHF 8 (and its just the VHF assets (antenna/transmitter, not WFAA's studio or programming), that transaction will come after the KMPX transaction is completed. And that option will last for five years after closing. And then once that option transaction get exercised and completed, you'll likely see a callsign and virtual channel swap.

     

    Post-Option Closing:

    • WFAA - VC 8.1 - RF 30 - Decatur - Tegna - ID 73701
    • KMPX - VC 29.1 - RF 8 - Dallas - Estrella - ID 72054

    So Tegna is paying Estrella to go on the UHF allotment, and the Option price for Estrella is $5M. So Estrella is essentially pocketing $14M to move to VHF (should they exercise on that option).

     

    This was similar to the KNSO/KGMC facility swap that happened earlier this year when Telemundo swap sticks with Cocola, getting Telemundo off VHF 11 to UHF 27.

     

     

    You made a good point, but I still oppose this.

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    TEGNA Broadcasting and Digital General Discussion

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    I see a two scenarios.

     

    1. KMPX as an independent maybe a CW affiliate. IMO, WFAA could start expanding and producing news on KMPX.*

     

    (*) When WFAA was owned by Belo, they operate KFWD and rebrand it as "Classic TV". We might see a revival of

    Classic TV if KMPX goes English language independent, and move Estrella TV to 29.2.

     

    2. Keep KMPX on Estrella TV and movie it to 8.5.

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