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It seems that Channel 5 is probably going to be the only station with local New Year's coverage this year. WMAQ will have their New Year's Eve special "A Very Chicago New Year" hosted by Chicago Today hosts Cortney Hall and Matthew Rodrigues. Former WLS-TV stablemates Janet Davies & Mark Giangreco will be special guests for the special. This will be the first time Mark appeared on Channel 5 in over 27 years.

That's the graphic when you press it to get to the on demand video. The station has yet to debut the graphics on air.

And now the Disney networks have gone dark on YouTube TV.

Los Angeles became the largest TV market to air an ATSC 3 signal. KTTV (RF 11) is the host station, carrying Fox 11, KCOP 13 & KTLA 5 main channels. KTTV's ATSC1 simulcast is on KTLA's RF 35 stick, while the subchannels (11.2-4) are on KCOP's RF 13 stick.

They went with the overused WMC pack.

New Retrans scuffle. Its Disney and YouTube TV. The mouse is reminding its viewers that it could lose its networks (including ABC & ESPN) before midnight Friday, if a deal is not reached.

This needs to be said. Despite being the new chief, Conklin is staying in his morning shift. So no word on who will take Thomas's evening slots.

WPTV airs Live! at 12pm, after Today on 5 at 11am. So that's a THREE hour delay. That's late as hell.

At last..... KRIS 6. Vid courtesy of "DADOSUPERMARIO 2" from YT.

Gray has filed two new petitions today. Both are in the Lone Star. KOSA (7 > 31) KTRE (9 > 24)

And just a day after they filed that request in Iowa, the FCC granted it. Also, Weigel has completed the California & DC transactions (KHTV/KSFV, KPOM, KVME & WAZT) on 12/1.

A big departure in Jacksonville. Longtime WTLV/WJXX reporter from Ken Amaro is retiring after over 42 years at the station. The station gave him a big sign-off on Wednesday.

They should've waited until after tomorrow..... Unless the Meredith stations have a different end date.

I read this from LA Times. It explains about FCC's equal time provision.

And just like that, the FCC has greenlighted this Black Hills expansion.

Seems that they've switched to the similar graphic pack WAVE 3 received.

Gray is removing its stations from NewsON at the end of the year. They will continue to stream on Syncbak's VUit.

And speaking of the devil, the LP (now known as KDIT-CD) filed to move its signal closer to Des Moines. Surprisingly, Weigel had to file a request so they can move to the proposed facility (Alleman). Because earlier this month, the FCC placed a condition on the license to cover grant that they had to operate its signal continously for a twelve-month period at their current facility (Baxter).

Former WJLA chief meteorologist Doug Hill passed away suddenly in NC yesterday.

It wasn't really Gray's fault. It was owners of KCPM that kept the station off the air all that time. I wouldn't be all that shocked if Gray try to bid for that allotment again. Also, do they want to bid for Aberdeen again (KABY)? WNYS was suppose to move to RF 15 in the repack. That was before Apollo turned-in that license. There also a few that were occupied by the late Jim Rogers' Intermountain West Communications group. Including two (Ely, NV & Jackson, WY) that those stations were later moved to the east coast. Initially, the FCC didn't want KVNV & KJWY to be moved, but the courts gotten involved and reversed their decision. ____________________________________________________________ Some good news in the Cornhusker State. For the first time since the tower collapse almost two years ago, KOLN has now lit up RF 10. This STA message stated that it was lit up last Thursday (11/18). The station has informed its viewers to rescan their TVs after 10am tomorrow (11/23). No word on when KSNB's UHF 24 signal will be up and running yet.

So big follow up regarding two new allotments (Ch. 9 Freeport, IL & Ch. 26 Eagle River, WI). The two are a part of 27 construction permits of full power television stations that'll be up for auction, which is tentatively scheduled to begin next June.

People on TV will be controlled by IAC's Dotdash (once they acquire Meredith's National Media assets after the spin-off). Gray won't have anything to do with the production of the show.

With all of that "updating" and "refreshing", you would think they would have a brand new studio set........

This would be the second time Channel 11 went 4am. First time was between September 2010 to June 2014.

A small M&A. Weigel is getting another LP. It's buying Bartow, FL's W14DQ-D for $100K. The LP has a permit to move it closer to Orlando on VHF-low RF 3.