CircleSeven

Oh boy. KFSN is about to get "pinned". Wonder where they got that idea from........

New M&A from Gray. And we're going back to Hawaii.

Gray is acquiring the Telemundo affiliate KSIX-TV from Mauna Kea Broadcasting for $1M.

We all know what Gray has in the Islands. Honolulu's KGMB (CBS) & KHNL (NBC). And KHNL satellite's KFVE (formerly KHBC) Hilo and KOGG in Wailuku.

KSIX's signal primarily serves the western sections of the Big Island. Gray is saying the station's signal doesn't overlap with their Honolulu station or KFVE, which that serves the eastern part of the big island.

Here's the contours of both KFVE & KSIX signals in the Big Island.

13 minutes ago, Roadrunner said:

They started out with masks like the one below back in April:

That's not legit. It's just a regular mask with someone drawing the "Circle 7" logo with a permanent marker.

Shirleen filled in on World News Now earlier this AM.

New station. WOAI. But sister station KABB is still using the old Glass gfx.

Vid courtesy of dma37dude of YT.

Don't like half-assing. Either both get the new gfx simultanenously or don't do it at all.

I guess we're heading into Cordillera territory......

Vid courtesy of KTVQ's YT page.

When did MTN get a new logo?

They switched to Aerial. Graphics are a status quo.

Morning anchor Mary Calvi has been appointed as new weekend anchor of Inside Edition.

She will still anchor the morning & noon broadcasts on Channel 2. But she will also fill-in for Deborah Norville on the weekday IE broadcasts.

Channel 2 airs IE Weekend Sunday mornings at 4:30am. Maybe they should move it up to 5:30am, leading to the local show at 6am.

It appears that Sinclair is making its first TV station purchase since the consent decree.

They're buying two LPs in the DC area. WDCO-CD in Woodstock, VA & WIAV-CD in Washington from WMTM, LLC for $8.5M.

12 hours ago, oknewsguy said:

I have to wonder if its feasible for a market the size of Knoxville to have 4 in house news departments?

 

Depending the size of WTNZ/WKNX's facility it might be big enough to accomodate an in house news department for WTNZ

But would Lockwood be willing to blow most of their budget just to start an in-house op for WTNZ? I strongly doubt it. In fact about it, I don't they've ever started an in-house news op from scratch.

The only reason why they have it on KAKE, WCAV & WFXG is because it was already established by those respective station's previous owners. 

On 6/19/2020 at 3:18 PM, TexasTVNews said:

Prayers are going out to former New York and current Harrisburg, PA anchor Robb Hanrahan of CBS 21 (WHP) who had suffered a massive heart attack yesterday. He's recovering in the ICU after a second surgery. Thoughts are with The Hanrahan Family and Robb's colleagues at CBS 21, and prayers for a full recovery to Robb and to his family at this difficult time.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/06/cbs-21-anchor-robb-hanrahan-still-in-icu-but-made-a-nice-step-after-heart-attack-wife-says.html

Follow up. Robb is now recovering at home.

Here's WDFX's promo

New station. WSBT is now using the Sinclair gfx.

30 minutes ago, capsgm2002 said:

I don’t think they used Pulsar in any form. 

Pulsar was used..... Especially in this Al & Jerry promo at the beginning of this vid.

Vid courtesy of "eyeontv" from YT,

How about the music at the beginning & the ending of that NMSA sample? That's different from the now-identified music on the middle of the sample.

On 4/8/2020 at 5:31 AM, CircleSeven said:

 

So small follow up.

 

The FCC has greenlighted the KFNB (and satellites) Front Range transaction. But the KGWC (Big Horn) & KTWO (VIsion WY) is still pending.

On 4/16/2020 at 1:25 PM, CircleSeven said:

 

KGWC & KTWO was also greenlighted.

The deal of the Wyoming trio (KFNB, KTWO, KGWC) was completed 6/1, but the closing papers was posted yesterday (6/8).

I don't think WGN used their own Skycam9 for the coverage. I say ths because WMAQ uploaded their raw footage of the chase, which was the same feed WGN used.

Who could forget Nancy Loo & David Ushery on the morning show?! That was two decades ago.

New retrans fight. AT&T/DirecTV & Lilly Broadcasting. 

The Lilly stations could be dark as early as June 10.

1 hour ago, TheRob said:

Law enforcement arrested CNN's Omar Jimenez, and his producer and his photojournalist, during the riot coverage. 

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/minneapolis-cnn-crew-arrested/index.html

They were later released.

48 minutes ago, MidwestTV said:

Is DBL being moved? I'd imagine a 4pm newscast would pull in better numbers than DBL.

Looking at this guide, DBL is on at 12:30pm after the Noon report.

Hey y'all. They got 'em.

Here's the full consent decree posted yesterday (5/22). The decree also includes that its has to abide by a four-year compliance plan.

If this was any other broadcaster, that $48M would've been just. But with Sinclair?! Even if the fine would've been $100M (which should've been the preferred fine), that still would've been a slap on the wrist. FCC should've at least put the matter to a hearing anyway. Without the hearing, this shows that they can just buy their way out of trouble. And once four years elapses, how do we know they won't re-offend again? Remember Glencairn?

Anywho, the FCC did approve their long-awaited transaction of KOMO-FM from South Sound Broadcasting. The deal was first made in June of 2017.

On 5/19/2020 at 9:40 PM, jbnews said:

"See beyond the surface"

 

The new "10" logo went live on the noon show.

Vid courtesy of "dma37dude" from YT.

Here's the open.

Vid courtesy of "DADOSUPERMARIO 2" from YT.