CircleSeven

4 hours ago, JCB4TV said:

Couldn't Gray, or anyone else for that matter, attempt to apply to build a brand new station on the channel 27 allocation?

That's going to be a hard sell because It's been a while since the FCC approved a brand new full-power TV station. And I don't think its going to happen in the near term, as stations are still in the process of repacking after the spectrum auction.

And anyway, Gray didn't really need another full power TV station. They already have full power KVLY, and those three LPs (KXJB, etc.). If that deal would've went through, they probably would've moved one of those other networks (CBS or CW) over to the new FP.

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New M&A.

John Wagner is selling the Ion station in the Mississippi Delta, WFXW (the former CBS station WXVT) as a donation to Christian broadcaster, TCT.

11 hours ago, Samantha said:

The death knell has been sounded for KCPM Grand Forks, North Dakota.

 

The FCC today says the station incurred a 312(g) deletion for being off the air more than 12 months—because it hadn't operated from authorized facilities since 2014.

 

Gray had filed to acquire the station in 2018 and would have rebuilt it. Those plans have been dashed.

The FCC should've acted on this way sooner.

As soon as the KRDK's owners filed that petiton to deny, the FCC should've made this ruling right then and there and not let the deal drag on for 25 months.......

2 hours ago, NEPANews said:

If I remember, when the graphics switched to the Tribune set a couple years ago, Talkback showcased moaning about tiny text, ESPECIALLY with the lottery numbers.  I'd expect similar as some of the ticker text, and the temp bug are in such a thin text older folks will want that bolded up cause they won't look great on those old Zenith tube TVs.

They'd already enlarged the time/temp text on the 4.

This is not the first time a Tegna station didn't use a standardized theme music.

Remember, KARE 11 didn't use the Rampage Music theme, when Gannett started standardized its gfx in 2008. The station would end up using the mandated Gari music when the next graphic pack debuted a few years later.

DAMN!! The Schwarz theme survives!!!

On 1/14/2020 at 12:34 PM, CircleSeven said:

New M&A. Weigel continues its buying spree.

 

They're acquiring Hartford's WHCT-LD from Venture Technologies for $1.5M.

 

Shockingly enough, Hartford is currently one of the very few markets that don't carry MeTV. But WZME in Bridgeport did carry the network to portions of the market prior to 2015.

It's been greenlighted. 

@PelicanGuy, Color me surprised. But I believe this is the first time I've seen WDSU personnel dressing up.

Normally, they would wear station gear during the coverage.

On 1/17/2020 at 11:00 PM, atlnewsfan03 said:

I have yet to see on-air promos on WUPA promoting new nightly 10PM newscast.

Looks like they'd launched yesterday. Here's the promo.

KDVR/KWGN's GM Joan Barrett will become the new President/GM of Charlotte's WCNC.

Looks like Gray is LP-picking again. 

They struck a deal with religious broadcaster TCT to acquire Lansing, MI's WLNM-LD for $175K. 

But here's the twist. The parties formed a subchannel agreement in which the LP will carry TCT programming on a sub for five years after closing.

It'll be interesting to see what Gray is going to do with this stick. Currently, WILX runs five subchannels. But Gray has also ran the same amount of subs in some of their other markets (Toledo is one of them).

35 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

 

I'm surprised there are stragglers like WSAZ that haven't switched BACK to Stephen Arnold. 

Maybe you spoke a bit too soon. SAZ recently switched to The Rock.

Looks like Ansin won't be getting the Fox affiliation in Boston.

Apollo's Cox Media Group have renew its affiliation agreement for WFXT, WHBQ, KOKI & WFOX.

Back to the Raycom rollout. KPLC has the WMC package.

Vid courtesy of "Santa Fee" from YT.

On 1/21/2020 at 4:55 PM, TheRolyPoly said:

The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network.

 

Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th.

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243676/abc-oos-localish-expands-with-diginet-rebranding/

I know the official launch is the 17th. But I believe they've "soft-launched" this earlier this week.

I say this because I don't see any old Live Well shows on the guides. And the PSIP display name has changed from "LivWell" to "LOCLish".

Also, from this article, it states that some other affiliates are expressing some interest.

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Other ABC affiliates are expressing interest in picking up Localish’s linear channel and/or supplying content for it, [Jennifer Mitchell, SVP of content development at ABCOTS] said.  But right now, the focus is on a smooth linear debut among her unit’s stations.  “Once we get this launched, we’ll have conversations with the (full) affiliate body about how we can work together,” she noted.

New station. WJRT. 

They're using the WVLT gfx pack.

EDIT: Also switched the music to High Velocity V3. But I hear (on their stream) Gari's EWN on the bumpers.

A rarity. Sade filled-in for Shirleen this AM.

On 2/7/2020 at 1:02 PM, CBS11 Weatherboy said:

Not yet. CBS is using the new graphics on the some of the stations CBS 2 NY , CBS 2 LA , CBS 2 Chicago , and the new Lowe 3rd has been teased on CBS 4 Denver.

 

I'm watching KCNC's live stream now, and WCBS's 6:30 repeat on CBSN NY. And I don't see any L3 changes........

1 hour ago, StudioTech said:

Anyone know the name of the song that played at the end of the newscast? I remember it well, but tried using one of the music recognizing apps, with no luck.

You're talking about in this video? That the instrumental of ABC's Still The One campaign, made by JAM Creative Productions.

Vid courtesy of JAM Creative's YT page.

I guess they found Katie Fehlinger's replacement.......

25 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Is there any way WRDW/WAGT can get the new Gray graphics? Their current graphics are terrible (especially with weather), probably the worst of any Gray-owned station. Then again, that has always been one of the weakest stations in their portfolio.

Moved your question over to this thread. I'm aware that they're in a process of building their new facility. But no telling when they'll be done with that.

I doubt you'll see any further on-air changes before the move. However, they just change their music some weeks back (after WJBF changed theirs w/new gfx). So you may never know. Strange things have happen.

2 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

Better than KRDO who's the last station using CounterPoint.

Actually, former sister-station KJCT uses Counterpoint for its Daybreak (simulcast on KKCO) & 5:30pm shows.

EDIT: KKCO & KJCT uses The Rock (the rhythmic cue without the NBC chimes) for "The 10".

On 12/10/2019 at 1:57 AM, CircleSeven said:

RNN National (owners of WRNN-TV) is acquiring eight NRJ TV stations for $81.2M.

Looks like the RNN deal was completed last Friday. 

1 hour ago, NEOMatrix said:

 

KEYC is using Metropolis...in 2020!

METROPOLIS...IN THE YEAR 2020!

Let them keep that old theme. KEYC & KNVN/KHSL are the only two clubs that's using it. While Inergy, Aerial & Guardian are being way overused.

9 hours ago, Morphtato said:

WTVR, WTKR, KSTU, and WPIX have all switched to the Scripps website layout.

PIX has been using the new website design since December.

It's getting a bit silly with all these News Nows..... Hawaii News Now, Dakota News Now, 16 News Now, etc....

They should've just call it KEYC News and just leave it at that. But now they've incorporated.... the play button.