CircleSeven

Reminds me of KALB's CBS subchannel logo.

5 hours ago, Info Junkie said:

Feel like I’ve heard this theme before:

 

WNDU used this theme for its weekend morning shows during the 90s & early 2000s.

I've heard this Killer Tracks theme used on local ads throughout the mid-90s.

So one month after KOIN 6 took over KRCW's 10pm broadcasts (after the closing of Tribune deal), they're expanding it to a full hour tonight.

On 10/15/2019 at 9:38 PM, GoldenShine9 said:

 

How old were their old graphics? KXII is a Gray legacy station though and not an ex-Raycom station.

Here's what their old graphics looked like. From last Friday (7/11).

I would be looking out for the legacy Gray stations (who has an older gfx pack), to see if they're switching to one of the newer packs.

On 4/24/2019 at 9:10 AM, T.L. Hughes said:

Gray Television is now getting into the multicasting and expanding deeper into the OTT business. It's teaming up with Grand Ole Opry parent Opry Entertainment Group (whose parent, Ryman Hospitality Properties [as Gaylord Entertainment], launched The [original] Nashville Network [now the Paramount Network] in 1983) to launch a multiplatform network and VOD effort focusing on "artist-driven country lifestyle programming."

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/234281/gray-teams-with-grand-ole-opry-on-tv-network/

Follow-up. The name of the new service will be called Circle.

The diginet will be launched early next year on the Gray stations. The new over-the-top service will launch late Spring.

AT&T and Sinclair reached a new retrans deal.

On 10/16/2019 at 1:00 AM, Samantha said:

In the "M&A we missed" department, there were three deals affecting stations in Wyoming. All three have not yet had their sale prices revealed as no filings have crossed the FCC.

 

KLWY-TV in Cheyenne, KFNB-TV, KWYF-LD and their dependent stations were sold to Coastal Television Broadcasting Company, LLC (apparently aka Front Range Television). The president and CEO of Coastal is William Fielder III.

 

KTWO-TV in Casper, as well as KKTQ-LD and its other dependent translators was acquired by Vision Alaska (Stephen Brissette, manager).

 

KGWC and its full-power satellites and translators were sold to Big Horn Television LLC (Michael Hogan, member). We don't know much about Big Horn Television but it is clearly related to the other two companies, having been incorporated the same day and being domiciled at the same address.

 

All three companies are incorporated in Delaware. Coastal (and Fielder) owns KTBY in Anchorage, Alaska, and WLOV in the Tupelo market. (WLOV's operations are handled by WTVA under LMA.) Vision Alaska owns the ABC Alaska system, which is LMA'd out to Coastal. Hogan appears to have no other holdings.

The paperwork was posted on the FCC site last night.

Purchase Prices:

KGWC (Big Horn) - $10.7M ($10,733,333)

KFNB (Front Range) - $1.7M ($1.766,667)

KTWO (Vision WY) - $1.5M

Total - $14M. 

Front Range appears to be the parent because it will operate the Big Horn & Vision stations via an SSA.

If i remember correctly, Gray was buying the properties for around $20.5M (that included the price that Legacy was paying for ABC & Fox). So this is just a few million short.

I'm personally not happy that it had to come down to this, after the DOJ stuck their head into the now-scuttled Gray deal last year. As I stated last year, if they would've done that deal all over again, Gray should've partnered with another broadcaster (not Legacy). Let that unrelated third-party (i.e. Coastal/Vision) get the ABC & Fox. Gray could've at least kept CBS because the FCC approved that part of the deal.

After the FCC greenlighted the KDLT deal last month, I was seriously thinking that Gray should go back to Wyoming and try that Casper deal again. And if DOJ files suit to block the sale, then Gray shouid fight it in court. But with the Third Circuit vacating Pai's dereg rule, that somewhat complicates things now.

39 minutes ago, Info Junkie said:

Can you believe KTLA debuted these same graphics 10 years ago today:

They did update their graphics three years ago. But you wouldn't notice much of a difference in the open......

Video courtesy of "SCL Media" from YT.

New Station. Watching WXIX livestream now. They're using the same graphic package WMC picked up.

They're also switched the music to Guardian.

On 10/1/2019 at 2:13 AM, CircleSeven said:

 

So it appears Gray is going to snag MeTV in Toledo afterall.

 

Starting today (10/1), MeTV will be carried on WTVG 13.4. WTOL is replacing MeTV for Tegna-owned Justice Network on 11.2.

 

Now I thought why they didn't place MeTV on 13.3? On the article they mentioned "additional programming to be named later on 13.3". I don't see any other programming that deserve better placement other than MeTV. Now I wished they would've snag the affiliation when that Raycom deal closed in January.

 

It's been handled. Should've been that from the start.

I said this back in April regarding former ABC affiliate (now Indie station) WPGA.

On 4/24/2019 at 2:26 PM, CircleSeven said:

From this latest paperwork, it looks like the station will be in the hands of the creditors.

 

I'm hoping an owner like Marquee Broadcasting would come up and buy this station. 

Well guess what? Marquee is buying WPGA for $1M.

7 hours ago, Spintech33 said:

 

Kinda want to say they been doing that for the last 2 weeks since the 3:30 game cuts right into the 6PM newscast.

The 3:30 CFB games have always gone past 6pm as long as I can remember. Prior to last fall, the station would air an OTA newscast a 7pm, after the 3:30 game concluded. Since the network decided to move the primetime Saturday Night Football game from 8pm to 7:30pm, it has also decided to take that 7pm half hour as well, given that some of those 3:30 games go past 7pm, leaving no room for a local station to do an early evening newscast OTA. 

The only good thing about the 7:30 start is that stations don't have to wait until almost midnight to start their newscasts. That's unless the game goes to overtime.,,,

Not sure when this happened (it had to be recent), but it appears that West Palm Beach's WPEC is now producing Gainesville's CBS 4 newscasts. Prior to that, it was produced out of Little Rock. 

Check out the latest broadcast here. They're in that studio formerly used by the now-defunct American Sports Network, also Channel 12 used it as a temp studio for several months last year.

3 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

 

So what your saying is that the new NBC/CW dual station will be on 30.1 (NBC) and 30.2 (CW) ?

They didn't announce what OTA virtual channel they're going to use on press release. Whether it's 30 or 3. I'm sure they'll announce that at a later date.

I say that because, Gray's LP in Midland KTLE-LP was on analog channel 20, then when it launched its digital signal, it started using KOSA's virtual channels (7.5, 7.6. 7.7).

On 8/5/2019 at 1:45 AM, CircleSeven said:

New M&A. Ben Tucker is cashing out in Tucson.

 

Tegna is exercising its option to acquire the MyNet outlet KTTU outright from Tucker Media for $296K. Tegna already owns the Fox station KMSB. 

And that deal is done, as of yesterday (10/1).

KMSB & KTTU are commonly-owned for the first time since the end of the Belo deal almost six years ago.

2 hours ago, tw-804 said:

WHSV announced today that the Shenandoah Valley is getting a new NBC/CW dual affiliate. WSVW ("NBC 3 in the Valley"/"CW 3 in the Valley") will launch on December 1st.

https://www.whsv.com/content/news/WHSV-announces-launch-of-NBC-and-CW-Plus-affiliations-NBC-3-in-the-Valley-561973051.html

That announcement is related to the now-closed WVIR deal. WVIR currently run two translators streaming its signal (W30CT-D Harrisonburg (that'll become WSVW-LD) & W22EX-D Staunton). That current signal will be replaced with the new local "NBC 3" on 12/1.

12 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

Is Tamron Hall also a replay or is that the actual time slot they have her in!?

That's a repeat from the first-run airing at 10am (after Kelly & Ryan).

I thought this deal would never close.

The Charlottesville deals (first announced back on March 4) was consummated Tuesday (10/1). Gray now owns WVIR, while Lockwood owns WCAV/WVAW.

The deals were approved on April 15 (almost six months ago).

On the guide it says Jeopardy (after Nightline).

On 1/1/2019 at 5:04 AM, CircleSeven said:

However, I'm pretty surprised that Gray was able to snag the MeTV affiliation away from Tegna's already-owned KCEN, and place it on KWKT/KNCT, and not take the affiliation away from WTOL (another station Tegna is getting), and placing it on WTVG. I'm just surprised the The CW & Telemundo networks would allow Gray to snag those affiliations from the old Raycom outlets. You would think they would keep those diginets intact for the new owner to honor the contracts for that specific station.

So it appears Gray is going to snag MeTV in Toledo afterall.

Starting today (10/1), MeTV will be carried on WTVG 13.4. WTOL is replacing MeTV for Tegna-owned Justice Network on 11.2.

Now I thought why they didn't place MeTV on 13.3? On the article they mentioned "additional programming to be named later on 13.3". I don't see any other programming that deserve better placement other than MeTV. Now I wished they would've snag the affiliation when that Raycom deal closed in January.

Here's their lineup:

• 13.1 ABC
• 13.2 The CW
• 13.3 TBA
• 13.4 MeTV
• 13.5 Ion
• 13.6 WeatherNation

Small follow-up regarding the merger between Gatehouse Media & Gannett.

The DOJ has cleared the deal. It still needs the greenlight from the European Commission since Gannett also owns several papers in the UK.

It also needs approval from the shareholders of both companies. But it's pretty much a done deal, as it expects to close by the end of the year.

He surely isn't mincing any words.... 

15 hours ago, ED2 said:

Seen at the end of the retrospective during the "10th Inning" broadcast after the game on WGN.

Tributes galore last night. Here's that full vid.

Video courtesy of Scott Allen Brown from YT.

I guess they're taking advantage of the new kidvid rules.

From Variety, GMA Saturday is expanding to two hours for a good chunk of its affiliates beginning next week.

Looking at the guides, the two hours won't be together. For example:

• WABC will air the first hour at 8am, then the second hour at 10am/ET.
• WLS will air the first hour at 7am, then the second hour at 10am/CT.

Yeah. The Swan is about to sing one more time after 72 seasons tonight........

The final WGN Sports game will be tomorrow night (Sox vs Tigers).