CircleSeven

21 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Or they’ll be undergoing a musical chairs situation, moving them to other timeslots. 

I can't see them not moving those show to 7pm or sometime on the weekend where it won't interfere with sports programming.

Nexstar website says its WPCH.

Also in the release, it has renewed its affiliation agreement in 42 markets (the 13 others markets are from a previous deal). The launch on Channel 17 will be in effect this Saturday (9/2).

A small M&A.

SagamoreHill is fetching three LPs from Edge Spectrum for $447,180.

• K32FW-D - Pierre, SD

• KCKW-LD - Eugene, OR

• WTKJ-LD - Watertown, NY

Also, Weigel has filed a callsign request for one of its new allotments.

• KKEL - Ely, NV (eff. 10/01)

2 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Question: When does WCIU’s CW affiliation agreement expire? (I tried to look that up, but couldn’t find any documents containing that info.)

They're affil agreement ends next September 2024.

On 8/27/2023 at 12:26 AM, 24994J said:

I'm anticipating a memorial tribute TOTH ID on Monday (possibly for the week, possible at various points during the day), something filmed to air at the top of the season premiere, and possibly a primetime special, sometime soon. As for a renaming of something, I could see them going the stage route, but unfortunately, it's not that different from the studio dedication, and simply shifting it to the new facility (in whatever form) feels like it cheapens the honor. For better or worse, Bob had zero connection to the new place. I agree that they should do SOMETHING, but I'm just not sure what.

There will be a primetime special airing Thursday night (reairing on Labor Day morning) honoring the late game show host. 

There'll never be another TV giant like this one. A true legend. May he rest in peace.

12 minutes ago, bpatrick said:

Do you mean that ET is moving from WXYZ to WJBK?  It's been on WXYZ at 7:30 for as long as I can remember.

WXYZ dropped ET about a decade ago for Scripps' The List. ET was last aired on WWJ in the overnight hours.

54 minutes ago, DetroitTVNews said:

Not sure if this has been confirmed yet, but over on another forum I found out that Entertainment Tonight apparently will take over the 2 PM timeslot on WJBK, moving over from WWJ to replace Access Hollywood.

This confirms it on the guide. With a 2nd airing at 12:30am.

I don't understand why XYZ didn't bring back ET instead of Access. 

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WPTA has posted some changes. But I'll note three key ones:

• Tamron Hall moves from 3pm to 10am.
• Jennifer Hudson moves from 3pm (on NBC 21.2) to 10am (on MyNet 21.3).
• Local lifestyle program INsider moves from 12:30pm to 3pm (expand to an hour; simulcast on 21.2).

46 minutes ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

New York 55 ("NY55") was a branding used by WLNY in its pre-CBS days, so that's going back in time.

 

But why not keep TV38, TXA21 and K-CAL9?

 

And Seattle 11, Tampa 44 and the rest (except the heritage Philly 57)? Is that the best CBS can do with these generic, cookie-cutter names?

We talked about this earlier in this thread. And I said I doubt all those stations are going to those brandings. If that was the case, then that picture above "Primetime Sacramento" we would seen "Sacramento 31", and not "KMAX 31".

Andrew was 1992. It's the 31st, not 32nd.

That's a better logo than that KMAX box.....

27 minutes ago, bpatrick said:

That is unusual for a station in the Central time zone.  I'm sure, though, that a lot of people will be happy with the two shows on the same channel and an alternative to the news.

It's unusual but not all that rare. As WDJT & WVUE have aired J!/Wheel on the 6pm/CT hour for years.......

1 hour ago, Superdude said:

WPNT 22 still seems like the ultimate outcome for the CW.  On the AVS forum someone claimed they were told at the station last week that they were switching over.

I'll Believe it when I see it. It's a shame that were's just about nine days away before CBS pulling the CW from its stations and Nexstar has yet to announce which stations will get it in the four remaining markets. Including (no one mentioned it yet) Seattle.

3 minutes ago, Nelson R. said:

If it’s a half hour newscast I could see ET moving to 7:30 and AH moving to the sister station.

Press release says it'll be a half an hour. They didn't say which show will be on at 7:30.

New petition. Back to the Big Sky we go......

Sinclair now wants to vacate Montana's KECI off of RF 20 for RF 21.

To recap, KECI and KTVM wanted to get off of its VHF signals (13 and 6, respectively) to move to UHF channel 20.

Remembering asking this question at the time:

On 12/2/2020 at 1:53 PM, CircleSeven said:

I'm looking at the contours of both proposed changes of KECI & KTVM in Montana. Both are asking to change to RF 20. 

 

There's a portion where both signals will overlap.

 

Would it be difficult for viewers getting either one of these signals, if both are on the same frequency?

I guess they've answered my question in this engineering statement.

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The local station engineering staffs have now realized the “real-world” interference consequences of both KECI-TV and KTVM-TV operating on channel 20 will result in a significant number of persons that are predicted to receive co-cannel {sic} interference causing a greater impact than was realized at the time the original interference studies were performed when preparing the rulemaking petitions for both stations. Exhibits show that for both stations pockets of interference are scattered over significant portions of each station’s populations.

The overlapping of the signals should've been realized from the jump. Areas near the Sapphire Range and Deerlodge National Forest would've been affected.

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EDIT: Three NCE NPRMs:

• Ch. 2 - Colusa, CA (One Ministries, Inc.)
• Ch. 3 - Tulare, CA (One Ministries, Inc.)
• Ch. 4 - Alamogordo, NM (Vision Broadcasting Networks)

EDIT 8/23: Two NPRMs:

• KIFI (8 > 18)
• KWNV (7 > 16)

EDIT 8/29: One NPRM:

• KDIN (11 > 34)

13 hours ago, Rusty Muck said:

Not to be pedantic, but 11pm (after SportsCentral) or 7pm (before the news block) could be considered “prime time”.

Well isn't 7pm (6pm C/M) is called "Primetime Access"? I don't see that much difference.

12 hours ago, cxd7346 said:

So I made another discovery tonight. Hello News II. 

8 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Its The Great News Package with the Hello News Melody. WDTN Dayton used this before and so has WOKR (WHAM) Rochester and a few others, according to NMSA.

This deserves some backtracking......

From this thread in 2014:

On 2/27/2014 at 8:36 PM, promoguy98 said:

According to link below, here is the original writer/composer and singer info of the original "We're with You on 11Alive" promo campaign for Atlanta.

 

Atlanta 11 Alive

(Jayne Critelli/David Lucas)

WXIA- Michael Bolton/Vivian Cherry, vocals

 

http://www.jaynecritelli.com/music/jingles.html - - the full length song is featured on the page.

 

Begs the question if Gari bought out this entire work, along with what became known now as the Great News Package, which was known as Hello News II and originally as News 88.

And there's some more discussion regarding Hello/Great News in this archived thread from that time.

1 hour ago, Georgie56 said:

CBS has registered the following domains:

 

philly57.com

detroit50.com

bayarea44.com

newyork55.com

pittsburgh19.com

losangeles9.com

atlanta69.com

 

And.....seattle11.com, boston38.com, florida33.com and sacramento31.com.

I strongly doubt every station will go with these brandings. "KCAL" (& even "KCAL 9" ftm) is a stronger brand than a generic "Los Angeles 9" or "LA 9". Sad that "california9.com" was already taken.....

44 minutes ago, Nelson R. said:

Sorry if I jumped the gun but all 3 stations have the same schedule…

They have the same schedule now. And WABC has been airing the Tamron Hall 2pm move promos since last week. But if Channel 7 haven't announced their 10am plans post-fall (whether its a newscast or some other program) via a promo or a press release, you can't assume that they'll have the same schedule as PVI or WTVD after September. That is clear speculation.

2 hours ago, Nelson R. said:

So is WPVI and WTVD. All 3 stations are starting a 10am news to replace Rachael Ray.

1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

 

I'm surprised it won't be a 3pm newscast. If WABC wasn't already producing Kelly & Mark I'd take a lifestyle show over yet another newscast. 

Have WABC or WTVD even announced they're doing a 10am newscast yet?!

On 7/31/2023 at 6:43 PM, ELISYSYN said:

I am currently watching WUPA, and according to some promos, they seem to be rebranding as Atlanta 69.

Here's a promo for reference.

FCC approvals does not mean the deal has been finalized or consummated.

You should not be seeing any Nexstar insignias/signoffs yet.

The FCC has greenlighted the deal today (8/3).

22 minutes ago, SF1964 said:

Why aren't Ducis and Cecily's names included in the 11PM intro?   It's only "Action News with Rick Williams".  Most of the other daily newscasts mention the full lineup.

Within the last decade or so, the 11pm opens have always been short, so they can go straight to the "Big Story".

Mark Jackson announced that he was cut loose from the Worldwide Leader.... 

New Petition. Weigel wants to move that new signal closer to the big city.

They're keeping the UHF 31 allotment in Wisconsin. But want to move the Community of License east from Wittenberg to Shawano.

That's about 38 miles away NW of Green Bay.