mre29
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WMUR's Tom Griffith is retiring in a few months, with his last day being June 3rd.
https://www.wmur.com/article/wmur-new-hampshire-tom-griffith-retirement/39653352#
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1 hour ago, jrogo said:
Jason Kilar to leave WarnerMedia this Friday, his last major decision was firing Jeff Zucker & Allison Gollust and then hiring Chris Licht to lead CNN.
That's more like two or three decisions, but either way, he's ending strong.
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Huh. I've been wondering if Sinclair would do something like this to alleviate their debt situation. I didn't expect it from Coxpollo.
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8 hours ago, Action Newsroom said:
THE DISCOVERY SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE.
EXPECTED COMPLETION SET FOR APRIL.
Any chance you could remove that black background? The link in there is pretty much invisible.
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Well, it wasn't an exit interview per se, but Colbert did devote a segment of tonight's show to Licht's news.
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On 2/24/2022 at 9:46 PM, Myron Falwell said:
WFXT is the sixth-place station in a five-station town and where WHDH kicks their butts in all the time slots that matter.
I wasn't aware that Scripps had started a news operation on WBPX.
Are WHDH's numbers for their 10pm news counted with or without WLVI? Because if it's with, that seems unfair.
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Colbert should given him an on-air exit interview.
I'm completely serious.
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24 minutes ago, dman748 said:
The fact that the only bidders were a P.E. firm that tried not once, but twice to take over Tegna and Byron Allen that really goes to show how much consolidation has eaten up this industry and why I might strongly consider entering into the public sector after I finish my Bachelor's in a few years.
I imagine Tegna being put up for sale as a complete set and not piecemeal didn't help. None of the other broadcasting companies out there (Hearst, Graham, Hubbard, Scripps, Weigel, Bahakel, Griffin, etc.) could afford to buy Tegna because it was so big and expensive. Yeah, I know groups are sold in their entirety for tax reasons, but that's starting to feel like a loophole being exploited.
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11 minutes ago, NowBergen said:
you need to go to the press release in CMG corporate website.
Aha. Well, no one posted that link here, and I'm not psychic, so...
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11 minutes ago, KnoxvilleTVFan said:
What is interesting about the acquisition is that stations like KHOU, WLNE and KVUE are going to be Cox-owned stations. I was reading something on Radio Insight about the radio implications of the deal and it's interesting to note that the sports duo of WBNS-AM and WBNS-FM are being received by Standard General. Not only that, Cox will gain KHOU in Houston, the city where the company owns a radio cluster including KKBQ-FM.
Concerning the TV side of things, it will be interesting to see what happens. However, there is something I would like to add. With Cox acquiring both the ABC affiliates in Providence, Rhode Island and Lincoln, Nebraska, I believe that those two stations [WLNE and KLKN] need new graphics.
With that being said, the next few weeks and months are going to be interesting.Sorry, but where does it say that Cox will be getting WLNE and KLKN?
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3 hours ago, TheSpeedKing said:
Two reasons: cost and a lower dial position. I suggested that WCCB absorb the WCNC news department so they would be the new home for the Charlotte bureau of NBC News. HC2 Holdings is a company that owns several dead-end LPs in the US and they're hungry for some full-power stations. They own the Azteca America Spanish-language network. 18 is a far more accessible virtual channel number than 36.
It's only more accessible if you get TV over-the-air and your remote only has arrow buttons -- or your TV has an actual dial.
Other than that, I get the feeling you have something against WCNC...
3 hours ago, TheSpeedKing said:Again going on my point, the only logical buyers will be the networks (excluding Disney/ABC) or dead-end owners:
I'm sure Graham, Hearst, and Scripps would dispute your characterization of them as "dead-end owners".
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15 minutes ago, Myron Falwell said:
The DOJ and FCC should be rejecting this deal outright. It's an atrociously structured deal that benefits no one but the stockholders at Apollo and Standard General. It will cripple local news in a way we haven't seen in a long time.
Well, yes. But if the FCC does approve it, it should be with a requirement to divest stations in (going off the top of my head) Atlanta, Charlotte, Jacksonville, Memphis, and Seattle.
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3 minutes ago, Myron Falwell said:
Standard General can't afford to buy Tegna on their own, so Apollo is allegedly a silent partner with no voting stock (*SNERK*). These station trades are proof of this; Apollo and Standard are simply picking the company apart just to buy it.
Nevermind that Byron Allen offered significantly more for Tegna and was rejected.
Well, let's hope the FCC at least requires divestitures in markets where both Cox and Tegna have stations.
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Okay, I'm confused. Soo Kim and Standard General aren't Apollo, right? But Apollo's still involved?
And what's the point in WFAA, KVUE, and KHOU going to Cox?
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18 hours ago, mrschimpf said:
Honestly, I'd be happy to just pay for CNN at $7/month (if they fix the worst of Zucker's obnoxiousness)...I don't want a watered-down news product. But I honestly still find value in a cable subscription on the TV side, where I don't even have to think about remembering a password/username combo to watch a live event.
That's what a password manager is for.
(Though entering a password pinball-style using a Roku remote sucks.)
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2 hours ago, froyo49 said:
Because an increasing number of people, including myself, don't want to spend upwards of $60 a month on a bundle of channels.
Bingo. Heck, the only reason I still have cable TV is because I live with my mother and know she wouldn't want to give it up.
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On 2/2/2022 at 1:16 PM, iron_lion said:
Good! CNN is a shell of its former self. It desperately needs new leadership.
You know what's also a shell of its former self? HLN. Whoever ends up in charge at CNN either needs to do something about it or let Discovery flip it into something else.
Maybe Morning Express can move to CNN+. The company already has Investigation Discovery, so HLN's catalog of non-news programming can simply move over there.While I'd personally prefer to see CNN International get HLN's cable channel, I'm not holding out hope for that. Remember Al Jazeera America? It had to be US-centric to appease cable compnies, not simply Al Jazeera English.
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4 hours ago, MidwestTV said:
Tegna appears to be working on a new website design. WVEC is one of the test stations. https://www.13newsnow.com
Though the URLs could certainly still use work.
Yeah, that string of URL spew at the end is ugly.
A bigger issue, though, is that the site isn't responsive; rather, they're still using a separate mobile site.
Also, the WVEC logo is tiny! It should be at least twice as big, like I've done below.
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On 1/3/2020 at 6:33 PM, Robin Red said:
I agree that morning shows have gotten silly but I think we are that point where since not many people are watching they have watered everything done. I don't know who really watches morning shows aside for stay at moms or most likely people who are assisted living or nurisng homes. I don't know any young people watching morning show.
Oh, come on. There are more options here than "stay-at-home moms" and people in assisted living/nursing homes. There are:
- Retired people
- People who work non-"standard" hours and are thus free to have the TV on in the mornings if they're awake
- People who work from home and are thus also free to have the TV on
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Stay-at-home dads
And those are just the ones I can think of.
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On 11/24/2019 at 12:28 AM, TheRyan said:
Some shocking news from the KOLR10 studios. A van drove through their security gate and starting speaking some weird unintelligible stuff. They were arrested. Damaged some vehicles and a satellite dish at the station. Literally just saw this and thought it was important enough to share. (The story only takes up the first 1:45 or so of this video.)
A talking van?
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6 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:
In a way it looks like Tribune influence is overtaking Nexstar and in reality, it helps that several Tribune executives came on board with Nexstar after the merger.
Much like how several former LIN executives who had stayed on with Media General were able to influence Nexstar when it bought MG.
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8 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said:
You mean the 4am program... FOX 5 Behind The Scenes? Yeah, I'd like to know too.
Maybe they turn a camera on and let viewers watch them get ready to go for the day.
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On 10/3/2019 at 1:33 AM, DirtyHarry said:
...department and appliance stores no longer can advertise in papers...
Why not?
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12 hours ago, DirtyHarry said:
P.S. technology has also aided in the decline of the TV viewing experience. Analoggives you a much better experience, and I'm not talking about analog TV signals. I'm talking about using actual film, cutting it by hand, actual stuntman instead of CGI, etc.
And let's go back to showing everything in only black and white, right?
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Warner Bros. Discovery
in Corporate Chat
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I look forward to all the corporate synergy that will arise..
"And now, the HBO Max Original Series, My 600-Pound Life."
(Am I being facetious? Absolutely. But that show actually does exist on TLC...)