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Okay, that makes sense. But. If the crash had been in SF and the story broke during WABC's noon newscast, would WABC have covered it? And would ABC News have aired a special report for it?

Ugh. I was just thinking the other day that Gray's "own" stations have the better website designs.

Why would a station in San Francisco interrupt their regular programming to simulcast coverage of a helicopter crash in NYC?

I believe KTRK used to play it in the early morning as of earlier this decade, even going so far as to get sponsorship for it. Naturally, I can't find the video now.

9? I thought they were channel 51...

I wonder if it'll be a different set of station logos tomorrow...

At the very least, the bug should be bumped up so it's even with the rest of the L3.

Nah, it's just NBA playoffs and finals time.

So merge them and keep the strong shows from each.

How about if HLN goes away instead?

I wonder if it'll be available in HD, then, even if only via cable systems.

So, the challenge had absolutely nothing to do with Weigel or the stations themselves, but only OTA?

And they look pretty good.

The Tribune stations' sites are very nice.

I seem to recall that Media General was making a lot of its own mistakes pre-LIN. Would that Media General have improved Nexstar as much as MG/LIN has?

That doesn't mean Media General should get sole credit for the improvements to Nexstar.

You can thank Media General's merger with LIN for that. I mean, how do you think MG started getting better?

Oh, definitely option B. Sadly, I can also see Sinclair going scorched earth with the affected stations, removing equipment, laying off nearly all of the employees, and generally dismantling the stations so that any potential buyers won't get much.

Those look pretty good.

Just out of curiosity, how does WTHR do with the young demo in its market?

Shame they couldn't be on the air from the basement.

Disney can just wait for Pat to pass away and hope his successor is open to a deal.

Not even the BBC. That's impressive.

Or WDSU, watching their colleagues at WCVB, WMUR, and WMTW celebrate another Patriots win.

So, who's the poor schmuck who has to keep track of all those mic flags this week? And do they all have to be shipped back to their respective stations?