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Former Fox Broadcasting president Jamie Kellner is also calling for a hearing. Fox, meanwhile, has an endorsement letter.

Funny, WBZ doesn't seem to have a problem shoving CBS programming over to WSBK when needed.

If they can find something to trade it for.

And like I've said before, no one is going to type "losangeles9.com" or "sacramento31.com" into their browsers, especially on phones. Short but memorable URLs are key., so those will be what get promoted, even if all they do is redirect to (deep breath) www.cbsnews.com/{cityname}.

So, they're competing against the live streaming offerings from NBC News Now, ABS News Live, and CBS News (the former CBSN)?

It wouldn't surprise me if some meteorologists at Florida-based stations are working behind the scenes (remotely, either from home or from their regular stations) to help -- and provide coaching on how to cover a hurricane. Considering the number of companies that own stations in both regions -- Nexstar, Tegna, Scripps, NBCU, CBS, Fox, Telemundo, etc -- it's bound to be happening in some form. At the very least, someone's brain was picked.

They also grabbed philadelphia57.com. Smart move. Not that anyone's more likely to manually type (or peck on their phones) "philadelphia57.com" over "philly57.com", of course...

Embracing that high channel number like nobody's business. This is the way!

He's not the only one trying to get it retracted. So are a number of journalists.

Heck, there's an entirely FAST channel devoted to Dateline, plus NBC News Now also runs it to fill holes in its schedule.

That could be it, too. In my defense, I'll note that I was distracted by "WPKD" and "KPYX" having P's in the same position. Yeah, that's it....

I imagine they went with WPKD because WDKA was already taken. Or maybe the P stands for Paramount and any future call changes for the other stations will follow this pattern. Or maybe someone there is a Philip K. Dick fan.

And you know what that means: The reality shows will continue until morale improves.

There you go. Though considering that WFXT was supposed to go to Standard Media as part of the Standardization of Tegna, I have to wonder how long CMG will keep it...

I hate to be the cynical one, but I think a screenshot from the M&DP's website can show what this is likely really about. First, I'll note that there's a modal/overlay box on their homepage that says this: The words "Join the movement" (emphasis mine) link to their "join us" page, which currently includes this: This is most likely just a publicity stunt to increase donations. We've seen it before. Anyone remember the Parents Television Council? They loved to try make people think network executives were personally adding sex, drugs, foul language, etc. to shows, but in reality the PTC was more interested in raking in the money. This is basically the same thing. Besides, what's the worst that's going to happen? If absolutely necessary, Fox will sell WTXF to Nexstar or Gray or another company and establish a lengthy affiliation agreement. That's it.

There's a CNN Philippines? I didn't know that. ... Huh. There's also channels for Brazil, Chile, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Czech Republic, Albania, Romania, and Portugal. Guess I should've paid more attention to the Wikipedia page. I'm surprised there aren't country-specific channels for Australia and New Zealand. Is Sky News that dominant there?

It'll be interesting to see what WBBH's website looks like when it gets relaunched. Hearst's station sites are due for a redesign. It's a shame Waterman sold WVIR a few years ago; Hearst could've acquired that station, too.

That's news. I assume the rumor popped up while everyone was worrying about TCM.

Any bets on how long it takes Watters to become radioactive? That's not just Carlson's old timeslot -- it's O'Reilly's, too.

I didn't like the clock being on the left; having it on the right is pretty much the industry standard, at least here in the US. It'd be like having the website logo on the right.

Well, it's a step up from NotMy.

I assume that's so that WHDH's anchors and reporters are who viewers see on-screen. Did they have to bring their own equipment (cameras, mics, vehicle, etc.)?

I noticed that WHDH is covering Trump's arraignment in Miami. Anyone know if it's a straight simulcast of WSVN?

I'm not entirely sure about that. It looks like CBN has a fairly well-developed streaming video service that's on multiple platforms, but it's hard to find any info about watching The 700 Club on broadcast or cable. In fact, I've only been able to find two mentions of Freeform -- one on the media kit page for the show, the other on a page that looks like it's not actively part of the site. As for broadcast stations, I think that's just TBN, where it airs mid-afternoon. I got the distinct feeling that CBN has minimized its dependency on Freeform, thus leaving the door open to leaving the channel. Which makes me wonder if Robertson himself was the main reason the show was still there. Basically, I could see Disney paying CBN a not insignificant amount of money sometime in the next year to leave Freeform -- or at least drop one or two of the three airings.