tyrannical bastard

I won't watch until the Continental Soccer League ends up there...with all of the Ariagas, Barriaga, Pizzoza, Aruglia, and a deciding match between Mexico and Portugal...

Why I don't work in TV anymore.... 12 years at the same station and don't even crack Gray's minimum wage...

Does Gray still start at $18 an hour? Sinclair starts at $15 IIRC....

WUAB has a "new" logo....as they transition back into an independent station when the CW moves (back) to WBNX. WBNX is now owned by Nexstar and from what I'm hearing, is now being operated remotely by one of Nexstar's hubs. It's a long time coming. WUAB has suffered greatly since the Raycom days and going independent again will hopefully be a good thing, especially since Nexstar has watered down the CW into a crap network with "wider" appeal.

As long as 47 is in charge, I don't believe a word he says until it's either struck down or confirmed by a judge. That's why we have the separation of powers.

Because ratings are even more irrelevant than ad revenue. It's all about the retransmission payments they are getting from Pay TV providers lining their pockets.

Unless there is some SERIOUS deregulation that is to take place, I agree with @Rusty Muck. Apollo is stuck with Cox unless someone comes along with either money and or cap space to support an acquisition. Even TV stations don't have a savior in the wings like the radio industry does with EMF. Even Trinity Broadcasting Network cashed in a lot of their stations during the spectrum auction, and as evidenced by Imagicomm selling out, the market is slim pickings.

You would have thought they would have rebounded after WJLA was tanked by Sinclair, but Tegna's gonna Tegna....

Would WUSA even hire him....if he even wanted to work again? That would be his third station in DC after WJLA and WRC...

Well, Sinciair not only wants the FCC to abolish the current ownership rules, but end ATSC 1.0 as we know it.... https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/sinclair-urges-fcc-to-abolish-station-ownership-rules-sunset-atsc-1-0 I sort-of agree that 3.0 is a superior standard. But if only Sinclair is behind it and other broadcasters are using it as a way to restrict viewership (through encoding and datacasting), then it sort of defeats the purpose of broadcasting as we know it. Streaming has proven to be a method where they hold the control. It's there one day and could be gone the next. If broadcasters have the same control, then consumers lose out as well.

Being a savvy mom & pop operation, this actually makes sense. No corporate directives to use "their" platform. Just use their absolute dominance to send their signal every which way because everyone is watching to begin with! And FOX gets a willing affiliate who wants to make their news product part of their national offerings, on their own accord, not a forced clause in their affiliation agreement.

Perhaps FOX is plotting a hostile takeover of WRAZ? Raleigh/Durham could use another voice in the market, and WRAZ could stand on their own. Even WRAL operated them independently for a while in Durham before finally consolidating with the mothership in Raleigh. More likely, FOXLocal is beginning to sub-license affiliate stations in other markets. It's slim pickings because the other large groups are FOX affiliates in most cases, unless they are tied with their affiliate agreement to stream local newscasts on the app going forward.

As long as they can slap a sponsor's logo on it... pretty sure they don't care what it's called. Any outreach event Nexstar puts out has a "insert logo here" mentality to sell to the first willing client. Whether it's band-wagoning a major sporting event with a special program or running their "Remarkable Women" promotion, everything has a dollar sign attached to it.

Nexstar has entered the must-run game. Why? So they can try and own more stations. https://thedesk.net/2025/04/nexstar-fcc-must-runs-ownership-caps-deregulation/ No thanks. They have enough stations as it is. And their tactics of delaying web streams and shaking down viewers for a dwindling pool of retransmission cash is bad enough.

and WICZ in Vestal/Binghamton as well. It was an early Gannett station when they were headquartered in Rochester. Doubt Tegna would ever go for it...especially now!