tyrannical bastard

It goes back to the 80s-90s....if you think it's bad now... Now their WLBT simulcasts will blend right in....

Another major loss in Cleveland. "Big Chuck" Schodowski, has passed away at the age of 90. https://fox8.com/news/fox-8s-big-chuck-dies-at-90/

Most of their stations ended up with Gray while a select few ended up fading into oblivion under Chelsey (eventual SSA bait) and WTRF ending up under West Virginia Media Holdings. In the early days of broadcasting you saw stations outright fold (mostly UHF ones) and certain others here and there. Equity was probably the most notable failure of late with their properties essentially dissolving under the digital transition and being totally rebuilt mostly by Daystar as totally new stations under the existing license. (Because Equity had not constructed the digital facilities in most places at the time)

Gannett definitely planted of the seeds of decline in the 2000s as they shifted towards centralized graphics. It made for easy assimilation of the Belo stations and any others that were purchased before Tegna was split off. Meanwhile, Gannett has continued the decline on the newspaper side as they've grown to become the largest "publisher" of "newspapers" in the country. (I use the quotations because the actual act of printing a newspaper is becoming rarer and rarer.)

It sounds like the Allen stations are so leveraged that they literally own NOTHING and everything has been sold and leased back to the company. The doomsday scenario is the true owners taking back their stuff and running it themselves or entrusting it to another party of their choosing.

If all of the meteorologists at Allen stations are history, a boneheaded move will be if it goes down at WTVA. Not only is it an established station in a place known for severe weather, but is in Mississippi State's backyard, where MANY meteorologists get their degrees from. Allen better have a good plan for their chief Meteorologist (Matt Laubhan) since he's very well regarded (and almost like a James Spann Jr. even down to the suspenders!) or this station is toast.

Could Allen become the first company to ever have its stations seized or shut down involuntarily by creditors? That's what it seems like where things are heading... I think it's happened in select cases but never on a grand scale like this.

Once the subchannel affiliation rule is revoked (allowing a station to take another network on a .2), some of these could be toast, as there are more capable stations in these markets that can serve their area better than Sinclair.

The industry has seen better days, so the willing buyers are few and far between. Even the current state of buyers (Allen, Gray, etc..) are crying poverty and cutting their stations to the bone, especially in smaller markets.

It's sad to see her go but amazed that she got almost another two decades in her community service role for 10TV. Tegna and other companies think they can cut their way to success with a once-proud station like 10TV.

I could have sworn that TheGrio was still running ads on their Weather Channel Roku app as recently as last week, promoting all of the sitcoms they carry. Even if it was still running ads for a dead network, that's probably about as Allen Media as you can get.... ...aside from cheaping out on toilet paper and gas for station vehicles.

Methinks Nexstar wants that shot that way so it shows off all of their branding in one shot. But the "only one person in the studio" could ring true as well.

My thoughts exactly. She'll be on 10TV as soon as that non-compete is up.

Another of "Cleveland's Own" has passed away. Neil Zurcher, longtime "One Tank Trips" reporter has passed away at age 89. https://fox8.com/news/fox-8s-neil-zurcher-passes-away-at-89/

Could she pull a Yolanda Harris or Jerry Martz and end up at 10TV? But as long as they keep ramming the Buckeyes down the viewer's throats, they'll be fine. This is Sinclair's crown jewel thanks to the fortunes of the rest of the market. NBC 4 has some hope but 10TV has sadly past the point of no return.