tyrannical bastard

If "character" was ever an issue the FCC cared about, Sinclair would have been shut down years ago. But even by their failed and misguided attempt to purchase Tribune, payola, plugola and regulatory blunders over the years, all they got was some fines and consent degrees...

Only longstanding standards and practices adopted by the cable networks and their parent companies. Since these channels are merely jukeboxes to air programming stuffed and covered with ads and promotional snipes/bugs, what's the use anymore? They still exist because ESPN/Sports networks and live news channels are the ONLY reason cable and pay TV remains a thing. Once ESPN goes rogue, it may take pay tv with it, but it's high cost may put it in the same bind that Diamond Sports got into.

It seems Pacific Time takes a little more liberty with things because of the delay, yet keeps primetime mostly on Eastern's schedule (aside from some "early prime" experiments over the years) So basically Eastern Time is the only time zone that regularly airs network newscasts at 6:30 local time in most markets?

I'm assuming they will be airing the eastern feed "live" and airing the pacific feed at it's normal time (6:30?)

I wonder if this was the same agreement from the last time Nexstar pulled their stations from DirecTV. If that's the case, then it's going to get ugly EVERY time the agreement is up.

Their rollout of CW & MyNetworkTV stations makes no sense. WPIX's carriage was grandfathered under Scripps, and exists to this day under Mission...well before they started putting "most" of their CW stations. Why pass on a network they own on a station they operate? And there are STILL CW stations they own that are not carried....unless their rollout has been slow and plagued with technical delays... Aside from the ones slated to pick up the CW, the only MyNetwork station I've seen picked up (again) is WMYT. This was a station they dumped when they picked up WJZY & WMYT from Fox.

Despite the news I've seen about Nexstar adding their "other" stations, it's not as universal as it claims to be. Hopefully they're working some of the bugs out with some stations, but since this is a station that should have been added the last go-around, makes it all the more confusing. Edit: as of this addition, there's still no WJMN, WDVM, and KOZL, and probably others not up "yet".

It begins. Tomorrow is the official date but several stations including WGN, KRON and WMYT are live as of now. Waiting on the subchannel CWs (WJTV/WHLT, WNCT) as well as the official return of WJMN since CBS stripped them of their affiliation last year.

Just throwing this out there, and it's a topic that's good for the speculatron..... If Perry Sook & Sean Compton bring aboard Jeff Zucker to make something of NewsNation.... How much worse could it get? Perhaps all of Jeff Zucker's cronies...er ass kissers will join him from CNN and finally wipe all of that baggage from there. Now as for CNN itself, would some of the broadcast companies be willing to chip in and buy it as a joint venture? After all, where else would they get their Jeanie Moos and TALAT packages from?

Unlike Disney, who for decades of the home video era created the artificial scarcity of limited releases before things are put back into the "Disney Vault", the stuff that's being pulled from streaming services may never see the light of day again unless somebody finds it in the dumpster, and then has to cough up the rights to have it see the light of day again.

The industry is such a mess, the streaming services can't even afford to keep EXISTING content that PAYING customers either are watching or want to watch. I sense another A.A.P. situation where a equity firm or consortium of companies buys up dead content to license elsewhere. What good is it doing sitting in a warehouse when it could be monetized, streamed or purchased outright?

Zucker wants to buy CNN back. https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/cnn-may-be-put-up-for-sale-jeff-zucker-wants-to-buy-sources/ And my reaction....

Should Sinclair drop the CW, they could easily fill the time with TND or one of their diginets. And if Weigel drops WCIU, WGN's the easy choice since primetime doesn't affect their schedule that much.

I've seen a lot of ads where Byron Allen's court show promos are being aired on rival stations without any local tag or even a "check local listings" mention at the end. I'm told these are actual "time buys" where Allen buys the time regardless of whether the station airs the show or not...

Well over a year after their mishmashed graphics, they're finally upgrading the set? We shall see if they finally go full-KOIN with their on air package.

Dr. Phil's a goner in a month or two, so dare I say it....3 News at 3?

Here we are over a year later, and WJET is STILL using their awkward mix of the Local 12, (L3s and fullscreens), Nexstar's ABC ticker and Nexstar KOIN package (it's also being used in their weather graphics.) They're also on a temp set because you can see the lighting glaring on the monitor behind the talent (and it's definitely the set that Nexstar ships into a market whenever they're undergoing a set upgrade) So maybe the awkwardness is coming to an end soon? Moreso on WJET since WFXP uses the Nexstar FOX package, but with the same style open as WJET.

Pat Robertson, the founder of CBN has passed away at age 93. https://apnews.com/article/pat-robertson-dead-christian-broadcasting-700-club-91299d0953c014ca6860fe545cac793e Take this as you will, just so everyone sees this as they see fit, may he RIH.

Now here's an interesting business venture. Apparently, Lilly (or an affiliated venture) has a fitness center in Erie using the "Erie Fitness Now" name, using the exact same logo as their "Erie News NOW" logo. Their website even has a link to "Erie News Now" They even do fitness segments on WICU and WSEE. If it's an affiliated venture, (or even sponsored), shouldn't that be disclosed, even though it's painfully obvious?

CNN is so screwed up right now (along with WarnerDiscovery) it would almost make sense for Nexstar to just give up on NewsNation and take CNN, and maybe a few more networks off of WarnerDiscovery's hands. The implosion of cable TV is imminent, and Nexstar could get these networks on the cheap. Then again, Perry being Perry, he'll make the same mistake Sinclair did with the former Fox RSNs and overvalue them to the point companies drop them and we have another Bally's situation...

The question is, will the CW still air golf events? And will all the things we hate about LIV golf (aside from it's backers) trickle into PGA Tour events? I could care less about golf, but those who watch it may be in for a real surprise if some of the LIV-stuff makes it into mainstream golf.

From WIS's release, it's the first time Local News Live is being offered on a station's main channel (at least from what I've seen). I expect it to be something that is part of Gray's schedule, and could easily be the "filler" of an otherwise local news-intensive schedule aside from network programming, and/or lifestyle programs.

Fun fact: Some of the people who rose through the ranks of Sinclair to corporate-level jobs cut their teeth at WBFF in Baltimore. So while they worked on shows like Captain Chesapeake back in the day, they now hold some corporate-level job over the hundreds of stations they run! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QUGMVYIHvA Del Parks is now the President of Technology for Sinclair. Dwight Weems is now the Director of Creative Services for Sinclair.

And now, it's come to this. Diamond has been ordered to cough up the rest of the money it owes to the affected baseball teams, or they must forfeit the rights to carry them. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37776665/diamond-sports-group-ordered-fully-pay-twins-guardians-diamondbacks-rangers%3fplatform=amp So basically Diamond Sports is getting no relief whatsoever from the bankruptcy they filed? Ouch!

Ironically, Akron's basketball team is probably the best sport they have. As for the rest, it proves your point exactly. The school actually cut their baseball team a few years back, and they've actually debated about dropping out of the Mid-American conference to go FCS. They're one of those schools that falls short of ticket sales, so they have to buy up all of the unsold tickets just to maintain attendance standards to be an D1 FBS school. And to actually watch Akron, it's usually buried on ESPN+ (along with the rest of the MAC) while Stadium truly airs more of the FCS teams and conferences we've likely never heard of!