tyrannical bastard

Their INN contract must have ran out and decided to bring news "in house" like Toledo and Wilkes-Barre getting news from South Bend.

2012 and 2013, when they ended daily production of many of their newspapers for a digital-first revamp. Alabama was really hard hit since it was essentially a merger of all their newspapers in Huntsville, Birmingham and Mobile. The ensuing job cuts resulted in an organization that decimated news coverage across all 3 papers. Even in New Orleans where these moves spawned a daily New Orleans edition of the Baton Rouge Advocate that later bought out and merged what was left of the Times-Picayune.

Gannett/Gatehouse should really make an effort to acquire the Plain Dealer from Advance. Its a pathetic shell of it's former self like the other Advance properties. They did sell the Times-Picayune to the owners of the Advocate, the paper that spawned as a local edition of the Baton Rouge daily paper when Advance took away daily editions. However, much of the TP's staff was laid off in the merger and the same could be said given Gatehouse's sizeable holdings in Ohio.

Chalk up another loss at WPMI..... Bobby Totsch, the GM is leaving for the same job at WHO-TV in Des Moines.... https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/239532/robert-bobby-totsch-named-who-gm/ This comes after the departures of Chief Meteorologist Chris Dunn, and Jake Dunne, who is now at KWCH. And the prolonged blackout on AT&T since the end of May..... I hope WHO knows what they are in for....

Seems like it's been a minute since a cable provider has had a dispute. It's more of a regional patchwork unlike Dish and AT&T since it varies market-by-market. I don't think I've ever seen Xfinity get into a dispute with any local channel, then again I'm pretty sure they just do whatever the broadcaster wants and then pass the fee along to the consumer with their broadcast TV surcharge....

Clemson too, since WLOS had the game yesterday and that's their ABC affiliate.

Crisis Averted? Sinclair has modified their AT&T page and is not threatening a blackout...Instead they are still "negotiating"... https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/att-sinclair-agree-to-an-extension-to-keep-local-abc-cbs-fox-nbc-stations-on-directv-att-tv-now-u-verse-tv-more/

Looks like the Sinclair AT&T has another "extension" as the parties are "negotiating" https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/att-sinclair-agree-to-an-extension-to-keep-local-abc-cbs-fox-nbc-stations-on-directv-att-tv-now-u-verse-tv-more/ Probably through the weekend so people don't miss all their football games......

The cable and satellite companies have really jacked up pay TV in their favor by NOT using CableCards (or even clear QAM for that matter) so they can charge away for the boxes, HD fees, DVR usage, not to mention the voracious energy hogs these said boxes are. The streamers have it right by being INSIDE certain TV's and using smaller cheaper boxes like Rokus and Fire Sticks. And there's always the antenna. At least that's free....for now.....

It's only a matter of time before the networks run away from their affiliates. The strong stations that have really beefed up their local news coverage over the years will be the victors. The rest? Atsc 3.0 using their leftover spectrum would make for some great skinny bundles.

Well, looks like I've done it again, started another discussion in a thread since a certain sale went through that put this station in the hands of someone with a track record of mucking up things.... And since it's the Music thread, it's a pretty good idea why this thread should exist..... Because if a piece of news music can literally get into one's head, inspire protests that demand it's reinstatement, and a loyal bunch of viewers that are as fun to listen to for their insights.... Go for it moderators....you know you want to....

You would think the former Nexstar stations would be easy to swap out since both Tegna and Nexstar use full screen animated endings.

That will be another double whammy in places like Rochester, Cincinnati and Mobile/Pensacola where the Deerfield stations (and other Sinclair shells) have been off since the end of May. At least Nexstar made nice with AT&T and Meredith with dish or we would have a near total blackout of locals in Mobile/Pensacola.

Well, the ministry's jumbo 747 is "down for repairs" And Ernest is in "ill health" https://www.ohio.com/news/20190918/bob-dyer-angleys-plane-might-be-goner

Here's the Lagniappe article about Chris Dunn's departure....

Another weather departure in the Mobile/Pensacola market...this time it's WPMI Chief Meteorologist Chris Dunn.... (I'd post an article from the Mobile Lagniappe but it's not on the web yet and it's behind a paywall) With the recent departure of Alan Sealls from WKRG and his non-compete probably extending the rest of the year, he is RUMORED to be in the running for the position. Kelly Foster is coming over from mornings to fill in until a replacement is hired. The ball is in WPMI's court....if they don't pursue Alan now...... You have to wonder what kind of pay cut these people took to appear on TV again. Going forward with Nexstar (if that holds), they'll all probably be entrusted with "digital first" responsibilities....

In Mobile, MeTV has been on 5.3 since 2011 (it was RTN/RTV before). Nexstar signed on a duplicate "Laff" affiliation on 5.4 (since WALA already had it on 10.3), and Court TV replaced Laff on WKRG 5.4. Antenna TV has been on a station with a questionable on-air signal (WPAN-TV). Wouldn't surprise me if Nexstar pulls the plug on that and puts it on one of their area stations instead.

Makes me wonder if they are going to drop it on their other stations acquired from Media General. And it makes more sense since Antenna TV will soon be owned by Nexstar when the Tribune deal closes. Many of these MeTV affiliations stem from a deal that replaced RTN (later RTV and now RetroTV) in 2011 after Luken lost virtually all of their programming to MeTV and Antenna.

It's one thing to blow up the last place station that no one watches anyway. That way News With A Twist can exist peacefully amongst good and semi-decent products. In Tegna's case, they've taken successful stations (and a cellar dweller or two) and driven them into the ground (further) with their "forward thinking" WKYC and WWL were once decent stations (WKYC was finally clicking after DECADES of failure) to have been fixed to death by Tegna....

Those names are so bad, I couldn't express my thoughts in words, so I give you this....

It's almost like the current WKBN package in shape, without all of the 3D stuff in the background, but with more thought out fonts to it.

Tegna alone is making WEWS watchable again. "The Now" and "lottery-ball" 5 seem like ancient history now. Sure it's come a long way from the Catch 5 and NewsChannel 5 era, but the dumpster fire on Lakeside Avenue keeps growing.

In other words, they are too cheap to pony up the airtime. Even the classic versions should very much in the public domain especially if they were produced by the military or for the government for public service use.

The anthem isn't the problem. It's how OTHERS have polarized it and used it as a tool to test one's "America-ness." That's a right that NO ONE can take away from anyone. EVER. We live in a country where we are free to be patriotic and free to question the powers that be for what they are doing. All this noise is simply because the ideals our country was founded on are alive and well. And it should be pointed out that a certain other company that works the flag into their graphics and ladens their news product with propaganda hasn't picked up on this proud American broadcast tradition.

Someone there must be an Ohio State fan..... Or just another way to show how "THE" mighty have fallen!