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All of KBOI would be a prime candidate. It's been a dog for years. It's KTVB's market, and KIVI gets the scraps. KBOI also has the disadvantage of not being in Twin Falls.

That's not going to happen. Nexstar renewed their affiliation agreements with Fox in September. https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-and-fox-broadcasting-company-renew-affiliation-agreements/

Adults 25-54 is the most important to the sales department, because it helps them with advertising rates. People in that age range have the most disposable income. Nevertheless, winning anything in the July book is about as meaningful as winning a preseason NFL game.

I'm not sure if it's true now, but WSBT was the market leader for years under Schurz's ownership.

KMTV has been lost for years. The problem is that WOWT and KETV are able to pad their Omaha market viewership, and ad revenue, with significant viewership in the Lincoln market (due to relatively weak affiliates), while KMTV gets major pushback from KOLN.

It’s the only full power allocation for Riverton. The FCC won’t let them give it up unless someone else operates it. Legacy argued that no one would operate the station as a stand-alone because it’s not financially feasible. Thus the conundrum.

It's not DOJ. The problem was the FCC held up the last piece of the deal, the sale of KFNB/KFNE to Legacy. The FCC wanted the two stations to be independent operations, instead of KFNE being a satellite of KFNB. Legacy has argued there is no way KFNE can operate as a standalone operation, especially since it's Riverton signal doesn't reach the majority of the market population in Casper. Yes, Gray lost the chance to control all the stations in the market, but they'll probably still end up with CBS on their LD in Casper. I'm sure Mark Nalbone isn't happy about losing his $25 million payday.

While the challenge in the KDLT deal is directed at Gray, the challenge in the KCPM deal is directed at the seller, G.I.G. KRDK is arguing that G.I.G. cannot sell the license to Gray, and thus profit from the transaction, because the station has been off the air for more than 12 months, which, according to FCC rules, means the license has expired.

Yes. The affiliation agreement for KMTV is much older and doesn't expire until September 2020. The affiliation agreement for WTVF was set to expire this month. My guess is that the KMTV agreement is more station owner friendly. Scripps probably isn't in a hurry to renegotiate that deal.

That station was originally a satellite of KTWO, and had its stick just south of Cheyenne. They moved it to Fort Collins because it would cover far more households. No way they move it back north.

Sunbelt (IMWC) started KCWY in September 2003. They were number 1 in the market by the following May. In terms of ratings and revenue, KCWY has been the big dog in town the last 10 years. You can't own 1 tv station in one of the smallest markets and make any money. If you want to make any money in that state, you need to be in multiple markets. As it was alluded to in a previous post,I'm sure Gray was looking to buy out someone like Cordillera or Bonten or Cowles, but when they realized that wasn't going to happen, they cashed out.

I posted in the Speculatron last week that KGWC was going to lose CBS, not knowing this was going to happen. Their affiliation agreement is up in June. When Gray signed a new deal for its CBS affiliates last year, and when they started buying LPs around Casper, I had a feeling it was curtains for KGWC. Mark Nalbone is making out like a bandit.

KFXF was simulcast on KTVF before this change. I'm guessing Coastal Television is paying a pretty price for Fairbanks, in order to protect their Fox interests in the rest of the state.

November 30, 2019

Highly unlikely. There's no market for a third news department in Billings. Besides, Nexstar would have to do a major renovation of the building. The "news studio" is the size of a closet.